Manual
Table Of Contents
- USER’S GUIDE MFC-640CW
- Brother numbers
- Ordering accessories and supplies
- Safety precautions
- Choosing a location
- Quick Reference Guide
- How to access the complete User’s Guide
- How to access Brother Support (For Windows®)
- Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Getting started
- Initial Setup
- General Setup
- Setting the Mode Timer
- Setting the Paper Type
- Setting the Paper Size
- Setting the Ring Volume
- Setting the Beeper Volume
- Setting the Speaker Volume
- Setting the Handset Volume
- Choosing the Handset Volume (For Volume Amplify)
- Setting Volume Amplify
- Turning on Automatic Daylight Savings Time
- Setting the LCD Contrast
- 3 Setup Send
- 4 Setup Receive
- Basic receiving operations
- 5 Quick-Dial numbers and dialing options
- 6 Remote Fax Options (Black & White only)
- 7 Message Center
- Message Center mode
- Setting up the Message Center
- Recording Message Center Outgoing Message
- Activating Message Center mode
- Message indicator
- Playing voice messages
- Printing a fax message
- Erasing incoming messages
- Setting Maximum Time for incoming messages
- Setting Toll Saver
- ICM Recording Monitor
- Recording a conversation
- Record Fax/Tel Outgoing Announcement (F/T OGM)
- Message Center mode
- 8 Printing reports
- 9 Making copies
- 10 Walk-Up PhotoCapture Center™
- 11 Software and Network features
- 12 Important information
- 13 Troubleshooting and routine maintenance
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Glossary
- Specifications
- Index
- Remote Retrieval Access card
- brother US/CAN

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Brother
®
One Year Limited Warranty and Replacement Service
(USA only)
Who is covered:
• This limited warranty ("warranty") is given
only to the original end-use/retail
purchaser (referred to in this warranty as
"Original Purchaser") of the accompanying
product, consumables and accessories
(collectively referred to in this warranty as
"this Product").
• If you purchased a product from someone
other than an authorized Brother reseller in
the United States or if the product was
used (including but not limited to floor
models or refurbished product), prior to
your purchase you are not the Original
Purchaser and the product that you
purchased is not covered by this warranty.
What is covered:
• This Product includes a Machine and
Consumable and Accessory Items.
Consumable and Accessory Items include
but are not limited to print heads, toner,
drums, ink cartridges, print cartridges, refill
ribbons, therma PLUS paper and thermal
paper.
• Except as otherwise provided herein,
Brother warrants that the Machine and the
accompanying Consumable and
Accessory Items will be free from defects in
materials and workmanship, when used
under normal conditions.
• This warranty applies only to products
purchased and used in the United States.
For products purchased in, but used
outside, the United States, this warranty
covers only warranty service within the
United States (and does not include
shipping outside the United States).
What is the length of the Warranty Periods:
• Machines: one year from the original
purchase date.
• Accompanying Consumable and
Accessory Items: 90 days from the original
purchase date or the rated life of
consumable, whichever comes first.
What is NOT covered:
This warranty does not cover
:
(1) Physical damage to this Product;
(2) Damage caused by improper installation,
improper or abnormal use, misuse,
neglect or accident (including but not
limited to transporting this Product
without the proper preparation and/or
packaging);
(3) Damage caused by another device or
software used with this Product (including
but not limited to damage resulting from
use of non Brother®-brand parts and
Consumable and Accessory Items);
(4) Consumable and Accessory Items that
expired in accordance with a rated life;
and,
(5) Problems arising from other than defects
in materials or workmanship.
(6) Normal Periodic Maintenance Items,
such as Paper Feeding Kit, Fuser and
Laser Units.
This limited warranty is VOID if this Product
has been altered or modified in any way
(including but not limited to attempted
warranty repair without authorization from
Brother and/or alteration/removal of the
serial number).
What to do if you think your Product is
eligible for warranty service:
Report your issue to either our Customer
Service Hotline at 1-800-284-4329
for Fax,
MFC and DCP and 1-800-276-7746
for
Printers, or to a Brother Authorized Service
Center within the applicable warranty
period. Supply Brother or the Brother
Authorized Service Center with a copy of
your dated bill of sale showing that this
Product was purchased within the U.S. For
the name of local Brother Authorized Service
Center(s), call 1-800-521-2846.
What Brother will ask you to do:
After contacting Brother or a Brother
Authorized Service Center, you may be
required to deliver (by hand if you prefer) or
send the Product properly packaged, freight
prepaid, to the Authorized Service Center
together with a photocopy of your bill of sale.
You are responsible for the cost of
shipping, packing product, and
insurance (if you desire). You are also
responsible for loss or damage to this
Product in shipping.
What Brother will do:
If the problem reported concerning your
Machine and/or accompanying Consumable
and Accessory Items is covered by this
warranty and
if you first reported the problem
to Brother or an Authorized Service Center
within the applicable warranty period,
Brother or its Authorized Service Center will
repair or replace the Machine and/or
accompanying Consumable and Accessory
Items at no charge to you for parts or labor.
The decision as to whether to repair or
replace the Machine and/or accompanying
Consumable and Accessory Items is made










