User Guide
Table Of Contents
- USER’S GUIDE MFC-8480DN/MFC-8680DN/MFC-8690DW/MFC-8890DW
- Brother numbers
- Ordering accessories and supplies
- Notice - Disclaimer of Warranties (USA and Canada)
- Compilation and Publication Notice
- Brother™ One-Year Limited Warranty and Replacement Service (USA Only)
- BROTHER MULTIFUNCTION CENTER / FAX MACHINELIMITED WARRANTY (Canada only)
- Table of Contents
- Section I: General
- 1 General information
- Using the documentation
- Accessing the Software User’s Guide and Network User’s Guide
- Viewing documentation
- Viewing documentation (Windows®)
- How to find scanning instructions
- Software User’s Guide:
- ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE with OCR How-to-Guides:
- How to find Network setup instructions (MFC-8690DW and MFC-8890DW)
- Viewing documentation (Macintosh)
- How to find scanning instructions
- Software User’s Guide:
- Presto! PageManager User’s Guide:
- How to find Network setup instructions (MFC-8690DW and MFC-8890DW)
- Viewing documentation
- Accessing Brother support (Windows®)
- Control panel overview
- 2 Loading paper and documents
- 3 General Setup
- 4 Security features
- 1 General information
- Section II: Fax
- 5 Sending a fax
- How to fax
- Broadcasting
- Additional sending operations
- 6 Receiving a fax
- 7 Telephone services and external devices
- 8 Dialing and storing numbers
- 9 Remote Fax Options
- 10 Polling
- 11 Printing reports
- 5 Sending a fax
- Section III: Copy
- Section IV:Direct printing
- Section V:Software
- Section VI: Appendixes
- A Safety and legal
- B Options
- C Troubleshooting and routine maintenance
- D Menu and features
- E Specifications
- F Glossary
- Index
- brother USA/CAN

Chapter 12
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Improving copy quality 12
You can choose from a range of quality
settings. The default setting is Auto.
Auto
Auto is the recommended mode for
ordinary printouts. Suitable for documents
that contain both text and photographs.
Text
Suitable for documents containing only
text.
Photo
Suitable for copying photographs.
To temporarily change the quality setting,
follow the steps below:
a Make sure you are in Copy mode .
b Load your document.
c Use the dial pad to enter the number of
copies (up to 99).
d Press Contrast/Quality. Press a or b to
choose Quality.
Press OK.
e Press d or c to choose Auto, Text or
Photo.
Press OK.
f Press Start.
To change the default setting, follow the
steps below:
a Press Menu, 3, 1.
31.Quality
a Text
Photo
b Auto
Select ab or OK
b Press a or b to choose the copy quality.
Press OK.
c Press Stop/Exit.
Sorting copies using the ADF12
You can sort multiple copies. Pages will be
stacked in the order 1 2 3, 1 2 3, 1 2 3, and so
on.
a Make sure you are in Copy mode .
b Load your document in the ADF.
c Use the dial pad to enter the number of
copies (up to 99).
d Press Sort.
e Press Start.
Changing text copy
resolution 12
You can change the text copy resolution to
1200x600 dpi if you are using the scanner
glass and have selected Text as the
Contrast/Quality and an enlargement or
reduction ratio of 100%. The default setting is
600 dpi.
a Make sure you are in Copy mode .
b Place your document on the scanner
glass.
c Press Menu, 3, 2.
32.FB Txt Quality
a 1200x600 dpi
b 600dpi
Select ab or OK
d Press a or b to choose the text copy
resolution.
Press OK.
e Press Stop/Exit.










