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

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6 Receiving a fax 48
Choose the correct Receive Mode ......................................................................48
Using receive modes ...........................................................................................49
Fax Only ........................................................................................................49
Fax/Tel...........................................................................................................49
Manual...........................................................................................................49
External TAD .................................................................................................49
Receive Mode settings ........................................................................................50
Ring Delay.....................................................................................................50
F/T Ring Time (Fax/Tel mode only)...............................................................50
Easy Receive.................................................................................................51
Setting the Print Density ................................................................................51
Additional receiving operations............................................................................52
Printing a reduced incoming fax ....................................................................52
Duplex (2-sided) printing for Fax mode .........................................................52
Setting the Fax Receive Stamp.....................................................................53
Receiving a fax at the end of a conversation.................................................53
Printing a fax from the memory .....................................................................53
Receiving faxes into memory when the paper tray is empty .........................53
7 Telephone services and external devices 54
Telephone line services.......................................................................................54
Voice Mail ......................................................................................................54
Distinctive Ring..............................................................................................54
Connecting an external TAD (telephone answering device)................................57
Connections...................................................................................................58
Recording an outgoing message (OGM).......................................................58
Special line considerations ............................................................................58
Multi-line connections (PBX) .........................................................................60
External and extension telephones......................................................................60
Using external and extension telephones......................................................60
For Fax/Tel mode only...................................................................................61
Connecting an external or extension telephone ............................................61
Using a non-Brother cordless external handset ............................................61
Using Remote Codes ....................................................................................61
8 Dialing and storing numbers 63
How to dial...........................................................................................................63
Manual dialing ...............................................................................................63
One touch dialing...........................................................................................63
Speed dialing.................................................................................................63
Search ...........................................................................................................64
LDAP search (MFC-8690DW and MFC-8890DW)........................................64
Fax redial.......................................................................................................64










