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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The network scanning feature
does not work.
The network PC Fax Receive
feature does not work.
The network printing feature does
not work.
(continued)
(Windows Vista
®
):
a Click the Start button, Control Panel, Network and Internet,
Windows Firewall and click Change settings.
b When the User Account Control screen appears, do the following.
Users who have administrator rights: Click Continue.
For users who do not have administrator rights: Enter the
administrator password and click OK.
c Make sure that Windows Firewall on the General tab is set to On.
d Click the Exceptions tab.
e Click the Add port... button.
f To add port 54925 for network scanning, enter the information below:
1. In Name Enter any description. (for example “Brother Scanner”)
2. In Port number: Enter “54925”.
3. Make sure UDP is chosen. Then click OK.
g Click the Add port... button.
h To add port 54926 for Network PC Fax, enter the information below:
1. In Name Enter any description. (for example “Brother PC Fax”)
2. In Port number Enter “54926”.
3. Make sure UDP is chosen. Then click OK.
i Make sure that the new setting is added and is checked, and then click
Apply.
j If you still have trouble with your network connection such as network
scanning or printing, check File and Printer Sharing box in the
Exceptions tab and then click Apply.
Your computer cannot find your
machine.
(Windows
®
) The firewall setting on your PC may be rejecting the necessary
network connection. (For details, see the instructions above.)
(Macintosh) Re-select your machine in the Device Selector application located
in Macintosh HD/Library/Printers/Brother/Utilities/DeviceSelector or from
the Model pop-up menu of ControlCenter2.
Network difficulties (continued)
Difficulties Suggestions










