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

2
1
Using the
documentation
1
Thank you for buying a Brother machine!
Reading the documentation will help you
make the most of your machine.
Symbols and conventions
used in the documentation 1
The following symbols and conventions are
used throughout the documentation.
General information 1
Bold Bold style identifies keys on the
machine control panel or
computer screen.
Italics Italicized style emphasizes an
important point or refers you to
a related topic.
Courier
New
Courier New font identifies the
messages shown on the LCD
of the machine.
Warnings tell you what to do to prevent
possible personal injury.
Cautions specify procedures you must
follow or avoid to prevent possible minor
injuries.
IMPORTANT describes procedures you
must follow or avoid to prevent possible
machine problems or damage to other
objects.
Electrical Hazard icons alert you to a
possible electrical shock.
Hot Surface icons warn you not to
touch machine parts that are hot.
Notes tell you how you should
respond to a situation that may arise
or give tips about how the current
operation works with other features.
WARNING
CAUTION
IMPORTANT










