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 1
4
How to find scanning instructions 1
There are several ways you can scan
documents. You can find the instructions as
follows:
Software User’s Guide: 1
Scanning a document using the TWAIN
driver in Chapter 2
Scanning a document using the WIA
driver (Windows
®
XP/Windows Vista
®
) in
Chapter 2
Using ControlCenter3 in Chapter 3
Network Scanning in Chapter 4
ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE with
OCR How-to-Guides:
1
The complete ScanSoft™ PaperPort™
11SE with OCR How-to-Guides can be
viewed from the Help selection in the
ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE
application.
How to find Network setup
instructions (MFC-8690DW and
MFC-8890DW) 1
Your machine can be connected to a wireless
or wired network. You can find basic setup
instructions in the Quick Setup Guide. If your
wireless access point supports
SecureEasySetup™, Wi-Fi Protected Setup
or AOSS™, follow the steps in the Quick
Setup Guide. For more information about
network setup please see the Network User's
Guide.
Viewing documentation (Macintosh) 1
a Turn on your Macintosh.
Insert the Brother CD-ROM into your
CD-ROM drive.
b The following window will appear.
c Double-click the Documentation icon.
d If the language selection screen
appears, double-click your language.
e Double-click the top page file to view the
Software User’s Guide and
Network User’s Guide in HTML
format.
f Click the documentation you want to
read.
Software User’s Guide
Network User’s Guide
Note
The documents are also available in PDF
format (4 manuals): User’s Guide for
stand-alone operations,
Software User’s Guide,
Network User’s Guide and
Quick Setup Guide. The PDF format is
recommended for printing the manuals.
Double-click Brother Solutions Center
icon to go to the Brother Solutions Center,
where you can view or download the PDF
documents. (Internet access and PDF
Reader software are required.)










