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

Specifications
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E
Interfaces E
1
Parallel cable is not supported for Window Vista
®
, Windows Server
®
2003, Windows Server
®
2003 x64 Edition and
Windows Server
®
2008.
2
Your machine has a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interface. The machine can also be connected to a computer that has a USB
1.1 interface.
3
Third party USB ports are not supported for Macintosh.
4
MFC-8680DN and MFC-8690DW include the USB cable.
Parallel A bi-directional shielded parallel cable that is IEEE 1284 compliant
and no longer than 6 feet (2.0 m).
1
USB Use a USB 2.0 interface cable that (type A/B) is no longer than 6 feet
(2.0 m).
2
3
4
Ethernet Use an Ethernet UTP cable category 5 or greater.
Wireless LAN
(MFC-8690DW and
MFC-8890DW)
Your machine supports IEEE 802.11b/g wireless communication with
your wireless LAN using Infrastructure mode or a wireless Peer-to-
Peer connection in Ad-hoc mode.










