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
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Control panel overview 1
MFC-8480DN, MFC-8680DN, MFC-8690DW and MFC-8890DW have the same keys.
1 One Touch keys
These 20 keys give you instant access to 40
previously stored numbers.
Shift
Lets you access One Touch numbers 21 to 40
when held down.
2 Status LED
The LED will flash and change color depending
on the machine status.
3LCD
Displays messages to help you set up and use
your machine.
(MFC-8690DW and MFC-8890DW) A four
level indicator shows the current wireless
signal strength if you are using a wireless
connection.
4 Menu keys:
Menu
Lets you access the Menu to program your
settings in this machine.
Clear/Back
Deletes entered data or lets you cancel the
current setting.
OK
Lets you store your settings in the machine.
Volume keys
d or c
Press to scroll backwards or forwards through
menu selections. Press to change the volume
when in fax or standby mode.
a or b
Press to scroll through the menus and options.
5Dialpad
Use these keys to dial telephone and fax
numbers and as a keyboard for entering
information into the machine.
(Canada only) The # key temporarily switches
the dialing mode from Pulse to Tone during a
telephone call.
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