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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10 Fax and telephone keys:
Hook
Press before dialing if you want to make sure a
fax machine will answer, and then press Start.
Also, press this key after you pick up the
handset of an external telephone during the
F/T ring (fast double-rings).
Resolution
Sets the resolution when sending a fax.
Search/Speed Dial
Lets you look up numbers stored in memory. It
also lets you access speed dial numbers
directly if you hold down the Shift key and
press Search/Speed Dial, and then enter a
three digit number.
Redial/Pause
Redials the last number called. It also inserts a
pause when programming quick dial numbers
or when dialing a number manually.
11 Print Keys:
Secure/Direct
This key has two functions.
Secure
You can print data saved in the memory
when you enter your four-digit password.
(For details about using the Secure key,
see the Software User’s Guide on the CD-
ROM.)
When using Secure Function Lock, you can
switch restricted users by holding down
Shift as you press Secure. (See Secure
Function Lock 2.0 on page 30.)
Direct
Lets you print data from a USB Flash
memory drive that you can connect directly
to the machine. The Direct key will be
active when a USB Flash memory drive is
connected to the machine’s USB direct
interface.
(See Printing data directly from the USB
Flash memory drive or digital camera
supporting mass storage on page 95.)
Job Cancel
Cancels a programmed print job and clears it
from the machine’s memory.
To cancel multiple print jobs, hold down this
key until the LCD shows
Job Cancel (All).










