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

Loading paper and documents
15
2
Type and size of paper 2
The machine loads paper from the installed
standard paper tray, optional lower tray or
multi-purpose tray.
Standard paper tray 2
Since the standard paper tray is a universal
type, you can use any of the paper sizes (one
paper type and size at a time) listed in the
table in Paper capacity of the paper trays
on page 15. The standard paper tray can
hold up to 250 sheets of Letter/A4, Legal or
Folio size paper (20 lb or 80 g/m
2
). Paper can
be loaded up to the maximum paper mark on
the sliding paper width guide.
Multi-purpose tray (MP tray) 2
The MP tray can hold up to 50 sheets of plain
paper (20 lb or 80 g/m
2
) or up to 3 envelopes.
Paper can be loaded up to the maximum
paper mark on the sliding paper width guide.
Optional lower tray (LT-5300) 2
The optional lower tray can hold up to 250
sheets of Letter/A4, Legal and Folio size
paper (20 lb or 80 g/m
2
). Paper can be loaded
up to the top line of the maximum paper mark
on the sliding paper width guide.
The name for the paper trays in the
printer driver in this Guide are as
follows:
2
Paper capacity of the paper trays 2
1
Folio size is 8.5 in. × 13 in. (215.9 mm x 330.2 mm)
Tray and optional unit Name
Standard paper tray Tray 1
Optional lower tray Tray 2
Multi-purpose tray MP tray
Paper size Paper types No. of sheets
Paper Tray
(Tray #1)
A4, Letter, Legal,
Executive, A5, A5 (Long
Edge), A6, B5, B6 and
Folio
1
.
Plain paper, Thin paper,
Bond paper and
Recycled paper
up to 250
20 lb (80 g/m
2
)
Transparency up to 10
Multi-purpose tray
(MP tray)
Width: 2.75 to 8.5 in.
(69.8 to 216 mm)
Length: 4.57 to 16 in.
(116 to 406.4 mm)
Plain paper, Thin paper,
Thick paper, Bond
paper, Recycled paper,
Envelopes and Labels.
up to 50
20 lb (80 g/m
2
)
up to 3 (envelopes)
Transparency up to 10
Paper Tray
(Tray #2)
A4, Letter, Legal,
Executive, A5, B5, B6
and Folio
1
.
Thin paper, Plain paper,
Bond paper and
Recycled paper
up to 250
20 lb (80 g/m
2
)










