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

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Mode Timer 3
The machine has three mode keys on the
control panel: Fax, Scan, and Copy.
You can set how much time the machine
takes after the last Copy or Scan operation to
return to Fax mode. If you choose Off, the
machine will stay in the mode you used last.
This setting also sets the time the machine
will change from individual user to the Public
user when using Secure Function Lock. (See
Switching Users on page 33.)
a Press Menu, 1, 1.
11.Mode Timer
a 2 Mins
5 Mins
b Off
Select ab or OK
b Press a or b to choose 0 Sec,
30 Secs, 1 Min, 2 Mins, 5 Mins or
Off.
Press OK.
c Press Stop/Exit.
Paper settings 3
Paper Type 3
Set up the machine for the type of paper you
are using. This will give you the best print
quality.
a Do one of the following:
To set the paper type for the
MP Tray press Menu, 1, 2, 1, 1.
To set the paper type for Tray#1
press Menu, 1, 2, 1, 2.
To set the paper type for Tray#2
1
press Menu, 1, 2, 1, 3 if you installed
the optional tray.
1
Tray#2 Only or T2 appears only if the
optional tray is installed.
21.Paper Type
1.MP Tray
a Plain
b Thick
Select ab or OK
b Press a or b to choose Thin, Plain,
Thick, Thicker, Transparency or
Recycled Paper.
Press OK.
c Press Stop/Exit.
Note
You can choose Transparency for Tray #1
and the MP Tray.
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