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

General Setup
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Dial Prefix 3
The Dial Prefix setting will automatically dial a
predefined number before every fax number
you dial. For example: If your telephone
system requires a 9 to dial an outside number
use this setting to automatically dial 9 for
every fax you send.
Setting up the prefix number 3
a (USA) Press Menu, 0, 5.
(Canada) Press Menu, 0, 6.
b Enter the prefix number (up to 5 digits)
on the dial pad.
Press OK.
Note
• You can use the numbers 0 to 9, #, l and
!. (Press Hook to display “!”.)
You cannot use ! with any other numbers
or characters.
If your telephone system requires a timed
break recall (hookflash), press Hook to
enter the break.
• (Canada only) If the pulse dialing mode is
on, # and l are not available to use.
c Press Stop/Exit.
Changing the prefix number 3
a (USA) Press Menu, 0, 5.
(Canada) Press Menu, 0, 6.
b Do one of the following:
To change the prefix number, press
1.
To exit without making a change,
press 2 and go to d.
c Enter a new prefix number using the dial
pad (up to 5 digits), press OK.
d Press Stop/Exit.










