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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How to fax 5
Entering fax mode 5
To enter fax mode press (Fax), and the
key will glow blue.
Sending a single-sided fax
from the ADF 5
Using the ADF to send your faxes is the
easiest way. To cancel a fax in progress
press Stop/Exit.
a Make sure you are in Fax mode .
b Place your document face up in the
ADF.
c Dial the fax number. (See How to dial
on page 63.)
d Press Start.
The machine scans the pages into
memory and then sends the document.
Note
If the Out of Memory message appears
while scanning a document into memory,
press Stop/Exit to cancel or Start to send
the scanned pages.
Sending a 2-sided fax from
the ADF (MFC-8680DN,
MFC-8690DW and
MFC-8890DW) 5
You can send a 2-sided document from the
ADF. To cancel a fax in progress press
Stop/Exit.
a Make sure you are in Fax mode .
b Place your document in the ADF.
c Press Duplex.
d Dial the fax number. (See How to dial
on page 63.)
e Press Start.
The machine will now scan and send your
document.
Note
• Legal size 2-sided documents cannot be
faxed from the ADF.
• When the machine is ready to scan a
2-sided document the LCD shows for
Duplex in the lower right corner.
Sending a fax 5










