User Manual
Table Of Contents
- USER'S GUIDE MFC-8440 MFC-8840D
- APPROVAL INFORMATION
- Compilation and Publication Notice
- "EC"Declararion of Conformity
- Safety precautions
- Choosing a location
- Quick Reference Guide
- Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Paper
- 3 On-screen programming
- 4 Getting started
- Initial Setup
- General Setup
- Setting the Mode Timer
- Setting the Paper Type
- Setting the Paper Size
- Setting the Ring Volume
- Setting the Beeper Volume
- Setting the Speaker Volume
- Turning on Automatic Daylight Savings Time
- Toner Save
- Sleep Time
- Turning off the Scanner Lamp
- Power Save
- Setting the Tray Use for Copy mode
- Setting the Tray Use for Fax mode
- Setting the LCD Contrast
- Initial Setup depending on Your Country
- 5 Setup Receive
- 6 Setup Send
- How to Fax
- Basic sending operations
- Advanced sending operations
- 7 Auto Dial numbers and dialling options
- 8 Remote Fax Options
- 9 Printing reports
- 10 Making copies
- 11 Using the MFC as a printer
- 12 Printer driver settings
- 13 How to scan using Windows®
- Scanning a document
- Scanning a document (For Windows® XP only)
- Using the scan key (For USB or Parallel interface cable users)
- Using ScanSoft® PaperPort® and OmniPage® OCR
- 14 Using the Brother Control Center
- 15 Using the Windows®-Based Brother SmartUI Control Center
- Brother SmartUI Control Center
- Brother Control Center features
- Hardware Section: Changing the Scan to button configuration
- Software Section
- Scan to File
- Scan to E-mail
- Scan to OCR (Word Processing program)
- Scan to Graphics application (example: Microsoft Paint)
- Fax setting (PC-Fax using the Brother Fax Driver)
- Custom: User-defined buttons
- 16 Using MFC Remote Setup
- 17 Using Brother PC-FAX software
- PC-FAX sending
- Speed-Dial setup
- The Address Book
- Setting up a Member in the Address Book
- Setting up a Group for Broadcasting
- Editing Member information
- Deleting a Member or Group
- Exporting the Address Book
- Importing to the Address Book
- Setting up a Cover Page
- You can enter information in each field
- Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Facsimile style
- Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Simple style
- Setting up PC-FAX receiving (Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional and Windows NT® WS 4.0 only)
- Receiving a fax into the PC (Windows® XP only)
- 18 Using your MFC with a Macintosh®
- Setting up your USB-equipped Apple® Macintosh®
- Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® 8.6 - 9.2)
- Using the Brother Printer Driver with Your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® X)
- Using the PS driver with your Apple® Macintosh®
- Sending a fax from your Macintosh® application
- Using the Brother TWAIN scanner driver with your Macintosh®
- Using Presto!® PageManager®
- MFC Remote Setup (Mac OS® X)
- 19 Network Scanning
- 20 Brother Network PC-FAX software
- 21 Important information
- 22 Troubleshooting and routine maintenance
- 23 Optional accessories
- Glossary
- Specifications
- Index
- Remote Retrieval Access card
- brother UK/IRE/SAF/PAN NORDIC
BROTHER NETWORK PC-FAX SOFTWARE 20 - 4
Using the Brother Network PC-FAX software
The Brother Network PC-FAX feature allows you to use your PC to
send any application or document file as a standard fax. You can
create a file in any application on your PC, and then send it as a
Network PC-FAX. You can even attach a cover page note. All you
have to do is set up the receiving parties as Members or Groups in
your PC-FAX Address Book or simply enter the destination address
or fax number into the User Interface. You can use the Address Book
Search feature to quickly find members to send your fax.
Quick Tips:
Please see Enable Network PC-FAX on page 20-1 before using
Brother Network PC-FAX.
1
Ensure that Network PC-FAX is set to “Enable” in the Sending
tab of Setup. (See Enable Network PC-FAX on page 20-1.)
2
To send an E-mail from Brother Network PC-FAX you can either
enter the E-mail address in the To: field or in the display for
Facsimile Style using the PC keyboard or select the member
from the Address Book. The member must have E-mail selected
as the chosen destination for that member.
3
To send an Internet Fax from Brother Network PC-FAX you can
either enter the Internet Fax address in the To: field or in the
display for Facsimile style using the PC keyboard or select the
member from the Address Book. The member must have MFC
Mail Address selected as the chosen destination for that
member.
4
To send a Network Fax simply select a member from the
address book or enter the fax number into the User Interface
with the PC keyboard. The member must have Fax selected as
the chosen destination for that member.
Please check Brother Solutions Center for the latest updates
available for Brother Network PC-FAX. Visit
http://solutions.brother.com/
Sending a Network PC-FAX to an E-mail address or sending an
Internet Fax requires SMTP/POP3 mail server support.










