User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- USER’S GUIDE MFC-790CW 990CW
- 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 MACHINE LIMITED WARRANTY (Canada only)
- Table of Contents
- Section I: General
- 1 General Information
- 2 Loading paper and documents
- 3 General setup
- 4 Security features
- Section II: Fax
- 5 Sending a Fax
- Entering Fax mode
- Broadcasting (Black & White only)
- Additional sending operations
- Sending faxes using multiple settings
- Contrast
- Changing fax resolution
- Dual access (Black & White only)
- Real time transmission
- Overseas Mode
- Delayed Faxing (Black & White only)
- Delayed Batch Transmission (Black & White only)
- Checking and canceling waiting jobs
- Setting your changes as the new default
- Restoring all settings to the factory settings
- Sending a fax manually
- Sending a fax at the end of a conversation
- Out of Memory message
- 6 Receiving a Fax
- 7 Telephone Services and External devices
- Voice operations
- Telephone services
- Connecting an external TAD (telephone answering device)
- External and extension telephones
- 8 Dialing and storing numbers
- 9 Message Center
- 10 Printing Reports
- 11 Polling
- 5 Sending a Fax
- Section III: Copy
- Section IV: Walk-up Photo Printing
- 13 PhotoCapture Center®: Printing photos from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive
- 14 Printing photos from a camera
- 15 Wireless photo printing (MFC-990CW only)
- Section V: Software
- Section VI: Appendixes
- A Safety and Legal
- Choosing a location
- To use the machine safely
- Important safety instructions
- Standard telephone and FCC Notices (These notices are in effect on models sold and used in the United States only.)
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Declaration of Conformity (USA only)
- Industry Canada Compliance Statement (Canada only)
- LAN connection
- International ENERGY STAR® Compliance Statement
- Legal limitations for copying
- Trademarks
- B Troubleshooting and Routine Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Error and Maintenance messages
- Routine maintenance
- Replacing the ink cartridges
- Cleaning the outside of the machine
- Cleaning the scanner
- Cleaning the machine’s printer platen
- Cleaning the paper pick-up roller
- Cleaning the print head
- Checking the print quality
- Checking the print alignment
- Checking the ink volume
- Uninstalling and installing the handset and handset cradle (MFC-790CW only)
- Machine Information
- Packing and shipping the machine
- C Menu and Features
- D Specifications
- E Glossary
- A Safety and Legal
- Index
- brother USA/CAN
General setup
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Mode Timer 3
The machine has four temporary mode keys
on the control panel: Fax, Scan, Copy and
Photo Capture. You can change the amount
of time the machine takes after the last Scan,
Copy or PhotoCapture operation before it
returns to Fax mode. If you choose Off, the
machine stays in the mode you used last.
a Press MENU.
b Press a or b to display
General Setup.
c Press General Setup.
d Press a or b to display Mode Timer.
e Press Mode Timer.
f Press 0 Sec, 30 Secs, 1 Min,
2 Mins, 5 Mins or Off.
g Press Stop/Exit.
Paper settings 3
Paper Type 3
To get the best print quality, set the machine
for the type of paper you are using.
a Press MENU.
b Press a or b to display
General Setup.
c Press General Setup.
d Press a or b to display Paper Type.
e Press Paper Type.
f Press Plain Paper, Inkjet Paper,
Brother BP71, Other Glossy or
Transparency.
g Press Stop/Exit.
Note
The machine ejects paper with printed
surfaces face up onto the paper tray in
front of the machine. When you use
transparencies or glossy paper, remove
each sheet at once to prevent smudging
or paper jams.










