Brother MFC-J6720DW, MFC-J6520DW, MFC-J3720, MFC-J3520 User Manual

Brother MFC-J6720DW, MFC-J6520DW, MFC-J3720, MFC-J3520 User Manual

Advanced User’s Guide

MFC-J3520

MFC-J3720

MFC-J6520DW

MFC-J6720DW

Version 0

ARL/ASA/NZ/SAF

User's Guides and where do I find them?

 

 

 

Which Guide?

What's in it?

Where is it?

Product Safety Guide

Read this Guide first. Please read the Safety

Printed / In the box

 

Instructions before you set up your machine. See

 

 

this Guide for trademarks and legal limitations.

 

 

 

 

Quick Setup Guide

Follow the instructions for setting up your machine,

Printed / In the box

 

and installing the drivers and software for the

 

 

operating system and connection type you are

 

 

using.

 

Basic User’s Guide

Learn the basic Fax, Copy, Scan and PhotoCapture

Printed / In the box

 

Center™ operations and how to replace

 

 

consumables. See troubleshooting tips.

 

Advanced User’s Guide

Learn more advanced operations: Fax, Copy,

PDF file / CD-ROM

 

security features, printing reports and performing

 

 

routine maintenance.

 

Software and Network

This Guide provides instructions for Scanning,

HTML file / CD-ROM

User’s Guide

Printing, PC-Fax and other operations that can be

 

 

performed by connecting your Brother machine to a

 

 

computer. You can also find useful information

 

 

about using the Brother ControlCenter utility, using

 

 

your machine in a network environment, and

 

 

frequently used terms.

 

Web Connect Guide

This Guide provides useful information about

PDF file / Brother

 

accessing Internet services from the Brother

Solutions Center 1

 

machine, as well as downloading images, printing

 

 

data and uploading files directly to Internet services.

 

AirPrint Guide

This Guide provides information for using AirPrint to

PDF file / Brother

 

print from OS X v10.7.x, 10.8.x and your iPhone,

Solutions Center 1

 

iPod touch, iPad, or other iOS device to your Brother

 

 

machine without installing a printer driver.

 

Google Cloud Print

This Guide provides details on how to use Google

PDF file / Brother

Guide

Cloud Print™ services for printing over the Internet.

Solutions Center 1

Wi-Fi Direct™ Guide

This Guide provides details on how to configure and

PDF file / Brother

 

use your Brother machine for wireless printing

Solutions Center 1

 

directly from a mobile device supporting the Wi-Fi

 

 

Direct™ standard.

 

Mobile Print/Scan Guide

This Guide provides useful information about

PDF file / Brother

for Brother iPrint&Scan

printing from your mobile device and scanning from

Solutions Center 1

 

your Brother machine to your mobile device when

 

 

connected to a Wi-Fi network.

 

 

 

 

1 Visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/.

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Table of Contents

 

1

General setup

1

 

IMPORTANT NOTE...............................................................................................

1

 

Memory Storage ....................................................................................................

1

 

Setting Daylight Saving Time (Not available in South Africa) ................................

1

 

Automatic Daylight Saving Time (For South Africa only).......................................

2

 

Sleep Mode ...........................................................................................................

2

 

Touchscreen LCD..................................................................................................

3

 

Changing the Touchscreen language (depending on your model)..................

3

 

Setting the Dim Timer for the backlight ...........................................................

3

 

Dial Prefix (Not available in South Africa)..............................................................

4

 

Setting up or changing the prefix number........................................................

4

2

Security features

5

 

Secure Function Lock 2.0......................................................................................

5

 

Before you begin to use Secure Function Lock 2.0.........................................

5

 

Setting and changing the Administrator Password..........................................

6

 

Setting up restricted users...............................................................................

6

 

Turning Secure Function Lock on/off...............................................................

7

 

Switching users ...............................................................................................

8

 

Changing to the Public mode ..........................................................................

8

 

Restricting dialling..................................................................................................

8

 

Dial pad restriction...........................................................................................

8

 

Address Book restriction..................................................................................

9

 

Shortcut restriction...........................................................................................

9

 

LDAP Server restriction ...................................................................................

9

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Sending a fax

10

 

Additional sending options...................................................................................

10

 

Sending faxes using multiple settings ...........................................................

10

 

Stop faxing.....................................................................................................

10

 

Contrast .........................................................................................................

11

 

Changing fax resolution.................................................................................

11

 

Setting your changes as a new default..........................................................

12

 

Restoring fax options to the factory default ...................................................

13

 

Saving fax options as a Shortcut ...................................................................

13

 

Additional sending operations..............................................................................

14

 

Sending a fax manually .................................................................................

14

 

Sending a fax at the end of a conversation ...................................................

14

 

Dual Access (Monochrome only)...................................................................

14

 

Broadcasting (Monochrome only)..................................................................

15

 

Real Time Transmission................................................................................

17

 

Overseas Mode .............................................................................................

17

 

Delayed Faxing (Monochrome only)..............................................................

18

 

Delayed Batch Transmission (Monochrome only).........................................

18

 

Checking and cancelling waiting jobs............................................................

19

 

Polling ..................................................................................................................

19

 

Polled Transmit (Monochrome only)..............................................................

19

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Receiving a fax

21

 

Memory Receive (Monochrome only)..................................................................

21

 

Fax Forwarding..............................................................................................

21

 

Fax Storage ...................................................................................................

21

 

Printing a fax from the memory .....................................................................

22

 

Turning off Memory Receive operations........................................................

22

 

Changing Memory Receive operations .........................................................

23

 

Remote Retrieval .................................................................................................

24

 

Setting a Remote Access Code.....................................................................

24

 

Using your Remote Access Code..................................................................

24

 

Remote Fax commands ................................................................................

25

 

Retrieving fax messages ...............................................................................

26

 

Changing your Fax Forwarding number ........................................................

26

 

Additional receiving operations............................................................................

27

 

Out of Paper Reception .................................................................................

27

 

Printing a reduced incoming fax ....................................................................

27

 

Receiving a fax at the end of a conversation.................................................

27

 

Polling ..................................................................................................................

28

 

Polling Receive..............................................................................................

28

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Dialling and storing numbers

31

 

Additional dialling operations ...............................................................................

31

 

Combining Address Book numbers ...............................................................

31

 

Additional ways to store numbers........................................................................

32

 

Storing Address Book numbers from the Outgoing Call history ....................

32

 

Storing Address Book numbers from the Caller ID history

 

 

(Only available for some countries) ...........................................................

32

 

Setting up Groups for Broadcasting ..............................................................

33

6

Printing reports

35

 

Fax reports...........................................................................................................

35

 

Transmission Verification Report...................................................................

35

 

Fax Journal (activity report) ...........................................................................

35

 

Reports ................................................................................................................

36

 

How to print a report ......................................................................................

36

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Making copies

37

 

Copy options........................................................................................................

37

 

Stop copying..................................................................................................

37

 

Improving copy speed and quality .................................................................

37

 

Enlarging or reducing copies .........................................................................

38

 

Making N in 1 copies or a poster (Page Layout) ...........................................

39

 

2 in 1 ID copy (Page Layout) .........................................................................

42

 

Sorting copies................................................................................................

43

 

Adjusting Density...........................................................................................

43

 

Ink Save Mode...............................................................................................

44

 

Thin Paper Copy............................................................................................

45

 

Auto Deskew .................................................................................................

45

 

Book Copy .....................................................................................................

46

 

Watermark Copy............................................................................................

46

 

Remove Background Colour .........................................................................

47

 

2-sided copying .............................................................................................

48

 

Setting your changes as a new default..........................................................

49

 

Restoring all settings to the factory default....................................................

50

 

Saving copy options as a Shortcut ................................................................

50

 

A3 Copy Shortcuts...............................................................................................

51

 

A3 Copy Shortcut ..........................................................................................

51

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Printing photos from a memory card or USB Flash drive

53

 

PhotoCapture Center™ operations .....................................................................

53

 

Memory cards, USB Flash drives and folder structures ................................

53

 

Movie printing ................................................................................................

54

 

Print Images.........................................................................................................

54

 

Print Index (Thumbnails) ...............................................................................

54

 

Printing Photos ..............................................................................................

55

 

Enhance Photos ............................................................................................

55

 

ID Photo Print ................................................................................................

57

 

Slide Show.....................................................................................................

58

 

DPOF printing................................................................................................

59

 

PhotoCapture Center™ print settings..................................................................

59

 

Print Quality ...................................................................................................

59

 

Paper options ................................................................................................

60

 

Auto Correct ..................................................................................................

61

 

Adjusting Brightness, Contrast and Colour....................................................

62

 

Cropping ........................................................................................................

64

 

Borderless printing.........................................................................................

64

 

Date Print.......................................................................................................

65

 

Setting your changes as a new default..........................................................

65

 

Restoring all settings to the factory default....................................................

66

 

Scan to a memory card or USB Flash drive ........................................................

66

 

Auto Crop ......................................................................................................

66

 

How to set a new default ...............................................................................

68

 

How to reset to the factory default.................................................................

68

 

Saving scan options as a Shortcut ................................................................

69

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Printing photos from a camera

70

 

Printing photos directly from a PictBridge camera...............................................

70

 

PictBridge requirements ................................................................................

70

 

Setting your digital camera ............................................................................

70

 

Printing Images..............................................................................................

71

 

DPOF printing................................................................................................

72

 

Printing photos directly from a digital camera (without PictBridge)......................

72

 

Printing Images..............................................................................................

73

A

Routine maintenance

74

 

Cleaning and checking the machine....................................................................

74

 

Cleaning the outside of the machine .............................................................

74

 

Cleaning the machine’s printer platen ...........................................................

75

 

Cleaning the paper feed rollers .....................................................................

76

 

Cleaning the paper pick-up rollers.................................................................

77

 

Cleaning the paper pick-up rollers for paper tray #2

 

 

(MFC-J3720/MFC-J6720DW)....................................................................

78

 

Checking the ink volume ...............................................................................

79

 

Packing and shipping the machine ......................................................................

79

B

Glossary

82

C

Index

86

v

1 General setup

IMPORTANT NOTE

1

 

Most of the illustrations in this User's Guide show the MFC-J6720DW.

Memory Storage

Your menu settings are stored permanently, and in the event of a power failure, will not be lost. Temporary settings (for example, Overseas Mode) will be lost. If you have chosen Set New Default for your preferred Fax, Scan, Copy and Photo settings, those settings will not be lost. Also, during a power failure, the machine will retain the date and time and programmed fax timer jobs (for example, Delayed Fax) for up to 24 hours.

Setting Daylight Saving Time

(Not available in South Africa)

You can set the machine to change for daylight saving time. When selecting Forward Hour it will forward the time by an hour and backward one hour when selecting Backward Hour. Make sure you have set the correct date and time in the

Date & Time setting.

a Press (Settings). b Press All Settings.

c Press a or b to display

Initial Setup.

d Press Initial Setup.

e Press a or b to display Date & Time. f Press Date & Time.

g Press a or b to display

Daylight Save.

h Press Daylight Save.

i Press Forward Hour or Backward Hour.

j Press .

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Automatic Daylight Saving Time

(For South Africa only)

You can set the machine to change automatically for daylight saving time. It will reset itself forward one hour in the spring and backward one hour in the autumn. Make sure you have set the correct date and time in the

Date & Time setting.

a Press (Settings).

b Press All Settings.

c Press a or b to display

Initial Setup.

d Press Initial Setup.

e Press a or b to display Date & Time. f Press Date & Time.

g Press a or b to display

Auto Daylight.

h Press Auto Daylight. i Press Off (or On).

j Press .

Sleep Mode

You can choose how long the machine will remain idle before it goes into Sleep Mode (up to 60 minutes). The timer will restart if any operation is carried out on the machine.

a Press (Settings). b Press All Settings.

c Press a or b to display

General Setup.

d Press General Setup.

e Press a or b to display Sleep Mode. f Press Sleep Mode.

g Press a or b to display 1Min, 2Mins,

3Mins, 5Mins, 10Mins, 30Mins or

60Mins. Press the option you want to set.

h Press .

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Touchscreen LCD

Changing the Touchscreen language (depending on your model)

You can change the Touchscreen language.

a Press (Settings). b Press All Settings.

c Press a or b to display

Initial Setup.

d Press Initial Setup.

e Press a or b to display

Local Language.

f Press Local Language. g Press your language.

h Press .

General setup

 

Setting the Dim Timer for the

 

backlight

1

 

You can set how long the Touchscreen LCD backlight stays on after the last finger press.

a Press (Settings). b Press All Settings.

c Press a or b to display

General Setup.

d Press General Setup.

e Press a or b to display LCD Settings. f Press LCD Settings.

g Press Dim Timer.

h Press a or b to display 10Secs,

20Secs, 30Secs or Off, and then press the option you want.

i Press .

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Dial Prefix

(Not available in South Africa)

k Press .

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 or changing the prefix number

a

b c

Press (Settings).

Press All Settings.

Press a or b to display

Initial Setup.

d e f g h i

Press Initial Setup.

Press a or b to display Dial Prefix.

Press Dial Prefix.

Press On (or Off).

Press Dial Prefix.

Enter the prefix number (up to 5 digits) using the keyboard on the Touchscreen.

j Press OK.

NOTE

If your telephone system requires a timed break recall (hookflash), press ! on the Touchscreen.

You cannot use ! with any other numbers or characters.

(Not available in New Zealand) If the pulse dialling mode is on, # and l are not available to use.

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2 Security features

Secure Function Lock 2.0

Secure Function Lock lets you restrict public access to certain machine functions:

Fax Send

Fax Receive

Copy

Scan

Print from Media

Scan to Media

PC Print

Colour Print

Page Limit

Web Upload

Web Download

This feature also prevents users from changing the default settings of the machine by limiting access to the menu settings.

Before using the security features, you must first enter an administrator password.

Access to restricted operations can be enabled by creating a restricted user. Restricted users must enter a password to use the machine.

Make a careful note of your password. If you forget it, please contact Brother customer service for support.

NOTE

Only administrators can set limitations and make changes for each user.

If Fax Tx is disabled, you cannot use any functions in the Fax menu.

Polled Transmit and Polling Receive are enabled only when both Fax Tx and Fax Rx are enabled.

You cannot edit or delete a Shortcut when Secure Function Lock is set to On.

Before you begin to use

 

Secure Function Lock 2.0

2

 

You can configure Secure Function Lock 2.0 settings using a Web browser. Before configuration, the following preparations are required:

a Start your Web browser.

b Type “vmachine’s IP address/” into your browser’s address bar (where “machine’s IP address” is the IP address of the Brother machine).

For example: x192.168.1.2/

NOTE

You can find the machine's IP address in the Network Configuration List.

(See Software and Network User’s Guide.)

c Enter a password in the Login box.

(This is a password to log into the machine's Web page, not the administrator password for Secure

Function Lock.) Click .

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NOTE

If you are using a Web browser to configure the machine's settings for the first time, set a password.

1Click

Please configure the password.

2Enter a password you want to use (up to 32 characters).

3Re-enter the password in the

Confirm New Password box.

4Click Submit.

Setting and changing the Administrator Password

You can configure these settings using a Web browser. To set up the Web page, see

Before you begin to use Secure Function Lock 2.0 on page 5. Then follow the instructions below.

Setting the administrator password

The password you set in these steps is for the administrator. This password is used to set up users and to turn Secure Function Lock on or off. (See Setting up restricted users

on page 6 and Turning Secure Function Lock on/off on page 7.)

a Click Administrator.

b Click Secure Function Lock.

c Enter a four-digit number for the password in the New Password box.

d Re-enter the password in the

Retype Password box. e Click Submit.

Changing the administrator password

a Click Administrator.

b Click Secure Function Lock.

c Enter a four-digit number for the new password in the New Password box.

d Re-enter the new password in the

Retype Password box. e Click Submit.

Setting up restricted users

You can set up users with restrictions and a password. You can set up to 10 users.

You can configure these settings using a Web browser.

To set up the Web page, see Before you begin to use Secure Function Lock 2.0 on page 5. Then follow the instructions below:

a Click Administrator.

b Click Secure Function Lock.

c Enter an alphanumeric Group name or User name (up to 15 characters) in the ID Number/Name box and then enter a four-digit password in the PIN box.

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d Uncheck the functions that you want to restrict in the Function Restrictions boxes. If you want to configure the maximum page count, check the On box in Print Limits, and then enter the number in the Max. Pages box. Then click Submit.

NOTE

You cannot use the same password as another user’s password.

You can set up one Public user. Public users do not need to enter a password.

For more information, see Software and Network User’s Guide.

Turning Secure Function Lock on/off

NOTE

If you enter the wrong password, the Touchscreen will show

Wrong Password. Enter the correct password. If you forget it, please contact Brother customer service for support.

Turning Secure Function Lock on

a Press (Settings). b Press All Settings.

c Press a or b to display

General Setup.

d Press General Setup.

e Press a or b to display

Function Lock.

f Press Function Lock. g Press Lock OffiOn.

Security features

h Enter your four-digit administrator password using the keyboard on the Touchscreen.

Press OK.

NOTE

 

2

 

The Secure Function Lock icon is prominently displayed in the Home screen.

Turning Secure Function Lock off

a Press .

b Press Lock OniOff.

c Enter your four-digit administrator password using the keyboard on the Touchscreen.

Press OK.

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Switching users

This setting allows a restricted user to log on to the machine when the Secure Function Lock is turned on.

a On the Touchscreen, press . b Press Change User.

c Press a or b to display your user name. d Press your user name.

e Enter your four-digit user password using the keyboard on the Touchscreen. Press OK.

Changing to the Public mode

a Press .

b Press Go to Public.

Restricting dialling

This feature prevents users from sending a fax or call to a wrong number by mistake. You can set the machine to restrict dialling when you use the dial pad, Address Book, Shortcut and LDAP search.

If you choose Off, the machine does not restrict the dialling method.

If you choose Enter # Twice, the machine will prompt you to re-enter the number, and will start dialling after you re-enter the number correctly. If you re-enter the wrong number, the Touchscreen will show Try again. Press Close and enter the number twice again.

If you choose On, the machine will restrict all fax sending and outbound calls for that dialling method.

NOTE

• The Enter # Twice setting will not work if you lift an external handset before entering the number. You will not be asked to re-enter the number.

If you chose On or Enter # Twice, you cannot use the Broadcasting feature.

Dial pad restriction

a Press (Settings). b Press All Settings. c Press a or b to display Fax. d Press Fax.

e Press a or b to display

Dial Restriction.

f Press Dial Restriction.

g Press a or b to display Dial Pad. h Press Dial Pad.

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i Press Enter # Twice, On or Off.

j Press .

Address Book restriction

a Press (Settings). b Press All Settings. c Press a or b to display Fax. d Press Fax.

e Press a or b to display

Dial Restriction.

f Press Dial Restriction.

g Press a or b to display Address Book. h Press Address Book.

i Press Enter # Twice, On or Off.

j Press .

NOTE

If you combine Address Book numbers when dialling, the address will be recognized as dial pad input and will not be restricted.

Security features

Shortcut restriction

a Press

(Settings).

 

b Press All Settings.

2

c Press a or b to display Fax. d Press Fax.

e Press a or b to display

Dial Restriction.

f Press Dial Restriction.

g Press a or b to display Shortcuts. h Press Shortcuts.

i Press Enter # Twice, On or Off.

j Press .

LDAP Server restriction

a Press (Settings). b Press All Settings. c Press a or b to display Fax. d Press Fax.

e Press a or b to display

Dial Restriction.

f Press Dial Restriction.

g Press a or b to display LDAP Server. h Press LDAP Server.

i Press Enter # Twice, On or Off. j Press .

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3 Sending a fax

Additional sending options

Sending faxes using multiple settings

When you send a fax, you can choose a combination of settings, such as

Fax Resolution, Contrast,

Glass Scan Size, and Real Time TX.

You can also choose Call History,

Address Book, Broadcasting, Preview, Colour Setting, Delayed Fax,

Batch TX, Polled TX, Polling RX, Overseas Mode, Set New Default, and Factory Reset.

Some settings are only available when sending mono faxes.

a Load your document. b Do one of the following:

When Fax Preview is set to Off, press (Fax).

When Fax Preview is set to On, press (Fax) and then

(Sending Faxes).

The Touchscreen shows:

d Press a or b to display the setting you want to change. When the setting is displayed, press it.

e Press the option you want to set.

f Go back to step d to change additional settings.

g Press OK when you have finished changing settings.

h Enter the fax number. i Press Fax Start.

NOTE

Most settings are temporary, and the machine returns to its default settings after you send a fax.

You can save some of the settings you use most often by making them the default settings. These settings will remain until you change them again. (See Setting your changes as a new default on page 12.)

You can also save some of the settings you use most often by setting them as a Shortcut. (See Saving fax options as a Shortcut on page 13.)

Stop faxing

To stop faxing, press .

c Press Options.

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Contrast

If your document is very light or very dark, you may want to change the contrast. For most documents, the factory setting Auto can be used. Auto chooses the suitable contrast for your document.

Choose Light when sending a light document. Choose Dark when sending a dark document.

a Load your document. b Do one of the following:

When Fax Preview is set to Off, press (Fax).

When Fax Preview is set to On, press

(Fax) and then

(Sending Faxes).

c Press Options.

d Press a or b to display Contrast. e Press Contrast.

f Press Auto, Light or Dark. g Press OK.

h Enter the fax number. i Press Fax Start.

NOTE

Even if you choose Light or Dark, the machine will send the fax using the Auto setting in the following conditions:

When you send a colour fax.

When you choose Photo as the Fax Resolution.

Sending a fax

Changing fax resolution

The quality of a fax can be improved by changing the fax resolution.

a Load your document.

 

b Do one of the following:

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When Fax Preview is set to Off,

 

press (Fax).

When Fax Preview is set to On, press

(Fax) and then

(Sending Faxes).

c Press Options.

d Press a or b to display

Fax Resolution.

e Press Fax Resolution.

f Press a or b to display Standard,

Fine, S.Fine or Photo, and then press the option you want.

g Press OK.

h Enter the fax number. i Press Fax Start.

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NOTE

You can choose four different resolution settings for monochrome faxes, and two for colour.

Monochrome

Standard

Suitable for most typed

 

documents.

Fine

Good for small print and

 

transmits a little slower than

S.Fine

Standard resolution.

Good for small print or artwork

 

and transmits slower than

 

Fine resolution.

Photo

Use when the document has

 

varying shades of grey or is a

 

photograph. Photo has the

 

slowest transmission.

 

 

Colour

 

Standard

Suitable for most typed

 

documents.

Fine

Use when the document is a

 

photograph. The transmission

 

time is slower than Standard

 

resolution.

If you choose S.Fine or Photo and then send a colour fax (choosing Colour in Colour Setting), the machine will send the fax using the Fine setting.

Setting your changes as a new default

You can save the settings for the fax options you use most often by setting them as the default settings, such as Fax Resolution,

Contrast, Glass Scan Size, Preview, Real Time TX and Colour Setting. These settings will remain until you change them again.

a Do one of the following:

When Fax Preview is set to Off, press (Fax).

When Fax Preview is set to On, press

(Fax) and then

(Sending Faxes).

b Press Options.

c Press a or b to choose the menu option that you want to change. Press your new option.

Repeat this step for each setting you want to change.

d After changing the last setting to your preferred option, press a or b to display

Set New Default.

e Press Set New Default.

f The Touchscreen asks you to confirm the change to the new default settings. Press Yes to confirm.

g Press .

12

Restoring fax options to the factory default

You can restore all the fax options you have changed back to the factory default. These settings will remain until you change them again.

a Do one of the following:

When Fax Preview is set to Off, press (Fax).

When Fax Preview is set to On, press

(Fax) and then

(Sending Faxes).

b Press Options.

c Press a or b to display

Factory Reset.

d Press Factory Reset.

e The Touchscreen asks you to confirm to change back to the factory default. Press Yes to confirm.

f Press .

Saving fax options as a Shortcut

You can store all the new fax options you use frequently by saving them as a Shortcut.

a Do one of the following:

When Fax Preview is set to Off, press (Fax).

When Fax Preview is set to On, press

(Fax) and then

(Sending Faxes).

Sending a fax

b Enter the fax number.

NOTE

If the Shortcut is to be used for broadcasting, press Options and choose Broadcasting in step dbefore entering the fax number in step b.

(See Broadcasting (Monochrome only)

3

on page 15.)

c Press Options.

d Press a or b to display

Fax Resolution, Contrast,

Glass Scan Size, Preview, Colour Setting, Real Time TX or

Overseas Mode, and then press the setting you want to change. Then press the new option you want to set. Repeat this step for each setting you want to change.

e When you have finished choosing new options, press OK.

f Press Save as Shortcut.

g Confirm the displayed list of options you have chosen for the Shortcut, and then press OK.

h Enter a name for the Shortcut using the keyboard on the Touchscreen. (For help entering letters, see Basic User’s Guide:

Entering Text.) Press OK.

i Press OK to save your Shortcut.

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Chapter 3

Additional sending operations

Sending a fax manually

Manual transmission lets you hear the dialling, ringing and fax-receiving tones while sending a fax.

NOTE

To send a multi-page fax, use the ADF.

(Not available in South Africa) a Load your document. b Do one of the following:

When Fax Preview is set to Off, press (Fax).

When Fax Preview is set to On, press

(Fax) and then

(Sending Faxes).

c To listen for a dial tone, press Hook. d Dial the fax number.

e When you hear the fax tones, press

Fax Start.

If you are using the scanner glass, press Send on the Touchscreen to send the fax.

(For South Africa only) a Load your document.

b To listen for a dial tone, pick up the handset of the external telephone.

c Dial the fax number using the external telephone.

d When you hear the fax tones, press

Fax Start.

If you are using the scanner glass, press Send on the Touchscreen to send the fax.

e Replace the handset of the external phone.

Sending a fax at the end of a conversation

At the end of a conversation, you can send a fax to the other party before you both hang up.

a Ask the other party to wait for the fax tones (beeps) and then to press the Start or Send key before hanging up.

b Load your document.

c Press Fax Start.

If you are using the scanner glass, press Send to send the fax.

d Replace the handset of the external phone.

Dual Access (Monochrome only)

You can dial a number and start scanning the fax into memory—even when the machine is sending from memory, receiving faxes or printing PC data. The Touchscreen shows the new job number.

The number of pages you can scan into the memory will vary depending on the data that is printed on them.

NOTE

If the Out of Memory message

appears, press

or Quit to cancel or

Send Now to send the pages scanned so far.

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Broadcasting (Monochrome only)

Broadcasting is automatically sending the same fax message to more than one fax number. You can include Groups, Address Book numbers, and up to 50 manually dialled numbers in the same broadcast.

After the broadcast is finished, a Broadcast Report will be printed.

Before you begin the broadcast

Address Book numbers must be stored in the machine's memory before they can be used in a broadcast. (See Basic User’s Guide:

Storing Address Book numbers.)

Group numbers must also be stored in the machine's memory before they can be used in a broadcast. Group numbers include many stored Address Book numbers for easier dialling. (See Setting up Groups for Broadcasting on page 33.)

How to broadcast a fax

a Load your document. b Do one of the following:

When Fax Preview is set to Off, press (Fax).

When Fax Preview is set to On, press

(Fax) and then

(Sending Faxes).

c Press Options.

d Press a or b to display Broadcasting. e Press Broadcasting.

f Press Add Number.

Sending a fax

g You can add numbers to the broadcast in the following ways:

Press Add Number and enter a number using the keyboard on the Touchscreen.

Press OK.

NOTE

 

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If you downloaded Internet Fax:

 

If you want to broadcast using an E-mail address, press , enter the E-mail

address, and press OK. (For help entering letters, see Basic User’s Guide: Entering Text.)

Press Add from Address book. Press a or b to display the number you want to add to the broadcast.

Press the check boxes of the numbers you want to add to the broadcast.

After you have checked all the numbers you want, press OK.

Press

Search in Address book. Enter the first letter of the name and press OK.

Press the name, and then press the number you want to add to the broadcast.

h After you have entered all the fax numbers by repeating steps f and g, press OK.

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i Press Fax Start.

NOTE

Broadcasting is not available when you select Colour in Colour Setting.

Faxing from the ADF

The machine starts scanning the document.

Faxing from the scanner glass

When the Touchscreen asks you Next page?, do one of the following:

To send a single page, press No.

The machine starts sending the document.

To send more than one page, press Yes and place the next page on the scanner glass.

Press OK.

The machine starts scanning the page. (Repeat this step for each page.)

After all the pages have been scanned, press No to start.

NOTE

If you did not use up any of the numbers for Groups, you can “broadcast” faxes to as many as 250 different numbers.

The machine’s available memory will vary depending on the types of jobs in the memory and the numbers used for broadcasting. If you broadcast to the maximum amount of numbers available, you will not be able to use dual access and delayed fax.

If the Out of Memory message

appears, press

or Quit to cancel or

Send Now to send the pages scanned so far.

Cancelling a Broadcast in progress

a Press .

b Do one of the following:

To cancel the entire broadcast, press

Entire Broadcast. Go to step c.

To cancel the current job, press the name or number being dialled on the Touchscreen. Go to step d.

To exit without cancelling, press .

c When the Touchscreen asks if you want to cancel the entire broadcast, do one of the following:

Press Yes to confirm.

To exit without cancelling, press No.

d Do one of the following:

To cancel the current job, press Yes.

To exit without cancelling, press No.

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Real Time Transmission

When you are sending a fax, the machine will scan the documents into the memory before sending. Then, as soon as the telephone line is free, the machine will start dialling and sending.

Sometimes, you may want to send an important document immediately, without waiting for the machine to scan it into memory. You can do this by turning on

Real Time TX.

a Load your document. b Do one of the following:

When Fax Preview is set to Off, press (Fax).

When Fax Preview is set to On, press

(Fax) and then

(Sending Faxes).

c Press Options.

d Press a or b to display Real Time TX. e Press Real Time TX.

f Press On (or Off). g Press OK.

h Enter the fax number. i Press Fax Start.

NOTE

If you are sending a colour fax or if the memory is full and you are sending a monochrome fax from the ADF, the machine will send the document in real time (even if Real Time TX is set to

Off).

In Real Time Transmission, the automatic redial feature does not work when you are using the scanner glass.

Sending a fax

Overseas Mode

If you are having difficulty sending a fax

 

overseas due to possible interference on the

 

telephone line, we recommend that you turn

 

on Overseas Mode. After you send a fax

 

using this feature, the feature will

 

automatically turn itself off.

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a Load your document. b Do one of the following:

When Fax Preview is set to Off, press (Fax).

When Fax Preview is set to On, press

(Fax) and then

(Sending Faxes).

c Press Options.

d Press a or b to display

Overseas Mode.

e Press Overseas Mode. f Press On (or Off).

g Press OK.

h Enter the fax number. i Press Fax Start.

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Delayed Faxing (Monochrome only)

You can store up to 50 faxes in the memory to be sent within 24 hours. These faxes will be sent at the time of day you enter in step i.

a Load your document. b Do one of the following:

When Fax Preview is set to Off, press (Fax).

When Fax Preview is set to On, press

(Fax) and then

(Sending Faxes).

c Press Options.

d Press a or b to display Delayed Fax. e Press Delayed Fax.

f Press Delayed Fax.

g Press On (or Off).

h Press Set Time.

i To enter the time you want the fax to be sent, do one of the following:

If you have set 12h Clock as the format in the Clock Type setting, enter the time (in 12-hour format) using the keyboard on the Touchscreen, and then press AM or

PM. Press OK.

If you have set 24h Clock in the Clock Type setting, enter the time (in 24-hour format) using the keyboard on the Touchscreen. Press OK.

(For example, enter 19:45 for 7:45 PM.)

NOTE

The number of pages you can scan into the memory depends on the amount of data that is printed on each page.

j Press OK.

k Enter the fax number. l Press Fax Start.

NOTE

Delayed Fax is not available when you select Colour in Colour Setting.

Delayed Batch Transmission (Monochrome only)

Before sending the delayed faxes, your machine will help you economize by sorting all the faxes in the memory by destination and scheduled time. All delayed faxes that are scheduled to be sent at the same time to the same fax number will be sent as one fax to save transmission time.

a Do one of the following:

When Fax Preview is set to Off, press (Fax).

When Fax Preview is set to On, press

(Fax) and then

(Sending Faxes).

b Press Options.

c Press a or b to display Batch TX. d Press Batch TX.

e Press On (or Off).

f Press .

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Checking and cancelling waiting jobs

You can check which jobs are still waiting in the memory to be sent, or cancel a job.

(If there are no jobs, the Touchscreen shows

No Jobs Waiting.)

a Press (Settings). b Press All Settings. c Press a or b to display Fax. d Press Fax.

e Press a or b to display

Remaining Jobs.

f Press Remaining Jobs. Any waiting jobs appear on the Touchscreen.

g Press a or b to scroll through the jobs and press the job you want to cancel. Press OK.

h Do one of the following:

To cancel, press Yes.

If you want to cancel another job, go to step g.

To exit without cancelling, press No.

iWhen you have finished, press .

Sending a fax

Polling

Polling lets you set up your machine so other people can receive faxes from you, but they pay for the call. It also lets you call somebody else’s fax machine and receive a fax from it, so you pay for the call. The polling feature

needs to be set up on both machines for this 3 to work. Not all fax machines support polling.

Polled Transmit (Monochrome only)

Polled Transmit lets you set up your machine to wait with a document so another fax machine can call and retrieve it.

The document will be stored and can be retrieved by any other fax machine until you delete it from the memory. (See Checking and cancelling waiting jobs on page 19.)

Setting up Polled Transmit

a Load your document. b Do one of the following:

When Fax Preview is set to Off, press (Fax).

When Fax Preview is set to On, press

(Fax) and then

(Sending Faxes).

c Press Options.

d Press a or b to display Polled TX. e Press Polled TX.

f Press Standard.

g Press Fax Start.

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h If you are using the scanner glass, the Touchscreen will prompt you to choose one of the following options:

Press Yes to scan another page. Go to step i.

Press No to store the document in the memory. Other fax machines can now call your machine and retrieve the document.

iPlace the next page on the scanner glass and press OK.

Repeat steps h and i for each additional page.

The document will be stored in the memory and will be sent when it is polled.

Setting up Secure Polled Transmit

Secure Polling lets you restrict who can get the documents you set up to be polled.

Secure Polling only works with Brother fax machines. If another person wants to retrieve a fax from your machine, they will have to enter the secure code.

a Load your document. b Do one of the following:

When Fax Preview is set to Off, press (Fax).

When Fax Preview is set to On, press

(Fax) and then

(Sending Faxes).

c Press Options.

d Press a or b to display Polled TX. e Press Polled TX.

f Press Secure.

g Enter a four-digit number. Press OK.

h Press Fax Start.

i If you are using the scanner glass, the Touchscreen will prompt you to choose one of the following options:

Press Yes to scan another page. Go to step j.

Press No to store the document in the memory. Other fax machines can now call your machine and retrieve the document.

j Place the next page on the scanner glass and press OK.

k Repeat steps i and j for each additional page.

The document will be stored in the memory and will be sent when it is polled.

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4 Receiving a fax

Memory Receive (Monochrome only)

Memory Receive lets you receive faxes while you are away from the machine.

You can only use one Memory Receive operation at a time:

Fax Forwarding

Fax Storage

PC-Fax Receive

Off

You can change your selection at any time. If received faxes are still in the machine’s memory when you change the Memory Receive operation, a message will appear on the Touchscreen. (See Changing Memory Receive operations on page 23.)

Fax Forwarding

When you choose Fax Forward, your machine stores the received fax in the memory. The machine will then dial the fax number you have programmed and forward the fax message.

a Press (Settings). b Press All Settings. c Press a or b to display Fax. d Press Fax.

e Press a or b to display

Setup Receive.

f Press Setup Receive.

g Press a or b to display

Memory Receive.

h Press Memory Receive.

i Press a or b to display Fax Forward. j Press Fax Forward.

k Enter the forwarding number (up to 20 digits) using the keyboard on the Touchscreen.

Press OK.

l If Fax Preview is set to Off, press

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Backup

Print: On or

 

Backup

Print: Off.

 

IMPORTANT

If you choose Backup Print: On, the machine will also print the fax at your machine so you will have a copy. This is a safety feature in case there is a power failure before the fax is forwarded or a problem at the receiving machine.

When you receive a colour fax, your machine prints the colour fax at your machine but does not forward the fax to the Fax Forwarding number you programmed.

m Press .

Fax Storage

If you choose Fax Storage, your machine stores received faxes in the memory. You will be able to retrieve fax messages from another location using the Remote Retrieval commands.

If you have turned on Fax Storage, a backup copy will be printed at the machine.

a Press (Settings). b Press All Settings. c Press a or b to display Fax. d Press Fax.

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e Press a or b to display

Setup Receive.

f Press Setup Receive.

g Press a or b to display

Memory Receive.

h Press Memory Receive.

i Press a or b to display Fax Storage. j Press Fax Storage.

k Press .

NOTE

Colour faxes cannot be stored in the memory. When you receive a colour fax, your machine prints the colour fax at your machine.

Printing a fax from the memory

If you have chosen Fax Storage, you can still print a fax from the memory when you are at your machine.

a Press (Settings). b Press All Settings. c Press a or b to display Fax. d Press Fax.

e Press a or b to display

Print Document.

f Press Print Document. g Press OK.

h Press .

NOTE

(When Fax Preview is set to Off.)

You can also print a fax from the memory by pressing Print on the Touchscreen.

When you print a fax from the memory, the fax data will be erased from your machine.

Turning off Memory Receive operations

a Press (Settings). b Press All Settings. c Press a or b to display Fax. d Press Fax.

e Press a or b to display

Setup Receive.

f Press Setup Receive.

g Press a or b to display

Memory Receive.

h Press Memory Receive.

i Press Off.

j Press .

NOTE

The Touchscreen will show you more options if there are still received faxes in the machine’s memory. (See Changing Memory Receive operations on page 23.)

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Changing Memory Receive operations

If there are received faxes in your machine’s memory when you change the Memory Receive operations, the Touchscreen will ask you one of the following questions:

If all the received faxes have already been printed

Erase all documents?

If you press Yes, faxes in the memory will be erased before the setting changes.

If you press No, faxes in the memory will not be erased and the setting will be unchanged.

If unprinted faxes remain in the memory

Print all faxes?

If you press Yes, faxes in the memory will be printed before the setting changes. If a backup copy has already been printed, it will not be printed again.

If you press No, faxes in the memory will not be printed and the setting will be unchanged.

If received faxes are left in the machine's memory when you change to

PC Fax Receive from another option [Fax Forward or Fax Storage], press

<USB> or the name of the PC if you are on a network.

Press OK.

Receiving a fax

The Touchscreen will ask you the following question:

Send Fax to PC?

If you press Yes, faxes in the memory will be sent to your PC before the setting changes. You will be asked if you want to turn on Backup Print.

(See Basic User’s Guide: PC-FAX

 

Receiving (Windows®).)

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• If you press No, faxes in the memory

will not be erased or transferred to your

 

PC and the setting will be unchanged.

 

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