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Contents
Main
If you need to call Customer Service
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Brother numbers
Register your product
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FAQs (frequently asked questions)
http://solutions.brother.com/
Ordering accessories and supplies
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Notice - Disclaimer of Warranties (USA and Canada)
Compilation and Publication Notice
Brother Two-Year Limited Warranty and Replacement Service (USA Only)
Brother Two-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
2 Loading paper and documents 9
3 General setup 25
Section II Fax
5 Sending a Fax 40
6 Receiving a Fax 49
7 Telephone Services and External devices 67
8 Dialing and storing numbers 79
9 Printing Reports 89
10 Polling 91
Section III Copy
11 Making copies 94
Section IV Walk-up Photo Printing
12 PhotoCapture Center: Printing photos from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive 106
13 Printing photos from a camera 125
Section V Software
14 Software and Network features 130
Section VI Appendixes
A Safety and Legal 132
B Troubleshooting and Routine Maintenance 145
C Menu and Features 172
Page
Section I
General
Using the docume ntation
Symbols and conventions used in th e docume ntat ion
Accessing the Software Users Guide and Network Users Guide
Viewing Document a tion
Gen e r a l Informa tion
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d e
How to find Scanning in structions
How to find Network setup inst ructions
Viewing Documentation (For Macintosh)1
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b c d
e
How to find Scanning instruct ions
How to find Network setup ins tr u ct ion s
Accessing Brother Support (For Windows)1
Contro l panel overv iew
12:45
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LC D scr een
B asi c Op era t ion s
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c d e
12:4512:45
Loading paper and othe r me dia
Loading paper in paper tr ay #1
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Load ing pape r and doc ument s
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Loading paper in paper tray #2
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b
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d
e
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Loading envelopes and post cards
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a b
c
Removing small printouts from the ma chi ne
Pri ntable area
Acceptable paper and other media
Recommended media
Brother paper
Handling and usi ng media
Paper capacity of the output paper tr ay
Choosing the right media
Paper type and si ze for eac h operation
Paper weight , thi ckness and cap acity
Loading doc uments
Us ing th e ADF
Recomm ended env ironm ent Docume nt Sizes Supported How t o load do c um e nts
a
b c
d
Using the s canner glass
Docum ent Size s Suppor ted
How t o load d ocuments
a b
Scannable are a
Gene ral set up
3
On/Off key
Turning the machine of f
a
Mode T imer
b
c d
3
Paper set ting s
Paper Size and Type
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c
d
b
c
d e
Secure Paper Feed mode for Ledger size Short Grain Paper
b
c
d
Volume S ett ings
Automatic Daylight Saving s Time
Sleep Mod e
LCD screen
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Secu rity fe atures
4
Secure F uncti on Lock
Setting and changing the Admi nistrator Pass word
Setting the pass w ord
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4
Setting up and changing restri cted us ers
Settin g up r estrict ed use rs
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Section II
Fax
Enter ing F ax mode
Faxing from the ADF
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c
Se nding a F ax
Faxing from the scanner glass
b
c
f
Glas s Scan Siz e
b
c
Color fax transmis sion
How to preview an outgoing fa x
b c
d
e
Canceling a fax in progress
Broadcasting (Black & White o nly)
c
f
d
e
Additional sending oper ations
Sending faxes using multiple settings
b
c
d
b c
Changing fa x resolution
b
c
Dual access (Bla ck & White only)
b c
Overseas Mode
c
d
Delayed Faxing (B lack & W hi te on l y)
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Sending a f ax manually
c
d e
f
Sending a fax at the end of a conversat ion
a
c
d
Out of Memory m essage
Receive mo des
Choose the corre ct Recei ve Mode
Rece iv ing a F ax
Page
Using r eceive modes
Fax only
Fax/Tel
Manual
Ext ernal TAD
Receive mode set tings
Rin g Del ay
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d e
F/T Ring Time (Fax/Tel mode only)
Additional receiving operat ions
Printing a reduced incoming fa x
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d
e
c
d e
Receiving a fax at the end of a co n versa tion
a
b
c d
Printing a fax from the memor y
c
Memory Receive (Black & W hite only)
Fax Forwarding
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d
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PC Fa x Rec eiv e
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Changing Memory Receive Operations
Fax Preview (Black & White o nly)
How to prev iew a rec ei v ed fax
Setting Fa x Pre vi e w
b
Using Fax Previ ew
b
How to pr int al l fa xes i n th e l ist
b
Changing the settings to turn off fax prev ie w
c
Remote Retr ieval
Setting a Remote Access Code
c
d
Using your Remote Access Code
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b
c
d
e
Rem ote Fax comma nds
Retri eving f ax m essages
a b
c
d
e
Changing your Fax Forwarding number
a b
c
d
e
f
Telephone Services and External devi ces
Tel ephone ser vices
Vo ic e Ma il
Dis tincti ve Ring
What does your telephone company's Distincti ve Ring do?
What does Brother's Distinctive Ring do?
Do you have Voi ce Mail?
Before you choose the ring pattern to r egi st er
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Ca ller I D
Setting up you r area code (USA only)
Connecting an external TAD (telephone answerin g devi ce)
Connections
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Special line co ns iderations
Roll over telephone line s
Two-line te lephone syste m
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b
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d
Multi-line connections (P BX)
External and extension te lephones
Connecting an external or extension t elephone
Using external and extension telephones
Using extension telephones
Using an external telephone (connected to the EXT. jack of the machi ne)
If you answer a call and no one is on the l ine:
Using a Non-Brother cordless external telephone
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Dia ling and st oring nu mbers
How to Dial
Manual dialing
One Touch Dialing
Speed Di aling
b
c
d
Fax Redial
a b
b
Call er ID hist ory
Stor ing numb ers
Storing a pause
Storing One Touch Dial numbers
a
b
d
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Storing One Touch numbers from the Ca ll er I D h is to ry
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Storing Speed Dial numbers from Ou tgo in g Ca ll s
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Setting up groups for broadcasting
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Changin g a Group nam e
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Deleting a Gr oup
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Deleting a numbe r from a Group
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Dialing Access codes and credit card numbers
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Pr inti ng Repo rts
9
Fax repor ts
Transmission Verification Report
c
Repor ts
How to pri nt a report
b
c
d
Poll ing
10
Polling o verview
Polling receive
Setup to receive polling
Polled transmit (B lack & White only)
Set up for polled t ransmit
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How to copy
Entering C opy mode
Making a single copy
c
Making co pies
Copy set tings
Changing copy quality
d e
f
Enlarging or reducing the im ag e copi ed
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Making N in 1 copies or a poster (pa ge la yout)
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Tray Sel ect
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Out of Memory message
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Section IV
Walk-up Photo Printing
PhotoCapture Center Operatio ns
Printing from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive without a PC
Scanning to memory cards or USB Flash memory drive without a PC
Using PhotoCapture Center from your computer
PhotoCapture Center: Printing photos from a memory card or US B Flash memory driv e
Memory cards or a USB Flash mem ory drive folde r str ucture
Getting st arte d
1 2 3 4 5
Entering PhotoC apture mode
Print Images
View Photo(s)
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b
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Pr int Photos
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d
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Enhance Photos
Auto Correct
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Enhan ce Scenery
a
b
d
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Remove Red-Eye
a
b
d
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Monoc hr ome
a
b
d
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Print All Photos
a
b
c
d
Slide show
a
b
c
Printing a p hoto du ring a Slide sho w
a
b
c
Trimmi ng
a
b
c
d
e
a
b
PhotoCapture Center print settings 12
Pri nt Qual ity
a
b
c
Paper options
Paper Type
a b
c
Con trast
a b
c
Color Enhancement (True2Life)12
a
b
a b
c
Borderless printing
a b
c
Prin t Date
a b
c
Setting your changes as the new de fault
a
b
Scan to a memory card or USB Flash memory drive
Entering S can mode
How to scan to a memory card or USB Fl ash memory drive
a
c d
k
e
f
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Understanding the Err or Messages
13
Printing photos directly from a PictBridg e camera
PictBridge requirements
Setting your digi tal camera
Pr inti ng photos f rom a camera
Printing Im ages
a
b
c
DPOF prin t ing
13
Printing photos directly from a digital camera (without Pic t Br idg e )
Printing Im ages
a
b
c
Understanding the Err or Messages
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Softw are and Network features
a
b
c
a
Appendixes
A
Sa fe ty a nd Leg al
Choosing a locati on
To use th e machine safely
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Page
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Important safety instructions
Page
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Declara ti on of Conformity (USA onl y)
Indus try Canada Com plianc e State ment (Cana da only)
LAN connection
International ENERGY STAR Compliance Statement A
Lega l limitations f or copying
Tradem arks
B
Troub leshooting
If you are having difficulty with your machine B
Troubleshooting and Routine Maintenanc e
Printing
Troubleshooting and Routine Maintenance
147
Printing Received Faxes
Printing
Telephone Line or Connections
Receiving Faxes
Sending Faxes
Troubleshooting and Routine Maintenance
149
Handling Incoming Calls
Copying Difficulties
Scanning Difficulties
Sending Faxes (continued)
Software Difficulties
PhotoCapture Center Difficulties
Network Difficulties
Dial Tone
b
c d
e
Telephone line interference
c
Err or and Main tenan ce mess ages
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Error anima tion
Transferring your faxes or Fax Jour nal report
Transferring faxes to another fax machi ne
a
b c
g
d
e
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Printer jam or paper j am
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
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Routine maint enance
Replacing the ink cartridges
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
Cleaning the outside of the ma chin e
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Cleaning the sc anner glass
a
b
Cleaning the machine printer platen
a
b
Cleaning the paper pick-up roller
a
b
f
c
d
b
c
d
e
f
b
c
i
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b
c
Machine In formatio n
Checki ng the seri al number
d
b
c
d
e
j
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C
Mode an d me nu keys
On-screen prog ramm ing
Menu table
Memory s torage
Menu table
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Network menu
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Menu ( ) (continued)
Fax ( )
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Scan ( )
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Copy ( )
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Watermark Copy Settings
Page
Photo Capture ( )
Print Settings
Page
Phone Book ( )
Fax Preview ( )
Entering T ext
Inser ting spaces
Making cor rections
Repeating l etters
Specia l characters and sy mbols
D
General
Spec ificatio ns
Page
Pri nt m edia
Fax
Co py
Phot oCaptu re Cent er
Page
Scanner
Pri nter
Inte rfaces
Comp uter req uirements
Cons umable item s
Networ k (LAN)
Wireless one -push configurat ion
E
Glos sary
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Index
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M
N
Q
R
S
T
V
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