B Glossary
This is a comprehensive list of features and terms that appear in Brother manuals. Availability of these features depends on the model you purchased.
1.9" Touchscreen plus Touch Panel Controls
The Touchscreen LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) on the machine shows interactive messages and prompts for using the machine. The touch panel controls, on the right side of the display, illuminate when they are available for the current operation.
ADF (automatic document feeder)
The document can be placed in the ADF and scanned one page at a time automatically.
Auto Reduction
Reduces the size of incoming faxes.
Automatic Redial
A feature that enables your machine to redial the last fax number after five minutes if the fax did not go through because the line was busy.
Backup Print
Your machine prints a copy of every fax that is received and stored in its memory. This is a safety feature so you will not lose messages during a power failure.
Batch Transmission
(Black & white faxes only) As a cost saving feature, all delayed faxes to the same fax number can be sent as one transmission.
Beeper Volume
Volume setting for the beep when you press a key or make an error.
Brightness
Changing the Brightness makes the whole image lighter or darker.
Broadcasting
Caller ID
A service purchased from the telephone company that lets you see the number (or name) of the party calling you.
CNG tones
The special tones (beeps) sent by fax machines during automatic transmission to tell the receiving machine that a fax machine is calling.
Coding method
Method of coding the information contained in the document. All fax machines must use a minimum standard of Modified Huffman (MH). Your machine is capable of greater compression methods, Modified Read (MR), Modified Modified Read (MMR) and JPEG, if the receiving machine has the same capability.
Communication error (Comm. Error)
An error during fax sending or receiving, usually caused by line noise or static.
Compatibility group
The ability of one fax unit to communicate with another. Compatibility is assured between
Contrast
Setting to compensate for dark or light documents, by making faxes or copies of dark documents lighter and light documents darker.
Delayed Fax
Sends your fax at a specified time later.
Density
Changing the Density makes the whole image lighter or darker.
The ability to send the same fax message to more than one location.
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