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Advanced User’s Guide
MFC-J450DW
MFC-J470DW
MFC-J475DW
DCP-J152W
Version A
USA/CAN
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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,
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Table of Contents 1 General setup 1 IMPORTANT NOTE...............................................................................................1 Memory Storage ....................................................................................................1 Volume Settings (MFC models).............................................................................1 Ring Volume....................................................................................................1 Beeper Volume...
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4 Receiving a fax (MFC models) 15 Memory Receive (Black & White only) ................................................................15 Printing a fax from the memory .....................................................................15 ® PC-Fax Receive (Windows ) ........................................................................15 Turning off Memory Receive operations........................................................16 Changing Memory Receive operations ..........................
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A Routine maintenance 37 Cleaning and checking the machine....................................................................37 Cleaning the outside of the machine .............................................................37 Cleaning the machine’s printer platen ...........................................................38 Cleaning the paper feed rollers .....................................................................39 Cleaning the paper pick-up rollers.................................
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General setup 1 1 1 IMPORTANT NOTE 1 Most of the illustrations in this User's Guide show the MFC-J470DW. Memory Storage 1 Volume Settings (MFC models) 1 Your menu settings are stored permanently, and, in the event of a power failure, will not be lost. Temporary settings (for example, Ring Volume 1 Overseas Mode) will be lost. If you have chosen Set New Default for your You can choose a range of ring volume 1 preferred FAX and COPY settings, those levels, from High to Off. The machine w
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Chapter 1 Beeper Volume 1 Speaker Volume 1 When the beeper is on, the machine will You can choose a range of speaker volume make a sound when you press a key, make a levels, from High to Off. mistake, or after you send or receive a fax. a Press Menu. You can choose a range of sound volume levels, from High to Off. b Press a or b to choose General Setup. a Press Menu. Press OK. b Press a or b to choose c Press a or b to choose Volume. General Setup. Press OK. Press OK. d Press a or b to choos
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General setup Automatic Daylight Sleep Mode 1 Saving Time 1 You can choose how long the machine must be idle (up to 60 minutes) before it goes into (MFC models) 1 Sleep Mode. The timer will restart if any operation is carried out on the machine. You can set the machine to change automatically for daylight saving time. It will a Press Menu. reset itself forward one hour in the Spring and backward one hour in the Fall. Make sure you b Press a or b to choose have set the correct date and
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Chapter 1 Auto Power Off LCD screen 1 (DCP model) 1 Setting the backlight The Auto Power Down feature will turn off the brightness 1 machine after it has been in Sleep Mode the number of hours you choose. When this You can adjust the brightness of the LCD feature is Off, the machine will remain in backlight. If you are having difficulty reading Sleep Mode and not turn itself off. the LCD, try changing the brightness setting. NOTE a Press Menu. The machine will not power off automatically
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General setup Mode Timer (MFC models) 1 1 The machine’s control panel has four temporary mode keys: FAX, SCAN, COPY and WEB. You can change the amount of time the machine takes after the last Fax, Scan, Copy or Web operation before it returns to Ready mode. If you choose Off, the machine stays in the mode you used last. a Press Menu. b Press a or b to choose General Setup. Press OK. c Press a or b to choose Mode Timer. Press OK. d Press a or b to choose 0Sec, 30Secs, 1Min, 2Mins, 5Mi
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Security features 2 (MFC models) 2 Setting and changing the TX Lock 2 TX Lock password 2 TX Lock lets you prevent unauthorized access to the machine. NOTE While TX Lock is On, the following operations If you have already set the password, you are available: will not need to set it again. Receiving faxes 1 Setting the password 2 PC-Fax Receive (If PC-Fax Receive was already On) Make a careful note of your password. 1 While the TX Lock feature is turned on, your machine a Press Menu.
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Security features (MFC models) Changing the password 2 Turning TX Lock on/off 2 a Press Menu. Turning TX Lock on 2 b Press a or b to choose Fax. Press OK. a Press Menu. 2 c Press a or b to choose b Press a or b to choose Fax. Miscellaneous. Press OK. Press OK. c Press a or b to choose d Press a or b to choose TX Lock. Miscellaneous. Press OK. Press OK. e Press a or b to choose Set Password. d Press a or b to choose TX Lock. Press OK. Press OK. f Enter the four-digit number of the e Press a o
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Sending a fax 3 (MFC models) 3 Additional sending NOTE • Most settings are temporary and the options 3 machine returns to its default settings after you send a fax. Sending faxes using multiple • You can save some of the settings you use most often by making them the default settings 3 settings. These settings will stay until you change them again. (See Setting your When you send a fax, you can choose a changes as the new default on page 10.) combination of settings, such as Fax Re
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Sending a fax (MFC models) NOTE NOTE Even if you choose Light or Dark, the You can choose four different resolution machine will send the fax using the Auto settings for black & white faxes and two for setting in either of the following conditions: color faxes. • When you send a color fax. Black & White • When you choose Photo as the Fax Standard Suitable for most typed Resolution. documents. 3 Fine Good for small print and transmits a little slower than Changing fax resolution 3 Stand
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Chapter 3 Setting your changes as the Additional sending new default 3 operations 3 You can store the fax options you use frequently for Fax Resolution, Sending a fax manually 3 Contrast, Glass ScanSize and Real Time TX by saving them as the Manual transmission lets you hear the default settings. These settings will stay until dialing, ringing and fax-receiving tones while you change them again. sending a fax. NOTE aPress (FAX). To send a multi-page fax, use the ADF. b Press a or b to c
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Sending a fax (MFC models) How to broadcast a fax 3 Dual Access (Black & White only) 3 a Load your document. You can dial a number and start scanning the bPress (FAX). fax into memory—even when the machine is sending from memory, receiving faxes or c Press a or b to choose printing PC data. The LCD shows the new job Advanced Settings. number. 3 Press OK. The number of pages you can scan into the d Press a or b to choose Broadcasting. memory will vary depending on the data that Press OK.
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Chapter 3 g Press Black Start. Canceling a Broadcast in progress 3 Faxing from the ADF a Press Menu. The machine starts scanning and b Press a or b to choose Fax. sending the document. Press OK. Faxing from the scanner glass c Press a or b to choose When the LCD asks you Next Page?, Remaining Jobs. do one of the following: Press OK. To send a single page, press 2 (or The LCD will show the fax number being press Black Start again). dialed and the Broadcasting job The machine starts send
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Sending a fax (MFC models) Real Time Transmission 3 Overseas Mode 3 When you are sending a fax, the machine will If you are having difficulty sending a fax scan the document into the memory before overseas due to possible interference on the sending it. Then, as soon as the telephone telephone line, we recommend that you turn line is free, the machine will start dialing and on Overseas Mode. After you send a fax sending. using this feature, the feature will turn itself off. Sometimes, you
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Chapter 3 Checking and canceling waiting jobs 3 You can check which jobs are still waiting in the memory to be sent and cancel a job. (If there are no jobs, the LCD shows No Jobs Waiting.) a Press Menu. b Press a or b to choose Fax. Press OK. c Press a or b to choose Remaining Jobs. Press OK. Any waiting jobs appear on the LCD. d Press a or b to scroll through the jobs and choose the job you want to cancel. Press OK. e Do one of the following: To cancel, press 1 to choose Yes. If you wan
