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USER’S GUIDE
MFC-230C
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If you need to call Customer Service Please complete the following information for future reference: Model Number: MFC-230C 1 Serial Number: Date of Purchase: Place of Purchase: 1 The serial number is on the back of the unit. Retain this User's Guide with your sales receipt as a permanent re
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Brother numbers IMPORTANT For technical help, you must call the country where you bought the machine. Calls must be made from within that country. Register your product By registering your product with Brother International Corporation, you will be recorded as the original owner of the product. Your registration with Brother: may serve as confirmation of the purchase date of your product should you lose your receipt; may support an insurance claim by you in the event of product loss covere
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Service Center Locator (USA only) For the location of a Brother authorized service center, call 1-800-284-4357. Service Center Locations (Canada only) For the location of a Brother authorized service center, call 1-877-BROTHER. Brother fax back system (USA only) Brother has installed an easy-to-use fax back system, so you can get instant answers to common technical questions and product information for all Brother products. This system is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can use th
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Ordering accessories and supplies For best quality results use only genuine Brother accessories, which are available at most Brother retailers. If you cannot find the accessory you need and you have a Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express credit card, you can order accessories directly from Brother. (You can visit us online for a complete selection of the Brother accessories and supplies that are available for purchase.) In USA: 1-877-552-MALL (6255) 1-800-947-1445 (fax) http:/
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Notice - Disclaimer of Warranties (USA and Canada) BROTHER'S LICENSOR(S), AND THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY BROTHER'S LICENSOR) MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, REGARDING THE SOFTWARE. BROTHER'S LICENSOR(S) DOES NOT WARRANT, GUARANTEE OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE IN TERMS OF ITS CORRECTN
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® Brother One Year Limited Warranty and Replacement Service (USA only) Who is covered: 3 Damage caused by another device or software used with this Product (including This limited warranty (“warranty”) is given but not limited to damage resulting from only to the original end-use/retail purchaser ® (referred to in this warranty as “Original use of non Brother -brand parts and Purchaser”) of the accompanying product, Consumable and Accessory Items); consumables and accessories (collectively
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® Brother One Year Limited Warranty and Replacement Service (USA only) discretion. Brother reserves the right to supply has not been sufficiently validated with a copy a refurbished or remanufactured replacement of the proof of purchase (bill of sale). The Machine and/or accompanying Consumable replacement Machine you receive (even if and Accessory Items and use refurbished refurbished or remanufactured) will be parts provided such replacement products covered by the balance of the limited warr
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BROTHER MULTIFUNCTION CENTER MACHINE LIMITED WARRANTY (Canada only) Pursuant to the limited warranty of 1 year from the date of purchase for labour and parts, Brother International Corporation (Canada) Ltd. (“Brother”), or its Authorized Service Centres, will repair or replace (at Brother’s sole discretion) this MFC machine free of charge if defective in material or workmanship. This warranty applies only to products purchased and used in Canada. This limited Warranty does not include cleaning,
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Table of Contents Section I General 1 General Information 2 Using the documentation .......................................................................................2 Symbols and conventions used in the documentation ....................................2 Accessing the Software User’s Guide ...................................................................2 Viewing Documentation...................................................................................3 ® Accessing Brother Support
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Section II Fax 5 Sending a fax 24 Entering Fax mode ..............................................................................................24 Faxing from the scanner glass ......................................................................24 Faxing A4 size documents from the scanner glass .......................................25 Color fax transmission ...................................................................................25 Canceling a fax in progress......................
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Connecting an external TAD (telephone answering device)................................38 Connections...................................................................................................38 Recording an outgoing message (OGM) on an external TAD.......................39 Special line considerations ............................................................................39 Multi-line connections (PBX) .........................................................................40 Exter
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Section IV Walk-up Photo Printing ® 11 PhotoCapture Center : Printing photos from a USB Flash memory drive 58 ® PhotoCapture Center Operations......................................................................58 Printing from a USB Flash memory drive without a PC.................................58 ® Using PhotoCapture Center from your computer ........................................58 Using a USB Flash memory drive .................................................................58 USB Flas
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Section VI Appendixes A Safety and Legal 72 Choosing a location .............................................................................................72 To use the machine safely...................................................................................73 Important safety instructions..........................................................................77 Standard telephone and FCC Notices (These notices are in effect on models sold and used in the United States only.) ......
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D Specifications 113 General..............................................................................................................113 Print media.........................................................................................................115 Fax.....................................................................................................................116 Copy .............................................................................................................
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Section I General I General Information 2 Loading documents and paper 8 General setup 17 Security features 21
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General Information 1 1 Using the Accessing the documentation 1 Software User’s Guide 1 Thank you for buying a Brother machine! This User’s Guide does not contain all the Reading the documentation will help you information about the machine such as how make the most of your machine. to use Printer, Scanner and PC Fax. When you are ready to learn detailed information about these operations, read the Software Symbols and conventions User’s Guide that is on the CD-ROM. used in the documentat
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General Information d Click Documentation. Viewing Documentation 1 e Click the documentation you want to 1 read. Viewing Documentation ® (For Windows ) 1 HTML documents: Software User’s Guide in HTML format. To view the documentation, from the Start menu, point to Brother, MFC-XXXX (where This format is recommended for XXXX is your model name) from the viewing on your computer. programs group, and then choose PDF documents: User’s Guide for User’s Guides in HTML format. stand-alone oper
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Chapter 1 How to find Scanning instructions 1 Viewing Documentation ® (For Macintosh ) 1 There are several ways you can scan documents. You can find the instructions as ® a Turn on your Macintosh . Insert the follows: Brother CD-ROM into your CD-ROM Software User’s Guide drive. The following window will appear. ® Scanning (For Windows 2000 ® Professional/Windows XP and Windows Vista™) ® ControlCenter3 (For Windows 2000 ® Professional/Windows XP and Windows Vista™) Scansoft™ PaperPor