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USER’S GUIDE
MFC-8460N
MFC-8860DN
MFC-8870DW
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If you need to call Customer Service Please complete the following information for future reference: Model Number: MFC-8460N, MFC-8860DN and MFC-8870DW (Circle your model number) 1 Serial Number: Date of Purchase: Place of Purchase: 1 The serial number is on the back of the unit. Retain this
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Approval Information and Compilation and Publication Notice THIS EQUIPMENT IS DESIGNED TO WORK WITH A TWO WIRE ANALOGUE PSTN LINE FITTED WITH THE APPROPRIATE CONNECTOR. APPROVAL INFORMATION Brother advises that this product may not function correctly in a country other than where it was originally purchased, and does not offer any warranty in the event that this product is used on public telecommunication lines in other countries. Compilation and Publication Notice Under the supervision of B
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EC Declaration of Conformity under the R & TTE Directive ii
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Table of Contents Section I General 1 General information Using the documentation....................................................................................... 2 Symbols and conventions used in the documentation .................................... 2 Accessing the complete User’s Guide...................................................................2 Viewing documentation ................................................................................... 2 Control panel overview .....
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4 Security features Security................................................................................................................23 Setting Lock...................................................................................................23 Secure Function Lock....................................................................................24 Section II Fax 5 Sending a fax How to fax...............................................................................................
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Setting the Fax Receive Stamp .....................................................................44 Receiving faxes into memory ........................................................................44 Printing a fax from the memory .....................................................................45 7 Phone and external devices Phone line services..............................................................................................46 Setting the Phone Line Type ...................
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10 Printing reports Fax reports...........................................................................................................66 Transmission verification report.....................................................................66 Fax journal.....................................................................................................66 Reports ................................................................................................................67 How to print a re
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Section V Appendices A Safety and Legal Choosing a location .............................................................................................84 Important Information...........................................................................................85 Safety precautions.........................................................................................85 IEC 60825-1 Specification .............................................................................88 Disconnect de
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Machine Information ..........................................................................................128 Checking the serial numbers .......................................................................128 Checking the page counters........................................................................128 Checking the remaining life of parts ............................................................128 D Menu and Features On screen programming ......................................
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Section I General I General information 2 Loading documents and paper 10 General setup 17 Security features 23
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General information 1 1 Using the Accessing the documentation 1 complete User’s Guide 1 Thank you for buying a Brother machine! The printed User’s Guide does not contain all Reading the documentation will help you the information about your machine. The make the most of your machine. advanced features of the Printer, Network, Scanner, and PC Fax are explained in the complete User’s Guide that you can find on Symbols and conventions the CD-ROM. used in the documentation 1 Viewing documenta
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General information If this window does not appear, use How to find Internet FAX instructions ® (MFC-8860DN and MFC-8870DW only) 1 Windows Explorer to find and run the setup.exe program from the root 1 You can find the instructions in the Network directory of the Brother CD-ROM. User’s Guide on the CD-ROM. d Click Documentation. ® Viewing Documentation (Macintosh ) 1 e Click the documentation you want to ® a Turn on your Macintosh . Insert the read: ® Brother CD-ROM labelled Macintosh Se
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Chapter 1 How to find Scanning instructions 1 There are several ways you can scan documents. You can find the instructions as follows: Software User's Guide: 1 ® Scanning from a Macintosh (For Mac ® ® OS 9.1-9.2/Mac OS X 10.2.4 or greater) ® Using ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS X 10.2.4 or greater) ® Network Scanning (For Mac OS X 10.2.4 or greater) ® ® Presto! PageManager User's Guide:1 Instructions for scanning directly from ® ® Presto! PageManager How to find Internet FAX instructions
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General information Control panel overview 1 1 MFC-8460N, MFC-8860DN and MFC-8870DW have similar control keys. 12 3 11 10 9 1 One-Touch keys a or b These 20 keys give you instant access to 40 Scrolls through the menus and options. previously stored numbers. 5Dialpad Shift Used to enter telephone and fax numbers or to Lets you access One-Touch numbers 21 to 40 enter text. when held down. The # key temporarily switches the dialling mode from Pulse to Tone during a telephone 2 Status LED (lig
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Chapter 1 34 5 98 7 8 Copy keys 9 Mode keys Duplex (MFC-8860DN and MFC-8870DW only) FAX Lets you print copies on both sides of the Puts the machine in Fax mode. paper. Contrast/Quality (MFC-8860DN and Scan MFC-8870DW only) Puts the machine in Scan mode. Lets you change the quality or contrast for (For details about scanning, see Software the next copy. User’s Guide on the CD-ROM.) Contrast (MFC-8460N only) Lets you change the contrast for the next Copy copy. Puts the machine in Copy mod
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General information 10 Fax and telephone keys Tel/R Lets you answer an incoming call on an 1 external phone. When connected to a PBX, you can use this key to gain access to an outside line, to recall an operator, or to transfer a call to another extension. Resolution Sets the resolution when sending a fax. Search/Speed Dial Lets you look up numbers stored in the dialling memory and LDAP server* (*MFC-8860DN and MFC-8870DW only). You can search the stored number alphabetically. It also l
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Chapter 1 Status LED indications 1 The Status LED (light emitting diode) will flash and change color depending on the machine’s status. The LED indications shown in the table below are used in the illustrations in this chapter. LED LED Status LED is off. LED is on. Green Yellow Red LED is blinking. Green Yellow Red LED Machine Status Description Sleep Mode The power switch is off or the machine is in Sleep mode. Warming Up The machine is warming up for printing. Green Ready Th
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General information Service error Follow the steps below. 1. Turn off the power switch. 1 2. Wait a few seconds, and then turn it back on and try to print Red again. If you cannot clear the error and see the same service call indication after turning the machine back on, please call your Brother dealer for service. Cover open The front cover, back cover, fuser cover or document cover is open. Close the cover. Toner Life End Replace the toner cartridge with a new one. Red Paper error P
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Loading documents and paper 2 2 a Unfold the ADF document output Loading documents 2 support flap (1). All fax, scan and copy operations can be performed from the ADF or the scanner 1 glass. Using the ADF 2 You can use the ADF (automatic document feeder) to fax, scan or copy sheets of paper. The ADF feeds each sheet one at a time. When loading the ADF, make sure that documents written with ink are completely b Fan the pages well. dry. Single-Sided Document c Place your documents face u
