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USER’S GUIDE
MFC-5490CN
Version 0
USA/CAN
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If you need to call Customer Service Please complete the following information for future reference: Model Number: MFC-5490CN 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 r
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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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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.) Note In Canada only Visa and MasterCard are accepted. In
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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 Two-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 Two-Year Limited Warranty and Replacement Service (USA Only) discretion. Brother reserves the right to supply instructions are not followed and has caused a refurbished or remanufactured replacement damage to the product; or (iv) the warranty Machine and/or accompanying Consumable period on your original Product has expired or and Accessory Items and use refurbished has not been sufficiently validated with a copy parts provided such replacement products of the proof of purchase (bill
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BROTHER MULTIFUNCTION CENTER / FAX MACHINE LIMITED WARRANTY (Canada only) Pursuant to the limited warranty of 2 years 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/Fax 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
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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 and Network User’s Guide ..............................................2 Viewing Documentation...................................................................................2 ® Accessing Brother Support (For Windo
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4 Security features 24 TX Lock................................................................................................................24 Setting and changing the TX Lock password ................................................24 Turning TX Lock on/off ..................................................................................25 Section II Fax 5 Sending a Fax 28 Entering Fax mode ..............................................................................................28 Faxin
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7 Telephone Services and External devices 40 Voice Operations .................................................................................................40 Tone or pulse (Canada only) .........................................................................40 Fax/Tel mode when the power key is on.......................................................40 Fax/Tel mode when the power key is off.......................................................40 Telephone services.........................
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10 Printing Reports 62 Fax reports...........................................................................................................62 Transmission Verification Report...................................................................62 Fax Journal (activity report) ...........................................................................62 Reports ................................................................................................................63 How to print a report .
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® PhotoCapture Center print settings ...................................................................82 Print quality....................................................................................................82 Paper Options................................................................................................82 Adjusting Color Enhancement .......................................................................83 Cropping.......................................................
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B Troubleshooting and Routine Maintenance 106 Troubleshooting.................................................................................................106 If you are having difficulty with your machine ..............................................106 Dial Tone ....................................................................................................112 Telephone line interference .........................................................................112 Error and maintenance
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Section I General I General Information 2 Loading paper and documents 8 General setup 20 Security features 24
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General Information 1 1 Using the Accessing the documentation 1 Software and Network User’s Guide 1 Thank you for buying a Brother machine! Reading the documentation will help you This User’s Guide does not contain all the make the most of your machine. information about the machine such as how to use Printer, Scanner and PC Fax and Symbols and conventions Network. When you are ready to learn detailed information about these operations, used in the documentation 1 read the Software Us
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General Information c If the language screen appears, click How to find Scanning instructions 1 your language. The CD-ROM Main There are several ways you can scan Menu will appear. 1 documents. You can find the instructions as follows: Software User’s Guide ® Scanning (For Windows 2000 ® Professional/Windows XP and Windows ® Vista ) ® ControlCenter3 (For Windows 2000 ® Professional/Windows XP and Windows ® Vista ) Network Scanning ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE with OCR Note How-to-Guid
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Chapter 1 Viewing Documentation How to find Scanning instructions 1 ® (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 Mac OS X 10.2.4 or greater) ® ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS X 10.2.4 or greater) ® Network Scanning (For Mac OS X 10.2.4 or greater) ® ® Presto! PageManager User’
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General Information To visit our web site for original/genuine Accessing Brother Brother supplies (http://www.brother.com/original/), click Support 1 Supplies Information. ® (For Windows ) 1 To access the Brother CreativeCenter (http://www.brother.com/creativecenter/) You can find all the contacts you will need, for FREE photo projects and printable such as Web support (Brother Solutions downloads, click Brother Center), Customer Service and Brother CreativeCenter. Authorized Serv
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Chapter 1 Control panel overview 1 11 10 12/10 11:53 Res:Standar 123 4 1 Fax and telephone keys: 3 Dial Pad Redial/Pause Use these keys to dial telephone and fax numbers and as a keyboard for entering Redials the last number called. It also information into the machine. inserts a pause when programming quick dial numbers. (Canada only) The # key lets you temporarily switch the dialing mode during a telephone call Hook from Pulse to Tone. Press before dialing if you want to make sure
