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Advanced User’s Guide
MFC-8510DN
MFC-8710DW
MFC-8810DW
MFC-8910DW
Not all models are available in all countries.
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 Read this Guide first. Please read the Safety Printed / In the Box Guide 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 Printed / In the Box machine 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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Which Guide? What's in it? Where is it? AirPrint Guide This Guide provides information for using PDF file / Brother Solutions 2 AirPrint to print from Mac OS X 10.7.x and Center your iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, or other iOS device to your Brother machine without installing a printer driver. 1 ® PDF printing is not supported on Windows Phone. 2 Visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/. ii
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Table of Contents 1 General Setup 1 IMPORTANT NOTE...............................................................................................1 Memory storage.....................................................................................................1 Volume settings .....................................................................................................1 Ring volume.....................................................................................................1 Bee
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3 Sending a fax 15 Additional sending options...................................................................................15 Changing a 2-sided fax layout (MFC-8810DW and MFC-8910DW)..............15 Sending faxes using multiple settings ...........................................................15 Contrast.........................................................................................................16 Changing Fax Resolution .......................................................
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5 Dialing and storing numbers 36 Telephone line services .......................................................................................36 Tone or Pulse (Canada only).........................................................................36 For Fax/Tel mode only...................................................................................36 Special line considerations ............................................................................36 Additional dialing operations.......
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BOptions 74 Options ................................................................................................................74 Optional paper tray (LT-5400) .............................................................................75 Memory board......................................................................................................75 SO-DIMM Types............................................................................................75 Installing extra memory ......
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General Setup 1 1 1 IMPORTANT NOTE 1 Volume settings 1 Most of the illustrations in this User’s Ring volume 1 Guide show the MFC-8910DW. You can choose a ring volume level from a range of settings, from High to Off. Memory storage 1 While in FAX mode press or to adjust Your menu settings are stored permanently, the volume level. The LCD will show the and in the event of a power failure will not be current setting, and each key press will lost. Temporary settings (for example, change
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Chapter 1 Beeper volume 1 Speaker volume 1 When the beeper is on, the machine will beep You can choose a range of speaker volume when you press a key, make a mistake, or levels, from High to Off. after you send or receive a fax. You can a Press Menu, 1, 3, 3. choose a range of volume levels, from High to Off. 13.Volume 3.Speaker a Press Menu, 1, 3, 2. a Med b High 13.Volume Select ab or OK 2.Beeper a Med b Press a or b to choose Low, Med, High b High or Off. Select ab or OK Press OK. b P
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General Setup Automatic Daylight Ecology features 1 Saving Time 1 Toner Save 1 1 You can set the machine to change automatically for Daylight Saving Time. It will You can save toner using this feature. When set itself forward one hour in the Spring, and you set Toner Save to On, print appears back one hour in the Fall. lighter. The default setting is Off. a Press Menu, 0, 2, 2. a Press Menu, 1, 4, 1. 02.Date&Time 14.Ecology 2.Auto Daylight 1.Toner Save a On a On b Off b Off Select ab or OK
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Chapter 1 Sleep Time 1 Quiet mode feature 1 The Sleep mode Setting can reduce power Quiet mode 1 consumption. When the machine is in Sleep mode (Power Save mode) it acts as though it The Quiet mode setting can reduce noise were turned off. The machine will wake up while printing. When Quiet Mode is turned On, and start printing when it receives a print job. the print speed becomes slower. The default You can choose how long the machine must setting is Off. be idle before it goes into Sle
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General Setup LCD Contrast 1 Dial Prefix 1 You can change the contrast to make the The Dial Prefix setting will automatically dial a 1 LCD look lighter or darker. predefined number before every fax number you dial. For example: If your telephone a Press Menu, 1, 7. system requires a 9 to dial an outside number use this setting to automatically dial 9 for 17.LCD Contrast every fax you send. -nnonn+ Setting up the prefix number 1 Select dc &OK b Press c to make the LCD darker. Or, a (USA)
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Chapter 1 Changing the prefix number 1 Mode Timer 1 The machine has three mode keys on the a (USA) Press Menu, 0, 5. control panel: FAX, SCAN, and COPY. (Canada) Press Menu, 0, 6. You can set how much time the machine b Do one of the following: takes after the last Copy or Scan operation to To change the prefix number, return to FAX mode. If you choose Off, the press 1. machine will stay in the mode you used last. To delete the prefix number, press 1, This setting also sets the time the
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Security features 2 2 Secure Function Lock 2.0 2 Note • Secure Function Lock can be set manually Secure Function Lock lets you restrict Public at the control panel, or by using Web 2 access to the following machine functions: Based Management or BRAdmin ® Fax Tx Professional 3 (Windows only). We recommend using Web Based Fax Rx Management or BRAdmin Professional 3 Copy ® (Windows only) to configure this feature. 1 (See Network User's Guide.) Scan • Only administrators can set lim
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Chapter 2 Setting the password for the Changing the password for administrator 2 the administrator 2 The password you set in these steps is for the a Press Menu, 1, 8, 1. administrator. This password is used to set 18.Security up users and to turn the Secure Function 1.Function Lock Lock on or off. (See Setting up restricted a Lock OffiOn users uu page 9 and Turning Secure b Set Password Function Lock on/off uu page 10.) Select ab or OK a Press Menu, 1, 8, 1. b Press a orb to choose Set P
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Security features Setting up the Public user Setting up restricted users 2 mode 2 You can set up users with a password and restrict the functions that are available to Public user mode restricts the functions that them. You can set up more advanced are available for Public users. Public users do restrictions, such as by page count or PC not need to enter a password to access the 2 user login name, through Web Based features made available through this setting. Management. (See Network U
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Chapter 2 Turning Secure Function Switching Users 2 Lock on/off 2 This setting allows you to switch between registered restricted users or Public mode If you enter the wrong password, the LCD will when Secure Function Lock is turned on. show Wrong Password. Re-enter the correct password. Changing to the restricted user mode Turning Secure Function Lock on a Hold down Shift and press Secure Print. a Press Menu, 1, 8, 1. Function Lock 18.Security Change ID 1.Function Lock a BROTHER a Lock
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Security features Changing to the Public mode Setting Lock 2 After a restricted user has finished using the machine, it will return to the Public setting Setting Lock lets you set a password to stop within the same time as the Mode Timer other people from accidentally changing your setting (Menu, 1, 1). (See Mode Timer machine settings. uu page 6.) You can also exit from the Make a careful note of your password. If you 2 restricted user mode by pressing the current forget it, you will ha
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Chapter 2 Setting up the password 2 Changing your Setting Lock password 2 a Press Menu, 1, 8, 2. a Press Menu, 1, 8, 2. 18.Security 2.Setting Lock 18.Security 2.Setting Lock New Passwd:XXXX a On Enter & OK Key b Set Password Select ab or OK b Enter a four-digit number for the password using numbers 0-9. b Press a orb to choose Set Password. Press OK. Press OK. c Re-enter your password when the LCD c Enter your four-digit password. shows Verify:. Press OK. Press OK. d Enter a four-digit nu
