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USER’S GUIDE
MFC-7440N
MFC-7840W
Version A
USA/CAN
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If you need to call Customer Service Please complete the following information for future reference: Model Number: MFC-7440N and MFC-7840W (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 User’s Guide
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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 CORRE
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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 period on your original Product has expired or a refurbished or remanufactured replacement has not been sufficiently validated with a copy Machine and/or accompanying Consumable of the proof of purchase (bill of sale). The and Accessory Items and use refurbished replacement Machine you receive (even if parts provided such replacement products refurbished or remanufactured) wi
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BROTHER MULTIFUNCTION CENTER / FAX 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/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 includ
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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 and Network User’s Guide ........................2 Viewing documentation ...................................................................................2 ® Accessing Brother support (for Windows ) ...
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4 Security features 24 Security................................................................................................................24 TX lock (MFC-7440N only) ............................................................................24 Secure function lock (MFC-7840W only).......................................................25 Setting lock ....................................................................................................28 Restricting dialing ...................
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Setting the fax receive stamp ........................................................................43 Receiving a fax at the end of a conversation.................................................43 Printing a fax from the memory .....................................................................43 7 Telephone services and external devices 44 Telephone line services.......................................................................................44 Voice Mail............................
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Changing the fax forwarding number ............................................................62 Remote fax commands........................................................................................63 10 Polling 64 Polling receive .....................................................................................................64 Sequential polling ..........................................................................................64 Polled transmit ..............................
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Section V Appendixes A Safety and legal 82 Choosing a location .............................................................................................82 To use the machine safely...................................................................................83 Important information...........................................................................................86 Standard telephone and FCC notices ...........................................................86 Industry Canada Co
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Entering text.......................................................................................................150 D Specifications 151 General ..............................................................................................................151 Print media.........................................................................................................153 Fax..................................................................................................................
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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 User’s Guide and Network User’s Thank you for buying a Brother machine! Reading the documentation will help you Guide 1 make the most of your machine. This User’s Guide does not contain all the information about the machine such as how Symbols and conventions to use the advanced features of Fax, Printer, used in the documentation 1 Scanner, PC Fax and Network. When you are ready to learn detailed information about
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General information c If the model name screen appears, click How to find scanning instructions 1 your model name.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: 1 Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver in Chapter 2 Scanning a document using the WIA ® ® driver (For Windows XP/Windows Vista only) in Chapter 2 Using ControlCenter3 in Chapter 3 If this window does not appear, use ®
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Chapter 1 ® Viewing documentation (Macintosh ) 1 How to find scanning instructions 1 There are several ways you can scan ® a Turn on your Macintosh . documents. You can find the instructions as Insert the Brother CD-ROM labeled follows: ® Macintosh into your CD-ROM drive. Software User's Guide: 1 b The following window will appear. Scanning in Chapter 9 Using ControlCenter2 in Chapter 10 Network Scanning in Chapter 11 ® ® Presto! PageManager User's Guide:1 ® ® The complete Presto! PageM
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General information Accessing Brother support 1 ® (for Windows ) 1 You can find all the contacts you will need, such as Web support (Brother Solutions Center), Customer Service and Brother Authorized Service Centers on page i and on the Brother CD-ROM. Click Brother Support on the main menu. The following screen will appear: To access our web site (http://www.brother.com/) click Brother Home Page. To view all Brother Numbers, including Customer Service numbers for the USA and Can
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Chapter 1 Control panel overview 1 MFC-7440N and MFC-7840W have the same keys. 1 Fax and telephone keys: 4 Menu keys: Hook Menu Press before dialing if you want to make sure a Lets you access the Menu to program your fax machine will answer, and then press Start. settings in this machine. Also, press this key after you pick up the Clear/Back handset of an external telephone during the Deletes entered data or lets you cancel the F/T ring (fast double-rings). current setting. Resolution OK S
