User Manual
Table Of Contents
- USER’S GUIDE MFC-5890CN MFC-6490CW
- Brother numbers
- Ordering accessories and supplies
- Notice - Disclaimer of Warranties (USA and Canada)
- Compilation and Publication Notice
- Brother® Two-Year Limited Warranty and Replacement Service (USA Only)
- BROTHER MULTIFUNCTION CENTER / FAX MACHINE LIMITED WARRANTY (Canada only)
- Table of Contents
- Section I: General
- 1 General Information
- 2 Loading paper and documents
- 3 General setup
- 4 Security features
- Section II: Fax
- 5 Sending a Fax
- Entering Fax mode
- Broadcasting (Black & White only)
- Additional sending operations
- Sending faxes using multiple settings
- Contrast
- Changing fax resolution
- Dual access (Black & White only)
- Real time transmission
- Overseas Mode
- Delayed Faxing (Black & White only)
- Delayed Batch Transmission (Black & White only)
- Checking and canceling waiting jobs
- Setting your changes as the new default
- Restoring all settings to the factory settings
- Sending a fax manually
- Sending a fax at the end of a conversation
- Out of Memory message
- 6 Receiving a Fax
- 7 Telephone Services and External devices
- Voice operations
- Telephone services
- Connecting an external TAD (telephone answering device)
- External and extension telephones
- 8 Dialing and storing numbers
- 9 Printing Reports
- 10 Polling
- 5 Sending a Fax
- Section III: Copy
- 11 Making copies
- How to copy
- Copy settings
- Changing copy quality
- Enlarging or reducing the image copied
- Making N in 1 copies or a poster (Page Layout)
- Sorting copies using the ADF
- Adjusting Brightness and Contrast
- Paper Options
- Skew Adjustment (MFC-6490CW only)
- Book Copy
- Watermark Copy
- Setting your changes as the new default
- Restoring all settings to the factory settings
- ‘Out of Memory’ message
- 11 Making copies
- Section IV: Walk-up Photo Printing
- Section V: Software
- Section VI: Appendixes
- A Safety and Legal
- Choosing a location
- To use the machine safely
- Important safety instructions
- Standard telephone and FCC Notices (These notices are in effect on models sold and used in the United States only.)
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Declaration of Conformity (USA only)
- Industry Canada Compliance Statement (Canada only)
- LAN connection
- International ENERGY STAR® Compliance Statement
- Legal limitations for copying
- Trademarks
- B Troubleshooting and Routine Maintenance
- C Menu and Features
- D Specifications
- E Glossary
- A Safety and Legal
- Index
- brother USA/CAN
xiii
Section V Software
14 Software and Network features 130
Section VI Appendixes
A Safety and Legal 132
Choosing a location ...........................................................................................132
To use the machine safely.................................................................................133
Important safety instructions........................................................................138
Standard telephone and FCC Notices (These notices are in effect on
models sold and used in the United States only.) ...................................139
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Declaration of Conformity (USA only)......................................................141
Industry Canada Compliance Statement (Canada only) .............................142
LAN connection ...........................................................................................142
International ENERGY STAR
®
Compliance Statement ..............................142
Legal limitations for copying ..............................................................................143
Trademarks........................................................................................................144
B Troubleshooting and Routine Maintenance 145
Troubleshooting ................................................................................................145
If you are having difficulty with your machine .............................................. 145
Dial Tone ....................................................................................................152
Telephone line interference.........................................................................152
Error and Maintenance messages.....................................................................153
Error animation ............................................................................................159
Transferring your faxes or Fax Journal report .............................................159
Document jam ............................................................................................161
Printer jam or paper jam (MFC-5890CN only).............................................162
Printer jam or paper jam (MFC-6490CW only)............................................164
Routine maintenance.........................................................................................167
Replacing the ink cartridges ........................................................................167
Cleaning the outside of the machine ...........................................................169
Cleaning the scanner...................................................................................170
Cleaning the machine printer platen............................................................ 171
Cleaning the paper pick-up roller.................................................................171
Cleaning the print head ...............................................................................172
Checking the print quality ............................................................................173
Checking the print alignment .......................................................................174
Checking the ink volume .............................................................................174
Machine Information .......................................................................................... 174
Checking the serial number.........................................................................174
Packing and shipping the machine....................................................................175