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
Chapter 1
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MFC-6490CW Control panel overview 1
The MFC-5890CN and MFC-6490CW have the same control panel keys.
Note
Most of the illustrations in this User’s Guide show the MFC-6490CW.
1 Fax and telephone keys:
Fax Preview
Lets you preview incoming and outgoing
faxes on the LCD.
Hook
Press before dialing if you want to make
sure a fax machine will answer, and then
press Black Start or Color Start.
Also, press this key after picking up the
handset of an external telephone during the
F/T pseudo/double-ring.
Redial/Pause
Redials the last 30 numbers called. It also
inserts a pause when programming quick
dial numbers.
2Dial Pad
Use these keys to dial telephone and fax
numbers and as a keyboard for entering
information into the machine.
(Canada only) The # key lets you temporarily
switch the dialing mode during a telephone call
from Pulse to Tone.
3 Mode keys:
Fax
Lets you access Fax mode.
Scan
Lets you access Scan mode.
Copy
Lets you access Copy mode.
Photo Capture
Lets you access PhotoCapture Center
®
mode.
4 Menu keys:
Volume keys
d c
While the machine is idle, you can press
these keys to adjust the ring volume.
Phone Book key
Press to store One Touch, Speed Dial and
Group numbers in the machine’s memory.
Lets you store, look up, and dial numbers
that are stored in the memory.
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