User Manual
Table Of Contents
- USER’S GUIDE MFC-685CW MFC-885CW
- Brother numbers
- Ordering accessories and supplies
- Notice - Disclaimer of Warranties (USA and Canada)
- Compilation and Publication Notice
- Brother® One Year Limited Warranty and Replacement Service (USA only)
- BROTHER MULTIFUNCTION CENTER MACHINE LIMITED WARRANTY (Canada only)
- Table of Contents
- Section I: General
- 1 General Information
- 2 Loading documents and paper
- 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
- 8 Dialing and storing numbers
- 9 Message Center
- 10 Advanced fax operations (Black & White only)
- 11 Printing Reports
- 12 Polling
- 5 Sending a fax
- Section III: Copy
- 13 Making copies
- How to copy
- Copy settings
- ‘Out of Memory’ message
- 13 Making copies
- Section IV: Walk-up Photo Printing
- Section V: Software
- Section VI: Appendixes
- A Safety and Legal
- B Troubleshooting and Routine Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Error messages
- Routine maintenance
- Replacing the ink cartridges
- Cleaning the outside of the machine
- Cleaning the scanner
- Cleaning the machine printer platen
- Cleaning the paper pick-up roller
- Cleaning the print head
- Checking the print quality
- Checking the print alignment
- Checking the ink volume
- Uninstalling and installing the handset and handset cradle (MFC-685CW only)
- Machine Information
- Packing and shipping the machine
- C Menu and Features
- D Specifications
- E Glossary
- Index
- brother USA/CAN
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Polling overview 12
Polling lets you set up your machine so other
people can receive faxes from you, but they
pay for the call. It also lets you call somebody
else’s fax machine and receive a fax from it,
so you pay for the call. The polling feature
needs to be set up on both machines for this
to work. Not all fax machines support polling.
Polling receive 12
Polling receive lets you call another fax
machine to receive a fax.
Setup to receive polling 12
a Press (Fax).
b Press a or b to choose Polling RX.
c Press d or c to choose On (or Off).
Press OK.
d Enter the fax number you are polling.
e Press Black Start or Color Start.
The LCD shows Dialing.
Sequential polling
(Black & White only) 12
Sequential polling lets you request
documents from several fax machines in one
operation. Afterwards, a Sequential Polling
Report will be printed.
a Press (Fax).
b Press a or b to choose Polling RX.
c Press d or c to choose On (or Off).
Press OK.
d Press a or b to choose Broadcasting.
Press OK.
e Do one of the following:
Press a or b to choose Add Number
and enter a number using a dial pad.
Press OK.
Press a or b to choose Speed Dial
and OK. Press a or b to choose
Alphabetical Order or
Numerical Order and OK. Press
a or b to select a number and OK.
f Repeat steps e for all the fax numbers
you want to poll, and then press a or b to
choose Complete.
Press OK.
g Press Black Start.
The machine polls each number or
Group number in turn for a document.
Press Stop/Exit while the machine is dialing
to cancel the polling process.
To cancel all sequential polling receive jobs,
see Checking and canceling waiting jobs
on page 39.
Polling 12