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
General Information
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1
LCD display screen 1
The LCD shows the current machine status
when the machine is idle.
1 Wireless Status
A four level indicator shows the current
wireless signal strength if you are using a
wireless connection.
2 Memory Status
Lets you see the available memory in the
machine.
3 Ink indicator
Lets you see the available ink volume.
4 Current Receive Mode
Lets you see the current receive mode.
Fax (Fax only)
F/T (Fax/Tel)
MC (Msg Ctr)
Mnl (Manual)
5 Voice message in the machine’s memory.
Shows how many received voice messages
are in the memory.
6 Faxes in memory
Shows how many received faxes are in the
memory.
Basic Operations 1
The following steps show how to change a
setting in the machine. In this example the
Mode Timer setting is changed from
2 minutes to 30 seconds.
a Press Menu.
b Press a or b to choose
General Setup.
c Press OK.
d Press a or b to choose Mode Timer.
e Press d or c to choose 30Secs.
f Press OK.
You can see the current setting on the
LCD:
g Press Stop/Exit.
0Max
1234
FaxFax
Mem.Mem.
12:4512:45
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LAN
Menu
Fax
Machine Info.
Initial Setup
Print Reports
Select & Press
OK
General Setup
General Setup
General Setup
Paper Size
Paper Size
Menu
Select & Press
OK
Mode
Mode
T
T
imer
imer
Paper
Paper
T
T
ype
ype
2Mins
2Mins
Plain Paper
Plain Paper
V
V
olume
olume
Auto Daylight
Auto Daylight
Letter
Letter
Of
Of
f
f
General Setup
General Setup
Menu
Select & Press
OK
Mode
Mode
T
T
imer
imer
Paper
Paper
T
T
ype
ype
30Secs
30Secs
Plain Paper
Plain Paper
V
V
olume
olume
Auto Daylight
Auto Daylight
Letter
Letter
Of
Of
f
f
Paper Size
Paper Size
General Setup
General Setup
Menu
Select & Press
OK
Mode
Mode
T
T
imer
imer
Paper
Paper
T
T
ype
ype
30Secs
30Secs
Plain Paper
Plain Paper
V
V
olume
olume
Auto Daylight
Auto Daylight
Letter
Letter
Of
Of
f
f
Paper Size
Paper Size