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
Sending a fax
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5
Faxing from the scanner glass5
You can use the scanner glass to fax pages
of a book one at a time. The documents can
be up to letter or A4 size.
You cannot send multiple pages for color
faxes.
Note
Since you can only scan one page at a
time, it is easier to use the ADF if you are
sending a multiple page document.
a Press (Fax).
b Load your document face down on the
scanner glass. (See Using the scanner
glass on page 11)
c Enter the fax number using the dial pad,
Speed Dial or Search.
Note
You can preview a fax message before
sending it by pressing Fax Preview. (See
How to preview an outgoing fax (Black &
White only) on page 77.)
d Press Black Start or Color Start.
If you press Black Start, the
machine starts scanning the first
page. Go to step e.
If you press Color Start, the
machine starts sending the
document.
e Do one of the following:
To send a single page, press 2 to
choose No (or press Black Start
again).
The machine starts sending the
document.
To send more than one page, press
1 to choose Yes and go to step f.
f Put the next page on the scanner glass.
Press OK.
The machine starts scanning the page.
(Repeat steps e and f for each
additional page.)
Faxing A4 size documents
from the scanner glass 5
When documents are A4 size, you need to
set Scan Size to A4. If you do not, the bottom
portion of the faxes will be missing.
a Press (Fax).
b Press a or b to choose Scan Size.
Press OK.
c Press d or c to choose A4.
Press OK.
Note
You can save the setting you use most
often by setting it as default. (See
page 40.)
Color fax transmission 5
Your machine can send a color fax to
machines that support this feature.
Color faxes cannot be stored in the memory.
When you send a color fax, the machine will
send it in real time (even if Real Time TX is
set to Off).
Canceling a fax in progress 5
If you want to cancel a fax while the machine
is scanning, dialing or sending, press
Stop/Exit.