User Guide
Table Of Contents
- USER’S GUIDE MFC-8460N/MFC-8860DN/MFC-8870DW
- Approval Information and Compilation and Publication Notice
 - EC Declaration of Conformity under the R & TTE Directive
 - Table of Contents
 - Section I: General
- 1 General information
- Using the documentation
 - Accessing the complete User’s Guide
- Viewing documentation
- Viewing documentation (Windows®)
 - How to find Scanning instructions
 - Software User's Guide:
 - PaperPort® User's Guide:
 - How to find Internet FAX instructions (MFC-8860DN and MFC-8870DW only)
 - Viewing Documentation (Macintosh®)
 - How to find Scanning instructions
 - Software User's Guide:
 - Presto!® PageManager® User's Guide:
 - How to find Internet FAX instructions (MFC-8860DN and MFC-8870DW only)
 
 
 - Viewing documentation
 - Control panel overview
 
 - 2 Loading documents and paper
 - 3 General setup
 - 4 Security features
 
 - 1 General information
 - Section II: Fax
- 5 Sending a fax
- How to fax
 - Broadcasting
 - Additional sending operations
 
 - 6 Receiving a fax
 - 7 Phone and external devices
 - 8 Dialling and storing numbers
 - 9 Remote fax options
 - 10 Printing reports
 - 11 Polling
 
 - 5 Sending a fax
 - Section III: Copy
 - Section IV: Software
 - Section V: Appendices
- A Safety and Legal
 - B Options
 - C Troubleshooting and routine maintenance
 - D Menu and Features
 - E Specifications E
 - F Glossary
 
 - Index
 - brother UK/IRE/SAF
 
 
Menu and Features
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3.Copy 1.Quality — Photo
Text
Auto*
You can choose the Copy 
resolution for your type of 
document.
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2.FB Txt 
Quality
— 1200×600dpi
600dpi*
You can change to the 
higher Copy resolution 
when you make a text copy 
with 100% ratio using the 
scanner glass.
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3.Contrast — -nnnno+
-nnnon+
-nnonn+*
-nonnn+
-onnnn+
Adjusts the contrast for 
copies.
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4.Printer 1.Emulation — Auto (EPSON)* 
Auto (IBM) 
HP LaserJet
BR-Script 3
Epson FX-850
IBM Proprinter
Chooses the emulation 
mode.
See 
Software 
User’s 
Guide on 
the 
CD-ROM.
2.Print 
Options
1.Internal Font — Prints a list of the 
machine’s internal fonts.
2.Configuration — Prints a list of the 
machine’s printer settings.
3.Reset 
Printer
— 1.Reset
2.Exit
Returns the PCL setting to 
the default settings.
5.Print 
Reports
1.XMIT 
Verify
1.View on LCD 
2.Print Report
— You can view the 
Transmission Verification 
Report for your last 200 
outgoing faxes at most and 
print the last report.
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2.Help List — — Prints the Help List so you 
can see at-a-glance how to 
quickly program your 
machine.
67
3.Tel Index 
List
1.Numeric 
2.Alphabetic
— Lists name and numbers 
stored in the One-Touch 
and Speed-Dial memory, 
in numerical or 
alphabetical order.
67
4.Fax 
Journal
— — Lists information about 
your last 200 incoming and 
outgoing faxes. (TX means 
Transmit.) (RX means 
Receive.)
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5.User 
Settings
— — Lists your settings. 67
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