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
 
 
Making copies
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Copy options 12
When you want to quickly change the copy 
settings temporarily for the next copy, use the 
Copy keys. You can use different 
combinations.
(MFC-8460N)
(MFC-8860DN and MFC-8870DW)
The machine returns to its default settings 
after 60 seconds or if the Mode Timer returns 
the machine to Fax mode. (See Mode timer 
on page 17.)
Changing copy quality 12
You can select from a range of quality 
settings. The default setting is Auto.
 Auto
Auto is the recommended mode for 
ordinary printouts. Suitable for documents 
that contain both text and photographs.
 Text
Suitable for documents containing only 
text.
 Photo
Suitable for copying photographs.
To temporarily change the quality setting, 
follow the instruction below:
a Make sure you are in Copy mode 
.
b Load your document.
c Use the dial pad to enter the number of 
copies (up to 99).
d (MFC-8460N)
Press Quality.
(MFC-8860DN and MFC-8870DW only)
Press Contrast/Quality.
Press a or b to choose Quality. 
Press OK.
e Press d or c to choose Auto, Text or 
Photo. 
Press OK. 
f Press Start.
To change the default setting, follow the 
instructions below:
a Press Menu, 3, 1.
31.Quality
a Auto
Text
b Photo
Select ab & OK
b Press a or b to choose the copy 
quality. Press OK.
c Press Stop/Exit.










