User Manual
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
 
 
Chapter 1
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Control panel overview 1
MFC-8460N, MFC-8860DN and MFC-8870DW have similar control keys.
1 One-Touch keys
These 20 keys give you instant access to 40 
previously stored numbers.
Shift
Lets you access One-Touch numbers 21 to 40 
when held down.
2 Status LED (light emitting diode)
The LED will flash and change colour 
depending on the machine’s status.
3 LCD (liquid crystal display)
Displays messages to help you use your 
machine.
4 Menu keys:
Menu
Accesses the main menu.
Clear/Back
Deletes entered data or lets you exit the 
menu.
OK
Selects a setting.
d or c
Scrolls backwards or forwards through menu 
selections. Changes the volume when in fax 
or standby mode.
a or b
Scrolls through the menus and options.
5Dialpad
Used to enter telephone and fax numbers or to 
enter text.
The # key temporarily switches the dialling 
mode from Pulse to Tone during a telephone 
call.
6Stop/Exit
Stops an operation or exits from a menu.
7Start
Starts sending a fax, copying or scanning.
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