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 5
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Broadcasting 5
Broadcasting lets you send the same fax 
message to more than one fax number. You 
can include Groups, One-Touch, Speed-Dial 
numbers and up to 50 manually dialled 
numbers in the same broadcast. For 
information see How to Dial on page 53.
You can broadcast up to 390 different 
numbers. This will depend on how many 
groups, access codes or credit card numbers 
you have stored, and on how many delayed 
or stored faxes in memory.
Note
Use the Search/Speed Dial to help you 
choose numbers easily.
a Make sure you are in Fax mode  .
b Load your document.
c Enter a number. Press OK.
You can use either a One-Touch, 
Speed-Dial, a Group number, or a 
number manually entered using the dial 
pad. See How to Dial on page 53.
d Repeat c until you have entered all the 
fax numbers you want to broadcast to.
e Press Start.
After the broadcast is finished the machine 
will print a broadcast report to let you know 
the results.
Note
• The scan profile of the One-Touch, 
Speed-Dial or Group number you chose 
first will be applied to the broadcast.
• If the fax resolution of the fax number you 
chose first is S.Fine and you want to do 
a broadcast that includes IFAX, press 
Resolution, and then press a or b to 
select Std or Fine resolution. Press OK. 
Then follow the steps above.
• When you create a group or broadcast 
using Scan to E-mail only B/W200x100 
and B/W200dpi are available. The file 
format can be TIFF or PDF.
Cancelling a Broadcast in 
progress 5
While broadcasting you can cancel the fax 
currently being sent or the whole broadcast 
job.
a Press Menu, 2, 6.
The LCD will display the fax job currently 
being sent (e.g. #001:FRIENDS) and 
the broadcast job (e.g. Broadcast#001):
26.Remaining Jobs
a #001 FRIENDS 
b Broadcast#001 
Select 
ab & OK
b Press ab to choose the job you want to 
cancel. 
Press OK.
c Press 1 to clear or 2 to exit. 
If you chose to only cancel the fax 
currently being sent in a, the machine 
will ask you if you want to cancel the 
broadcast. Press 1 to clear or 2 to exit.
d Press Stop/Exit.










