Brother 7820 N Manual

							
Appendix BB - 10
Entering Text
When you are setting certain menu 
selections, such as the Station ID, you may 
need to type text into the machine. Most 
number keys have three or four letters printed 
on them. The keys for  0, #  and   do not have 
printed letters because they are used for 
special characters.
By pressing the appropriate number key 
repeatedly, you can access the character you 
want.
Inserting spaces
To enter a space in the fax number, press   
once between numbers. To enter a space in 
the name, press   twice between 
characters.
Making corrections
If you entered a letter incorrectly and want to 
change it, press   to move the cursor under 
the incorrect character. Then press 
Stop/Exit . All letters above and to the right of 
the cursor will be deleted. Re-enter the 
correct character. You can also back up and 
type over incorrect letters. 
Repeating letters
If you need to enter a character that is on the 
same key as the previous character, press   
to move the cursor to the right before you 
press the key again.
Special characters and symbols 
Press ,  # or  0, and then press   or   to 
move the cursor under the special character 
or symbol you want. Then press  Menu/Set to 
select it.
Press 
Keyone 
timetwo 
timesthree 
timesfour 
times
2 ABC2
3 DEF 3
4 GH I 4
5 JKL5
6 MNO 6
7 PQRS
8 TUV8
9 WX Y Z
▲
▲
▲
▲
Press  for (space) !  # $ % & ’ ( ) 
 + , - . /
Press  #for : ; < = > ? @ [ ] ^ _
Press  0for Ä Ë Ö Ü À Ç È É 0
▲▲ 
						

							
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ADF (automatic document feeder)
The document can be placed in the ADF 
and scanned one page at a time 
automatically.
Auto Reduction
Reduces the size of incoming faxes.
Automatic fax transmission
Sending a fax without picking up the 
handset of an external phone.
Automatic Redial
A feature that enables your machine to 
redial the last fax number after five 
minutes if the fax did not go through 
because the line was busy.
Backup Print
Your machine prints a copy of every fax 
that is received and stored in memory.
This is a safety feature so you will not lose 
messages during a power failure.
Batch Transmission 
As a cost saving feature, all delayed faxes 
to the same fax number will be sent as one 
transmission.
Beeper Volume
Volume setting for the beep when you 
press a key or make an error.
Broadcasting
The ability to send the same fax message 
to more than one location.
BT Call Sign
A service which allows you to have at
least two separate telephone numbers on
one phone line.
Cancel Job
Cancels a programmed job, like Delayed 
Fax or Polling.
CNG tones
The special tones (beeps) sent by fax 
machines during automatic transmission 
to tell the receiving machine that a fax 
machine is calling.
Coding method
Method of coding the information 
contained in the document. All fax 
machines must use a minimum standard 
of Modified Huffman (MH). Your machine 
is capable of greater compression 
methods, Modified Read (MR), Modified 
Modified Read (MMR) and JBIG* 
(*MFC-7820N only), if the receiving 
machine has the same capability.
Communication error (or Comm. 
Error)
An error during fax sending or receiving, 
usually caused by line noise or static.
Compatibility group
The ability of one fax unit to communicate 
with another. Compatibility is assured 
between ITU-T Groups.
Contrast
Setting to compensate for dark or light 
documents, by making faxes or copies of 
dark documents lighter and light 
documents darker.
Delayed Fax
Sends your fax at a specified time later 
that day.
Dual Access
Your machine can scan outgoing faxes or 
scheduled jobs into memory at the same 
time it is sending a fax from memory or 
receiving or printing an incoming fax.
ECM (Error Correction Mode)
Detects errors during fax transmission 
and resends the pages of the fax that had 
an error. 
						

							
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Extension phone
A telephone using the same line as your 
fax but plugged into a separate wall 
socket.
External phone
A TAD (telephone answering device) or 
telephone that is connected to your 
machine.
F/T Ring Time
The length of time that the Brother 
machine rings (when the Receive Mode 
setting is Fax/Tel) to notify you to pick up 
a voice call that it answered.
Fax Detect
Enables your machine to respond to CNG 
tones if you interrupt a fax call by 
answering it.
Fax Forwarding
Sends a fax received into the memory to 
another pre-programmed fax number.
Fax Journal
Lists information about the last 200 
incoming and outgoing faxes. TX means 
Transmit. RX means Receive.
Fax Receive Code
Press this code (   5 1 ) when you answer 
a fax call on an extension or external 
phone.
Fax Storage
You can store received faxes in memory.
Fax tones
The signals sent by sending and receiving 
fax machines while communicating 
information.
Fax/Tel
You can receive faxes and telephone 
calls. Do not use this mode if you are 
using a telephone answering device 
(TAD).
Fine resolution
Resolution is 203 x 196 dpi. It is used for 
small print and graphs.
Grey scale
The shades of grey available for copying 
and faxing photographs.
Group number
A combination of One-Touch and 
Speed-Dial numbers that are stored in a 
One-Touch key or Speed-Dial location for 
Broadcasting.
Help list
A printout of the complete Menu table that 
you can use to program your machine 
when you do not have the User’s Guide 
with you.
Journal Period
The pre-programmed time period 
between automatically printed Fax 
Journal Reports. You can print the Fax 
Journal on demand without interrupting 
the cycle.
LCD (liquid crystal display)
The display screen on the machine that 
shows interactive messages during 
On-Screen Programming and shows the 
date and time when the machine is idle.
Manual fax 
When you lift the handset of your external 
telephone or press  Tel/R so you can hear 
the receiving fax machine answer before 
you press  Start to begin sending.
Menu mode
Programming mode for changing your 
machine’s settings.
OCR (optical character recognition)
The bundled ScanSoft® OmniPage® 
software application converts an image of 
text to text you can edit. 
One-Touch
Keys on the machine’s control panel 
where you can store numbers for easy 
dialling.
You can store a second number on each 
key if you press  Shift and the One-Touch 
key together. 
						

							
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Out of Paper Reception
Receives faxes into the machine’s 
memory when the machine is out of paper.
Overseas Mode
Makes temporary changes to the fax 
tones to accommodate noise and static on 
overseas phone lines.
Pause
Allows you to place a 3.5 second delay in 
the dialling sequence stored on 
One-Touch keys and Speed-Dial 
numbers. Press Redial/Pause as many 
times as needed for longer pauses.
Photo resolution
A resolution setting that uses varying 
shades of grey for the best representation 
of photographs.
Polling 
The process of a fax machine calling 
another fax machine to retrieve waiting fax 
messages.
Pulse 
A form of rotary dialling on a telephone 
line.
Quick Dial List
A listing of names and numbers stored in 
One-Touch and Speed-Dial memory, in 
numerical order.
Real Time Transmission
When memory is full, you can send faxes 
in real time.
Remaining jobs
You can check which jobs are waiting in 
memory and cancel jobs individually.
Remote Access Code
Your own four-digit code (--- ) that 
allows you to call and access your 
machine from a remote location.
Remote Retrieval Access 
The ability to access your machine 
remotely from a touch tone phone.
Resolution
The number of vertical and horizontal lines 
per inch. See: Standard, Fine, Super Fine 
and Photo.
Ring Delay
The number of rings before the machine 
answers in 
Fax Only and Fax/Tel 
mode.
Ring Volume
Volume setting for the machine’s ring.
Scanning
The process of sending an electronic 
image of a paper document into your 
computer.
Search
An electronic, alphabetical listing of stored 
One-Touch, Speed-Dial and Group 
numbers.
Speed-Dial
A pre-programmed number for easy 
dialling. You must press the 
Search/Speed Dial  key, #, and the three 
digit code, and  Start to start the dialling 
process.
Standard resolution
203 x 97 dpi. It is used for regular size text 
and quickest transmission.
Station ID
The stored information that appears on 
the top of faxed pages. It includes the 
sender’s name and fax number.
Super Fine resolution
203 x 392 dpi. Best for very small print and 
line art.
TAD (telephone answering device)
You can connect an external TAD to your 
machine.
Telephone Answer Code (for Fax/Tel 
mode only)
When the machine answers a voice call, it 
pseudo/double-rings. You can pick up at 
an extension phone by pressing this code 
( #  5  1 ). 
						

							
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Temporary settings
You can select certain options for each fax 
transmission and copy without changing 
the default settings.
Tone
A form of dialling on the telephone line 
used for Touch Tone telephones.
Transmission
The process of sending faxes over the 
phone lines from your machine to the 
receiving fax machine.
User Settings 
A printed report that shows the current 
settings of the machine.
XMIT Verify (Transmission 
Verification Report)
A listing for each fax sent, that shows its 
date, time and number. 
						

							
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Product description
General
Specifications
Memory Capacity16 MB (MFC-7420)
32 MB (MFC-7820N)
Automatic Document Feeder 
(ADF)  Up to 35 pages
Paper Tray 250 Sheets (80 g/m
2)
Printer Type Laser
Print Method Electrophotography by semiconductor laser beam scanning
LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) 16 characters 
× 2 lines 
Power Source 220 - 240V 50/60Hz
Power Consumption Copying: Average 460 W
Sleep: Average 10 W
Standby: Average 75 W
Dimensions
Weight Without Drum/Toner Unit:
9.45 kg (MFC-7420)
9.5 kg (MFC-7820N)
432 mm
294 mm
395 mm 
						

							
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Print media
Note
■For transparency or label, we recommend removing printed pages from the output paper tray 
immediately after they exit the machine to avoid smudging.
■For more details, see  About paper on page 1-9.
Noise Operating:  53 dB A or less
Standby:  30 dB A or less
Temperature Operating: 10 - 32.5°C
Storage:  0 - 40°C
Humidity Operating:  20 to 80% (without condensation)
Storage:  10 to 90% (without condensation)
Paper Input  Paper Tray
■Paper type:
Plain paper, Recycled paper or Transparencies 
■Paper size:
A4, Letter, Executive, A5, A6, B5 and B6
For more details, see  About paper on page 1-9.
■Paper Weight:
60 - 105 g/m2
■Maximum paper tray capacity: Up to 250 sheets of 80 g/m2 plain 
paper or up to 10 transparencies
Manual Feed Slot
■Paper type:
Plain paper, Recycled paper, Transparencies, Envelopes, Bond 
paper or Labels
■Paper size:
Width:  69.9 - 215.9 mm
Length: 116 - 406.4 mm
For more details, see  About paper on page 1-9.
■Paper Weight:
60 - 161 g/m2
■Maximum paper tray capacity: One sheet at a time
Paper Output Up to 100 sheets of A4 size plain paper (Face down print delivery to 
the output paper tray) 
						

							
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Copy
Colour/MonochromeMonochrome
Document Size  ADF Width: 147.3 to 215.9 mm
ADF Height: 147.3 to 356 mm
Scanner Glass Width: Max. 215.9 mm)
Scanner Glass Height: Max. 297 mm)
Multiple Copies Stacks or Sorts up to 99 pages
Reduce/Enlarge 25% to 400% (in increments of 1%)
Resolution Max. 600 x 300 dpi 
						

							
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Fax
Compatibility ITU-T Group 3
Coding System MH/MR/MMR/JBIG* (*not available for MFC-7420)
Modem Speed Automatic Fallback: 14400 bps (MFC-7420)
33600 bps (MFC-7820N)
Document Size ADF Width: 147.3 to 215.9 mm
ADF Height: 147.3 to 356 mm
Scanner Glass Width: Max. 215.9 mm
Scanner Glass Height: Max. 297 mm
Scanning Width Max. 208 mm
Printing Width Max. 208 mm
Grey Scale 64 levels
Polling Types  Standard, Secure, Timer, Sequential
Contrast Control Automatic/Light/Dark (manual setting)
Resolution  Horizontal   203 dot/inch (8 dot/mm)
 Vertical 
Standard - 3.85 line/mm
Fine - 7.7 line/mm
Photo -  7.7 line/mm
Superfine -  15.4 line/mm 
One-Touch Dial 8 (4 x 2)
Speed-Dial 200 stations 
Broadcasting 258 stations
Automatic Redial 3 times at 5 minute intervals
Auto Answer 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 rings (For UK)
Communication Source Public switched telephone network.
Memory Transmission Up to 500
1 /4002 pages (MFC-7420)
Up to 6001 /5002 pages (MFC-7820N)
Out of Paper Reception Up to 500
1 /4002 pages (MFC-7420)
Up to 600
1 /5002 pages (MFC-7820N)
1“Pages” refers to the “Brother Standard Chart No. 1” (a typical business letter, Standard resolution, MMR code). 
Specifications and printed materials are subject to change without prior notice.
2Pages refers to the ITU-T Test Chart #1 (a typical business letter, Standard resolution, MMR code). Specifications 
and printed materials are subject to change without prior notice. 
						

							
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Scanner 
Printer
Colour/MonochromeYes
TWAIN Compliant Yes (Windows
® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP/Windows NT® 
Workstation Version 4.0)
Mac OS
® 9.1 - 9.2/Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater
WIA Compliant Yes (Windows
® XP)
Colour  Depth 24 bit colour
Resolution Up to 9600 
× 9600 dpi (interpolated)*
Up to 600 
× 2400 dpi (optical)
* Maximum 1200 x 1200 dpi scanning with Windows® XP (resolution up to 9600 x 9600 dpi 
can be selected by using the Brother scanner utility)
Document Size  ADF Width: 147.3 to 215.9 mm
ADF Height: 147.3 to 356 mm
Scanner Glass Width: Max. 215.9 mm
Scanner Glass Height: Max. 297 mm
Scanning Width Max. 215.9 mm
Grey Scale 256 levels
Emulation Brother Printing System for Windows
® 
PCL6 (MFC-7820N only)
BR-Script (PostScript
®) Level 3 (MFC-7820N only)
Printer Driver Support for Windows
® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP/
Windows NT® Workstation Version 4.0
Support for Mac OS® 9.1 - 9.2/Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater
Resolution HQ1200 (Max. 2400 x 600 dots per inch (dpi))
Print Quality Normal printing mode
Economy printing mode (save toner usage)
Print Speed up to 20 pages/minute (A4 size)
* Based on Brother standard pattern.
Does not include the time it takes to feed the paper.
First PrintLess than 10 seconds