Brother MFC 215 User Manual

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Setting the Station ID
You should store your name or company name and fax number so 
they print on all fax pages you send. 
It is important that you enter the fax number in the internationally 
standardized format, i.e. in accordance with the following strict 
sequence:
■The “+” (plus) character (by pressing   key)
■ Your Country Code (e.g. “44” for the United Kingdom, “41” for 
Switzerland)
■ Your local area code minus any leading “0” (“9” in Spain)
■ A space
■ Your number on the...

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Setting the Phone Line Type 
If you are connecting the machine to a line that features a PBX or 
ISDN to send and receive faxes, it is also necessary to change the 
Phone Line Type accordingly by completing the following steps.
1Press Menu/Set, 0, 6.
2Press ▲ or ▼ to select  PBX, ISDN  (orNormal ).
Press 
Menu/Set.
3Press Stop/Exit.
PBX and TRANSFER
The machine is initially set to be connected with PSTN (Public 
Switched Telephone Network) lines. However, many offices use a...

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General Setup
Setting the Mode Timer
The machine has four temporary mode keys on the control panel: 
PhotoCapture, Copy, Fax and Scan. You can change the number of 
seconds or minutes the machine takes after the last Copy, Scan or 
PhotoCapture operation before it returns to Fax mode. If you select 
Off, the machine stays in the mode you used last.
1Press Menu/Set, 1, 1.
2Press ▲ or ▼ to select  0 Sec, 30 Secs , 1 Min , 2 Mins , 
5 Mins  or Off .
3Press Menu/Set.
4Press...

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Setting the Paper Size 
You can use five sizes of paper for printing copies: Letter, Legal, A4, 
A5, and 10 x 15 cm and three sizes for printing faxes: Letter, Legal 
and A4. When you change the type of paper you load in the machine, 
you will need to change the setting for Paper Size at the same time 
so your machine can fit an incoming fax on the page.
1Press Menu/Set, 1, 3.
2Press ▲ or ▼ to select  Letter, Legal , A4 , A5  or  10x15cm .
Press 
Menu/Set.
3Press Stop/Exit....

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Setting the Speaker Volume
You can adjust the machine’s one-way speaker volume.
1Press Menu/Set, 1, 4, 3.
2Press ▲ or ▼ to select Low, Med , High  or Off .
Press 
Menu/Set.
3Press Stop/Exit.
Turning on Automatic Daylight Savings Time
You can set the machine to change automatically for Daylight 
Savings Time. It will reset itself forward one hour in the Spring and 
backward one hour in the Autumn. Make sure you have set the 
correct day and time in the  Date/Time setting.
1Press...

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How to enter Fax mode
Before sending faxes, make sure   (Fax) is illuminated in 
green. If not, press   (
Fax) to enter Fax mode. The default 
setting is Fax.
How to dial
You can dial in any of the following ways.
Manual dialling
Press all of the digits of the phone or fax number.
Setup Send
 

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Speed-Dialling
Press Search/Speed Dial, #, and then the two digit Speed-Dial 
number. (See  Storing Speed-Dial numbers  on page 5-1.)
Search
You can search for names you have stored in the Speed-Dial 
memories. Press 
Search/Speed Dial and the navigation keys to 
search. (See  Storing Speed-Dial numbers  on page 5-1.)
* To search alphabetically, you can use the dial pad to enter the first  letter of the name you are looking for.
Fax Redial
If you are sending a fax manually and the line...

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How to Fax 
Colour fax transmission
Your machine can send a colour fax to machines that support this 
feature.
However, colour faxes cannot be stored in the memory. When you 
send a colour fax, the machine will send it in real time (even if  Real 
Time TX  is set to Off). 
Faxing from the ADF (MFC-425CN only)
Put the document face down in the ADF.
1If it is not illuminated in green, press   (Fax).
2Load your document.
3Dial the fax number.
4Press Mono Start or Colour Start.
The machine...

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Faxing from the scanner glass
You can use the scanner glass to fax pages of a book or one page 
at a time. The documents can be up to A4 size.
1If it is not illuminated in green, press   (Fax).
2Load your document on the scanner glass.
3Dial the fax number.
Press 
Mono Start or Colour Start.
■ If you press 
Mono Start, the machine starts scanning the 
first page.
■ If you press 
Colour Start, the machine starts sending.
4To send a single page, press 2 (or 
press 
Mono Start again).
The...

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Automatic transmission
This is the easiest way to send a fax.
1If it is not illuminated in green, press   (Fax).
2Load your document.
3Dial the fax number you want to call. (See  How to dial on page 
3-1.)
4Press Mono Start or Colour Start.
For MFC-215C, go to step 4 on page 3-4.
Manual transmission
Manual transmission lets you hear the dialling, ringing and 
fax-receiving tones while sending a fax.
1If it is not illuminated in green, press   (Fax).
2Load your document.
3Pick up the...