Brother MFC 260C User Manual

Telephone and External devices41
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Using extension telephones 
(For U.K. only)7
Your premises may already be wired with 
parallel extension telephones, or you may 
plan to add extension telephones to your line, 
as well as your machine. While the simplest 
arrangement is a straightforward parallel 
connection, there are some problems with 
this arrangement, the most obvious of which 
is inadvertent interruption of a facsimile 
transmission caused by someone picking up 
an extension telephone to make an...

Chapter 7
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Using a cordless external 
telephone7
Once the base unit of the cordless telephone 
has been connected to the same telephone 
line as the machine (see  External and 
extension telephones on page 40), it is easier 
to answer calls during the Ring Delay if you 
carry the cordless handset around with you. 
If you let the machine answer first, you will 
have to go to the machine so you can press 
Tel/R  to send the call to the cordless handset.
Using remote codes7
Remote Activation Code7
If you...

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How to Dial8
Manual dialling8
Press all of the digits of the fax number.
 
Speed Dialling8
aPress Speed Dial . 
bPress OK and the  # (hash) key, and 
then the two digit Speed Dial number.
Note
If the LCD shows  Not Registered  
when you enter a Speed Dial number, a 
number has not been stored at this 
location.
 
Search8
You can search for names you have stored in 
the Speed-Dial memories. 
Press  Speed Dial . Press OK and the 
navigation keys to search numerically, or use 
the dial pad to search...

Chapter 8
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Fax Redial8
If you are sending a fax manually and the line 
is busy, press  Redial/Pause, and then press 
Mono Start  or Colour Start  to try again. If 
you want to make a second call to the last 
number dialled, you can save time by 
pressing  Redial/Pause  and Mono Start  or 
Colour Start . 
Redial/Pause  only works if you dialled from 
the control panel.
If you are sending a fax automatically and the 
line is busy, the machine will automatically 
redial up to three times at five minute...

Dialling and storing numbers45
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Storing Speed Dial numbers8
You can store up to 40 2-digit Speed Dial 
locations with a name. When you dial you will 
only have to press a few keys (For example: 
Speed Dial, OK , # , the two-digit number, and 
Mono Start  or Colour Start ).
aPress Speed Dial  and a or  b to choose 
Set Speed Dial .
Press  OK.
bUse the dial pad to enter a 2-digit 
Speed Dial location number (01-40).
Press  OK.
cEnter the fax or telephone number 
(up to 20 digits).
Press  OK.
dDo one of...

Chapter 8
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Setting up groups for 
broadcasting8
If you regularly want to send the same fax 
message to many fax numbers you can set 
up a Group. Groups are stored on a 
Speed Dial number. Each group uses up a 
Speed Dial location. You can then send the 
fax message to all the numbers stored in a 
group just by entering a Speed Dial number, 
and then pressing  Mono Start.
Before you can add numbers to a Group, you 
need to store them as Speed Dial numbers. 
You can have up to six small Groups, or you...

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Fax reports9
You need to set up the Transmission 
Verification Report and Journal Period using 
the Menu  key.
Transmission Verification 
Report9
You can use the Transmission Report as 
proof that you sent a fax. This report lists the 
time and date of transmission and whether 
the transmission was successful (OK). If you 
choose  On or  On+Image , the report will print 
for every fax you send.
If you send a lot of faxes to the same place, 
you may need more than the job numbers to 
know which...

Chapter 9
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Reports9
The following reports are available: 
1.XMIT Verify
Prints a Transmission Verification Report for 
your last transmission.
2.Help List
A help list about how to quickly program your 
machine.
3.Quick Dial
Lists names and numbers stored in the 
Speed Dial memory, in numerical order.
4.Fax Journal
Lists information about the last incoming and 
outgoing faxes. 
(TX: Transmit.) (RX: Receive.)
5.User Settings
Lists your settings.
How to print a report9
aPress  Menu, 5.
bDo one of the...

Section III
CopyIII
Making copies50
 

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How to copy10
Entering Copy mode10
Press (Copy) to enter Copy mode. The 
default setting is Fax. You can change the 
number of seconds or minutes that the 
machine stays in Copy mode. ( Mode 
Timer on page 18.)
 
The LCD shows the default copy setting:
 
1 Copy Ratio
2Quality
3 No of Copies
Making a single copy10
aMake sure you are in Copy mode  .
bLoad your document.
(See Loading documents on page 6.)
cPress Mono Start  or Colour Start .
Making multiple copies10
You can make up to 99 copies....