Brother MFC 297C User Manual

USER’S GUIDE
MFC-250C
MFC-290C
MFC-297C
 
Version 0
UK/IRE/GEN/SAF
 

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Approval Information and Compilation and 
Publication Notice
THIS EQUIPMENT IS DESIGNED TO WORK WITH A TWO WIRE ANALOGUE PSTN LINE 
FITTED WITH THE APPROPRIATE CONNECTOR.
APPROVAL INFORMATION
Brother advises that this product may not function correctly in a country other than where it was 
originally purchased, and does not offer any warranty in the event that this product is used on 
public telecommunication lines in another country.
Compilation and Publication Notice
Under the supervision of Brother...

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EC Declaration of Conformity
 
 

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Table of Contents
Section I General
1 General Information 2
Using the documentation ....................................................................................... 2
Symbols and conventions used in the documentation .................................... 2
Accessing the Software User’s Guide ................................................................... 3
Viewing Documentation ................................................................................... 3
Accessing Brother Support...

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Section II Fax
5 Sending a Fax 26
Entering Fax mode .............................................................................................. 26
Faxing from the ADF (MFC-290C and MFC-297C only)  .............................. 26
Faxing from the scanner glass ...................................................................... 26
Faxing Letter size documents from the scanner glass .................................. 27
Colour fax transmission...

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Connecting an external TAD (telephone answering device)................................ 39
Connections................................................................................................... 40
Recording an outgoing message (OGM) on an external TAD ....................... 40
Multi-line connections (PBX) ......................................................................... 40
External and extension telephones...................................................................... 41...

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Section IV Direct Photo Printing
11 Printing photos from a memory card or 
USB Flash memory drive 58
PhotoCapture Center™ Operations..................................................................... 58
Printing from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive without a PC....... 58
Scanning to a memory card or USB Flash memory drive without a PC ........ 58
Using PhotoCapture Center™ from your computer ....................................... 58
Using a memory card or USB Flash memory drive...

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Section VI Appendixes
A Safety and Legal 76
Choosing a location ............................................................................................. 76
To use the machine safely................................................................................... 77
Important safety instructions.......................................................................... 81
IMPORTANT - For your safety ...................................................................... 82
Radio interference...

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D Specifications 120
General .............................................................................................................. 120
Print media......................................................................................................... 122
Fax ..................................................................................................................... 123
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