Brother MFC 297C User Manual

General setup
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Automatic Daylight 
Savings Time
3
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 date and time in the 
Date&Time setting.
aPress Menu, 1, 5.
bPress aorb to choose On or Off.
Press OK.
cPress Stop/Exit.
LCD screen3
LCD Contrast3
You can adjust the LCD contrast for a sharper 
and more vivid display. If you are having 
difficulty...

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TX Lock4
TX Lock lets you prevent unauthorized 
access to the machine.
While TX Lock is On, the following operations 
are available:
„Receiving faxes
While TX Lock is On, the following operations 
are NOT available:
„Sending faxes
„Copying
„PC printing 
„Scanning
„PhotoCapture
„Operation from the Control panel
Note
If you forget the TX Lock password, 
please call your Brother dealer for service.
 
Setting and changing the 
TX Lock password4
Note
If you have already set the password, you 
will not...

Security features
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Turning TX Lock on/off4
Turning TX Lock on4
aPress Menu, 2, 0, 1.
bPress aorb to choose Set TX Lock.
Press OK.
cEnter the registered 4-digit password.
Press OK.
The machine goes offline and the LCD 
shows TX Lock Mode.
Turning TX Lock off4
aPress Menu.
bEnter the registered 4-digit password.
Press OK.
TX lock is automatically turned off.
Note
If you enter the wrong password, the LCD 
shows 
Wrong Password and stays offline. 
The machine will stay in TX Lock mode until 
the...

Chapter 4
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Section II
FaxII
Sending a Fax26
Receiving a Fax32
Telephone and External devices36
Dialling and storing numbers44
Printing Reports47
 

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Entering Fax mode5
To enter fax mode, press  (Fax), and 
the key will glow green.
Faxing from the ADF 
(MFC-290C and MFC-297C 
only) 5
aMake sure you are in Fax mode  .
bPlace the document face down in the 
ADF.
(See Using the ADF (MFC-290C and 
MFC-297C only) on page 17.)
cEnter the fax number using the dial pad, 
Speed Dial or Search.
dPress Mono Start or Colour Start.
The machine starts scanning the 
document.
Note
• To cancel, press Stop/Exit.
• If you send a mono fax while the memory 
is full...

Sending a Fax
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5 Faxing Letter size documents 
from the scanner glass5
When documents are Letter size, you need to 
set scan size to Letter. If you do not, the side 
portion of the faxes will be missing.
aMake sure you are in Fax mode  .
bPress Menu, 2, 2, 0.
cPress aorb to choose Letter.
Press OK.
dPress Stop/Exit.
Colour fax transmission5
Your machine can send a colour fax to 
machines that support this feature.
Colour faxes cannot be stored in the memory. 
When you send a colour fax, the machine...

Chapter 5
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Cancelling a Broadcast in 
progress5
aPress Menu, 2, 4.
The LCD will show the fax number being 
dialled.
 
XXXXXXXX
bPress OK.
The LCD will show the job number:
 
1.Clear 2.Exit
cPress 1 to cancel.
The LCD will then show the Broadcast 
job number and 1.Clear 2.Exit.
dTo cancel the Broadcast, press 1.
ePress Stop/Exit.
Additional sending 
operations
5
Sending faxes using multiple 
settings5
When you send a fax you can choose any 
combination of these settings: resolution, 
contrast, scan...

Sending a Fax
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5
Contrast5
If your document is very light or very dark, you 
may want to change the contrast. For most 
documents the default setting Auto can be 
used. It automatically chooses the suitable 
contrast for your document.
Use Light when sending a light document.
Use Dark when sending a dark document.
aMake sure you are in Fax mode  .
bLoad your document.
cPress Menu, 2, 2, 1.
dPress aorb to choose Auto, Light or 
Dark. 
Press OK. 
Note
Even if you choose Light or Dark, the 
machine will...

Chapter 5
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Dual access 
(Monochrome only)5
You can dial a number and start scanning the 
fax into memory—even when the machine is 
sending from memory, receiving faxes or 
printing PC data. The LCD shows the new job 
number and available memory.
The number of pages you can scan into the 
memory will vary depending on the data that 
is printed on them.
Note
If the Out of Memory message appears 
while scanning documents, press 
Stop/Exit to cancel or Mono Start to send 
the scanned pages.
 
Real time...