Brother MFC 425CN User Manual

GETTING STARTED   2 - 4
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.
Setting the...

2 - 5   GETTING STARTED
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.
Setting the LCD Contrast
You can adjust the LCD contrast for a sharper and more vivid 
display. If you are having difficulty reading the LCD from your 
position, try changing the contrast setting for improved viewing.
1Press Menu/Set, 1, 6.
2Press ▲ or ▼ to select Light or Dark.
Press 
Menu/Set....

SETUP SEND   3 - 1
3
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
 

3 - 2   SETUP SEND
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 is...

SETUP SEND   3 - 3
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...

3 - 4   SETUP SEND
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...

SETUP SEND   3 - 5
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.
3Press Hook or,...

3 - 6   SETUP SEND
Basic sending operations
Sending faxes using multiple settings
When you send a fax you can choose any combination of these 
settings: contrast, resolution, overseas mode, delayed fax timer 
(MFC-425CN only), polling transmission (MFC-425CN only) or real 
time transmission.
1If it is not illuminated in green, press   (Fax).
After each setting is accepted, the LCD will ask if you want to 
enter more settings:
2Press 1 to select more settings. The 
LCD will return to the Setup Send...

SETUP SEND   3 - 7
Fax Resolution
You can use the Fax Resolution key to change the setting 
temporarily (for this fax only). In Fax mode   (
Fax), press  
Fax Resolution and ▲ or ▼ to select the setting you want, and then 
press 
Menu/Set.
—OR—
You can change the default setting:
1If it is not illuminated in green, press   (Fax). 
2Load your document.
3Press Menu/Set, 2, 2, 2.
4Press ▲ or ▼ to select the resolution you want.
Press 
Menu/Set.
Monochrome
Colour
If you select S. Fine and Photo for colour...

3 - 8   SETUP SEND
Dual Access (Monochrome only)
You can dial a number, and begin scanning the fax into memory—
even when the machine is sending from memory or receiving faxes. 
The LCD shows the new job number and available memory.
Your machine normally uses Dual Access. However, to send a 
colour fax, the machine will send the document in real time 
(even if Real Time TX is Off).
The number of pages you can scan into the memory will vary 
depending on the data that is printed on them.
If you get an Out...