Brother MFC 425CN User Manual

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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.
Setting the Ring Volume
You can turn the ring Off or you can select the ring volume level.
1Press Menu/Set, 1, 4, 1.
2Press ▲ or ▼ to select Low, Med, High or Off.
Press 
Menu/Set.
3Press Stop/Exit.
—OR—
You can adjust the ring volume when your machine is idle (not being 
used). In Fax mode  , press   or   to adjust the volume 
level. Every time you press these keys, the machine will ring so you 
can hear the active setting as the LCD shows it. The volume changes 
with each key press. The new setting will stay until you change it 
again.
Setting the Beeper Volume
You can change the beeper volume. The default (factory) setting is 
Low. When the beeper is on, the machine will beep when you press 
a key, make a mistake or you send or receive a fax.
1Press Menu/Set, 1, 4, 2.
2Press ▲ or ▼ to select your option.  
(Low, Med, High or Off)
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.
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.
3Press Stop/Exit.
 
						

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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 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 minutes 
intervals.
If the LCD shows Not Registered when you enter the 
Speed-Dial number, a number has not been stored for it.
two-digit number
To search alphabetically*
To search numerically 
or
 
						

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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 starts scanning the document.
(MFC-425CN)
Delayed fax and Polling Transmit features are not available in 
colour. 
To cancel, press Stop/Exit.
If the memory is full and you are faxing a single page, it will be 
sent in real time.
 
						

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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 machine starts sending the 
document.
—OR—
To send more than one page, press 
1 and go to Step 5.
5Place the next page on the scanner 
glass.
Press 
Menu/Set.
The machine starts scanning. (Repeat Steps 4 and 5 for each 
additional page.)
To cancel, press Stop/Exit.
■If the memory is full and you are faxing a single page, it will 
be sent in real time.
■You cannot send multiple pages for colour faxes.
Next Page?
1.Yes 2.No(Dial)
Set Next Page
Then Press Set
 
						

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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.
3Press Hook or, pick up the handset of the external phone and 
listen for a dial tone.
4Dial the fax number you want to call.
5When you hear the fax tone, press Mono Start or  
Colour Start.
6If you are using the scanner glass, 
press 
1 to send a fax.
7If you picked up the handset of an 
external phone, replace it.
You cannot send multiple pages from the scanner glass.
1.Send 2.Receive
 
						

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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 
menu.
—OR—
Press 
2 if you have finished choosing settings and go to the next 
step.
Contrast
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 to send a light document. 
Use Dark to send a dark document.
1If it is not illuminated in green, press   (Fax). 
2Load your document.
3Press Menu/Set, 2, 2, 1.
4Press ▲ or ▼ to select Auto, Light or Dark.
Press 
Menu/Set.
Next
1.Yes 2.No
 
						

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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 fax, the setting will be 
drawn back to Fine.
There are four levels of the resolution setting in monochrome 
and two levels in colour.
StandardSuitable for most typed documents.
FineGood for small print and transmits a little slower than 
Standard resolution. 
S.FineGood for small print or artwork and transmits slower 
than Fine resolution.
PhotoUse when the document has varying shades of grey 
or is a photograph. This has the slowest transmission 
time.
StandardSuitable for most typed documents.
FineUse when the document is a photograph. The 
transmission time is slower than Standard resolution.
 
						

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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 of Memory message while scanning the first 
page of a fax, press 
Stop/Exit to cancel scanning. If you get an 
Out of Memory message while scanning a subsequent page, 
you can press 
Mono Start to send the pages scanned so far, 
or press 
Stop/Exit to cancel the operation.