Brother Mfc 5890cn User Manual

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C Menu and Features 178
On-screen programming .................................................................................... 178Menu table ................................................................................................... 178
Memory storage........................................................................................... 178
Mode and menu keys ........................................................................................ 178 Menu table...

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Section I
GeneralI
General Information2
Loading paper and documents9
General setup25
Security features33
 

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1
Using the 
documentation
1
Thank you for buying a Brother machine! 
Reading the documentation will help you 
make the most of your machine. 
Symbols and conventions 
used in the documentation1
The following symbols and conventions are 
used throughout the documentation.
General Information1
BoldBold typeface identifies specific 
buttons on the machines 
control panel, or on the 
computer screen.
Italics Italicized typeface emphasizes 
an important point or refers you 
to a related topic.
Courier
New...

General Information3
1
Accessing the 
Software User’s Guide 
and Network User’s 
Guide
1
This User’s Guide does not contain all the 
information about the machine such as how 
to use the advanced features of the Printer, 
Scanner, PC Fax and Network. When you are 
ready to learn detailed information about 
these operations, read the  Software User’s 
Guide  and Network User’s Guide  that are 
on the CD-ROM.
Viewing Documentation1
Viewing Documentation 
(For Windows
®)1
To view the documentation, from...

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How to find Scanning instructions1
There are several ways you can scan 
documents. You can find the instructions as 
follows:
Software User’s Guide „ Scanning  (For Windows
® 2000 
Professional/Windows
® XP and 
Windows Vista
®)
„ ControlCenter3  (For Windows
® 2000 
Professional/Windows
® XP and 
Windows Vista
®)
„ Network Scanning
ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE with OCR 
How-to-Guides „ The complete ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 
11SE with OCR How-to-Guides can be 
viewed from the Help selection in the...

General Information5
1
How to find Scanning instructions1
There are several ways you can scan 
documents. You can find the instructions as 
follows:
Software User’s Guide„ Scanning  (For Mac OS
® X 10.2.4 or 
greater)
„ ControlCenter2  (For Mac OS
® X 10.2.4 or 
greater)
„ Network Scanning  (For Mac OS
® X 10.2.4 
or greater)
Presto!
® PageManager® User’s Guide
„ The complete Presto!
® PageManager® 
User’s Guide can be viewed from the Help 
selection in the Presto!
® PageManager® 
application.
How to...

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MFC-6490CW Control panel overview1
The  MFC-5890CN  and MFC-6490CW  have the same control panel keys.
Note
Most of the illustrations in this User’s Guide show the MFC-6490CW.
 
1 Fax and telephone keys:
„Fax Preview  
Lets you preview incoming and outgoing 
faxes on the LCD.
„ Hook
Press before dialing if you want to make 
sure a fax machine will answer, and then 
press  Mono Start  or Colour Start . 
Also, press this key after picking up the 
handset of an external telephone during the 
F/T...

General Information7
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„d or  c
Press to scroll backward or forward to a 
menu selection.
Also, press to choose options.
„ a or  b
Press to scroll through the menus and options.
„Menu
Access the main menu.
„ OK
Choose a setting.
„ Clear/Back
Press to delete characters or to go back to 
the previous menu level.
5 Start keys:
„  Colour Start
Lets you start sending faxes or making 
copies in full colour. Also lets you start a 
scanning operation (in colour or mono, 
depending on the scanning setting in...

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LCD screen indications1
The LCD shows the current machine status 
when the machine is idle.
 
1 Wireless Status  (MFC-6490CW only)
A four level indicator shows the current 
wireless signal strength if you are using a 
wireless connection. 
2 Memory Status Lets you see the available memory in the 
machine.
3 Ink indicator Lets you see the available ink volume.
4 Current Receive Mode Lets you see the current receive mode.„ Fax  (Fax only)
„ F/T  (Fax/Tel)
„ TAD  (External TAD)
„ Mnl  (Manual)...