Brother Mfc 6890cdw User Manual

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Receiving a fax at the end of a 
conversation6
At the end of a conversation you can ask the 
other party to fax you information before you 
both hang up.
aAsk the other party to place the 
document in their machine and to press 
the Start or Send key.
bWhen you hear the other machines 
CNG tones (slowly repeating beeps), 
press 
Black Start  or Color Start .
cPress Receive  to receive a fax.
dReplace the handset of the external 
telephone.
Printing a fax from the 
memory6
If you have...

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Memory Receive 
(Black & White only)
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You can only use one Memory Receive 
operation at a time: „ Fax Forwarding
„ Paging
„ Fax Storage
„ PC Fax Receive
„ Off
You can change your selection at any time. If 
received faxes are still in the machine’s 
memory when you change the Memory 
Receive operations, an LCD question will 
appear on the LCD. (See  Changing Memory 
Receive Operations  on page 60.)
Fax Forwarding6
When you choose Fax Forwarding, your 
machine stores the received fax in the...

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Paging6
When you choose Paging, your machine 
dials the cell phone or pager number. This 
activates your cell phone or pager so you will 
know that you have a fax message in the 
memory.
If you have set Paging, a backup copy of the 
received fax will automatically be printed at 
the machine.
aPress MENU.
bPress  aor b to display  Fax.
cPress  Fax.
dPress  aor b to display 
Setup Receive .
ePress Setup Receive .
fPress aor b to display 
Memory Receive .
gPress Memory Receive .
hPress...

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Fax Storage6
If you choose Fax Storage, your machine 
stores the received fax in the memory. You 
will be able to retrieve fax messages from 
another location using the remote retrieval 
commands.
If you have set Fax Storage, a backup copy 
will automatically be printed at the machine.
aPress  MENU.
bPress  aor b to display  Fax.
cPress  Fax.
dPress  aor b to display 
Setup Receive .
ePress Setup Receive .
fPress aor b to display 
Memory Receive .
gPress Memory Receive .
hPress Fax Storage...

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lPress Stop/Exit .
Note
• PC Fax Receive is not supported in the 
Mac OS
®.
• Before you can set up PC Fax Receive  you must install the MFL-Pro Suite 
software on your PC. Make sure your PC 
is connected and turned on. (For details 
see  PC-FAX receiving  in the Software 
User’s Guide on the CD-ROM.)
• If you get an error message and the  machine cannot print the faxes in memory, 
you can use this setting to transfer your 
faxes to your PC. (For details, see  Error 
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Turning off Memory Receive 
Operations6
aPress  MENU.
bPress  aor b to display  Fax.
cPress  Fax.
dPress  aor b to display 
Setup Receive .
ePress Setup Receive .
fPress aor b to display 
Memory Receive .
gPress Memory Receive .
hPress Off.
iPress  Stop/Exit .
Note
The LCD will give you more options if 
there are received faxes still in your 
machine’s memory. (See  Changing 
Memory Receive Operations  on page 60.)
 
Changing Memory Receive 
Operations6
If received faxes remain in your...

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Fax Preview 
(Black & White only)
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How to preview a received fax6
You can view received faxes on the LCD by 
pressing the Fax Preview  button on the 
LCD. When the machine is in Ready mode, a 
popup message will appear on the LCD to 
alert you of new faxes.
Setting Fax Preview6
aPress  MENU.
bPress  aor b to display  Fax.
cPress  Fax.
dPress  aor b to display 
Setup Receive .
ePress Setup Receive .
fPress aor b to display  Fax Preview .
gPress Fax Preview .
hPress On (or  Off )....

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When the fax is displayed, press  More. 
The buttons will appear on the LCD and 
you can perform the operations shown 
below.
dPress  Stop/Exit .
How to print a fax 6
aPress Fax Preview .
bPress the fax you want to view.
cPress More.
dPress  (Print).
„ If the fax is multiple pages, go to 
step e.
„ If the fax is a single page it will start 
printing. Go to step f.
eDo one of the following:
„ Press  Print All Pages  to print 
all pages of the fax.
„ Press  Print Current Only  to 
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Turning off Fax Preview6
aPress Fax Preview .
bPress More.
cPress  Turn Off Fax Preview .
dPress Yes to confirm.
eIf there are faxes stored in the memory, 
do one of the following:
„ To turn off Fax Preview without 
printing your stored faxes, press 
Continue . 
Press  Yes to confirm your faxes will 
be deleted.
„ If you want to print all the stored 
faxes, press  Print all faxes .
„ If you do not wish to turn off Fax 
Preview, press  Cancel. 
Press  Stop/Exit .
Remote Retrieval6
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Using your Remote Access 
Code6
aDial your fax number from a touch tone 
telephone or another fax machine.
bWhen your machine answers, enter 
your remote access code (3 digits 
followed by  ) at once.
cThe machine signals if it has received 
messages: „ 1 long beep — Fax messages
„ No beeps — No messages
dWhen the machine gives two short 
beeps, enter a command.
The machine will hang up if you wait 
longer than 30 seconds to enter a 
command. 
The machine will beep three times if you 
enter...