Brother Mfc 790cw User Manual

Section II
FaxII
Sending a Fax36
Receiving a Fax45
Telephone Services and External devices63
Dialing and storing numbers75
Message Center83
Printing Reports88
Polling90
 

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5
Entering Fax mode5
When the machine is idle, the time appears 
on the LCD. When you want to send a fax, or 
change fax send or receive settings, press 
the (Fax) key to illuminate it in blue.
 
The LCD shows: 
Press  dor c to scroll through the  Fax key 
options. Some functions are only available 
when sending black & white faxes.
„ Fax Resolution  (See page 41.)
„ Contrast  (See page 40.)
„ Broadcasting  (See page 39.)
„ Preview  (See page 38.)
„ Delayed Fax  (See page 42.)
„ Batch TX  (See page...

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5
Faxing from the scanner glass5
You can use the scanner glass to fax pages 
of a book one at a time. The document can be 
up to Letter or A4 size.
You cannot send color faxes with multiple 
pages.
Note
Since you can only scan one page at a 
time, it is easier to use the ADF if you are 
sending a multiple page document.
 
aPress (Fax).
bLoad your document  face down on the 
scanner glass. (See  Using the scanner 
glass  on page 21.)
cEnter the fax number using the dial pad 
or Speed Dial...

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How to preview an outgoing 
fax5
You can preview a fax message before you 
send it. You must set the Real Time 
Transmission and Polling RX to off before 
you use this feature. (See  Real time 
transmission  on page 41 and  Polling receive 
on page 90.)
aPress ( Fax).
bPress  dor c to display  Preview.
cPress Preview .
dPress On.
eLoad the document.
fEnter the fax number using the dial pad. 
You can also enter the fax number by 
pressing  Speed Dial . Then, press 
a or b to display the...

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5
Broadcasting 
(Black & White only)
5
Broadcasting is when the same fax message 
is automatically sent to more than one fax 
number. You can include Groups, Speed Dial 
numbers and up to 50 manually dialed 
numbers in the same broadcast. 
After the broadcast is finished, a Broadcast 
Report will be printed.
aPress (Fax).
bLoad your document.
cPress  dor c to display  Broadcasting .
dPress Broadcasting .
eYou can add numbers to the broadcast 
in the following ways:
„ Press  Add Number...

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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 size, overseas mode, delayed 
fax timer, polling transmission and real time 
transmission.
aPress ( Fax).
The LCD shows:
 
bPress  dor c to display a setting you 
want to change and press the setting, 
then press the option you want.
cRepeat step  b to change more settings.
Note
• Most settings are temporary and the...

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5
Changing fax resolution5
The quality of a fax can be improved by 
changing the fax resolution.
aPress (Fax).
bPress  dor c to display 
Fax Resolution .
cPress Fax Resolution .
dPress the resolution you want. 
Note
You can choose four different resolution 
settings for black & white faxes and two for 
color.
If you choose S.Fine or Photo  and then 
use the  Color Start  key to send a fax, the 
machine will send the fax using the  Fine 
setting.
 
Dual access 
(Black & White only)5
You...

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Overseas Mode5
If you are having difficulty sending a fax 
overseas due to possible interference on the 
telephone line, we recommend that you turn 
on the Overseas mode. After you send a fax 
using this feature, the feature will turn itself 
off.
aPress ( Fax).
bLoad your document.
cPress  dor c to display 
Overseas Mode .
dPress On (or  Off ).
Delayed Faxing 
(Black & White only)5
During the day you can store up to 50 faxes 
in the memory to be sent within 24-hours. 
These faxes will be...

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5
Setting your changes as the 
new default5
You can save the fax settings for 
Fax Resolution
, Contrast , 
Glass ScanSize , Preview  and 
Real Time TX  you use most often by 
setting them as default. These settings will 
stay until you change them again.
aPress ( Fax).
bPress  dor c to choose your new setting 
you want to change, and then press the 
new option.
Repeat this step for each setting you 
want to change.
cAfter changing the last setting, press 
d or c to display  Set New...

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Out of Memory message5
If you get an  Out of Memory  message 
while scanning the first page of a fax, press 
Stop/Exit  to cancel the fax.
If you get an  Out of Memory  message 
while scanning a subsequent page, you will 
have the option to press  Black Start to send 
the pages scanned so far, or to press 
Stop/Exit  to cancel the operation.
Note
If you get an  Out of Memory  message 
while faxing and you do not want to delete 
your stored faxes to clear the memory, 
you can send the fax in...