Brother MFC 8420 User Manual

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Checking job status
Check which jobs are st ill waiting in the memory to be sent. (If there 
are no jobs, the LCD shows No Jobs Waiting.) 
1Press Menu, 2, 6.
2I f you have more than one job 
wait ing, press   or   to 
scroll through t he list.
3Press Stop/Exit.
Canceling a job while scanning the original
You can cancel a job while you are scanning it into memory by 
pressing 
Stop/Exit.
Canceling a scheduled job
You can cancel a fax job that is stored and waiting in memory. (See...

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Advanced sending operations
Composing the electronic Cover Page
The Cover Page is created at  the receiving machine. Your Cover 
Page includes the name stored in the One-Touch or Speed-Dial 
memory. If  you’re dialing manually, the name is left blank.
The Cover Page shows your Station ID and t he number of pages 
you’re sending. (See Setting the Station ID on page 4-2.) If you have 
Cover Page set to ON (
Menu, 2, 2, 7), the number of  pages is left 
blank. 
You can select a comment...

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Composing your own comments
You can set up two comments of your own.
1I f it is not illuminated in green, press   (Fa x).
2Press Menu, 2, 2, 8.
3Press   or   to choose 5 or 
6 for your own comment.
Press 
Set.
4Use the dial pad to enter your 
customized comment. 
Press 
Set.
(See Entering text on page 4-3.)
5Press 1 if you want to choose more settings and t he LCD will 
return to the Setup Send menu
—OR—
Press 2 to exit.
22.Setup Send
8.Coverpage Msg
▲5.▼6.
Select ▲▼ & Set
 

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Cover page for the next fax only
This f eature does not work without the Station ID. So make sure it  
has been set . (See Setting the Stat ion ID on page 4-2.) If you only 
want to send a Cover Page with a particular fax, t his Cover Page will 
include t he number of pages in your original.
1If it is not illuminated in green, press   (Fax). Place the 
original face up in t he ADF, or face down on the scanner glass.
2Press Menu, 2, 2, 7.
3When LCD shows Next Fax 
Only.
Press 
Set....

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Send a cover page for all faxes
This feature does not  work without the Stat ion ID. Please be sure it 
has been set before continuing. (See Setting the Station ID on page 
4-2.)
You can set the MFC to send a cover page whenever you send a fax. 
The number of pages in your fax is not included when you use this 
setting.
1I f it is not illuminated in green, press   (Fa x).
2Press Menu, 2, 2, 7.
3Press   or   to select On.
Press 
Set.
4I f you selected On, Press   or 
 to select  one of...

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Broadcasting
Broadcasting is when the same fax message is automatically sent to 
more than one fax number.  Using the 
Set key, you can include 
Groups, One-Touch, Speed-Dial numbers and up to 50 manually 
dialed numbers. I f you did not use up any of the numbers for Groups, 
access codes or credit card numbers, you can ‘broadcast’ faxes to 
as many as 390 different numbers. However, the available memory 
will vary depending on the types of jobs in the memory and t he 
number of...

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4Enter the next number.
(Example: Speed-Dial number)
5When the LCD displays t he fax number of the ot her party, press 
Set.
6Enter another fax number.
(Example: Manual dialing using the dial pad. )
7Press Start.
I f you are using the scanner glass, go to Step 8.
8To send a single page,
press 
2 (or press Start again).
The MFC starts sending the fax.
—OR—
To send more than one page, press 
1 and go t o Step 9.
9Place the next page on the scanner glass.
Press 
Set.
The MFC starts...

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Overseas Mode
If you are having dif ficulty sending a fax overseas due to possible 
interference on t he phone line,  we recommend that you turn on the 
Overseas Mode. Af ter you send a fax using this feature, the feature 
will turn itself off.
1If it is not illuminated in green, press   (Fax). Place the 
original face up in t he ADF, or face down on the scanner glass.
2Press Menu, 2, 2, 9.
3Press   or   to select On (or 
Off).
Press 
Set.
4Press 1 if you want  to choose more...

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Delayed Fax
During the day you can st ore up to 50 faxes in the memory to be sent 
within 24 hours. These faxes will be sent at the time of  day you enter 
in Step 3. Press 
Set to accept it, or enter another time for the faxes 
to be sent.
1I f it is not illuminated in green, press   (Fa x). Place t he 
original f ace up in the ADF,  or face down on the scanner glass.
2Press Menu, 2, 2, 3.
3Enter the time you want the fax to 
be sent  (in 24-hour format).
Press 
Set.
(For example,...

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Delayed Batch Transmission
Before sending the delayed faxes, your MFC will help you economize 
by sorting all t he faxes in the memory by destination and scheduled 
time. All delayed faxes that are scheduled to be sent at  the same 
time to the same fax number will be sent as one fax to save 
transmission time.
1If it is not illuminated in green, press   (Fax). 
2Press Menu, 2, 2, 4.
3Press   or   to select On (or 
Off).
Press 
Set.
4Press Stop/Exit.
22.Setup Send
4.Batch TX
▲On▼Off...