Brother MFC 8420 User Manual

GLOSSARY   G - 3
Exte nsion phone  A telephone on the fax number that is plugged 
into a separate wall jack.
Exte rnal phone  A TAD (telephone answering device) or telephone 
t hat is plugged into the EXT jack of your MFC.
F/T Ring Time  The length of time that the Brother MFC rings (when 
t he Receive Mode setting is Fax/Tel) to notify you to pick up a 
voice call that  it answered.
Fax Activity Report  Lists information about the last  200 incoming 
and outgoing faxes. TX means Transmit. RX means...

G - 4   GLOSSARY
Manual fax  When you lift the handset of your ext ernal telephone or 
press 
Hook so you can hear t he receiving fax machine answer 
before you press Start t o begin transmission.
Menu mode  Programming mode for changing your MFC’s settings.
MFL-Pro Suite  Turns your MFC into a printer and a scanner and 
enables PC faxing using the MFC.
OCR (optical character recognition)  The bundled ScanSoft
® 
TextBridge® software application converts an image of text to text  
you can edit .
One...

GLOSSARY   G - 5
Remote Access Code  Your own four-digit code that allows you to 
call and access your MFC from a remote location.
Resolution  The number of vert ical and horizontal lines per inch. 
See: St andard, Fine, Super Fine and Photo.
Ring Delay  The number of rings before the MFC answers in FAX 
mode.
Ring Volume  Volume set ting for the MFC’s ring.
Scanning  The process of  sending an electronic image of a paper 
document into your computer.
Search  An electronic, alphabetical listing of stored...

G - 6   GLOSSARY
Transmission  The process of sending faxes over the phone lines 
from your MFC to the receiving fax machine.
Trans miss ion Ve rif icati on Re port   A listing for each transmission, 
that shows its date, time and number.
True Type fonts   The fonts that are used in the Windows
® operating 
systems. If you install the Brother True Type fonts, more types of 
fonts will be available for Windows
® applications.
User Settings  A printed report that shows the current settings of  
your MFC.
 

SPECIFICATIONS   S - 1
S
Product description
The MFC-8420, MFC-8820D and MFC-8820DN are 5 i n 1 
Multi-Function Centers: Printer, Copier, Color Scanner, Fax, and PC 
Fax (via your PC). The MFC-8820D includes Duplex Printing. The 
MFC-8820DN includes Duplex Printing and Network capabilit y.
General
Specifications
Memory Capacity32 MB 
Optional Memory1 DIMM slot; Memory expandable up to 160 MB
Automatic Document 
Feeder (ADF)Up to 50 pages
Temperature: 68
°F - 86°F (20°C  - 30°C)
Humidity: 50% - 70%
Paper:...

S - 2   SPECIFICATIONS
Print media
CopyGeneral (continued)
TemperatureOperating:
Storage:50 - 90.5°F (10 - 32.5°C)
32 - 104
°F (0 - 40°C)
HumidityOperating: 
Storage: 20 to 80% (without condensation)
10 to 90% (without condensation)
Paper Input  Paper Tray
■Paper type:
Plain paper, recycled paper and 
transparencies, envelopes (Manual 
Feed/Multi-purpose Tray)
■Paper size:
A4, Letter, Legal, B5 (ISO), B5 (JIS), 
Executive, A5, A6, B6 (ISO)
Weight: 16 - 28 lb (60 - 105 g/m
2) (Paper Tray)
For more...

SPECIFICATIONS   S - 3
Fax 
CompatibilityITU-T Group 3
Coding SystemMH/MR/MMR/JBIG
Modem Speed33600-2400 bps
Automatic Fallback
Original SizeADF Width:  5.8 to 8.5 (148 mm to 216 mm)
ADF  Height:  5.8 to 14.0 (148 mm to 356 mm)
Scanner Width:  Max. 8.48 (212 mm)
Scanner Height:  Max. 14.0 (356 mm)
Scanning Width8.2 inches (208 mm)
Printing Width8.2 inches (208 mm)
Gray Scale64 levels
Polling TypesStandard, Sequential 
Contrast ControlAutomatic/Light/Dark
(manual setting)
Resolution  Horizontal 203...

S - 4   SPECIFICATIONS
Scanner
Color/MonochromeColor/Monochrome
TWAIN Compliant
Yes  (Windows® 95/98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional 
and Windows NT® Workstation Version 4.0)
Mac OS 8.6-9.2/OS X 10.2.1 or greater
WIA CompliantYes  (Windows® XP)
ResolutionUp t o 9,60 0 × 9,600  dpi ( interp olate d)*
Up t o 600 × 2 ,400 d pi (op tical)
* Max imum 1 200 x  1200 d pi sc anning  with  
Win dows
® X P (reso lutio n up to 9 600 x 96 00 dpi 
can  be se lected  by u sing t he Bro ther s canner  
uti lity)
Document...

SPECIFICATIONS   S - 5
Printer
Interfaces
EmulationPCL6 (Brother Printing System for Windows® 
emulation mode of HP LaserJet) and BR-Script 
(PostScript
®) Level 3
Printer DriverWindows
® 95/98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP 
and Windows NT® Workstation Version 4.0 driver 
supporting Brother Native Compression mode and 
bi-directional capability
Apple
® Macintosh® QuickDraw® Driver and 
PostScript (PPD) for OS 8.6-9.2/OS X 10.1/10.2.1 
or Greater
ResolutionHQ1200 (Max. 2400 × 600 dots/inch)
Print...

S - 6   SPECIFICATIONS
Computer requirements
Minimum System  Requirements
Computer Platform & Operating 
System Version
Processor 
Mi n i mum  
Speed Mi ni mumRAM
Re co mm-
e nded
RAM
Available  Hard Disk Space
DriverApp licati on 
Software*1
Windows® 
Operating 
System95, 98, 98SEPentium 
75 M Hz24 MB 32 MB
80 MB100 MB MePentium 
150MHz
32 MB 64 MBNT® Workstation 4.0Pentium 
75 M Hz
2000 ProfessionalPentium 
133MHz
64 MB 128 MB
XPPentium 
233MHz180 MB
Apple
® 
Macintosh® 
Operating 
SystemOS 8.6 - 9.2...