Brother MFC 8440 User Manual

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9 Copy keys
(Temporary settings):
Enlarge/Reduce
Lets you reduce or enlarge copies 
depending upon the ratio you 
select.
Contrast
Lets you make a copy that is lighter 
or darker than the original.
Quality
Lets you select the copy quality for 
your type of original.
Tray Select
You can select which tray you would 
like to use for the next copy.
Sort
Lets you sort multiple copies using 
the ADF.
N in 1  (For MFC-8440)
N in 1 lets you copy 2 or 4 pages 
onto one page.
Duplex/N in 1...

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Status LED indications
The Status  LED (Light Emitting Diode) will flash and change color 
depending on the MFC status.
The LED indications shown in the table below are used in the 
illustrations in this chapter.
LED LED  status
LED is off.
Green Yellow Red LED is on.
Green Yellow Red LED is blinking.
LED MFC status Description Sleep Mode The power switch is off or the MFC is in Sleep  mode.
Green Warming Up The MFC is warming up for printing.
Green Ready The MFC is ready to...

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Red
Service error Follow the steps below.
1.  Turn off the power switch.
2.  Wait a few seconds, and then turn it back on and try to print again.
If you cannot clear the error and see the same 
service call indication after turning the MFC 
back on, please call Brother Customer Service 
at: 1-800-284-4329 (in USA) or 
1-877-BROTHER (in Canada).
Red Cover open The cover is open. Close the cover. (See 
Error 
messages  on page 12-1.)
Toner empty Replace the toner cartridge with a new...

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About fax machines
Custom features
Do you have Voice Mail on the phone line?
If you have Voice Mail on the phone line where you will install your 
new MFC,  there is a strong possibility that Voice Mail and the MFC 
may conflict with each other while receiving incoming calls .
Why should there be problems?
Since both the MFC and Voice Mail will pick up the call, after the 
number of rings you have set, each of them has the ability to keep 
the other from receiving calls.
For...

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Fax tones and handshake
When someone is sending a fax, the MFC sends fax calling tones 
(CNG tones). These are quiet, intermittent beeps every 4-seconds. 
You’ll hear them after you dial and press 
Start and they will continue 
for about 60 seconds after dialing. During that time, the sending 
machine must begin the “handshake”, or connection, with the 
receiving machine.
Each time you use automatic procedures to send a fax, you are 
sending CNG tones over the phone line. You’ll...

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ECM (Error Correction Mode)
The Error Correction Mode (ECM) is a way for the MFC to check a 
fax transmission while it is in progress. If the MFC detects errors 
during fax transmission, if resends the pages of the fax that had an 
error. ECM transmissions are only possible between fax machines 
that both have this feature. If they do, you may send and receive fax 
messages that are continuously being checked by the MFC.
Your MFC must have enough memory for this feature to work....

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Connecting an external telephone answering 
device (TAD)
Sequence
You may choose to connect an answering device. However, when 
you have an external TAD on the same telephone line as the MFC, 
the TAD answers all calls and the MFC “listens” for fax calling (CNG) 
tones. If it hears them, the MFC takes over the call and receives the 
fax. If it doesn’t hear CNG tones, the MFC lets the TAD continue 
playing your outgoing message so your caller can leave you a voice 
message.
The TAD...

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Do not connect a TAD elsewhere on the same phone line  
(unless you have the Distinctive Ring service).
TAD
TAD
 

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Connections
The external TAD must be plugged into the back of the MFC, into the 
jack labeled EXT. Your MFC cannot work properly if you plug the 
TAD into a wall jack (unless you are using Distinctive Ring).
1Plug the telephone line cord from the wall jack into the back of 
the MFC, in the jack labeled LINE.
2Plug the telephone line cord from your external TAD into the 
back of the MFC, in the jack labeled EXT. (Make sure this cord 
is connected to the TAD at the TAD’s telephone...

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Special line considerations
Roll-over phone lines
A roll-over phone system is a group of two or more separate 
telephone lines that pass incoming calls to each other if they are 
busy. The calls are usually passed down or “rolled over” to the next 
available phone line in a preset order.
Your MFC can work in a roll-over system as long as it is the last 
number in the sequence, so the call cannot roll away. Do not put the 
MFC on any of the other numbers; when the other lines are...