Brother MFC 8460N User Manual

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Remote Retrieval
The remote retrieval feature lets you retrieve 
your stored fax messages when you are not 
at the machine. You can call your machine 
from any touch tone phone or fax machine, 
then use the Remote Access Code to retrieve 
your messages.
Setting a remote access code
The remote access code lets you access the 
remote retrieval features when you are away 
from your machine. Before you use the 
remote access and retrieval features, you 
have to set up your own code....

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Retrieving fax messages
aDial your fax number from a telephone 
or another fax machine using touch 
tone.
bWhen your machine answers, 
immediately enter your remote access 
code (3 digits followed by l). If you hear 
one long beep, you have messages.
cWhen you hear two short beeps, use the 
dial pad to press 9 6 2.
dWait for a long beep, and then use the 
dial pad to enter the number of the 
remote fax machine where you want 
your fax messages sent to, followed by 
## (up to 20 digits)....

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Remote fax commands
Follow the commands below to access features when you are away from the machine. When you 
call the machine and enter your Remote Access Code (3 digits followed by l), the system will 
give two short beeps and you must enter a remote command.
Remote commandsOperation details
95Change the fax forwarding, 
paging or fax storage settings
1 OFF You can choose Off after you have retrieved or erased all your 
messages.
2  Fax  forwarding One long beep means the...

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Fax reports10
Some fax reports (transmission verification 
and fax journal) can be printed automatically 
or manually.
Transmission verification 
report10
You can use the transmission report as proof 
that you sent a fax. This report lists the time 
and date of transmission and whether the 
transmission was successful (shown as 
“OK”). If you select On or On+Image, the 
report will print for every fax you send.
If you send a lot of faxes to the same place, 
you may need more than the job numbers to...

Printing reports
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Reports10
The following reports are available:
1Transmission
Displays the Transmission Verification 
Report for your last outgoing 200 faxes 
and prints the last report.
2Help List
Prints a list of commonly used functions to 
help you program your machine. 
3Tel Index List
Prints a list of names and numbers stored 
in the One-Touch and Speed-Dial 
memory in numerical or alphabetical 
order.
4Fax Journal
Prints a list of information about your last 
200 incoming and outgoing faxes....

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Polling lets you set up your machine so other 
people can receive faxes from you, but they 
pay for the call. It also lets you call somebody 
else’s fax machine and receive a fax from it, 
so you pay for the call. The polling feature 
needs to be set up on both machines for this 
to work. Not all fax machines support polling. 
Polling receive11
Polling receive lets you call another fax 
machine to receive a fax.
aMake sure you are in Fax mode  .
bPress Menu, 2, 1, 7. 
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Polling RX
Dial & Start...

Polling
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Polled transmit11
Polled transmit lets you set up your machine 
to wait with a document so another fax 
machine can call and retrieve it.
Setup for polled transmit11
aMake sure you are in Fax mode  .
bLoad your document.
cPress Menu, 2, 2, 6. 
22.Setup Send
6.Polled TX
aOn
bOff
Select ab & OK
dPress a or b to select On (or Off). 
PressOK.
Note
The document will be stored and can be 
retrieved by any other fax machine until 
you delete it from the memory. (See 
Checking and canceling waiting...

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Section III
CopyIII
Making copies76
 

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How to copy12
Entering copy mode12
Press  (Copy) to enter Copy mode.
 
1 Contrast
2Quality
3Copy Ratio
4Tray Use
5 Number of Copies
Making a single copy12
aMake sure you are in Copy mode 
.
bLoad your document.
cPress Start.
Making multiple copies12
aMake sure you are in Copy mode 
. 
bLoad your document.
cUse the dial pad to enter the number of 
copies (up to 99).
dPress Start.
Note
To sort your copies, press Sort. (See 
Sorting copies using the ADF on page 83.)
 
Stop copying12
To stop copying,...