Brother MFC 990CW User Manual

General setup29
3
LCD screen3
LCD Contrast3
You can adjust the LCD contrast for a sharper 
and more vivid display. If you are having 
difficulty reading the LCD, try changing the 
contrast setting.
aPress MENU.
bPress aor b to display 
General Setup .
cPress General Setup .
dPress aor b to display  LCD Settings .
ePress LCD Settings .
fPress LCD Contrast .
gPress Light,  Med or Dark.
hPress Stop/Exit.
Setting the backlight 
brightness3
If you are having difficulty reading the LCD, 
try changing the...

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Memory Security4
Memory Security lets you prevent 
unauthorized access to the machine. You will 
not be able to continue to schedule Delayed 
Faxes or Polling jobs. However, any pre-
scheduled Delayed Faxes will be sent even if 
you turn on Memory Security, so they will not 
be lost.
While Memory Security is On, the following 
operations are available:„ Receiving faxes into memory (limited by 
memory capacity)
„ Fax Forwarding (If Fax Forwarding was 
already On) 
„ Remote Retrieval (If Fax Storage...

Security features31
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Changing your memory security 
password
4
aPress MENU.
bPress aor b to display  Fax.
cPress Fax.
dPress aor b to display 
Miscellaneous .
ePress Miscellaneous .
fPress Mem Security .
gPress Set Password .
hEnter the registered 4-digit number for 
the current password using the buttons 
on the LCD.
Press OK.
iEnter a 4-digit number for a new 
password using the buttons on the LCD.
Press OK.
jWhen the LCD shows  Verify:, 
re-enter the new password using the 
buttons on the LCD.
Press...

Chapter 4
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Section II
FaxII
Sending a Fax34
Receiving a Fax43
Telephone and External devices58
Dialling and storing numbers70
Digital TAD78
Printing Reports83
Polling85
 

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Entering Fax mode5
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 monochrome faxes.
„ Fax Resolution  (See page 39.)
„ Contrast (See page 38.)
„ Broadcasting  (See page 37.)
„ Preview (See page 36.)
„ Delayed Fax  (See page 40.)
„ Batch TX (See page 40.)
„ Real Time TX  (See page 39.)
„ Polled TX (See page 87.)...

Sending a Fax35
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Faxing from the scanner glass5
You can use the scanner glass to fax pages 
of a book one at a time. The documents can 
be up to Letter or A4 size.
You cannot send colour 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...

Chapter 5
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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 39 and  Polling receive 
on page 85.)
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 number...

Sending a Fax37
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Broadcasting 
(Monochrome 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 dialled 
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  and...

Chapter 5
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Additional sending 
operations
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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.
cGo back to  b to change more settings.
Note
• Most settings are temporary and the...