Brother Ppf 2900 Plain Paper Fax Manual

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Advanced Receiving Operations
Operation from Extension Telephones
If you answer a fax call on an extension phone or on an external phone in the 
EXT. jack, you can make your FAX/MFC take over by using the Fax Receive 
Code. When you press the Fax Receive Code   5 1, the FAX/MFC starts to 
receive a fax. (See 
Easy Receive, page 5-3.)
If the FAX/MFC answers a voice call and double-rings for you to take over, use 
the Telephone Answer Code # 5 1 to take the call at an extension phone....

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Printing a Fax in Memory
If you have Fax Storage ON for remote retrieval, you can still print a fax from the 
memory when you are at your FAX/MFC. (See Setting Fax Storage, page 9-2.)
1Press Menu/Set, 2, 5, 4.
2Press Fax Start.
3After printing is finished, press Stop/Exit.
Polling
Polling is the process of retrieving faxes from another fax machine.  You can use your 
FAX/MFC to “poll” other machines, or you can have someone poll your FAX/MFC. 
All parties involved in polling need to...

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4Press Fax Start. 
The LCD shows DIALING.
Your FAX/MFC will poll each number or group number in turn for a document. 
Canceling a Scheduled Job
You can cancel tasks you’ve scheduled, such as Delayed Fax or Polling 
Transmit. (See 
Checking Job Status, page 6-4.)
1Press Menu/Set, 2, 6. Any waiting jobs 
appear on the LCD. If no job is waiting, 
the LCD shows NO JOB WAITING.
2If you have more than two jobs waiting, press  to select the job you want to 
cancel, and then press...

6 - 1   SETUP SEND
66Setup Send
Before You Begin
Before you begin sending faxes, please be sure to read all the instructions and 
cautions listed below for placing originals in the automatic document feeder.
Using the ADF (Automatic Document Feeder)
Documents must be between 
5.8 and 8.5 inches wide and 
between 3.9 and 14.1 inches 
long. Your machine can scan 
an image only 8.15 inches 
wide, regardless of how wide 
the paper is. 
The FAX-2800 and MFC-4800’s ADF (automatic document feeder) can hold...

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Make sure documents written in ink are completely dry.
Before you send a fax, press Fax Resolution to select the resolution for the 
document you’re sending. (See 
Fax Resolution, page 6-5.)
Sending Faxes with Multiple Settings
When you send a fax you can choose any 
combination of these settings:  add a 
coverpage and select a comment; set the 
contrast or resolution; send using 
overseas mode, call reservation, delayed 
fax, polling transmission or real time transmission. After...

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Manual and Automatic Fax Redial
If  you’re sending a fax manually and the line is busy, press Redial/Pause to 
try again. Anytime you want to make a second call to the last number dialed, 
press Redial/Pause to save time.
If you’re sending a fax automatically and the line is busy, the FAX/MFC will 
automatically redial (up to three times at 5 minute intervals).
Dual Access
You can scan up to 50 documents into the fax memory, even while the FAX/
MFC is receiving or sending another fax...

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3To change the default setting, press  to select ON (or OFF), and then press 
Menu/Set.
Go to Step 5—OR—For the next fax transmission only, press
  to select 
NEXT FAX ONLY, and then press Menu/Set.
4For the next fax only, press  to select ON (or OFF), and then press 
Menu/Set.
5Press 1 if you want to select additional settings. The LCD returns to the SETUP 
SEND menu—OR—Press 2 if you are finished choosing settings, and then go 
to Step 6.
6Enter fax number, and then press Fax Start....

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Basic Sending Operations
Contrast
If your document is very light or very dark, you might want to set the contrast. 
Use S.LIGHT to send a very light document. Use S.DARK to send a very dark 
document.
1Place the original face down in the ADF.
2Press Menu/Set, 2, 2, 1. 
3Press  to select AUTO, S.LIGHT or 
S.DARK, and then press Menu/Set.
4Press 1 if you want to select additional settings. The LCD returns to the SETUP 
SEND menu—OR—Press 2 if you are finished choosing settings, and then...

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Composing Electronic Cover Page
The cover page is generated at the receiving party’s machine. Your cover page 
includes the name stored in the One Touch (FAX models only) or Speed Dial 
memory. If you’re dialing manually, the name is left blank. 
The cover page indicates your Station ID and the number of pages you’re 
sending. If you have Cover page Setup set to ON, the number of pages remains 
blank.  (Menu/Set, 2, 2, 8) (See 
Setting the Station ID, page 4-2.)
You can select a...

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Cover Page for the Next Fax Only
Make sure the Station ID is set up (see page 4-2). This feature does not work 
without the Station ID.
You can set the fax to send a cover page with a particular document. This cover 
page will include the number of pages in your document.
1Place the original face down in the ADF.
2Press Menu/Set, 2, 2, 8.
3When LCD shows NEXT FAX ONLY?, 
and then press Menu/Set.
4Press  to select ON (or OFF), and then press Menu/Set.
5Press  to select one of the...