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In the Box Software User’s Guide Follow these instructions for Printing, Scanning, Network Scanning, Remote Setup, PC-Fax and using the Brother ControlCenter utility. Network Glossary This Guide provides basic information about advanced network features of Brother machines along with explanations about general networking and common terms.
Dial Prefix ......................5 Setting up the prefix number ................5 Changing the prefix number ................5 Security features Security........................6 TX Lock (MFC-7360) ..................6 Memory Security (MFC-7470D)............... 7 Secure Function Lock 2.0 (MFC-7860DN) ............8 Setting Lock....................11 Restricting dialling ..................13 Sending a fax Additional sending options...................
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Printing a reduced incoming fax ..............27 Duplex (2-sided) printing for Fax mode (MFC-7470D / MFC-7860DN) ..27 Setting the Fax Receive Stamp ..............27 Receiving faxes into memory (MFC-7360) ............28 Setting the Print Density ................28 Printing a fax from the memory ..............28 Out of Paper Reception .................29...
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Making copies Copy settings ....................... 43 Stop copying....................43 Using the Options key ................... 44 Identification copying ..................46 Improving copy quality................... 46 Sorting copies using the ADF ................ 47 Adjusting Contrast and Brightness ..............47 Enlarging or reducing the image copied ............48 Making N in 1 copies (page layout) ...............
Other fax jobs in the machine’s Press OK. memory will not be lost. Press Stop/Exit. (For MFC-7360) During a power failure the machine will retain Note the date and time for approximately 2 hours. We do not recommend Toner Save for The fax jobs in the machine’s memory will be...
Chapter 1 Toner Settings Deep Sleep mode If the machine is in Sleep mode and does not Toner Setting (Continue Mode) receive any jobs for a certain length of time, the machine will automatically enter Deep You can set the machine to continue printing Sleep mode, and the LCD will show Deep after the LCD shows Replace Toner.
Chapter 1 Mode Timer Setting the Fax Logic (sending and receiving The machine has three mode keys on the sequence) control panel: FAX, SCAN, and COPY. You can set how much time the machine You can change the process of manual fax takes after the last Copy or Scan operation to send or receive.
General Setup Dial Prefix The Dial Prefix setting will automatically dial a predefined number before every fax number you dial. For example: If your telephone system requires a 9 to dial an outside number use this setting to automatically dial 9 for every fax you send.
If you have already set the password, you will levels of security using TX Lock (For not need to set it again. MFC-7360), Memory Security (For MFC-7470D) or Secure Function Lock 2.0 (For MFC-7860DN) and Setting Lock. You Press Menu, 1, 6, 1.
Delayed • If you forget the Memory Security Faxes or Polling jobs. However, any pre- password, please call your Brother dealer. scheduled Delayed Faxes will be sent even if you turn on Memory Security, so they will not Press Menu, 1, 6, 1.
The machine will stay in Secure stored in the machine. For information about Mode until the registered password is how to reset the password call your Brother entered. dealer for service. Note •...
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Security features Setting the password for the Setting up the public user mode administrator Public user mode restricts the functions that are available for Public users. Public users do The password you set in these steps is for the not need to enter a password to access the administrator.
Chapter 2 Use the numeric keys to enter the user Turning Secure Function Lock off name. (See Entering text in Appendix C Press Menu, 1, 6, 1. of the Basic User's Guide.) Press OK. Press a or b to choose Lock OniOff. Press OK.
• If your ID has set page limit restrictions stored in the machine. Please call your and already reached the maximum administrator or your Brother dealer. number of pages, the LCD will show While Setting Lock is On, you cannot change Limit Exceeded when you print data.
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Chapter 2 Setting up the password Changing your Setting Lock password Press Menu, 1, 6, 2. Press Menu, 1, 6, 2. Enter a four-digit number for the password using numbers 0-9. Press a or b to choose Set Password. Press OK. Press OK.
Security features Restricting dialling Speed Dial restriction Press Menu, 2, 6, 3. This feature is to prevent users from sending a fax or call to a wrong number by mistake. Press a or b to choose Off, Enter # You can set the machine to restrict dialling by twice or On.
Sending a fax Additional sending Contrast options For most documents the default setting of Auto will give the best results. It automatically chooses the suitable contrast Sending faxes using multiple for your document. settings If your document is very light or dark, changing the contrast may improve the Before you send a fax, you can change any quality of the fax.
Sending a fax Additional sending Changing Fax Resolution operations The quality of a fax can be improved by changing the Fax Resolution. Resolution can be changed for the next fax or for all faxes. Sending a fax manually To change the Fax Resolution setting Manual transmission for the next fax Manual transmission lets you hear the...
Chapter 3 Load your document. Note If you get an Out of Memory message Enter a number. while scanning the first page of a fax, Press OK. press Stop/Exit to cancel scanning. If you You can use either a One Touch, get an Out of Memory message while Speed Dial, a Group number, or a scanning a subsequent page, you can...
Sending a fax Sending in real time for the next fax Press 1 to cancel the fax number or Broadcast job number you chose in step only b, or press 2 to exit without cancelling. Make sure you are in Fax mode ...
Chapter 3 Enter the time you want the fax to be Do one of the following: sent (in 24-hour format). To cancel the job, press 1. (For example, enter 19:45 for 7:45 PM.) To exit without cancelling, press 2. Press OK.
Sending a fax Electronic cover page Use the chart on Entering text in Appendix C of the Basic User's Guide for help entering characters. This feature will not work unless you have already programmed your Station ID. (See the Quick Setup Guide.) Send a cover page for the next fax You can automatically send a cover page If you want to send a cover page only for the...
Chapter 3 Polling overview Using a printed cover page If you want to use a printed cover page that you can write on, you can print the sample Polling lets you set up your machine so other page and attach it to your fax. people can receive faxes from you, but they pay for the call.
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Secure polling lets you restrict who can get the documents you set up to be polled. Secure polling only works with Brother fax machines. If another person wants to retrieve a fax from your machine they will have to enter the secure code.
Internet Fax feature. (For details about Internet Fax, see the Network User’s Guide. For information about Fax Forward to E-mail, see the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com/.) Press a or b to choose On or Off. Press OK.
Remote Fax Option, the LCD will ask you the failure before the fax is forwarded or a following message: problem at the receiving machine. (For MFC-7360) Erase All Doc? The faxes stored in the machine’s memory 1.Yes 2.No will be deleted.
Chapter 4 Remote retrieval Using your Remote Access Code Dial your fax number from a telephone The remote retrieval feature lets you retrieve or another fax machine using touch your stored fax messages when you are not tone. at the machine. You can call your machine from any touch tone phone or fax machine, When your machine answers, during a then use the Remote Access Code to retrieve...
Receiving a fax Retrieving fax messages Changing the Fax Forwarding number You can change the default setting of your fax Dial your fax number from a telephone forwarding number from another telephone or or another fax machine using touch fax machine using touch tone. tone.
Chapter 4 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 commands Operation details Change the fax forwarding or...
Size setting (Menu, 1, 2, 2). Make sure you are in Fax mode Make sure you are in Fax mode For MFC-7360, press Menu, 2, 1, 9. For MFC-7470D / MFC-7860DN, press Press Menu, 2, 1, 5. Menu, 2, 1, 8.
Make sure you are in Fax mode No Paper. Put some paper in the paper tray. (See Loading paper and print media in For MFC-7360, press Menu, 2, 1, 7. Chapter 2 of the Basic User’s Guide.) If you For MFC-7470D / MFC-7860DN, press are unable to put paper in the paper tray the Menu, 2, 1, 6.
Make sure you are in Fax mode Start. For MFC-7360, press Menu, 2, 1, 8. (For MFC-7360) For MFC-7470D / MFC-7860DN, press For details on how to set the Memory Receive Menu, 2, 1, 7.
Enter the fax number you are polling. Make sure you are in Fax mode Press Start. For MFC-7360, press Menu, 2, 1, 8. For MFC-7470D / MFC-7860DN, press Delayed polling Menu, 2, 1, 7. Delayed polling lets you set the machine to begin polling receive at a later time.
FSK or DTMF. • Please switch your mode following instructions of the Setup Method. Contact your local telephone company or Brother dealer in the case that the feature does not work normally. Caller ID feature is not available in the...
Chapter 5 Caller ID feature Viewing the Caller ID List Your machine stores information for the last The Caller ID feature lets you use the Caller thirty calls in the Caller ID list. You can view ID subscriber service offered by many local or print this list.
Dialling and storing numbers Additional dialling Additional ways to operations store numbers Combining quick dial Setting up Groups for numbers Broadcasting You can combine more than one Quick Dial If you often want to send the same fax number when you dial. This feature may be message to many fax numbers you can set useful if you need to dial an access code for up a Group.
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Chapter 5 To add One Touch or Speed Dial Do one of the following: numbers follow the instructions below: To store another Group for For One Touch numbers, press the broadcasting, go to step b. One Touch keys one after the other. ...
Dialling and storing numbers If you downloaded IFAX and E-mail options (MFC-7860DN) Options for Setting Up Groups The following chart shows the additional selections for setting up Group numbers after you download the IFAX and E-mail options for MFC-7860DN. Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4...
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Chapter 5 Press a or b to select one of the Do one of the following: following: Enter the pinyin using the dial pad Fax/IFAX (up to 15 characters). Email Color PDF Press OK. Email Color JPG Press OK to store the number Email Color XPS without a pinyin.
Dialling and storing numbers Changing Group numbers Press a or b to select 200dpi or 200x100dpi. Press OK. If you try to change a Group number, the LCD will show the name or number already stored If you chose Email B&W PDF, go to there.
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Chapter 5 If you downloaded IFAX and E-mail To add Speed Dial numbers, press d or c to position the cursor options (MFC-7860DN) just after the last number. Then press If you try to change a Group number, the LCD (Address Book) and then enter will show the name or number already stored the additional three-digit Speed Dial...
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Dialling and storing numbers Press a or b to select one of the Edit the pinyin by the following following: instruction. Fax/IFAX When you edit the existing pinyin, Email Color PDF press d or c to position the cursor Email Color JPG under the character you want to Email Color XPS...
Chapter 5 Deleting Group numbers If you try to delete a Group number, the LCD will show the stored Group name or number. Press Menu, 2, 3, 3. Address Book 3.Setup Groups Choose the One Touch key or Speed Dial number where the Group is stored. Do one of the following: ...
Printing reports Fax reports If you choose 6, 12, 24 hours, 2 or 7 days, the machine will print the report at the selected time and then erase all jobs from its memory. Some fax reports (transmission verification If the machine’s memory becomes full with and fax journal) can be printed automatically 200 jobs before the time you chose has and manually.
Chapter 6 Reports How to print a report The following reports are available: For MFC-7360, press Menu, 4. For MFC-7470D / MFC-7860DN, press 1 XMIT Verify Menu, 5. Displays the Transmission Verification Report for your last outgoing 200 faxes Do one of the following: and prints the last report.
When you want to quickly change the copy settings temporarily for the next copy, use the temporary COPY keys. You can use different combinations. MFC-7360 MFC-7470D / MFC-7860DN The machine returns to its default settings one minute after copying, unless you have set the Mode Timer to 30 seconds or less.
Chapter 7 Using the Options key Make sure you are in Copy mode. Use the Options key to quickly set the following copy settings temporarily for the next copy. Press Menu selections Options Page Press a or b, then press OK Press a, b, d or c, then press OK —...
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Making copies Page Layout Off(1 in 1)* 2 in 1 (P) 2 in 1 (L) 2 in 1 (ID) 4 in 1 (P) 4 in 1 (L) The factory settings are shown in Bold with an asterisk. Custom(25-400%) allows you to enter a ratio from 25% to 400% in 1% increments. Auto sets the machine to calculate the reduction ratio that best fits the size of paper.
Chapter 7 Identification copying Improving copy quality You can copy a photo identification card with You can choose from a range of quality a better and suitable quality by using this settings. The default setting is Auto. feature. Auto Auto is the recommended mode for Make sure you are in Copy mode ordinary printouts.
Making copies Sorting copies using the ADF To change the default setting follow the steps below: You can sort multiple copies. Pages will be Press Menu, 3, 3. stacked in the order 1 2 3, 1 2 3, 1 2 3, and so Press d or c to increase or decrease the contrast.
Chapter 7 Enlarging or reducing the Making N in 1 copies image copied (page layout) You can choose the following enlargement or You can reduce the amount of paper used reduction ratios. when copying by using the N in 1 copy feature.
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Making copies If you are copying from the scanner After the machine scans the page, press 1 to scan the next page. glass: Insert your document face down in the Next Page? 1.Yes 2.No direction shown below: Put the next page on the scanner glass. ...
Chapter 7 2 in 1 ID Copy Press Start. The machine scans the other side of the card and prints the page. You can copy both sides of your identification card onto one page, keeping the original card Note size. When 2 in 1 ID Copy is chosen, the Note machine sets the quality to Photo and the...
Making copies Duplex Copying Advanced Duplex Copy (short edge flip) (1-sided to 2-sided) (MFC-7470D / 1 sided i 2 sided S MFC-7860DN) Portrait If you want to use the duplex copy feature, load your document in the ADF. Duplex Copy (long edge flip) ...
For details about cleaning the faxes or a summary total. machine, see the Basic User's Guide. For MFC-7360, press Menu, 5, 2. WARNING For MFC-7470D, press Menu, 6, 2. For MFC-7860DN, press Menu, 7, 2.
Routine maintenance Packing and shipping Put the drum unit and toner cartridge assembly back into the machine. the machine Put the elastic band over the handle of the drum unit, as shown in the Note illustration. If for any reason you must ship your machine, carefully repack the machine in the original packaging to avoid any damage during transit.
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Put the machine into the bag it originally came in. Pack the AC cord and printed materials in the original carton as shown below: FRONT Close the carton and tape it shut.
Glossary This is a comprehensive list of features and terms that appear in Brother manuals. Availability of these features depends on the model you purchased. ADF (automatic document feeder) Broadcasting The document can be placed in the ADF The ability to send the same fax message and scanned one page at a time to more than one location.
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User’s Guides machine. with you. F/T Ring Time Journal Period The length of time that the Brother The pre-programmed time period machine fast/double-rings (when the between automatically printed Fax Receive Mode setting is Fax/Tel) to notify Journal Reports.
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Glossary One Touch Remote Retrieval Access Keys on the machine’s control panel The ability to access your machine where you can store numbers for easy remotely from a touch tone telephone. dialling. You can store a second number Resolution on each key if you press Shift and the The number of vertical and horizontal lines One Touch key together.
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Transmission The process of sending faxes over the telephone lines from your machine to the receiving fax machine. User Settings List A printed report that shows the current settings of the machine. Xmit Report (Transmission Verification Report) A listing for each transmission, that shows its date, time and number.
Index Broadcasting ..........16 Fax codes cancelling ..........16 changing ..........24 setting up Groups for ......33 remote access code ......24 Fax forwarding changing remotely ......25 programming a number ......22 Cancelling Fax storage ..........22 broadcast in process ......16 printing from memory ......
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LCD (liquid crystal display) Reducing contrast ...........3 copies ........... 48 Help List ..........42 incoming faxes ........27 Remote retrieval ........24 access code ......... 24 commands ..........26 Machine information getting your faxes ......... 25 checking remaining life of parts ....52 Reports ..........
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These machines are approved for use in the country of purchase only, Local Brother companies or their dealers will only support machines purchased in their own countries.