User manual BROTHER FAX-885MC

[. . . ] OWNER'S MANUAL FAX-885MC If You Need to Call Customer Service Please complete the following information for future reference: Model: FAX-885MC Serial Number:* Date of Purchase: Place of Purchase: * The serial number is on the underside of the unit. Retain this Quick-Start Manual with your sales receipt as a permanent record of your purchase, in the event of a theft, fire or warranty service. ©1996-2001 Brother Industries, Ltd. Brother Numbers IMPORTANT NOTE: For technical and operational assistance, you must call the country where you purchased the fax machine. Calls must be made from within that country. Brother fax-back system Brother Customer Service has installed an easy-to-use fax-back system, so you can get instant answers to common technical questions and product information for all Brother products. You can use the system to send faxes to any fax machine, not just the one from which you are calling. [. . . ] However, you can answer the call on any phone on the same line as the fax machine. 1 2 3 Press Menu/Set, 2, 2. Press or to select how long the fax machine will 2. F/T RING TIME RING TIME:20 SEC ring to alert you that you have a voice call, and then press Menu/Set. Now, when a call comes in and the machine is set to FAX/TEL mode, all phones on this line will ring the number of times you selected in Ring Delay. You can let the fax machine pick up and detect if it's a fax or voice call. If it's a voice call, the machine signals you with a double-ring for the length of time you selected in F/T Ring Time. Even if the caller hangs up during the double-ringing, the fax machine continues for the set time. Record FAX/TEL Outgoing Message (F/T OGM) This is the announcement played by your FAX (not an external TAD) when someone calls and your machine is set to FAX/TEL mode. To erase the announcement, follow the directions on Erasing Outgoing Message (OGM), page 9-3. 1 2 3 4 5 Press Menu/Set, 8, 3. Press or to select F/T OGM (not MSG CTR OGM), and then press Menu/Set. Press or to select RECORD OGM?, and then press Menu/Set. Press Stop/Exit. 5-3 SETUP RECEIVE Easy Receive When you use this feature, you don't have to press Fax Start when you answer a fax call and hear calling beeps. When you see RECEIVE on the LCD or when you hear "chirps" through the handset of an extension phone connected to another wall jack, just replace the handset and your machine does the rest. Selecting ON allows the fax machine to receive fax calls automatically, even if you lift the handset of an extension or external phone. Selecting SEMI lets the machine receive the call only if you've answered it at the fax machine. Selecting OFF means you'll have to activate the fax machine yourself, by pressing Fax Start or by pressing 5 1 if you are not at your machine. (See Operation from External or Extension Telephone and For FAX/TEL Mode Only, page 5-6. ) If you've set the feature to ON, but your fax machine doesn't automatically connect a fax call when you lift an external or extension phone handset, press the Fax Receive code 5 1. At the fax machine lift the handset, and then press Fax Start. 1 2 3 Press Menu/Set, 2, 3. Press Stop/Exit. 3. EASY RECEIVE Printing a Reduced Incoming Original You can always reduce the size of an incoming fax to a fixed percentage, regardless of the size of the paper (up to legal) in your fax machine. If you choose AUTO, your machine chooses the level of reduction for you. 1 2 3 Press Menu/Set, 2, 5. 5. REDUCTION Press or to select the reduction ratio you want (AUTO, 100%, 93%, 87% or 75%), and then press Menu/Set. Press Stop/Exit. SETUP RECEIVE 5-4 Recommended Reductions If your paper is letter size (8. 5" × 11"), and the incoming fax is letter size, select 93% A4, select 87% legal size, select 75%. If your paper is A4 (8. 2" × 11. 6"), and the incoming fax is letter size, select 100% A4, select 93% If your paper is legal size (8. 5" × 14"), and the incoming fax is letter size, select 100% A4, select 100% legal size, select 93%. Setting Paper Size You can use three sizes of paper for printing your faxes--letter, legal and A4. When you change the kind of paper in the paper cassette, you will need to change the setting for paper size, so your machine will know how to fit the incoming fax on the page. You can also select the level of page reduction to fit the paper in your machine. 1 2 3 4 5 Press Menu/Set, 2, 6. 6. PAPER Press or to select LETTER, LEGAL or A4, and then press Menu/Set. Press 1 if you want to change the reduction setting--OR--Press 2 to go to Step 5. CHANGE REDUCTION 1. YES 2. NO Press or to select AUTO, 100%, 93%, 87% or 75%, and then press Menu/Set. [. . . ] Simply cut out the card and fold it to fit in your wallet or organizer. Keeping it handy will help you derive the full benefit of your fax machine's forwarding, paging and remote retrieval features. Press 9 2. then to Stop recording Press 9. 2 4 R-1 Retrieve all faxes, press 2, then enter the number of remote fax machine followed by # #. Erase all fax messages, press 3. Exit Remote Retrieval Press 9 0. MESSAGE CENTER REMOTE RETRIEVAL ACCESS CARD Using Remote Access Code Check Receiving Status Press 9 7. [. . . ]