User manual BROTHER MFC-5100C

[. . . ] OWNER'S MANUAL MFC-5100C ® version A If You Need to Call Customer Service Please complete the following information for future reference: Model Number: MFC-5100C Serial Number:* Date of Purchase: Place of Purchase: * The serial number is on the back of the unit. Retain this Owner's 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 For technical and operational assistance, you must call the country where you purchased the MFC. 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. If you can't resolve a difficulty with your MFC using this manual, call our faxback system and follow the voice prompts to receive faxed instructions about using the system and an index of fax-back subjects. [. . . ] All delayed faxes scheduled at the same time to the same fax number will be sent as one transmission. 1 Press Menu/Set, 2, 2, 4. 2 Press or to select ON (or OFF), and then press Menu/Set. 4. BATCH TX 3 Press Stop/Exit. 6-8 SETUP SEND Setting Up Polled Transmit (Not Available for Color Fax) Polled Transmit is when you set up your MFC to wait with a document so another fax machine can retrieve it. 1 Place the original to be retrieved face up in the ADF, or face down on the scanner glass. 2 Press Menu/Set, 2, 2, 6. (or POLLED TX: OFF), and then press Menu/Set. 6. POLLED TX 4 Press 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 5. 5 Press Black Fax Start. SETUP SEND 6-9 7 7Auto Dial Numbers and Dialing Options Storing Numbers for Easy Dialing You can set up your MFC to do two types of easy dialing: Speed Dial and Groups for Broadcasting faxes. If you loose electrical power, auto dial numbers in memory will NOT be lost. Storing Speed Dial Numbers You can store Speed Dial numbers, so when you dial you will have to press only five keys (Search/Speed Dial, #, the two-digit location, and Black Fax Start). (For USA Only) Speed Dial location 01 has been pre-programmed for the Brother fax-back system. 2 Use the dial pad to enter a two-digit location (01-40), and then press Menu/Set. 1. SPEED-DIAL SPEED-DIAL?# 3 Enter the number (up to 20 digits), and then press Menu/Set. #05: NAME: 4 Use the dial pad to enter the name (up to 15 characters), and then press Menu/Set. You can use the chart on page 4-3 to help you enter letters--OR-- Press Menu/Set, and then go to Step 5 to store the number without a name. 5 Return to Step 2 to store another Speed Dial number--OR--Press Stop/Exit . 7-1 AUTO DIAL NUMBERS AND DIALING OPTIONS Changing Speed Dial Numbers If you try to store a Speed Dial number in a location where a number is already stored, the LCD shows the current name stored there and prompts you to either: 1. CHANGE 2. EXIT 1 Press 1 to change the stored number--OR-- Press 2 to exit without making a change. 2 Enter a new number, and then press Menu/Set. · If you want to erase the whole number, press Stop/Exit when the cursor is to the left of the digits. · If you want to change a digit, use or to position the cursor under the digit you want to change, and then type over it. 3 Follow the directions beginning at Step 4 in Storing Speed Dial Numbers. AUTO DIAL NUMBERS AND DIALING OPTIONS 7-2 Setting Up Groups for Broadcasting Groups allow you to send the same fax message to many fax numbers by pressing only five keys (Search/Speed Dial, #, the two-digit location, and Black Fax Start). First, you'll need to store each fax number as a Speed Dial number. You can have up to six Groups, or you can assign up to 39 numbers to one large Group. (See Storing Speed Dial Numbers, page 7-1 and Broadcasting, page 7-5. ) 1 Press Menu/Set, 2, 3, 2. 2 Press Search/Speed Dial, enter the two-digit location where you wish to store the Group number, and then press Menu/Set. (For example, press Search/Speed Dial, 07. ) 2. SETUP GROUPS PRESS SPEED DIAL SPEED-DIAL?# SETUP GROUP:G0 3 Use the dial pad to enter the Group number, and then press Menu/Set. (For example, press 1 for Group 1. ) 4 To include Speed Dial numbers in the Group, enter them as if you were dialing. For example, for Speed Dial locations 05 and 09, press the Search/Speed Dial press 05, Seach/Speed Dial, and then 09. The LCD shows: #05#09. G01: ENTER & SET KEY G01:#O5#O9 5 Press Menu/Set to accept the numbers for this Group. 6 Use the dial pad and the chart on NAME: page 4-3 to enter a name for the Group, and then press Menu/Set. (For example, NEW CLIENTS). 7 Press Stop/Exit. You can print a list of all Speed Dial numbers. (See Chapter 9, Printing Reports. ) 7-3 AUTO DIAL NUMBERS AND DIALING OPTIONS Dialing Options When you dial using an auto dial number, the LCD shows the name you've stored, or if you haven't stored a name, the fax number you've stored. Search You can search for names you have stored in Speed Dial memory. [. . . ] FAX, press 2. EXIT REMOTE OPERATION Remote Retrieval Access Card Press 9 0. Using Remote Retrieval Access Code 1 Dial your fax number from a fax machine using touch tone. 2 When your MFC answers, immediately enter your Remote Retrieval Access Code (159 ). 3 Your MFC signals the kinds of messages received: 1 long beep -- Fax message(s) No beeps -- No messages. 6 Hang up. 4 1 Fold If you plan to receive fax messages while away from your machine, carrying the Remote Retrieval Access Card printed below will serve as a convenient reminder of the retrieval procedures. [. . . ]