Brother MFC-8950DW Bedienungsanleitung

Adva nced U ser’s Guid e MF C-89 50 D W MF C-89 50 D WT Not all models are avail able in all countries. Ve rs ion 0 USA/CAN[...]

i User's G uides and wh ere d o I fin d the m? Which Guide? Wha t 's in it ? Whe re is it? Product Safet y Guide Read thi s G uide f irs t. Pleas e r ead the Saf ety Instr ucti ons before y ou set up yo ur m achine. See this Gui de for tradem arks and l egal limi tati ons. Pr inte d / In the Box Quick Setup Guide Follo w the instr ucti on[...]

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iii Tab le of C on ten t s 1 Genera l S etup 1 IMPO RTANT NO TE . .... ... .. ... .... ... .. ..... .. .. ... ..... .. .. ... .... ... .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. .. ... ..... .. .. ... .... 1 Memory st orage .... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ..... .. ... .... ... .. ... .... ... .. .. ..... ... .. ..... .. .. ... .... ... .. ... .... ... .. .. 1 Vol [...]

iv Addit iona l s endi ng oper ati ons. .. .. ... .... ... .. ... .... ... .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. .. ... .... ... .. ... .... ... .. .... 19 Sendi ng a f ax manua lly ................................................................................. 19 Sendi ng a f ax at the end of a convers ation . ...................... ......................[...]

v 6 P rin tin g r epo rt s 50 Fax re ports... .. ... .. ..... .. .. ... ..... .. .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. 50 Transmission Verification Report ................. .......................... ........................ 50 Fa x Journ al (Ac tivi ty Report ) .... ... .. .. ..... [...]

1 1 1 IMPORTANT NOTE 1  Most of the illustrations in t his User’s Guide show the MFC -8950DW. Memor y s torage 1 Your m enu settings are stored perm anently, and in the event of a power failure will no t be lost. T emporary s ettings (for exam ple, Contrast an d O verseas M ode) will be lost. Also, during a power failure the machine will retai[...]

Chapter 1 2 Be eper volu me 1 When t he beeper is on, t he machi ne will beep when y ou pres s a k ey, m ake a m istake, or after you send or receive a fax. You can choose a range of volume levels, from High to Off . a Pre ss Menu . b Pre ss a or b to disp lay General Setup . Pre ss General Setup . c Pre ss a or b to disp lay Volume . Pre ss Volume[...]

Gene ral Setup 3 1 Automatic Da ylight Saving Tim e 1 You can set the machin e to c h ange a uto m at ic al l y for Da yl igh t S av in g T ime . It wil l set i tself forward one ho ur in th e Spring, an d back one hour in the Fall. a Pr ess Menu . b Pr ess a or b to disp l ay Initial Setup . Pr ess Initial Setup . c Pr ess a or b to disp l ay Date[...]

Chapter 1 4 Sleep T ime 1 The S leep mode set ting ca n reduce power consum ption. W hen the mac hine is in S leep mode (Power S ave mode) it acts as though it is turn ed off. The machine will wak e up an d start printing when it receive s a pri nt job. You can choose how l ong the machine m ust be idl e before it g oes into Sleep m ode. T he timer[...]

Gene ral Setup 5 1 Quiet m ode feature 1 Qu iet mod e 1 The Quie t mode setting can reduce noise while printing. When Q uiet Mode is t urned On , the prin t speed becom es slower. The defaul t setting is Off . a Pr ess Menu . b Pr ess a or b to disp l ay General Setup . Pr ess General Setup . c Pr ess a or b to disp l ay Quiet Mode . Pr ess Quiet M[...]

Chapter 1 6 Dial Pr efix 1 T he Dia l P refi x se ttin g w ill a utom at icall y dial a predefined n umb er before ev ery fax n umber you dial. For example: If your telephone syste m requi res a 9 to dial an o utsi de n umber use this setti ng to automatically d ial 9 f or every fax you send. Sett ing up the pr efi x nu mber 1 a Pre ss Menu . b Pre[...]

7 2 2 Secu re Fu nct io n Loc k 2. 0 2 Secure F unction Lock lets you restrict Public access to t h e following machine func tions:  Fax Tx  Fax R x  Copy  Scan 1  Direct Print  Pri nt 2  Page Limit 3  W eb Connect 1 Scan inc lude s sc an job s via B rot her iPrin t&Sc an. 2 Pri nt in clud es prin t job s via G oogle Cl [...]

Chapter 2 8 Set tin g an d chan gi ng t he Ad m ini st ra to r Pa ss wo rd 2 Setti ng up the pa s sword 2 The pa ssword y ou set i n these st eps is for the admin istrator. This password is us ed to set up us ers a nd to turn the Secure F unction Lock on or off. ( See Setting u p and c hanging restricted users uu page 9 and Turning Secure Funct ion[...]

Securi t y f eatures 9 2 Se tti ng up an d c han gin g th e Pu bl ic us er mod e 2 Publ ic user mode restricts the functions that are available for Publi c users. Public us ers do not need to enter a password to access the features made a vailable through this se tting. You can set up one Public user. a Pr ess Menu . b Pr ess a or b to disp l ay Ge[...]

Chapter 2 10 j To set up a r e stricted user, press Enable or Disable for each operation , as fol lows: Press Fax Tx . Then press Enable or Disable . After you have set Fax Tx , repeat these s teps f or Fax Rx , Copy , Scan , Direct Print , Print and Web Connect . k Press and re peat steps g to j for entering each additiona l us er and password. l [...]

Securi t y f eatures 11 2 Tur ning Sec ure Funct ion Lo ck on /off 2 Tur ning Sec ure Func ti on L ock on a Pr ess Menu . b Pr ess a or b to disp l ay General Setup . Pr ess General Setup . c Pr ess a or b to disp l ay Security . Pr ess Security . d Pr ess Function Lock . e Pr ess Lock Off  On . f Enter t he registered f our-digit administrator [...]

Chapter 2 12 Switching Us e rs 2 This setting allows you to switch between registered restricted users or Public mode when Secure Function Lock is turned on. Chang ing to t h e restricted us er mode a Pre ss Public or x xxxx (where xx xxx is the user’s name). Pre ss Change Use r . b Pre ss a or b to display your user name. c Press your user name.[...]

Securi t y f eatures 13 2 Setting Lock 2 Setting Lock lets you set a pass word to stop other people from accidentally changing your machin e setti ngs. Make a careful not e of your pas sword. If you forget it, you will have to reset the password s stored in the machine. Please ca ll y o ur admi nistrator or Brother Cu stomer S ervice. W hile S etti[...]

Chapter 2 14 Ch angi ng y ou r S ett ing Lo ck pass word 2 a Pre ss Menu . b Pre ss a or b to disp lay General Setup . Pre ss General Se tup . c Pre ss a or b to disp lay Security . Pre ss Security . d Pre ss Setting Lo ck . e Pre ss Set Passwo rd . f Enter the registered four-digit password by pressing the buttons on the Touchscreen. Pre ss OK . g[...]

Securi t y f eatures 15 2 Restricting di aling 2 This feature is to p r e vent users from sending a fax or call t o a wrong number by mistake. You can set the machin e to r e strict dialing when y ou us e th e dial pad, O ne Touch, Spee d Dial and LDAP searc h. If y ou c hoose Off , the m achine does not restrict th e dialing method. If you ch oose[...]

Chapter 2 16 LD AP se rver res trict io n 2 a Pre ss Menu . b Pre ss a or b to disp lay Fax . Pre ss Fax . c Pre ss a or b to disp lay Dial Restrict. . Pre ss Dial Restr ict. . d Pre ss LDAP Serve r . e Pre ss Enter # tw ice , On or Off . f Pre ss Sto p/ E xit . Note • The Enter # twice setting wi ll not work if you use an external phone or press[...]

17 3 3 Additional s ending options 3 Se nd in g fax es usin g mu lt ipl e sett ing s 3 Before you s end a fax, you can chang e an y combin ation o f these settings:  Duplex Fax  Contrast  Fax Resolution  Real Time TX  Overseas Mode  Delayed Fax  Batch TX  Coverpage Message  Coverpage Setup a Pr ess Fax on the Tou chscreen[...]

Chapter 3 18 Ch angi ng a 2-sid ed fax lay out 3 You need to choo se the duplex scanning format before you send a 2-sided fax. The format you choos e will depend on the layout of you r 2-sided document . a Pre ss Fax . b Pre ss d or c to disp lay Duplex Fax . Pre ss Duplex Fax . c Do one o f the following:  If you r document is f lipped on the L[...]

Sending a fa x 19 3 Cha nging Fa x Resol uti on 3 The quali ty of a fax can be improved by chan ging the Fax Resolution . Resolution can be chan ged for t he next fax. a Pr ess Fax . b Pr ess d or c to disp l ay Fax Resolution . Pr ess Fax Resolution . c Pr ess Standard , Fine , S.Fine or Photo . Note You can choose four different resolution sett i[...]

Chapter 3 20 Se ndin g a fax at th e en d of a co nver sati on 3 At the end of a conversation you can send a fax to the other party before you both hang up. a Ask the other party to wai t for fax tones (beeps) a nd then to pre ss the S tart or Send key bef ore hanging up. b Load your docume nt. c Pre ss Sta r t .  If you are using the sc anner g[...]

Sending a fa x 21 3 Broa dcast ing 3 Broadcas ting lets you send the same fax mess age to more than on e fax n umber. You can include Groups, O ne Touch, S peed D ial numb ers and up to 50 manually dialed numb ers in t h e same broadcast . You can broadcast up t o 3 82 different numb ers. This wil l depend on how many Groups , access codes or c red[...]

Chapter 3 22 Canceling a Broadcast in progress 3 While broadcast ing you can cancel the fax currently b eing s ent or the who le broadcas t jo b. a Pre ss Sto p/ E xit . b Do one o f the following:  To canc el t he entire broa dcas t, press Entire Broadcast . Go to step c .  To canc el the c urrent job, press the button that displays the numb[...]

Sending a fa x 23 3 Over sea s Mode 3 If you are having difficulty sending a fax overseas due t o a bad connection, then turnin g on Ove rseas Mode may help. This is a temporary setting, and will on ly be active fo r your n ext fax. a Pr ess Fax . b Load your docum ent. c Pr ess d or c to disp l ay Overseas Mode . Pr ess Overseas Mode . d Pr ess On[...]

Chapter 3 24 De layed b atch tr ansm is sion 3 Before s ending the de layed faxes, you r machine will h elp you e conomize b y sorting all the faxes in the memory by destination a nd schedul ed time. All del ayed fax es that are sc heduled to be sent at the same time to the s ame fax numb er will be s ent as on e fax to save t ransmission time. a P[...]

Sending a fa x 25 3 Se tti ng y ou r ch an ges a s t h e new de fault 3 You can sav e the fax settings for Fax Resolution , Contrast , Real Time TX , Glass ScanSize and Coverpage Setup y ou use most often by setting the m as the default. Th ese settings will stay until you change them again. a Pr ess Fax . b Pr ess d or c to choose the setting you [...]

Chapter 3 26 El ect ronic cove r page 3 T his f eat ure w ill not work unless you have programm ed y our Station ID. (See Quick Setup Guide.) You can auto matically send a cover page with ev ery fax. You r cover pag e includes y our Station I D, a com ment, an d the name (or number) stored in the One Touch or Speed Dial memory. By choo sing On y ou[...]

Sending a fa x 27 3 Send a cover page for a ll faxes 3 You can set the m achin e to send a cover page whenev er you send a fax. a Pr ess Fax . b Pr ess d or c to disp l ay Coverpage Setup . Pr ess Coverpage Setup . c Pr ess On (or Off ). d Press the com ment y ou want to add. e Enter t wo digits to sho w the num ber of pages you are sending. Pr ess[...]

Chapter 3 28 Desti nation Display 3 The m achine d isplays the inform ation registered in the address book or the number you dialed to send a f ax. You can s et the machine to h ide the destination informat ion on the LCD. a Pre ss Menu . b Pre ss a or b to disp lay Fax . Pre ss Fax . c Pre ss a or b to disp lay Setup Send . Pre ss Setup Send . d P[...]

Sending a fa x 29 3 Polling ove rview 3 Pol ling lets you set up your machine s o other people can rec eive faxes from you, but they pay for the call . It also l ets you call somebody else’s f ax machine a nd receive a fax fr om it, so you pay for the call. The polling f eature needs to be set up on bot h machines f or this to work. Not al l fax [...]

30 4 Remote Fa x Options 4 Remote Fax Optio ns let you recei ve faxes while you are away from the machine. You can use only one R em o te Fa x O p ti on at a time. Fax F orwar ding 4 The F ax F orwarding feat ure lets you automat ically f orwa r d your received faxes to another mac hine. a Pre ss Menu . b Pre ss a or b to disp lay Fax . Pre ss Fax [...]

Receivi ng a fax 31 4 Pagi ng 4 W hen Paging is chosen, the machine dials the cell phone or pager number you pro grammed. This activates your cell phone o r pager s o you will kno w that you have a fax mess age in t h e machin e’s memory. a Pr ess Menu . b Pr ess a or b to disp l ay Fax . Pr ess Fax . c Pr ess a or b to disp l ay Setup Receive . [...]

Chapter 4 32 Fax St orag e 4 The F ax St orage fe ature lets you st ore your received faxes in the machin e’s memo ry. You can retrieve stored fax message s fr o m a fax machine a t another loc ation using the remot e retrieval command s. (See Retr ievi ng fax mess ages uu page 34.) Y our machine will automat ically print a copy of the stored fax[...]

Receivi ng a fax 33 4 Important If y ou c hoose Ba ckup P rint On, the machine will also print re ceived faxes at you r machine so you will have a copy. This is a safety feature in case there is a power f ailure before the fax is forwarded or a problem at the receiving mach ine. Turning off Remote Fa x Options 4 a Pr ess Menu . b Pr ess a or b to d[...]

Chapter 4 34 Using y our Remote Acc ess Code 4 a Dial your fax num ber from a t elephone or anothe r fax m achine using t ouch tone. b When your machine answ ers, immediately ente r your Remote Access Code (3 di gits follow ed b y l ). c The machine signals if it has received message s:  No beeps No mess ages received.  1 long beep Fax messag[...]

Receivi ng a fax 35 4 Changing t he Fax Forwar ding number 4 You can change t he default setting of your fax forwarding num ber from another telephone or fax m achine u sing touch t one. a Dial your fax number from a telephone or anoth er fax m achine usi ng touch tone. b When y our ma chine ans wers, immediately ent er your Remote Acc ess Code (3 [...]

Chapter 4 36 Re mote f ax co mma nds 4 Follow the com mands below to access fea tures when you are away from the ma chine. When you call the m achine a nd enter your R emote Acc ess Code (3 digits followed by l ), the syst em will giv e two short beeps and you must enter a rem ote command. Remote c om mands Operatio n details 95 Change the f ax for[...]

Receivi ng a fax 37 4 Additional rec eiving operations 4 Pr intin g a re du ced i nc omin g fax 4 If y ou c hoose On , th e m ac hi ne a u tom a ti ca lly reduc es each page of an incom ing fax to fit on one p age of Letter, A4, Legal or Fol io size paper. The m achi ne calculates the reduct ion ratio by using t he p age size of the fax and y our P[...]

Chapter 4 38 Set ting th e Fa x Re ce ive Stamp 4 You can set t h e machine to print the rec eived date and time in the top c enter of each received fax page. a Pre ss Menu . b Pre ss a or b to disp lay Fax . Pre ss Fax . c Pre ss a or b to disp lay Setup Receive . Pre ss Setup Rece ive . d Pre ss a or b to d isp la y Fax Rx Stamp . Pre ss Fax Rx S[...]

Receivi ng a fax 39 4 Settin g the Print Dens i ty 4 You can adjust the Print Density setting to make your pri nted pa ges da r ker or lighter. a Pr ess Menu . b Pr ess a or b to disp l ay Fax . Pr ess Fax . c Pr ess a or b to disp l ay Setup Receive . Pr ess Setup Receive . d Pr ess a or b to disp l ay Print Density . Pr ess Print Density . e Pr e[...]

Chapter 4 40 Polling ov erview 4 Polling le ts you set up your m achine s o other people can recei ve fax es from you, b ut t hey pay for the call. It a lso lets you call somebo dy else’s f ax mac hine an d recei ve a fax fro m it, so you p ay for the call. T he polling feature needs to be set up on bot h machines f or this to wo rk. Not all fax [...]

Receivi ng a fax 41 4 Canceling a Sequenti al Polling J ob 4 a Pr ess Sto p/Exi t . b Do one of the following:  To canc el t he entire s equential polling job, press Entire Seq. Poll . Go to st ep c .  To canc el t he current job, p r e ss the button t hat dis plays the number being d ialed. Go to step d .  To exit without canceling, press[...]

42 5 Tel ephone lin e serv ices 5 To ne o r Pul se ( Can ada on ly) 5 If you have a Pulse dialing service, but need to send Tone signals (for example, for telephone banking), f ollow the instruc ti ons below. I f you h ave T ouch Tone serv ice, you will not need this feature t o send tone signal s. a Pre ss Hook . b Pre ss # on the mac hine’s con[...]

Dial ing and s t ori ng number s 43 5 Converting t elephone wal l outlets 5 There are three ways to convert to an RJ11 jack. The first two ways may re quire assistanc e from the telephone compan y. You can chang e the wall outlets f rom one RJ14 jack to two RJ11 j acks. Or , you can ha ve an RJ11 wall o utlet installed an d slave or jump one o f th[...]

Chapter 5 44 Additional diali ng opera tions 5 Dia ling ac ces s cod es and cr ed it c ard numb ers 5 Som etimes you may want to choose from several long distanc e carriers when you send a fax. Rat es may vary de pending on the time and des tination . To ta ke advan tage of low rates, you can store t he access cod es of long distance carriers and c[...]

Dial ing and s t ori ng number s 45 5 Additional w a y s to store numbers 5 Se tti ng u p Gr oup s for Broa dcast ing 5 If you often want to send the same fax mess age to many fax numbers you can set up a Grou p. Groups are stored on a One T ouch button or a Sp eed Dial number. Each Group u ses up a One Touch but ton or a S p eed Dial l ocation. Yo[...]

Chapter 5 46 h Add On e Touc h or Sp eed D ial numbers to the Group by pressing th e check box to display a red c h eck mark. If you want to list the numbers in alphabetical o rder, press . Pre ss OK . Note • One Touch Dial numbers begin with l . Speed Dial n umbers begi n w ith #. • If the stored Re gistration Type (Di al type) of a One T ouch[...]

Dial ing and s t ori ng number s 47 5 O pti ons fo r S ett in g U p G rou ps 5 The following chart sho ws the sel ections f or setting up Group num bers. W hen you store numbers, the LCD instructs you t o choose from the options show n in the following steps. 1 S .Fi ne doe s n o t ap pea r if y ou add an E- ma il ad dre ss i n st ep 5. Note • PD[...]

Chapter 5 48 Ch an gi ng G ro up n u mb ers 5 You can change a Gr oup number that has already been s tored. If the Group has a f ax forwarding num ber, i t will be dimmed on the LCD. You canno t select the num ber to m ake chang es. Ch ang ing a Gr oup na m e, Reso lut ion or PD F type a Press (Address Book). b Pre ss Edit . c Pre ss Change . d Pre[...]

Dial ing and s t ori ng number s 49 5 De let in g Gr ou p num be rs 5 You can delete a Group num ber that has already been s tored. If a Grou p has a schedu led job or fax fo rw arding num ber, it w ill be di mmed on the LCD . You c annot select the num ber to del ete it. a Press (Address Book). b Pr ess Edit . c Pr ess Delete . d Pr ess a or b to [...]

50 6 Fax reports 6 Some fax reports (Transmission Verification Report and Fax Journal) can be printed autom atically and manually. Tr an smis sion Verif icat ion Report 6 You can use the Transm ission Verification Report as proo f that y ou sen t a fax. (See Basic Us er's Gu i de: Trans m issi on Verification Report .) Fax Jour nal (Activ ity [...]

Printin g report s 51 6 Reports 6 The following repo rts a re available : 1 Transmission Displays t he Trans mission Verification Report for your last outgoi ng 2 00 faxes and p rints the last report. 2 Tel Index List Prints a li st of names and numbe rs stored in the One To uch and Speed Dial me mory in n umerical o r alphabet ical order. 3 Fax Jo[...]

52 7 Copy settings 7 You can change t he copy settings temporarily for the next copy. Press Copy on t he To uchscree n an d then press d or c t o scroll t hrough t he copy settings. When the s etting you want is displayed, press the but ton. When y ou are finished changi ng se ttings, press Sta r t . Stop c opying 7 To st op copying, press Sto p/ E[...]

Making cop ies 53 7 En larg ing or red ucin g the im age c opie d 7 To enlarge or reduce the next copy follow the instructions below: a Pr ess Copy . b Load your docum ent. c Enter t he numb er of cop ies you wan t. d Pr ess d or c to disp l ay Enlarge/ Reduce . Pr ess Enlarge/ Reduce . e Pr ess 100% , Enlarge , Reduce , Auto or Custom (25-400%) . [...]

Chapter 7 54 Du pl ex (2-si de d) Copy ing 7 If you want to use the au tomatic duplex copy feature, load your docum ent in the ADF. If you get an Out of Memory messa ge while you are making duplex co pies, try i ns talling extra m emory. (Se e Ins tallin g ext ra m em or y uu page 80. ) You m ust choose a 2-sided copy layou t f rom the following op[...]

Making cop ies 55 7 a Pr ess Copy . b Load your docum ent. c Enter t he numb er of cop ies you wan t. d Pr ess d or c to disp l ay Duplex Copy . Pr ess Duplex Copy . e Pr ess d or c to display the f ollowing layout options: 2side  2side , 1side  2side LongEdgeFlip , 2side  1side LongEdgeFlip , 1side  2side ShortEdgeFlip , 2side  1sid[...]

Chapter 7 56 Ad justi ng Brig ht ness an d Co ntr ast 7 Brightness 7 Adjust t he c opy b r ight ness to m ake copies darker or lighter. a Pre ss Copy . b Load your docume nt. c Enter the number of copi es you want. d Pre ss d or c to disp lay Brightness . Pre ss Brightness . e Pre ss d to make a d arker copy or press c to make a li ght er copy. Pre[...]

Making cop ies 57 7 Maki ng N in 1 copi es (p age l ayou t) 7 You can reduce the amount of paper used when c opying by using the N in 1 copy feature. This a llows you to copy two or four pages onto one page. If y ou want to copy both sides of an ID card onto o ne p age, see 2 in 1 ID Copy uu page 5 9. Important • Pleas e make sure the p aper size[...]

Chapter 7 58 If you a re copying from the scanner gl ass: 7 Insert your docum e nt face dow n i n the direction shown below:  2in1 (P)  2in1 (L)  4in1 (P)  4in1 (L)[...]

Making cop ies 59 7 2 in 1 ID Cop y 7 You can copy both sides of your ident ification card o nto one page , keeping the original card size. Note You can copy an ident ification card to the extent permi tted under applicable laws. See Pr oduct Saf ety Gui de: Leg al limitations f or copying (M FC and DCP onl y) . a Pr ess Copy . b Place your identif[...]

Chapter 7 60 Set ting yo ur c han ge s as t he ne w de fa ult 7 You can save the copy settings for Quality , Brightness and Contrast you use m ost often by s etting them as the de fault. These set tin gs w ill st ay u ntil y ou c han ge the m a gain. a Pre ss Copy . b Pre ss d or c to choose the setting you want to c hange, and then press the new o[...]

Making cop ies 61 7 Re nam e y our favor ite sett ing 7 After you s tored you r favorite setting, you can rename it. a Pr ess Copy . b Pr ess d or c to disp l ay Favorite Settings . Pr ess Favorite Settings . c Pr ess Rename . d Press the fav orite setting you w ant to rename. e Enter t he new n ame (up to 12 characters). f Pr ess OK . g Pr ess Sto[...]

62 A Cleaning an d chec king the machine A Clean t he out side and inside of the mac hine regularly with a dry, lint-free cloth. When you replace t he ton er cartridge or the drum un it, make sure t hat you clean the ins ide of t he machine. If p rinted pages are s tained with toner, clea n the inside of the machine with a dry, lint-free cloth. WAR[...]

Routine maintenanc e 63 A Cl eanin g the o uts ide o f the machin e A a Turn off the machi ne’s power switch. b Unplug the telephon e line cord first, disconne ct all c ables, an d then unplug the po wer cord from the A C power outlet. c Wipe the outside of the machine with a dry, lint-free cloth to remove dust. d Pull the pap er tray c ompletely[...]

64 Cle an ing th e scann er A a Turn off the machine’s power switch . b Unplug the telephone line cord first, disconnect al l cab les, and then unplug the power cord f rom the AC power outlet. c Unfold the ADF document supp ort (1) and then open the ADF cover (2). Clean the white bar (3) and the s canner glass strip (4) und erneath it with a sof [...]

Routine maintenanc e 65 A Cl eanin g the c oro na wi re A If you have print qu ality prob lems or the LCD show s Drum Error , clean the corona wire a s follow s: a Leave the machin e turned on f or 10 mi nutes for t he internal fan to cool the ext remely h ot parts inside the machine. b Press the front cove r releas e button and then o pen the fron[...]

66 Important • We r e commend that you put the drum unit and t oner c artridge as sembly on a piece o f dispos able paper or c loth in case you accide ntally spill or sc atter toner. • Han dle the drum unit and t oner c artri dge assembl y carefu lly. If t oner scat ters on your hands or clothes, wipe or wash it off with col d wate r. • To pr[...]

Routine maintenanc e 67 A Cl eanin g the d rum u nit A If your printout has black or white dots or other repeating mark s at 3. 7 in. (94 mm) intervals, the drum may have foreign mat erial, s uch as glue fr o m a label stuck on the drum surface. Follow the steps below to solve the problem. a Make s ure th at the m achine i s in the Ready mode. b Pr[...]

68 WARNING HOT SURFACE After you have just used the machi ne, some int erna l parts of th e mac hi ne will b e extremely h ot. Wait f or the mac hine to c ool down before you touch the internal parts of the machine. Important • We recommend that you put the drum unit and toner cartridge asse mbly on a piece of disposa ble paper or c loth in case [...]

Routine maintenanc e 69 A j Push down the green lock lever and take the toner cartridge o ut of t he drum unit. k Turn the drum unit as shown in the illustration. Make sure that the drum unit gear (1) is on the le ft hand side. l Use the numbered markers next to the drum roller t o find the m ark . For example, a dot i n column 2 on the che ck shee[...]

70 m Turn the drum unit gear toward you by hand while checking the surface of the suspected area. n When you have found the mark on the drum that matches the drum dot check sheet, wipe the surf ace of the drum gently with a cotton swab until the mark on the surface c omes off . Important DO NO T clean the s urface o f the photosensi tive drum with [...]

Routine maintenanc e 71 A q Put the drum unit and toner cartridge assemb ly ba ck into t he machine. r Close the front cover of the m achine. s Turn on the m achine’s p ower swi tch. Clea ning t he pa per pick -up roll ers A Cleaning the paper pick -up roller pe riodically may prev ent paper jams by i nsuring the proper f eeding o f paper. If you[...]

72 d Tightly wring out a lint-free cloth soaked in lukewarm wa ter, and t hen wipe the separator pad (1) of the p aper tray w it h it to re m ove d ust . e Wipe the two pick-up rollers (1) inside of the machine to remove dust. f Put the paper t ray ba ck in the mac hine. g Plug the machine’s power cord back into the AC p ower outlet first, connec[...]

Routine maintenanc e 73 A Ch ecki ng the P age C ou nter s A You can see the m achine’s Page Counters for copies, printed pages, reports and lists, faxes o r a sum mary t otal . a Pr e ss Menu . b Pr ess a or b t o display Machine Info. . Pr ess Machine Info. . c Pr ess Page Counter . The LCD shows number of pages for Total , Fax/List , Copy or P[...]

74 Replacing periodic maintena nce parts A The periodic maintenanc e parts will n eed to be replaced regularly to maintain the print quality. The parts listed below will have to be replaced a fter printing a pproxim ately 50 ,000 pages 1 for P F K it MP and 100 ,000 pa ges 1 for PF Kit 1, PF K it 2, Fuser and Laser. Please call Brother Customer Ser[...]

Routine maintenanc e 75 A Packing a nd shippin g the mach ine A WARNING This machine is heavy and weighs more than 39.0 lb (17.7 k g). To p revent possible injuries at least t wo p eople shoul d lift the machine. B e c areful not to pinc h your fingers wh en you put the machine down . If you use a Lower Tray, DO NOT carry t he machine with the Lowe[...]

76 d Wrap the mac hine in a plastic b ag, then put it on the bottom pa cking mat erial (1). e Put the packing material (2) m arked “RIGHT” on the right of th e machine. P ut the packing material (3) m arked “LEFT” on the left of t he ma chine. P ut the AC power cord and prin ted m aterials in the original carton as shown in t he illust ra t[...]

Routine maintenanc e 77 A g <If y ou have a Lo wer T ray> Repac k the lower tray as shown in t he illustration.[...]

78 B Options B T his m ac hin e ha s the foll ow ing opt ion al a cce ss orie s. Y ou c an incr eas e the cap a bilitie s of t he machine with these items. 1 Tra y 2 is stan dard on MFC-8 950DW T. Options B Lowe r tray un it 1 SO-DIMM memory LT-5400[...]

Options 79 B Optional paper tray (LT-5400) B An o ptional lower tray can be installed on t he MFC -8950DW 1 , and it can hold up to 500 shee ts of 20 lb (80 g/m 2 ) pape r . W hen an optional tray is inst alled, the machin e can hold up to 1050 sheets of plain paper. For set up, see the Instructions t hat we have supp lied with the lower tray unit.[...]

80 Inst all ing ext ra m emo ry B a Turn off the machine’s power switch . Unplug t he telephone line cord. b Disconnect th e interface cabl e from the machine, and t hen unpl ug the power cord from the AC power outlet. Note Be s ur e to tu rn of f th e mac hi ne ’s po w er switch bef ore you install or remove the SO-D IMM. c Remove the plastic [...]

Options 81 B g Plug the machine’s power c ord back into the AC power out let first, and then connect t he interface cable . h Plug in the telephon e line cord. Turn on the machine’ s power switch. Note To make sure that you have i n stalled the SO -DIMM correctly, you can print the User Sett ings List that shows t he current RAM SIZE. (S ee How[...]

82 C This is a compreh ens ive lis t of featur es and te rms th at appear i n Brother manuals. Av ailab ility of these features depend s on the model you purchased. Glos sary C ADF (au tomatic d ocumen t feeder) The docume nt can be placed in the ADF and s canned one pa ge a t a tim e autom atically. Auto Reduction Reduces the siz e of incoming fax[...]

Gl os sar y 83 C Easy Receive Ena bles you r machine t o res pond to CNG tones if you interrupt a fax call by ans wering it. EC M (E rr or C orr ectio n M ode ) Detects errors durin g fax transmi ssion and res ends the p ages of t he fax th at had an error. Ext en sion t ele phone A telephon e on t he fax number t hat is plugged into a s e parate t[...]

84 Overseas M ode Makes temporary c hanges to the fax tones t o accommo date noise a nd static o n overseas telephone lines. Pag ing This f eature enables your mac hine to call your cell phone or pager when a fax is rec eive d in to its m em ory. Pau se Allows you to place a 3.5 second delay in the dialing seq uence w hile y ou are dia ling using t[...]

Gl os sar y 85 C Tran smission Ve rification Report A report for each t ran smission, that s h ows its date, time and number. User Settings List A printed report that shows the current sett ings of t h e machine .[...]

86 D A Apple Macintos h See Softwa r e Us er's Guide. B Broadcas ting .... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... .... ..... .. 21 canceling ... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... .... ..... .. 22 setting up Groups for ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ....45 C Canceling broadcast in proc ess .... .... ....... ..... ..... .... 22 fax jobs in memor[...]

87 D sending ..... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... . 17 at end of conversation .... .. . .... .. . .... . .. .. 2 0 broadc asting . ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... ... 21 cancel ing from memory .... ... .. .. ... .. . .... 2 4 contrast ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... ... 18 delayed bat ch .. ..... ..[...]

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