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. This system is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. [. . . ] To temporarily change a number, you can substitute part of the number with manual dialing using the dial pad. For example, to change the number to 555-7001 you could press Search/Speed Dial, #, 03 and then press 7, 0, 0, 1 using the dialing pad. Note If you must wait for another dial tone at any point in the dialing sequence, store a pause at that point in the number by pressing Redial/Pause. Each key press adds a 3. 5 second delay. AUTO DIAL NUMBERS AND DIALING OPTIONS 7-4 Broadcasting (Not Available for Color Fax) Broadcasting is automatically sending the same fax message to multiple fax numbers. Using the Menu/Set key, you can include Groups, Speed Dial locations plus up to 50 manually dialed numbers. If you did not use up any locations for Groups, access codes or credit card numbers, you can "broadcast" faxes automatically to up to 90 different locations from the MFC. However, available memory will vary with all types of jobs in memory and numbers of locations used for broadcasting. If you broadcast to more than the maximum locations available, you will not be able to set up transmissions using Dual Access and the Timer. Although the easiest way to broadcast is to press Group keys, you can include Speed Dial and manually dialed numbers in the same broadcast. You must press Menu/Set between each of these locations. Use Search/Speed Dial to help you choose the numbers easily. (See Setting Up Groups for Broadcasting, page 7-3. ) After the broadcast is finished, a Broadcast Report will be printed automatically to let you know the results. I To stop the broadcast in progress, press Stop/Exit. The LCD asks if you want to cancel the location that is being sent. I Enter the long dialing sequence numbers as you normally would, but keep in mind that each key counts as one location, so the number of locations you can call becomes limited. I If the line is busy or for other reasons a connection could not be made while broadcasting, the MFC will redial the number automatically. I If the memory is full, press Stop/Exit to abort the job or if more than one page has been scanned, press Black Fax Start to send the portion that is in the memory. 1 Place the original face up in the ADF, or face down on the scanner glass. 2 Enter a number using Speed Dial, a Group number, Search or the dial pad. Example: Group number 3 Press Menu/Set. You will be prompted to press the next number. 4 Enter the next number. Example: Speed Dial 5 Press Menu/Set. 6 Enter the fax number. Example: Manual dialing using the dial pad. 7 Press Black Fax Start. Your MFC will read the original into memory and then start sending faxes to the numbers you entered. 7-5 AUTO DIAL NUMBERS AND DIALING OPTIONS Pause Press Redial/Pause to insert a 3. 5 second pause between numbers. If you are dialing overseas, you can press Redial/Pause as many times as needed to increase the length of the pause. 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. [. . . ] 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. Simply cut out the card and fold it to fit your wallet or organizer. Keeping it handy will help you derive the full benefit of your machine's forwarding, paging and remote retrieval features. REMOTE RETRIEVAL ACCESS CARD R-1 Fold Changing Remote Retrieval Access Code Program Fax Forwarding Number, press 4. Enter the new 1 2 Press Menu/Set, 2, 5, 3. cannot be changed. fax number where you want your fax messages forwarded followed by . Enter a three-digit number from 000 to 999. [. . . ]