Fax - How-to FAQ's

Receive Operation

• How do I know which receive mode to select?
• Can I still receive a fax if I accidentally answer it on an extension or external telephone?
• Receive faxes when the Brother machine is in Manual Mode.
• How do I print the received faxes that are stored in memory?
• How do I store received faxes in my Brother machine's memory?

Send Operation

• Scan a fax into my Brother machine while it is sending a fax from memory, receiving a fax, or printing a document from my computer.
• Send a fax
• Send a fax without scanning the documents into memory.
• How many times will my Brother machine automatically redial a busy number?
• How do I send the same fax to multiple fax numbers? (Broadcasting)
• Can I transfer faxes to the PC when my machine has a mechanical problem?
• How do I forward a fax to another fax machine when my machine has a mechanical problem?

PC-FAX Operation

• Scan a document and send it as a fax from the computer using the ControlCenter4 and Brother PC-FAX software (For Windows®) (video instructions available)
• Scan a document and send it as a fax from the computer using the ControlCenter4 and Brother PC-FAX software (For Windows®)
• Scan a document and send it as a fax from the computer using the ControlCenter2 (Mac OS X 10.4 - 10.6)
• Send an image file as a fax from the computer using the ControlCenter4 and Brother PC-FAX software (For Windows®)
• View and print received fax data from ControlCenter4 (For Windows®)
• Configure a cover page for PC-FAX.
• Send a PC-FAX
• How do I use my Outlook contacts with my Brother PC-Fax? (import)

Settings

• I have two fax machines on one line. My Brother machine answers the faxes that I send from the other machine.
• Change the amount of time my Brother machine pseudo-rings/double-rings before answering in Fax/Tel Mode.
• Do I need a telephone line to send and receive faxes with my Brother machine?
• Store a Speed Dial number from my Brother machine's Caller ID History.
• Change the number of times my Brother machine rings before it answers.
• What is "Easy Receive" or "Fax Detect" and how does it work?
• How do I store Speed Dial numbers on my Brother machine for easy dialing? 
• Set up a Group for Broadcasting faxes.
• What is Distinctive Ring and how do I program it?
• Can I reduce the size of a received fax to fit the size of the paper in the Brother machine?

Management

• Delete numbers stored in my Brother machine's Caller ID History.
• Print a report that will show a listing of faxes I sent and received.
• What do the messages "NG" or "Poor Line Condition" on the Transmission Verifieation Report mean?
• Confirm that a FAX I sent was received correctly.