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INDEX

19-2

MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC

OP-US-5.0

Group ............... 3-9~11

HELP ................ 1-6,

2-9

Hex Dump Mode ........ 10-14

Hook ........... 1-2,

4-1,

4-2

Hold ................ 1-2,

4-1

ICM

(Incoming

Message)

............. 9-10,

9-13,

9-17

Interrupting ............ 5-14

Jack ............. 6-14,

6-18

J a m ................. 14-6~8

Label ................. 10-1

Line

Error .............. 16-3

Paper

2-2~4

Setup

Manual,

10-8~10

Manual

Duplex ......... 10-8

Manual Feed ......... 10-9~10

Manual Dial ............. 4-1

Manual Mode ......... 6-1~2

Maximum Time . 9-17,

9-19,

9-30

M e m o ................ 9-19

M e m o r y ........ 3-9,

6-10,

9-23

Memory Board ........ 15-6~8

MEMORY FULL

......... 5-8,

12-3,

12-4,

16-4

Memory

Full

Error ........ 16-4

Memory

Status

List

........ 8-10,

9-27,

11-1,

11-8

Memory Transmission5-8,

5-10~13

Message Center Mode

................... 6-1, 9-8

Message Strage ....... 9-6~7

M o d e ............... 1-6, 6-1

MSG CTR OGM

.......... 9-3,

9-4,

9-6,

9-7~8

Multiple

Copies ........ 12-2~4

Multiple

Resolution

Transmission

................... 5-17~18

Multipurpose

Sheet

Feeder

.................... 10-7~8

Next-FAX

Reservation .. 5-27~28

Number Groups ........ 3-9~11

OffLine ................ 10-4

OnLine ................ 10-4

One-touch Dial

... 1-3, 2-3, 3-6~7, 3-9, 4-1, 5-5

On-Screen Programming

2-1~2

On Hook Dial ............ 4-2

Organizer Sheet ......... 10-1

Overseas Mode ......... 5-16

Packing List

......... 1-2 of Setup Manual

Paging ........ 8-3~5, 9-20~22

Paper ................ 10-1~3

Paper Jam ............ 14-6~8

Paper Specifications ..... 10-1

Parallel Interface ........ 17-3

Pause ........... 1-2, 3-7, 4-1

PBXs . 2-13 of Setup Manual, 3-8

Photo .......... 5-3, 12-1, 12-6

Summary of Contents for MFC 4550

Page 1: ...Canada Ltd 1 rue Hôtel de Ville Dollard des Ormeaux QC CANADA H9B 3H6 MFC 4550 6550MC 7550MC OP US 5 0 MFC 4550 MFC 6550MC MFC 7550MC OPERATIONS MANUAL for Fax Printer Copier CONTENTS Chapter 1 THE CONTROL PANEL KEYS Chapter 2 HOW TO USE ON SCREEN PROGRAMMING OSP AND HELP KEY Chapter 3 TELEPHONE FUNCTION SETTINGS Chapter 4 USING THE UNIT AS A TELEPHONE Chapter 5 SENDING FAXES Chapter 6 RECEIVING F...

Page 2: ...d use the original packaging The MFC should be adequately insured withthecarrier Warning When shipping the MFC the DRUM UNIT assembly including the TONER CARTRIDGE must be removed from the machine MFC and placed in the zip lock bag Failure to remove it and place it in the zip lock bag during shipping will cause severe damage to the machine and will VOID THE WARRANTY 2 Place the drum unit in the zi...

Page 3: ...r PCFaxandMessageCenter And your MFC 4550 has 5 performance modes It is a Fax Printer Copier ScannerandPCFax AfteryoucompletesettinguptheMFC seethe Operations ManualforFax Printer Copier formoreinformationabout yourMFC suchasfunctionsofthemachineandthecontrol panel Informationaboutmaintenance troubleshootingand technicalspecificationsarealsoavailableinthismanual PleasekeepthismanualbesideyourMFC s...

Page 4: ...st 2 9 How to Enter Text in Function Mode 2 10 How to Enter Special Characters Symbols and Punctuation Marks in Function Mode 2 11 How to Set the Sleep Time 2 12 3 TELEPHONE FUNCTION SETTINGS 3 1 Setting the Dialing Mode Tone Pulse 3 1 Setting the Date and Time 3 2 Setting the Station ID 3 3 Setting the Beeper Volume Level 3 5 Storing the One Touch Dial Numbers 3 6 Storing the Speed Dial Numbers 3...

Page 5: ...nual Redialing 5 7 Optional Settings When You Send a Fax Manually 5 7 Printing Page Headers 5 7 C ADVANCED FAX TRANSMISSIONS 5 8 Sending a Fax by Using Super Quick Scan Memory Transmission 5 8 If You Get a MEMORY FULL Message When Trying to Send a Fax by Using Super Quick Scan 5 8 Setting the Daily Timer for Delayed Transmissions 5 9 Delayed Transmission 5 10 Broadcasting 5 11 Getting Familiar wit...

Page 6: ... SETUP TO RECEIVE FAXES 6 1 Selecting an Answer Mode 6 1 Manual Reception Manual Mode 6 2 Automatic Fax Only Reception Fax Mode 6 2 Setting the Ring Delay 6 2 The F T Switch Fax Telephone Mode 6 3 Recording an F T Outgoing Message OGM Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 6 4 Setting the F T Ring Time 6 5 Smoothing 6 6 Setting the Size of the Recording Paper 6 7 Printing a Reduced Size Copy of the Incoming D...

Page 7: ... 6 21 How Will the MFC Treat All Other Numbers 6 21 The Message Center Answers the Other Phone Number s on the Line Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 6 21 External Telephone Answering Device TAD Answers Other Number s on the Line 6 22 Retrieving Faxes from a Remote Site When Using Distinctive Ringing Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 6 22 How Does the Distinctive Ringing Function Work 6 22 Flowchart of an Incom...

Page 8: ...Fax Storage 8 1 Paging Fax Forwarding 8 3 Setting Up Paging Registering the Paging Number 8 4 Setting Up Fax Forwarding Registering the Fax Forwarding Number 8 6 What Is Remote Control Access 8 6 Setting the Remote Access Code 8 7 How to Use Remote Access and Control Codes 8 8 Remote Fax Retrieval 8 8 When to Enter the Remote Access Code 8 8 Remote Control Commands 8 9 Retrieving the Memory Status...

Page 9: ...ages Fax Messages and Recorded Memo or Voice Alarm 9 13 One by One Erasing 9 13 All in One Erasing 9 13 D CHANGING THE OUTGOING MESSAGE 9 14 Playing Your Outgoing Message OGM 9 14 Erasing Your Outgoing Message OGM 9 15 E MORE FEATURES 9 16 Setting the Toll Saver 9 16 Setting the Maximum Time for Incoming Messages ICM MAX TIME 9 17 Playing OGM Outgoing Message ON OFF Setting 9 18 Recording a Conver...

Page 10: ...HE MFC AS A PRINTER 10 1 Acceptable Paper 10 1 Control Panel Keys 10 4 Simultaneous Operation 10 4 On OffLine Key 10 4 FF Cont Key 10 4 Test Reset Key 10 5 Print Priority Key 10 5 Windows Printing 10 6 Remote Printer Console Program for DOS Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 10 6 Popular Printer Emulation Support Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 10 6 Bidirectional Parallel Interface 10 6 Enhanced Memory Managem...

Page 11: ...Copies 12 2 Stacking Multiple Copies 12 2 What to Do When You Get a MEMORY FULL Message while Making Copies 12 3 Sorting Multiple Copies Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 12 3 What to Do When You Get a MEMORY FULL Message while Sorting Multiple Copies Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 12 4 Reducing and Enlarging Copies 12 4 Copying a Photograph 12 6 13 REPLACING TONER CARTRIDGE AND DRUM UNIT 13 1 Toner Empty In...

Page 12: ...r the Printer Fax Operations 15 6 Installing the Optional Memory Board 15 7 16 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES 16 1 Error Messages 16 2 Other Problems 16 5 Q A 16 11 17 SPECIFICATIONS 17 1 PARALLEL INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS 17 3 RESIDENT FONTS Only for 6550MC 7550MC 17 3 SYMBOL SETS CHARACTER SETS Only for 6550MC 7550MC 17 4 18 IMPORTANT INFORMATION 18 1 Standard Telephone and FCC Notices Applies only t...

Page 13: ...C FAX Redial Pause Fax TAD F T status status 1 THE CONTROL PANEL KEYS MFC 4550 MFC 7550MC MFC 6550MC panel keys are same as 7550MC One Touch Printer and Copy Area A Telephone Area B LCD User Setting Area C Message Center Area D Line On Off FF Cont Print Priority Test Copy Photo Reset 01 02 03 13 14 15 07 08 09 19 20 21 10 11 12 22 23 24 04 05 06 16 17 18 Reduce Enlarge Sort Function Clear Tel inde...

Page 14: ...socanbeusedas an alphanumeric keyboard for entering information into the machine Seepage2 10 12 2 Hook Thiskeyletsyoudialtelephone andfaxnumberswithoutlifting thehandset Seepage4 1 2 3 Hold Youcanusethiskeytoputacall onhold Seepage4 1 5 Speed Dial Thiskeyletsyoudialpreviously stored Speed Dial phone numbersbyenteringatwo digit number Seepage3 7 9 4 1 6 Tel index This key allows you to alphabetical...

Page 15: ...ettings 8 One Touch Dial Keys These 12 keys give you instant accesstopreviouslystoredphone numbers Seepage3 6 7 4 1 9 Enlarge Reduce The MFC 4550 has separate keys for Enlarge and Reduce This Enlarge Reduce key will reduce orenlargecopiesdependingonthe ratioyouselect 200 150 125 120 100 93 87 75 and 50 You can also use the Auto Reduction function to have the machineautomaticallycalculate thereduct...

Page 16: ...TA you canpressthiskeytoprint the data that is in the memory Also it clears some operation and machineerrors Seepage 10 4 5 14 Stop Thiskeystopsafax cancelsan operation orexitsfromfunction mode Seepage2 2 15 Start Usethiskeytostartanoperation suchassendingafax Seepage 5 5 b 17 Test Reset Thiskeyisusedtoprintatestpage Whenitispressed together with Shift it clears data from the printer memory cancel...

Page 17: ...ee page 2 1 or TelephoneIndex seepage4 2 19 Z Left Arrow This key moves the LCD cursor to theleft Italsoallowsyoutoback up one step when you are in function mode see page 2 1 or TelephoneIndex seepage4 2 Function Clear Tel Set MFC 7550MC Vo status status MFC 7550MC c LCD USER SETUP AREA 21 Liquid Crystal Display The LCD displays messages that will help you set up and operate your machine On Screen...

Page 18: ...referenceHelpListprinted ThisHelpList willgiveyouinformationonhowtoperform settings for a function how to register information orhowtogetbasicinformation Seepage2 1 2 9 Also youcangraduallyincreasethespeaker volumeforthecurrentcallbypressingthis key Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC Help Super Q Scan Resolution Mode Coverpage FAX PRINTER COPIER SCANNER PC FAX MESSAGE CENTER SIX IN ONE Fine Photo S Fine F...

Page 19: ... Use this key to listen to incoming voice messages outgoing voice messages memos and voice alarm messagesstoredinyourMFC Seepage9 10 13 14 31 32 Erase This key erases voice or fax messages stored in your fax machine Seepage9 13 15 31 31 Record Use this key to record outgoing voice messages memo and voice alarm messages into your MFC Seepage9 8 19 28 29 30 Voice and Fax Indicator Lights Theselights...

Page 20: ...en promptmessagestohelpyouprogramyourmachine Allyouhavetodoisfollowthe prompt instructions as they guide you through the function menu selections and programmingoptionsandsettings Using the Function Mode to Access On screen Programming OSP ENTER NO SET 1 F A X 2 P R I N T E R 1 T E M P S E T T I N G S 2 CANCEL JOB 3 PRINT REPORTS 4 SET AUTO DIAL 5 USER OPTIONS 6 TEL OPTIONS 7 SETUP SYSTEM 8 SETUP ...

Page 21: ... Function number associated witheachoption refertopages2 3through2 8 HelpfulHints Ifyouwanttoexitfunctionmode simplypressStop Ifyouselected the wrong menu and want to return to the previous step press Clear Alternating Displays for On screen Programming OSP Whenyouseealternatingdisplays theLCD willusuallyalternatebetweenthecurrently selectedoption andahelpmessagegiving briefinstructionsonhowtoproc...

Page 22: ...agebypage Ifalldocuments arethe sameresolution usetheResolutionkey Seepage1 6 27 STANDARD FINE S FINE PHOTO If you have trouble when sending overseas you may want to set OVERSEAS MODE to ON ON OFF Ifyouwishtocancelajobthathasbeen setwiththetimer apolledjobetc use thisfunction Youcanprintseveraldifferentlistsand reports which are available under function item 3 PRINT REPORTS If you register names a...

Page 23: ...etting is ON you can select a Cover Page comment ON OFF If you set ERROR RE TRANSMISSION toON themachineautomaticallyresends thepageonceanerroroccurs ON OFF Youcanavoidhavingyourincomingdata separatedbyprintingareducedcopyof the incoming document The reduction methods are AUTO or Fixed ratio AUTO 100 93 87 75 Youcanselectoneof3sizesofrecording paper TheMFCautomaticallywilladjust thesizeoftheincomi...

Page 24: ...is function to register the ringing patternofyourfaxnumber Andifyouset it to ON you can use the registered number as a fax number only OFF ON SET You can display the last 30 Caller IDs thatarestoredinthememory Ifyouenterthedateandtimein24 hour format theLCDwilldisplaythedateand timeandtheywillbeprintedonoutgoing faxes Ifyoufrequentlyhavedelayedjobs all forexecutionatsametimeeachday you canprogramt...

Page 25: ...are includedintotheMFC youcanselectif your PC connected to your MFC will receivevoiceandfaxmessages ON OFF Youcanstoretheincomingfaxmessages in the memory Then you can use the convenientremotecontrolfunctions ON OFF You can choose either PAGING FAX FORWARDING or OFF PAGING ON will cause the MFC to page you when it receives a fax message FAX FORWARDING ON will cause the MFC tosendanystoredfaxesthat...

Page 26: ...s andVoiceAlarmrecordings 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60seconds The machine has two types of OGM Outgoing Messages for MSG CTR and FAX TEL switch After selecting the message type you can play record or erase You can print incoming faxes that were stored in MSG CTR memory If you set PLAYING OGM to ON Message Center OGM or F T OGM is replayed if youchangethereceivingmodetoMessage CenterorF Trespectively...

Page 27: ... MODE all the PC dataisprintedinhexadecimal Youcansendafaxwithoutcancelingthe TimerorPolledWaiting evenifthereare documentsinthefeeder by interrupting i t Page Level one function Factory setting Level two function Explanation of Options 0 INTERRUPT 2 PRINTER MENU FUNCTIONS Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC Level one function Level two function Explanation of Options Page Factory setting 1 INTERNAL FONT 1...

Page 28: ...mation quickly you can pressHelptogetalistofbasicoperatingprocedures How to Print a Help List PressHelptogetaprintoutoftheHelpList Useitwhenyouneedinformationabout howtoregisterorsetoneofthefunctions howtosendorreceivefaxes howtocopy or print You can request a printout whenever the machine meets the following conditions while the LCD displays the date and time whilethemachineistimerwaiting whileth...

Page 29: ...priate number key the correct number of times you can access the character you want When you are setting certain functions such astheStationID youwillhavetoentertextintoyourmachine ABC DEF 1 2 3 GHI JKL MNO 4 5 6 PQRS TUV WXYZ 7 8 9 0 Key once twice threetimes fourtimes fivetimes 2 A B C 2 A 3 D E F 3 D 4 G H I 4 G 5 J K L 5 J 6 M N O 6 M 7 P Q R S 7 8 T U V 8 T 9 W X Y Z 9 Let ssaythatyouwanttoen...

Page 30: ...letter 3 Ifyouhavetoenteracharacterthatisassignedtothesamenumberkey asthepreviouscharacter pressX rightarrow tomovethecursorto theright How to Enter Special Characters Symbols and Punctuation Marks in Function Mode 0 key ÄËÖÜÀÇÈÉ0 key space key _ The 0 keycontainsalltheaccentedcharacters The andthe keyareusedfor punctuation marks and symbols Let s say that you want to enter the Symbol Followthe ex...

Page 31: ...C How to Set the Sleep Time The sleep mode reduces the power consumption when the MFC is idle The time periodbeforethemachinedropsintosleepmodeisuserselectable Youcanselectthetimeperiodbeforethemachinedropsintosleepmodefrom00to 99 minutes by using the number keys Thesleeptimerisautomaticallyresetwhenafaxisreceived theMFCstartstocopy ortheMFCisreceivingPCdata Thefactorysettingis0minute Usethefollow...

Page 32: ...willtakeapproximately12to30secondsforthemachinetowarmup fromthesleepmodebeforeyoucanstartprintingorcopying TheLCDwill showWARMINGUPduringthistime Whenitisreadyitwillautomatically startthelastjobyouhaveentered NOTE Thecoolingfanwillcontinuetorununtilthetemperatureofthe machinereachesacertainlevel Evenaftertheheaterstops the machinewillhavetowarmupbeforecopyingandprinting NOTICE 8 SLEEP MODE 6 Enter...

Page 33: ...achinesupportsbothtone multi frequency andpulse rotary dialing Itis initiallysettoTONE soyoudonothavetochangethesettingifyouusethatkindof line If you are using a pulse dial line you can change the setting to PULSE by followingthestepsbelow KEYS TO PRESS 1 PressFunction The MFC 4550 will skip to Step 4 2 Waitfortwoseconds Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 3 Press1 Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 4 Press6 5 Pre...

Page 34: ...R DAY XX ENTER DAY 12 ENTER TIME XX XX KEYS TO PRESS 1 PressFunction The MFC 4550 will skip to Step 4 2 Waitfortwoseconds Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 3 Press1 Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 4 Press7 5 Press1 6 Enterthelasttwodigitsoftheyear Example 96 7 Enter two digits for the month JAN 01 OCT 10 etc Example 09 8 Entertwodigitsfortheday Example 12 9 Enterthetimein24 hourformat Example 15 25 3 25P M 10...

Page 35: ...e Z leftarrow If Station ID has been programmed then after Step 5the name will be displayed withtheprompt 1 tochange 2 toexit Press 1 tochangeinformation Press 2 toexitfromthefunction KEYS TO PRESS 1 PressFunction The MFC 4550 will skip to Step 4 2 Waitfortwoseconds Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 3 Press1 Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 4 Press7 5 Press4 You will be prompted to enter your fax number THE DI...

Page 36: ...chinesorsuchbusiness otherentity orindividual Toprogramthisinformationintoyourmachine completethestepsonthe previouspage TEL 4155554445_ NAM E ENTER SET 8 Enter your telephone number up to 20 d i g i t s If your telephone number and fax number share the same line enter the same number again Example 4155554445 9 PressSet Youwillbepromptedtoenteryour name or company s name 10 Enter your name by usin...

Page 37: ... andifyouwantitloud selectHIGH KEYS TO PRESS 1 PressFunction The MFC 4550 will skip to Step 4 2 Waitfortwoseconds Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 3 Press1 Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 4 Press5 5 Press2 6 Press Z leftarrow or X rightarrow untilyougetthesettingyouwant Example OFF 7 PressSet 8 PressStoptoreturntothedateandtime THE DISPLAY WILL SHOW 09 12 1996 15 25 ONLINE ENTER NO SET 1 F AX 2 PRINTER 1 F A...

Page 38: ...RESS 1 PressFunction The MFC 4550 will skip to Step 4 2 Waitfortwoseconds Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 3 Press1 Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 4 Press4 5 Press1 6 Press the One Touch key where you want tostoreanumber Example One Touch 05 Note The One Touch keys are not the number keys 7 Enteranumber upto20digits Example 14155551212 8 PressSet You then will be prompted to enter the name or company associ...

Page 39: ...display Bystoringthenumbers withapause youcancreateadelayof3 5seconds Storing the Speed Dial Numbers WhenyoustoreaphoneorfaxnumberasaSpeed Dialnumber youmustenter atwo digit number from 01 to 00 00 100 for 7550MC and from 01 to 36 for 4550 6550MC usingthenumberkeys Forexample youcannotenter 5 Youmustenter 05 You can store as many as 100 numbers 7550MC 36 numbers 4550 6550MC as Speed Dialnumbers KE...

Page 40: ...ber FAX TEL F T CHAIN by using Z left arrow or X rightarrow todisplaythetypeyou want Example TEL Seepage3 11 12 PressSet 13 You are ready to enter another Speed Dialnumber OrpressStop toreturnto thedateandtime SPEED DIAL _ TYPE FAX SELECT SET TYPE TEL HelpfulHints Print the All Dial List to make sure you have stored the correct numbers Seepage11 5 Thislistwillcontainthetypeofnumber FAX TEL F T or ...

Page 41: ...n You Wish to Change the Stored One Touch and Speed Dial Numbers During Step 6 on Page 3 6 8 WhenyouaccessthefunctionforaOne TouchkeyorSpeed Dialnumber thatisalreadyinuse youwillbeaskedifyouwishtochangeitortoexit andselectadifferentOne TouchorSpeed Dialnumber Thisdisplaydoes not appear if the One Touch key or Speed Dial number you chose is not assigned 1 Press 1 to assign a new number to the One T...

Page 42: ... thegroup usingthenumberkeys Example 1 8 Enter the One Touch or Speed Dial numbersinthisgroup Example 03 05 02 Note Press the Speed Dial key and number keys for Speed Dial numbers and the One Touch keys for One Touch numbers 9 PressSet THE DISPLAY WILL SHOW 09 12 1996 15 25 ONLINE ENTER NO SET 1 F AX 2 PRINTER 1 F AX 4 SET AUTO DIAL 3 SETUP GROUPS SELECT ONE TOUCH SETUP GROUP G0 ENTER SET SETUP GR...

Page 43: ...lkey Ifyouneedapausethatislongerthan3 5seconds callourFaxDiagnostic Centerat1 800 284 4329 USA 1 800 853 6660 CANADA forassistance Only one pause can be stored in each One Touch and Speed Dial number When you are ready to dial the chain number simply press the keys one aftertheotherinsequenceandthenpressStartkey Chaindialingmakesusingaccesscodeseasy Sometimesyoumaywantto choosefromamongseverallong...

Page 44: ...trytouseaOne Touchnumberthathasnotbeenstoredonthekeyyoupressed you will hear a warning sound and the display will say NOT REGISTERED The displaywillreturntonormalafter2seconds Speed Dialing 1 Pick up the handset or press Hook 2 Whenyouhearadialtone pressSpeed Dialandthenpressthetwo digitSpeed Dial number 3 If you used Hook pick up the handset when the call is answered Using Hold Pause with the Tel...

Page 45: ...D E X O N L I N E NJ OFFICE O N L I N E 1 Press Tel Index 2 Use the number keys to enter the first characterofthestoredname andpress Z leftarrow orX rightarrow tofind the name 3 Pickupthehandset orpressHook 4 PressStarttobegindialing Returnthehandsettoitscradleorpress Hooktocancelthecall NJ OFFICE O N L I N E On Hook Dialing Whenyoumakeacallusing Hook youcanlistentotheotherendthrough theone wayspe...

Page 46: ...hescannedarea thatcanbeprintedontherecordingpaper oftherecipient sfax is8 2inches 208mm How to Insert the Document Tosendafax firstinsertthedocumentyouwishtosend facedown inthedocumentfeeder Thetopedgeofthedocumentshouldgoin first orthefaxwillbereceivedupsidedown Topreventthedocumentfromskewingasitisfed adjustthepaper guidestofitthewidthofthedocument SENDING FAXES DOCUMENT BASICS 216mm 8 5 208mm 8...

Page 47: ...et 2 8x10 3 to4 7x10 3 inches 0 07to0 12mm Formultiplesheets 2 8x10 3 to3 9x10 3 inches 0 07to0 10mm Weight Foronesheet 0 07x10 3 to0 121x10 3 lbs inch2 52to85g m2 Formultiplesheets 0 07x10 3 to0 114x10 3 lbs inch2 52to80g m2 Asareference pleasenotethatthepaperusedforthismanualhasthefollowing thicknessandweight Thickness 3 1x10 3 inches 0 08mm Weight 0 091x10 3 lbs inch2 64g m2 Beforeinsertingdocu...

Page 48: ...at have small print When the FINEsettingison theFINElightwillbelit Transmission speed is slower than STANDARD SUPERFINE The SUPERFINE resolution is a good setting to use for documents with very small print or artwork When the SUPERFINEsettingison theS FINElightwillbelit Transmission speed is slower than FINE PHOTO The PHOTO resolution is ideal for sending documents thathavevaryingshadesofgray such...

Page 49: ...ET 2 PressFunction The MFC 4550 will skip to Step 5 3 Waitfortwoseconds Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 4 Press1 Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 5 Press1 6 Press4 Thedisplaywillalternatemessages Thenstartthefaxsendingoperation seepage5 5 orcopy seepage12 1 DOCUMENT BASICS SENDING FAXES 1 F A X 2 P R I N T E R 1 T E M P S E T T I N G S 4 C O N T R A S T C O N T R A S T A U T O SELECT SET C O N T R A S T S L ...

Page 50: ... Press one of the One Touch keys The numbers must be stored beforehand Seepage3 6 7 ThenpressStart b Speed Dialing Press Speed Dial then use the number keys to enter a two digit number Forexample press 05 for5 Thenumbersmustbestoredbeforehand Seepage3 7 8 ThenpressStart c Telephone Index YoucanusetheTel Indextomaketelephoneorfaxcalls Seepage 4 2 3 Delayedtransmission It is possible to send documen...

Page 51: ...er Example One Touchdialing 3 PressStart COPY PRESS COPY SCAN READY ENTER FAX NO O N L I N E PRESS START KEY O N L I N E NJ OFFICE O N L I N E 1 Insertthedocumentsfacedownintothe feeder 2 Pick up the handset or press Hookand listenforthedialtone 3 Enter the fax number You can use manual dialing One Touch dialing SpeedDialing orTel Index 4 When you hear a fax tone press Start Your machine will begi...

Page 52: ...ss Redial Pause manual redialing SENDING FAXES BASIC FAX TRANSMISSIONS Optional Settings When You Send a Fax Manually Resolution Seepage5 3 5 17 18 Contrast Seepage5 4 Cover Page See page 5 18 23 Overseas Mode See page 5 16 CallReservation Seepage5 24 25 Printing Page Headers Yourmachinecanprintapageheaderonthetopofeveryfaxyousend It isprintedonthereceivingparty sfaxpaper Itcontainsthedateandtime ...

Page 53: ...0 O N L I N E ENTER FAX NO O N L I N E 1 Insertthedocumentsintothefeeder 2 Press SuperQ Scan Thedisplaywillindicatehowmuchmemoryis available NJ OFFICE O N L I N E MEMORY 100 O N L I N E If You Get a MEMORY FULL Message When Trying to Send a Fax by Using Super Quick Scan If the memory becomes full when scanning page 1 and the display shows PRESS STOP KEY then press Stop to abort the job Ifthememory...

Page 54: ...4 Press7 5 Press2 6 Enter the time in 24 hour format using the number keys Example 19 45 7 45P M 7 Waitfortwoseconds pressStoptoexit Setting the Daily Timer for Delayed Transmissions TheDailyTimerfunctionletsyousendafaxatapresettimeeveryday Thisishandy forsendingdelayedjobsthatmustgooutatthesametimedaily Onceyouenterthe time youdon thavetoenteritagain Thesettingwillstaythesameuntilyouchange it Soy...

Page 55: ... N E ENTER FAX NO O N L I N E ENTER NO SET 1 F A X 2 P R I N T E R 1 F A X 1 Insertthedocumentsintothefeeder 1 T E M P S E T T I N G S 1 T I M E R SET TIME 19 45 SET TIME 00 00 2 Press SuperQ Scanif you use memory transmission or you can send your fax normally 3 PressFunction The MFC 4550 will skip to Step 6 4 Waitfortwoseconds Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 1 T I M E R ENTER FAX NO O N L I N E MEMORY...

Page 56: ...mory Use the Telephone Index to help you choosethenumberstowhichyouwishtobroadcast Seepage4 2 Aftertransmission iscompleted aBroadcastReportwillbeprintedautomaticallytoletyouknowthe results FORYOURINFORMATION Getting Familiar with the Broadcasting Function Tostopthebroadcastinprogress pressStop Enter the chain dialing numbers as you normally would but keep in mindthateachkeycountsasonelocation sot...

Page 57: ...sametime Todothis storevarioussets ofdocumentsinmemory Thenautomaticallyyourmachinewillfax DocumentA to onelistofpeopleand DocumentB toanotherlistofpeople Youcanpreset3different documents includingtimertransmission inmemory ifyousetonetimertransmission multipletransmissionsareavailablefortwootherdestinations If you press only Super Q Scan instead of Shift Super Q Scan for the last document yourmac...

Page 58: ...TX 100 O N L I N E 09 12 1996 15 27 O N L I N E ENTER FAX NO O N L I N E PRESS START KEY O N L I N E MULTI TX 70 O N L I N E NJ OFFICE O N L I N E 5 Insert Document B within 30 seconds after DocumentA hasbeenscanned If you wait more than 30 seconds to scan anotherdocument themachinewillbegin tosenddocument A RepeatStep2 3 4fordocument B 6 RepeatStep1 2 3 4fordocument C 7 After30seconds yourmachine...

Page 59: ... 1 PressFunction The MFC 4550 will skip to Step 4 2 Waitfortwoseconds Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 3 Press1 Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 4 Press0 5 Waitfortwoseconds 6 Remove documents from the machine 7 Placethe new documentsintothefeeder INSERT DOCUMENT O N L I N E FAX OR COPY O N L I N E FUNC 10 TO RESET O N L I N E 8 Enter the new fax number for the documents you are sending now then pressStart D ...

Page 60: ...ds Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 3 Press1 Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 4 Press2 Any waiting jobs that have been set up willappearinthedisplay Ifnojobsarewaitingtobeprocessed a NO JOB WAITING message will appear inthedisplay 1 F A X 2 P R I N T E R 19 45 NJ OFFIC 19 45 NJ OFFIC 1 CLEAR 2 EXIT 5 UseZ leftarrow orX rightarrow to selectthejobyouwishtocancel 6 PressSet 7 Press1tocanceltheselectedjob or2to e...

Page 61: ...documentsintothefeeder 1 F A X 2 P R I N T E R 6 OVERSEAS MODE O V E R S E A S O F F SELECT SET O V E R S E A S O N 7 Press Z leftarrow or X rightarrow toswitchtoON 8 PressSet 9 PressStoptoexit 2 PressFunction The MFC 4550 will skip to Step 5 3 Waitfortwoseconds Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 4 Press1 Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 5 Press1 6 Press6 6 OVERSEAS MODE ENTER FAX NO O N L I N E PRESS START KEY...

Page 62: ...ssiontime Thisismadepossibleby using the 1 TEMP SETTINGS function THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW KEYSTOPRESS 09 12 1996 15 25 O N L I N E FAX NO START SCAN READY COPY PRESS COPY SCAN READY 1 Insertthedocumentsintothefeeder ENTER NO SET 2 PressFunction The MFC 4550 will skip to Step 5 3 Waitfortwoseconds Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 4 Press1 Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 5 Press1 6 Press5 1 F A X 1 T E M P S E T T ...

Page 63: ...OVER PAGE TO NJ OFFICE E FAX 14155551212 FROM BROTHER E FAX 4155554444 TEL 4155554445 03 PAGE S TO FOLLOW COMMENT PLEASE CALL 1 2 3 4 1 The TO information comes from the One Touch or the Speed Dial memory If youaredialingmanually thenameofthedestinationwillbeleftblank 2 The FROM information comes from the Station ID 3 The number of pages you are sending When Cover Page is sent each time by usingth...

Page 64: ...ized comment up to 27 characters Customizing Your Cover Page Comment You can customize the comment on your Cover Page as follows THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW KEYSTOPRESS 1 PressFunction The MFC 4550 will skip to Step 4 2 Waitfortwoseconds Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 3 Press1 Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 4 Press7 5 Press6 ENTER NO SET 09 12 1996 15 25 O N L I N E 1 F A X 7 SETUP SYSTEM 1 F A X 2 P R I N T E R F...

Page 65: ...n print a sample Cover Page to check the format THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW KEYSTOPRESS 1 PressFunction The MFC 4550 will skip to Step 4 2 Waitfortwoseconds Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 3 Press1 Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 4 Press3 5 Press4 09 12 1996 15 25 O N L I N E ENTER NO SET 1 F A X 2 P R I N T E R 1 F A X 3 PRINT REPORTS 4 C O V E R P A G E PRESS START KEY P R I N T I N G 6 PressStart FAX TRANSMISSION...

Page 66: ...Press Z leftarrow or X rightarrow to choose ON or OFF Example ON 7 PressSet 1 COMMENT OFF SELECT SET 2 PLEASE CALL 8 If you selected ON you must select a comment by pressing Z left arrow or X right arrow Example 2 PLEASE CALL See page 5 19 9 PressSet 10 PressStoptoexit 3 COVERPG ON OFF To Always Send a Cover Page IfyouoftensendanautomaticCoverPage youcansetittoONtoavoidhavingto setupthedetailsofth...

Page 67: ...PAGE O N L I N E 2 Enter the fax number 3 PressStart Your machine will begin transmitting theCoverPageandoriginal document FAX NO START SCAN READY COPY PRESS COPY SCAN READY 1 Insertthedocumentsintothefeeder 2 PressCoverpage SENDING P 01 O N L I N E 09 12 1996 15 25 O N L I N E Sending an Automatic Cover Page If you have the Cover Page ON OFF setting to ON the total number of pageswillnotbeprinted...

Page 68: ...ingisON youcanavoidsending an automatic Cover Page by pressing Coverpage once to turn off theCoverPageforthattransmission Ifyouwantthetotalnumberofpagessenttobeprintedonthecover page press Coverpage once to set the COVERPAGE ON OFF option to OFF Then press Coverpage once again and enter the numberofpages Seepage5 21 22 SENDING FAXES FAX TRANSMISSION OPTIONS 6 Waitfortwoseconds ENTER FAX NO O N L I...

Page 69: ...ILLSHOW KEYSTOPRESS 1 Insertthedocumentsintothefeeder 09 12 1996 15 25 O N L I N E FAX NO START SCAN READY COPY PRESS COPY SCAN READY ENTER NO SET 1 F A X 2 P R I N T E R 1 F A X 1 T E M P S E T T I N G S 2 PressFunction The MFC 4550 will skip to Step 5 3 Waitfortwoseconds Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 4 Press1 Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 5 Press1 FORYOURINFORMATION Using the Call Reservation Function...

Page 70: ... I N E NJ OFFICE O N L I N E D I A L I N G O N L I N E 9 Press Z leftarrow or X rightarrow to select Call Back Message ON or OFF Example Call Back Message ON 10 PressSet 11 PressStop 12 Enter the fax number 13 PressStart 14 Pickupyourhandsetifitrings 09 12 1996 15 25 CALL BACK MESSAGE TO NJ OFFICE R FAX 14155551212 FROM BROTHER T PLEASE CALL AT TEL 4155554445 Y FAX 4155554444 Y 3 CALL RESERVE CALL...

Page 71: ...wayfortheMFCtochecktheintegrityofafax transmissionwhileitisinprogress ECMtransmissionsarepossibleonlybetween machines that both have the ECM feature If they do you may send and receive fax messagesthatarecontinuouslycheckedfortheirintegrity Sufficientmemorymustbeavailableinyourmachineforthisfeaturetowork Error Retransmission Error Retransmission is helpful when the receiving machine does not have ...

Page 72: ... Press Z leftarrow or X rightarrow to choose either ON or OFF Example ON 7 PressSet 8 PressStoptoexit 4 ERROR RE TX SENDING FAXES FAX TRANSMISSION OPTIONS Next FAX Reservation You can use Next FAX Reservation for sending a fax when the machine is busy receivingortransmittingfrommemory Thisfunctionsavesyoufromhavingtowait until the incoming fax has printed or the fax stored in memory has finished t...

Page 73: ...ent feeder awaiting Delayed Transmission or Polled Waiting or whentheInterruptfunctionisinuse When you are making a call using Next FAX Reservation you can dial manually or use One Touch Speed Dial Redial or Chain dialing However whenyouuseOne Touchdialing thescreenwilldisplayonly the number of the One Touch number you are using such as 01 and notthenameofthepersonyouarecalling Similarly ifyouuseS...

Page 74: ...this mode to workproperly Itwillnotwork with the telephone company s Voice Mail services The TAD mode can be set so you have time to answer calls before the TAD picks up You do not have to change modes when you are in or out Mode 1 Manual manual receive 2 Fax automatic receive 3 F T Fax Telephone 4 MSG CTR Message Center For MFC 6550MC 7550MC 5 T A D External Telephone Answering Device or machine ...

Page 75: ...ic Fax Only Reception Fax Mode YoucanautomaticallyreceiveallyourfaxesinAutomaticFaxReceptionmode Fax lightisON SelectthismodebypressingMode Setting the Ring Delay You can set the number of rings before the MFC will answer the line BASIC SETUP TO RECEIVE FAXES RECEIVING FAXES AND OTHER CALLS THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW KEYSTOPRESS 1 PressFunction The MFC 4550 will skip to Step 4 2 Waitfortwoseconds Only for...

Page 76: ...anual fax call Voice call Voice call or manual fax call Fax reception is automatically activated Only the fax handset rings double ring for you to pick up The handset will ring for 10 60 seconds F T Ring Time see page 6 5 The fax message is received The caller may hang up but the F T ringing will continue for 10 60 seconds The caller stays on the line through the entire 10 60 second Ring Time You ...

Page 77: ...usendafax pleasewaituntilyouhearafaxtoneandthenpresstheStartkey orpress 51 and presstheStartkey NOTE The caller can not leave an incoming message in this mode 1 PressFunction The MFC 4550 will skip to Step 4 2 Waitfortwoseconds Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 3 Press1 Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 4 Press8 5 Press6 6 Press Z left arrow or X right arrow repeatedlyuntil you get the F T OGM R E C E R A S E P...

Page 78: ... MFC 4550 will skip to Step 4 2 Waitfortwoseconds Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 3 Press1 Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 4 Press6 5 Press4 KEYSTOPRESS 09 12 1996 15 25 O N L I N E ENTER NO SET 6 TEL OPTIONS 1 F A X 1 F A X 2 P R I N T E R THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW 4 F T RING TIME RING TIME 20 SEC SELECT SET Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC Setting the F T Ring Time You can specify the maximu...

Page 79: ...tiondoesnotapplytooutgoing faxes ortolistsorreportsyouprint TheinitialsettingisON KEYSTOPRESS THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW 1 PressFunction The MFC 4550 will skip to Step 4 2 Waitfortwoseconds Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 3 Press1 Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 4 Press5 5 Press1 09 12 1996 15 25 O N L I N E ENTER NO SET 6 Press Z leftarrow or X rightarrow to choose ON or OFF Example OFF 7 PressSet 8 PressStoptoexi...

Page 80: ...550MC 3 Press1 Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 4 Press5 09 12 1996 15 25 O N L I N E ENTER NO SET 1 F A X 2 P R I N T E R 1 F A X 5 USER OPTIONS 5 Press6 6 Press Z leftarrow or X rightarrow to select either LETTER LEGAL or A4 Example A4 7 PressSet 8 Press 1 to go to the REDUCTION setting inFunctionmenu1 5 5 Seepage6 8 9 RCD PAPER A4 6 RCD PAPER RCD PAPER LETTER SELECT SET CHANGE REDUCTION 1 YES 2 NO R ...

Page 81: ...ssoftheoriginalsizeoftheincomingdocument itwillbereducedsothatit fitsononepageofrecordingpaper Themachinewillautomaticallycalculatethe reductionratiobytakingintoaccountthesizeoftheincomingdocumentandthesize oftherecordingpaperyouselectedinFunctionmenu1 5 6 Seepage6 7 Using Fixed Reduction Ratios You can choose to have incoming documents reduced at a fixed reduction ratio regardlessofthesizeofthere...

Page 82: ...ction you must consider the size of the recordingpaperasregisteredinFunctionmenu1 5 6 Seepage6 7 If youselectedlettersize youcanchooseareductionof93 87 or75 IfyouselectedA4size youcanchooseareductionofonly93 or87 Andifyouselectedlegalsize youcanchooseonly93 NOTICE REDUCTION 93 6 Press Z leftarrow or X rightarrow toselectthereductionratioyouwant If you want Auto Reduction choose AUTO Choose 93 87 o...

Page 83: ...EDISPLAYWILLSHOW 09 12 1996 15 25 O N L I N E ENTER NO SET 1 F A X 2 P R I N T E R 1 F A X 5 USER OPTIONS 9 PRINT DENSITY SELECT SET 9 PRINT DENSITY 6 UseZ leftarrow orX rightarrow to changethesettings 7 PressSet 8 PressStoptoexit FORYOURINFORMATION Reception into Memory Out of Paper Reception Ifthemultipurposesheetfeederisempty theLCDwilldisplaythemessage CHECK PAPER Add more recording paper Your...

Page 84: ...tfortwoseconds Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 3 Press1 Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 4 Press5 5 Press7 KEYSTOPRESS THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW 09 12 1996 15 25 O N L I N E ENTER NO SET 1 F A X 2 P R I N T E R 1 F A X 5 USER OPTIONS 7 TONER SAVE TONER SAVE OFF SELECT SET 6 Press Z leftarrow or X rightarrow toselecteitherONorOFF Example ON 7 PressSet 8 PressStoptoexit TONER SAVE ON 7 TONER SAVE Only for MFC 6550MC ...

Page 85: ...essZ leftarrow or X rightarrow tochooseasettingeitherOFF LOW or HIGH Example HIGH 7 PressSet 8 PressStoptoexit KEYSTOPRESS THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW 09 12 1996 15 25 O N L I N E ENTER NO SET 1 F A X 2 P R I N T E R 1 F A X 6 TEL OPTIONS 3 SPEAKER VOLUME S P E A K E R L O W SELECT SET S P E A K E R H I G H 3 SPEAKER VOLUME IfyouwanttochangethespeakervolumeusingOnHookDialingforthecurrentcall usethecontrolp...

Page 86: ...seconds Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 3 Press1 Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 4 Press6 5 Press5 KEYSTOPRESS THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW 6 Press Z leftarrow or X rightarrow to choose either OFF LOW or HIGH Example LOW 7 PressSet 8 PressStoptoexit 09 12 1996 15 25 O N L I N E ENTER NO SET 1 F A X 2 P R I N T E R 1 F A X 6 TEL OPTIONS 5 RING VOLUME RING VOLUME HIGH SELECT SET RING VOLUME LOW 5 RING VOLUME Only for M...

Page 87: ...sion Telephone You may connect an external telephone to your MFC as shown below Use the EXT jackonyourmachine Alternatively youmaywishtousethis EXT jacktoconnectatelephone answeringdevice TAD Anextensionphoneisatelephonethatisplugged intoaseparatewalljackonthesameline FORYOURINFORMATION External Telephone Extension Telephone LINE EXT Iftheexternaltelephoneisinuse thewarningmessageEXT TELINUSE will...

Page 88: ...Code can also be used by your callers When you are using a TAD your outgoing message OGM should end with the statement to send a fax press 51 SeethesectiononConnectingaTelephoneAnsweringDeviceformore information Using the Deactivation Code WhenyourMFCisinF Tmode sometimesitwillansweracallthatisnotfaxcalling tones a telephone call or manual fax It will respond with a doublering short short toalerty...

Page 89: ...es from your answering machine causes the line to be disconnected trychangingtheRemoteCodes Change 51to and 51to999 The Remote Activation and Deactivation Codes may not work with some telephone systemsortelephonesets NOTE Ifyouaccidentallypickupanextensionphonewhenafaxmessageisbeing received you may disrupt the transmission or render some portions unreadable Changing and Registering Remote Codes 1...

Page 90: ...takeoverthecallandreceivethefaxmessage Ifitdoes nothearfaxtones itwilllettheTADcontinueplayingtheoutgoingmessagesothe callercanleaveavoicemessage The TAD must answer within 4 rings 2 rings are recommended The MFC can not hear the CNG calling tones until the TAD answers the call When the Ring Delay is setfor4rings only8 10secondsofCNGcallingtonesareleftforthe handshake Soyoumuststrictlyfollowtheins...

Page 91: ...y connect an external TAD to your MFC as shown below Use the EXT jackonyourmachine FORYOURINFORMATION Do not connect a TAD elsewhere on the same phone line This will cause problems because your MFC and TAD will both try to controltheline CONNECTING TO A TELEPHONE ANSWERING DEVICE TAD RECEIVING FAXES AND OTHER CALLS ...

Page 92: ...theFaxandF Tlightson Ifyour machine is MFC 6550MC or 7550MC put it in Message Center mode and set Message Storage to VOICE EXT mode 4 SetyourTADto4ringsorless Themachine sRingDelaysettingdoesnotapply 5 Turn the TAD s Answer mode to ON 6 Record the OGM outgoing message on your TAD as explained on the next page Incoming Call The call is picked up by the external TAD Maximum 4 rings The external TAD ...

Page 93: ...ive Ringing Yes ithasadistinctiveringingfunctionthatallowsyoutoregisterthedistinctive ringingpatternofanadditionalphonenumberontheline Thenumberyouregister mustbethenumberyouwanttouseasyourdedicatedfaxnumber Onceyouregister the ringing pattern the MFC will be able to identify its own incoming calls and automaticallyreceivefaxesatthatnumber Youcanregisteronlyoneringingpattern Therearesomeringingpat...

Page 94: ...s your MFC will answer all the phone numbers including its own ring pattern The Message Center Answers the Other Phone Number s on the Line Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC If you change the answer mode on the MFC to MSG CTR Message Center it will allowtheDistinctiveRingingfunctiontowork TheMessageCenterwillansweronly themainnumberoradditionaldistinctiveringingnumbersaccordingtothewayyou havesetMessageS...

Page 95: ... 7550MC WhenyouusetheDistinctiveRingingfeature faxesareprintedonpaper Ifyouwant tobeabletoretrievefaxesfromanotherlocation youmustsetuptheMessageCenter forFAX ON ThisallowsfaxmessagestobestoredintheMessageCenter smemory so they can be retrieved However because the Message Center only answers the main number s you must make sure the faxing party sends faxes that must be retrieved tothemainnumber Ho...

Page 96: ...swer mode must be Manual MFC automatically receives and prints fax message MFC begins ringing on third ring Registered Distinctive Ringing Number Main number and other Distinctive Ringing Number s You answer the call Telephone Answering Device TAD answers the call Incoming Call RECEIVING FAXESAND OTHER CALLS DISTINCTIVE RINGING ...

Page 97: ...e call Incoming voice and fax messages are recorded in MSG CTR memory Incoming voice message is recorded in External TAD memory Incoming fax message is recorded in MSG CTR memory Fax message is recorded in MSG CTR memory Incoming voice message is recorded in MSG CTR memory Incoming fax message is recorded on paper Incoming voice message is recorded in External TAD memory Incoming fax message is re...

Page 98: ...ting Fax mode on a dedicated fax line You can register only one number Do not try to set up this function if you do not have the distinctive ringing service It may cause your MFC to malfunction This procedure is in two parts First you must put the MFC in SET mode D R SET MODEwillbeonthedisplayscreen Second youmustwaitforafriendtocallthe distinctiveringingnumbersoyoucanregistertheringingpattern Whe...

Page 99: ...is wait atleast tworingcycles untilthedisplaysays PICKUPTOSET Then pick up the fax handset 10 PressStarttoset Checkthatthedisplay says REGISTERED If the other number was called press Stoptocancel 11 PressStartagaintoreceivetheincoming fax orifthecallisavoicecall talkinto thehandset D I S T I N C T I V E S E T 6 D I S T I N C T I V E D R SET MODE O N L I N E 6 D I S T I N C T I V E D I S T I N C T ...

Page 100: ...lledSettingtheDistinctiveRingingFunction Tochangethe setting repeatSteps1 8above Step6iswhereyoucanselecteitherONorOFF E CALLER ID What is Caller ID CallerIDisatelephoneservicethatallowsthesubscribertoseeadisplayofthe caller sphonenumber ornameincertainstates asthetelephonerings Itisafast waytoscreenyourcalls Youcanrespondquicklytocallsyoumissed becauseCaller IDsarereceivedandstoredinyourmachine s...

Page 101: ...ID IfnocallerIDwastransmittedtoyourmachine CALLPICKUPwill remainonthedisplay NOTE Pleasesetthenumberofringstomorethan02touseCallerID Ifyousetthe numberofringsto01 youcannotreceivetheCallerID The Caller ID is Stored in Your Machine s Memory Themachinecanstoreamaximumofthelast30incomingcallerIDsinthememory alongwiththetimeanddateofreception The31stcallwillcausetheoldestIDto beerased The Caller ID in...

Page 102: ... example press the Z key 5 times PressingtheZkeywillcyclebackward throughthestoredcallerIDsfromthe latesttotheoldest IfyoupresstheZ key when the oldest ID appears the latestonewillappear TheXkeycycles forward After2seconds thedateandtimethe callerIDwasreceivedwillappear 8 PressStoptoexit 2 5 5 5 5 5 1 5 1 Clearing a Caller ID Stored in Memory Foreffectiveuseofthememory itisrecommendedthatyoucleart...

Page 103: ...ID 3 PRINT REPORTS 1 F A X 1 F A X 2 P R I N T E R 09 12 1996 15 25 O N L I N E THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW KEYSTOPRESS Sample of Caller ID List CALLER ID LIST TIME 09 04 1996 14 05 NAME BROTHER FAX 908 469 4547 TEL 908 356 8880 4 1 2 3 1 PressFunction The MFC 4550 will skip to Step 4 2 Waitfortwoseconds Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 3 Press1 Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 4 Press3 5 Press9 6 PressSet orwait2seco...

Page 104: ...15 25 O N L I N E 1 PressFunction The MFC 4550 will skip to Step 4 2 Waitfortwoseconds Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 3 Press1 Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 4 Press7 ENTER NO SET 1 F A X 2 P R I N T E R 1 F A X 7 SETUP SYSTEM KEYSTOPRESS THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC F RECEIVE PASSWORD Ifyousetthisfunctiontoon youcanpreventreceptionof junkfaxes thatcan interfere...

Page 105: ...FAX RECEIVE PASSWORD RECEIVING FAXES AND OTHER CALLS RX PASSWORD OFF SELECT SET RX PASSWORD ON 7 SET PASSWORD 6 Press Z leftarrow orX rightarrow to choose ON or OFF Example ON 7 PressSetorwaitfortwoseconds 8 PressStoptoexit 5 Press7 7 SET PASSWORD ...

Page 106: ...lling Thenonepartyleavesdocumentsinthefaxmachinesothatthe otherpartycancallandhavethedocumentssenttothem When to Use Polling Usepollingtocontrolthecostofwhopaysforsendingafax 1 Ifyouwanttopayforthecostofthecall Sendfaxestootherpartiesas younormallywould andifanotherpartyhasdocumentstosendyou ask ifyoucanpollforthem 2 Ifyouwantotherstopayforthecostofthecall Askthemtopollyour machine for documents t...

Page 107: ...k the other party to poll for the documents and offertopayforthecallattheirlowerrate Polling Another Fax Machine Calling Onceyouhavesetuppolling asdescribedbelow andtheotherpartyhassettheirfax machine to POLLED WAITING you can receive their documents automatically KEYS TO PRESS 7 Press Z leftarrow or X rightarrow toselectPollingON 8 PressSet THE DISPLAY WILL SHOW 09 12 1996 15 25 ONLINE Make sure ...

Page 108: ...ion The MFC 4550 will skip to Step 5 3 Waitfortwoseconds Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 4 Press1 Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 5 Press1 6 Press2 7 Waitfortwoseconds 8 Press Z leftarrow orX rightarrow toselectPollingON THE DISPLAY WILL SHOW 09 12 1996 15 25 ONLINE FAX NO START SCAN READY COPY PRESS COPY SCAN READY ENTER NO SET 1 FA X 2 PRINTER 1 TEMP SETTINGS 2 POLLING POLLING OFF SELECT SET POLLING ON 1 ...

Page 109: ...FC 6550MC 7550MC 3 Press1 Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 4 Press1 5 Press2 6 Waitfortwoseconds 7 Press Z leftarrow or X rightarrow toselectPollingON 8 PressSet THE DISPLAY WILL SHOW 09 12 1996 15 25 ONLINE ENTER NO SET 1 FAX 2 PRINTER 1 TEMP SETTINGS 2 POLLING POLLING OFF POLLING ON 2 POLLING 1 FAX SELECT SET 1 TIMER SET TIME 00 00 SET TIME 19 45 9 PressSet 10 PressStop 11 PressStartandwaitforthepolli...

Page 110: ...ly for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 5 Press1 Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 1 TIMER Setting Up Polled Waiting with Super Quick Scan BeforepressingStart pressSuperQ ScansothatyoucanstoreyourPolledWaiting document in the memory If you use Super Q Scan to place the Polled Waiting documents into the memory they will not be erased automatically after they are polled Toerasethemyoumustusethe...

Page 111: ...LINE DIALING ONLINE 6 Press2 2 POLLING POLLING OFF SELECT SET 7 Press Z leftarrow or X rightarrow toselectPollingON 8 PressSet 9 PressStop 10 Specifythedestinationoffaxmachines thatyouwishtopollbyusingOne Touch Speed Dial orGroupkeys Example Group key 11 Press Start Your machine polls each number or group member in turn for a document ...

Page 112: ...thememoryas well as printed If the data can be stored in the memory you can use the Fax Forwarding Paging andRemoteRetrievalfunctions ItisagoodideatoturntheFax StoragefunctionONwhenyougoout TheinitialsettingisOFF KEYS TO PRESS 1 PressFunction 2 Press8 3 Press1 THE DISPLAY WILL SHOW 09 12 1996 15 25 ONLINE ENTER NO SET 8 REMOTE FAX OPT 1 FAX STORAGE FAX STORAGE OFF SELECT SET FAX STORAGE ON 1 FAX S...

Page 113: ...Storage setting from ON to OFF and faxdataisstillinthememory youwillgetthefollowingmessageafter youselectOFF If you select 1 you will erase all the fax data from the memory and the functionwillbesettoOFF Ifyoupress2 thedatawillnotbeerased and thesettingwillremainON Wheneveryourfaxprintsadocumentfor Back UpPrinting itwillbe printedinstandardresolutionregardlessoftheresolutioninwhichitwas received E...

Page 114: ...multaneously 2 IfpagingisON youwillbepagedeverytimeafaxmessageisreceived into the memory Incoming fax Paging function is activated The fax message is stored in the memory Fax Forwarding function is activated The machine sends stored fax from the memory to forwarding location The MFC will dial the registered pager telephone number Once connected the MFC dials your registered PIN number Personal ID ...

Page 115: ...8002844329 7 PressSet THE DISPLAY WILL SHOW 09 12 1996 15 25 ONLINE ENTER NO SET 8 REMOTE FAX OPT 2 FAX FWD PAGING O F F SELECT SET PAGING P AG ENTER SET 18002844329 _ P IN ENTER SET 5 19085551234 8 Enter a PIN Personal Identification Number press Redial Pause your MFC telephone number and Example 12345 19085551234 If you do not use a PIN you must enter the telephone number of your fax machine Pre...

Page 116: ...ecommend you enter your actual satellitePIN plusyourreturnMFCtelephone faxnumber orspecial alphamessage PIN Return PIN Alpha Message For Example 12345 19085551234 or 12345 329329329 FAXFAXFAX 2 RadioPagers Most radiopagersdonotrequireaPIN andinthiscase you should use the PIN in the MFC only for the return number or specialalphamessage Return Alpha Message For Example 19085551234 or 329329329 FAXFA...

Page 117: ...number up to 20 d i g i t s Example 18005551234 7 PressSet 8 PressStoptoexit 8 REMOTE FAX OPT 2 FAX FWD PAGING O F F SELECT SET FAX FORWARD FWD ENTER SET WD 18005551234_ 2 FAX FWD PAGING What Is Remote Control Access When you leave your home or office you will turn on your FAX STORAGE to receive faxmessages Seepage8 1 ButifyouwouldliketoactivateordeactivatethisFAX STORAGE feature youcancontrol and...

Page 118: ... you must press all four keys three digit number plus 1 PressFunction 2 Press8 3 Press3 4 Enter a three digit number 000 to 999 Thelastdigit anasterisk cannotbe changed Example 160 The three digit number must not be the same as the remote activation and deactivationcodes Seepage6 14 17 Example Whentheremoteaccesscodeis 160 don t use 160 or 60 for the activationanddeactivationcode 5 Waitfortwosecon...

Page 119: ...e command yourmachinewilldisconnecttheline Ifyouperformawrongoperation youwillhearthree 3 shortbeeps 6 Whenyouarereadytoexitremotecontrolmode press90toresetyourmachine Remote Fax Retrieval If you have set your FAX STORAGE ON to store incoming fax messages you have theabilitytoretrievethesefaxmessagesfromanyremotegroup3facsimilemachine Remotefaxretrievalisaccomplishedviaremotecontrolaccesscommands ...

Page 120: ...fax machine to receive the Memory StatusListorstoredfaxmessage s Seepage8 10 If you hear one long beep you can erase fax message s from the memory You can check whether your MFC has received any fax message s Ifyes youwillhearonelongbeep Ifno youwillhearthreeshort beeps If you hear one long beep you can change the Answer Mode If you hear three short beeps you can not change it Afteralongbeep youca...

Page 121: ...le To receive NO 1 and NO 2 messages press 96 2 01 02 00 Ifyouwanttoretrieveallmessages simplypress00 Example Toretrieveallfaxmessages press96200 9 When you hear your MFC through the handset responding with a fax tone press Start 10 Replacethehandset 11 Yourremotefaxmachinewillprintthefaxmessages Changing the Fax Forwarding Number Remotely 1 Pick up the handset of a remote fax machine 2 Dial your ...

Page 122: ...DISPLAY WILL SHOW FAX IN MEMORY 01 ONLINE ENTER NO SET 1 PressFunction 2 Press8 3 Press4 4 PressSet 5 PressStart 6 PressStoptoexit Printing a Fax Message You can print a fax message that is stored in the memory 8 REMOTE FAX OPT 4 PRINT FAX PRESS START KEY PRINTING 4 PRINT FAX ...

Page 123: ...at isstoredinthememorycanberetrievedfromaremotelocation YourMessageCenterhasatotalcapacityof15minutesofvoicemessages 30minutes for MFC 7550MC or 30 pages of fax messages 70 pages for MFC 7550MC The memory on your machine can be expanded The Fax and F T lights must be lit to turn on Message Center Mode NOTE The Message Center outgoing message OGM must be recorded before you can activate the message...

Page 124: ... Erase your messages frequently to keep memory available for when you need it Use this mode when you need all your Message Center memory for fax messages or if youpreferthesoundqualityof ataperecorderforyourvoice messages Use this mode when you do not havetoreceivevoicemessages Use this mode if you wish to retrievevoicemessagesfroma remotelocation butcanwait untilyouareatthefaxmachine togetyourfax...

Page 125: ...essage in digital memory or hangs up The fax message is received into memory fax call Auto dial fax call Manual MEMORY MEMORY The caller can also send a fax Voice call MEMORY REMOTE CODE 51 see page 6 14 17 Incoming Call Fax reception is activated by the CNG Fax Tones automatically The external TAD OGM is activated The caller must press your remote code to activate the machine The fax message is r...

Page 126: ...tivated The caller must press your remote code to activate the machine The fax message is received on paper The caller leaves a voice message in digital memory or hangs up The fax message is received on paper fax call Auto dial fax call Manual MEMORY PAPER REMOTE CODE 51 see page 6 14 17 The caller can also send a fax Voice call PAPER Ifthecallerstopsspeakingfor5secondswhileleavingamessage themach...

Page 127: ...code to activate the machine The fax message is received on paper The caller leaves a voice message on the external TAD The fax message is received on paper fax call Auto dial fax call Manual EXT TAD MEMORY PAPER REMOTE CODE 51 see page 6 14 17 Voice call PAPER 6 FAX OFF VOICE OFF Fax reception is activated automatically The fax message is received on paper PAPER Incoming Call NOTE OGM outgoing me...

Page 128: ...ssageStorageisthefirststepinturningontheMessageCenterMode BeforeyousettheMessageStorage makesureyoucarefullyread ModeSettingsat aGlance seepage9 2 Onceyoudecidethemodethatbestsuitsyourneeds follow thestepsbelow KEYSTOPRESS THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW 09 12 1996 15 25 ONLINE ENTER NO SET 1 F AX 2 PRINTER 8 SETUP MSG CTR 1 MSG STORAGE FAX OFF SELECT SET 1 F AX FAX ON 1 PressFunction 2 Waitfortwoseconds 3 Pre...

Page 129: ...ge Center Mode you must select MSG CTR OGM in Step 4 not F T OGM You will not be able to turn on the Message Center Mode both Fax and F T lights lit until you have recorded an outgoing message for MSG CTR OGM Forthebestrecordingquality holdthehandsetapproximately2to3inches fromyourmouth ataslightangle Thiswillavoidrecordingfeedback Itisimportanttotellyourcallersyourthree digitremoteactivationcode ...

Page 130: ...HANDSET RECORD OGM 00 20 RECORD OGM 15 20 PLAYING OGM MSG CTR OGM SELECT SET 12 PressStoptoexit Activating the Message Center Mode Nowthatyouhaveselectedthetypeofmessagestorageyouneed seepage9 6 7 and recordedyouroutgoingmessage seepage9 7 8 youarereadytoturnyourMessage Center Mode on when you leave your home or office ToactivateMessageCenter Press Mode on the control panel until both the Fax and ...

Page 131: ...the Memo messages See page 9 10 for playing an incoming voice message Seepage9 11 12forprintingfaxes FORYOURINFORMATION What Happens When the Memory Is Full If the memorybecomesfull when you have set your MFC to MessageCenter mode themachinewillchangetoF Tmodeautomatically LEDlightsdo not change In this mode the machine can accept incoming faxes automatically Then ifyourmachineshouldrunoutofpaper ...

Page 132: ... arrow to play the message again If you press the arrow duringthebeepingbeforethemessage thepreviousmessagewillbeplayed You can use X right arrow to skip to thenextmessage 2 PressStoptoexit MESSAGE 01 03 ONLINE 9815550101 ONLINE 14 00 09 12 1996 ONLINE KEYSTOPRESS THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW 09 12 1996 15 25 ONLINE ENTER NO SET 1 PressFunction 2 Waitfortwoseconds 1 F AX 2 PRINTER NOTE You can change the sp...

Page 133: ...F 7 PressSet 8 PressStoptoexit 2 BACKUP PRINT KEYSTOPRESS THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW VOICE 03 FAX 02 ONLINE ENTER NO SET 1 F AX 2 PRINTER PRESS START KEY 7 PRINT FAX 8 SETUP MSG CTR 1 F AX 1 PressFunction 2 Waitfortwoseconds 3 Press1 4 Press8 5 Press7 Printing a Fax Message You can print a fax message that is stored in the memory Onceyouprintafaxmessage theFaxindicatorlightwillgooff GETTING YOUR MESSAGES ...

Page 134: ...essagesthathavenotbeenprinted beforeiterasesthemfrom the memory Calling Your Message Center for Messages See Remote Retrieval If you have set your Message Center to store incoming fax messages FAX ON VOICE OFF EXT or FAX ON VOICE ON modes you have the ability to retrieve thesefaxmessagesfromanyremotegroup 3facsimilemachine Ofcourseyoucanalsoremotelyretrieveyourvoicemessagesfromanytouchtone phone S...

Page 135: ...INE ERASE ALL VOICE ONLINE SELECT SET ONLINE ERASE ALL VOICE ONLINE 1 PressErasewhenthedisplayasksyouif youwanttoerase 2 Press Z leftarrow or X rightarrow toselectwhetheryouwanttoeraseall voice messages VOICE all document messages FAX orallmessages MSG Example ALLVOICE KEYSTOPRESS THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW MESSAGE 01 03 ONLINE 1 PressPlayandbegintoplay Press Functionand then Playfor Voice Alarm 2 Press E...

Page 136: ...SET 1 F AX 2 PRINTER 1 F AX 8 SETUP MSG CTR 6 O GM MSG CTR OGM SELECT SET MSG CTR OGM 1 PressFunction 2 Waitfortwoseconds 3 Press1 4 Press8 5 Press6 6 Press Z leftarrow or X rightarrow to select either MSG CTR OGM or F T OGM Example MSGCTROGM 7 PressSet 8 PressPlaytostartplayingyouroutgoing message 9 PressStoptoexit PLAYING OGM REC ERASE PLAY NOTE You can change the speaker volume pressing Super Q...

Page 137: ...GM 1 PressFunction 2 Waitfortwoseconds 3 Press1 4 Press8 5 Press6 6 Press Z leftarrow or X rightarrow to select either MSG CTR OGM or F T OGM Example MSGCTROGM 7 PressSet 8 PressErase REC ERASE PLAY ERASE OGM 1 CLEAR 2 EXIT REC ERASE PLAY 9 Press 1 to erase OGM 10 PressStoptoexit RecordanewOutgoingMessage Seethesection RecordingtheOutgoingMessage MSG CTR OGM on page 9 7 8 CHANGING THE OUTGOING MES...

Page 138: ... setting for the Toll Saver feature is OFF and if it is ON it overrides your current Ring Delay setting IfyouwantyourMessageCentertoanswerinthenumberofringsyousetintheRing Delayfunction turnTollSaverOFF THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW KEYSTOPRESS 09 12 1996 15 25 ONLINE ENTER NO SET 1 F AX 2 PRINTER 8 SETUP MSG CTR 1 F AX TOLL SAVER OFF 9 TOLL SAVER SELECT SET TOLL SAVER ON 1 PressFunction 2 Waitfortwoseconds ...

Page 139: ... the maximum time of Incoming Voice Message Memo Voice Alarm and recorded VoiceInformation KEYSTOPRESS THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW 09 12 1996 15 25 ONLINE ENTER NO SET 1 F AX 2 PRINTER 1 F AX 8 SETUP MSG CTR 5 ICM MAX TIME MESSAGE 30 SEC SELECT SET MESSAGE 25 SEC 1 PressFunction 2 Waitfortwoseconds 3 Press1 4 Press8 5 Press5 6 PressZ leftarrow orX rightarrow to select the maximum time for incoming messages...

Page 140: ... 8 SETUP MSG CTR 8 PLAYING OGM SELECT SET PLAYING OGM ON PLAYING OGM OFF 1 PressFunction 2 Waitfortwoseconds 3 Press1 4 Press8 5 Press8 6 UseZ leftarrow orX rightarrow to select the Playing OGM Setting ON or OFF Example OFF 7 PressSet 8 PressStoptoexit 8 PLAYING OGM Recording a Conversation You can record a telephone conversation by simply pressing Record during the conversation Theconversationcan...

Page 141: ... UP HANDSET REC MEMO 00 30 REC MEMO 20 30 VOICE 01 FAX 00 ONLINE 1 PressRecord 2 Pickupthehandsetandspeakyourmemo up to ICM MAX TIME 3 PressStoporreplacethehandset To play a Memo see the section Playing an Incoming Voice Message ICM and Recorded Memo see page 9 10 To erase a Memo see the section Erasing Incoming Voice Messages Fax Messages and Recorded Memo see page 9 13 14 MORE FEATURES MESSAGE C...

Page 142: ...pt of messages into the memory 3 IfPagingisON youwillbepagedeverytimeavoiceorfaxmessageis receivedintomemory Incoming voice or fax Paging function is activated The fax is stored in the Message Centermemory Fax Forwarding function is activated The machine sends stored fax from the memory to the forwarding location The MFC will dial the registered pager telephone number Once connected the MFC dials ...

Page 143: ...SELECT SET PAGING PAG 18002844329 _ ENTER SET 1 PressFunction 2 Waitfortwoseconds 3 Press1 4 Press8 5 Press3 6 PressZ leftarrow andX rightarrow to select PAGING 7 PressSet 8 Enter a paging number up to 20 digits this is the telephone number of your pager followedbytwo signs Donot includetheareacodeifitisthesamefor your MFC and pager Example 18002844329 9 PressSet PIN ENTER SET PAGING FAX FORWARDIN...

Page 144: ...ds upon the typeofpagingcompanyyouuse Therearegenerallytwotypesofpaging companies 1 Satellite Pagers In this case we recommend you enter your actual satellitePIN plusyourreturnMFCtelephone faxnumber orspecial alphamessage PIN Return PIN Alpha Message For Example 12345 19085551234 or 12345 329329329 FAXFAXFAX 2 RadioPagers Most radiopagersdonotrequireaPIN andinthiscase you should use the PIN in the...

Page 145: ...dX rightarrow to select FAX FORWARD 7 PressSet FWD ENTER SET WD 18005551234_ 8 Enter a fax forwarding number up to 20 d i g i t s Example 18005551234 9 PressSet 10 PressStoptoexit 3 FAX FWD PAGING Memory Backup of Message Center Memory Afteryouplugintheelectricalcordandturnonthepowerswitch itwill take a few days to charge the battery for memory backup of the Message Centermemory Afterthebatteryisf...

Page 146: ...rom another location to retrieve voice and or fax messages that are stored in your Message Center s memory Change your Remote AccessCodeanduseitasa secretpassword ifyouwishtosafeguardyourmessages ThefactorydefaultsettingfortheRemoteAccessCodeis 159 Youcanchangethe firstthreedigitsoftheRemoteAccessCode butthelastdigit anasterisk cannot bechanged ThefirstthreedigitsmustnotbethesameasyourRemoteActiva...

Page 147: ...ingfor 20ringsandthenpressingthecodewithin30seconds 4 TheMFCwilltellyouthekindofmessage s ithasreceived Onelongbeep ReceivedFAXmessage s Twolongbeeps Received VOICE message s Threelongbeeps Received both FAX and VOICE messages Nolongbeeps Nomessage s havebeenreceived 5 As soon as you hear two 2 short beeps press a Control Command EachtimeyourMFCcompletesaninstruction itgivestwo 2 shortbeepstelling...

Page 148: ...ageshavenotbeenplayed orthereisnovoicemessagetoerase Thiscodeerasesallrecordedmessages notonebyone The machine plays the selected OGM You can stop playing OGMs by pressing9 Afteronelongbeep youcanrecordtheselectedOGM Youwillhearthe OGM message played once You can stop recording the message by pressing9 Ifyouhearonelongbeep thechangeisaccepted Ifyouhearthreeshort beeps youcannotchangeitbecausetheco...

Page 149: ...ress 962010200 Ifyouwanttoretrieveallmessages simplypress00 ex Toretrieveallfaxmessages press96200 9 When you hear your MFC through the handset responding with a fax tone press Start 10 Replacethehandset 11 Yourremotefaxmachinewillprintthefaxmessages Changing the Fax Forwarding Number Remotely 1 Pick up the handset of a remote fax machine 2 Dial your MFC s number 3 When your MFC answers with a bee...

Page 150: ...ecord Youhave toenter3piecesofinformationforsettingtheVoiceAlarm 1 day 2 time and3 voice message To record a voice message use the handset You can set up to one week s worth of Voice Alarm messages and you can record Voice Alarm Messages to help you manage your workload even when your memory is set for VOICE OFF or VOICE EXT in Message Storage see page 9 6 7 IfyoupressClearwhileyouarerecordingavoi...

Page 151: ...t 2 00 PM Dentist Appointment on Nov 9 at 10 00 AM Mr Brown couldyoupleaseattendthesalesmeetingintheconference room on Nov 10 at 4 00 PM When you call your MFC from a remote location to hear your schedule of events youwillnotbeabletoseethedisplayforthedatesandtimesinthe VoiceAlarm soitisagoodideatomentionthedatesandtimeswhenyou recordthevoicemessages KEYSTOPRESS THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW 09 12 1996 15 25...

Page 152: ...ge up to ICM MAX TIME NOTICE IfyouwanttostopthebeepingorstopplayingaVoiceAlarmmessage pressStop TheVoiceAlarmmessagewillnotplaywhenyouaresendingorreceiving afax usingthephone receivingafaxintothememoryorwhenoneofthe MessageCenterfunctionsisoperating However thevoicemessagewill beplayedoncetheseactivitiesarefinished TheVoiceAlarmmessagewillautomaticallybeclearedafterithasbeen activated played Ifthe...

Page 153: ...seeverything Forinstructionsonhow toplayandhowtoerase refertotheinstructionsintheincomingvoicemessage ICM Memosection Seepage9 10 9 13 14 Whenyouplayanentry thedisplay willshowyouthedateandtimeofyourscheduledentries Youcandeleteentriesone by one the same way you would delete incoming messages or memos press Erase whileplayinganentry NOTICE VOICE ALARM MESSAGE CENTER MODE SETTINGS KEYSTOPRESS THEDI...

Page 154: ...our Voice Alarm messages See Page 9 26 However you can not set the Voice Alarm by remote control NotethatyouwillbeabletoonlyheartherecordedVoiceAlarmmessage You willnotbeabletoseethedatesandtimesofthescheduleonthedisplay soit sagood ideatorecordimportantdatesandtimesaspartofyourVoiceAlarmmessages MESSAGECENTERMODESETTINGS VOICE ALARM ...

Page 155: ...er Day Timer J K L M 2 75 8 5x5 11inches 70 216x127 356mm Labels and 2 75 8 5x5 14inches 70 216x127 356mm Transparencies PaperCapacityinFeeder Multipurpose SheetFeeder Up to 22 mm 0 87 inch in height up to the mark Approx 200 sheetsof75g m2 20lb or50sheetsof158g m2 42lb A4 Letter paper or10envelopes Output Tray Approx 100sheetsof75g m2 20lb A4 Letterpaper Cut Sheet Envelope Basis Weight 16to42lb 2...

Page 156: ...per Foroptimumprinting usearecommendedtypeofpaper especially plain paper and transparencies For more information on paper specifications consult with your nearest authorized sales representative or the place where you purchased your MFC Use label or transparencies that are designed for use in laser printers We recommend you use long grained paper for the best print quality Ifyouareusingspecialpape...

Page 157: ...ollowingtypesofenvelopesshouldnotbeused Damaged curled wrinkled orirregularlyshapedenvelopes Extremelyshinyorhighlytexturedenvelopes Envelopeswithclasps Envelopeswithself adhesiveclosures Envelopesofbaggyconstruction Envelopesthatarenotsharplycreased Embossed envelopes Envelopesalreadyprintedwithalaserprinter Envelopespreprintedontheinside Envelopesthatcannotbearrangeduniformlywhenplacedinapile un...

Page 158: ...sintheonlinestatusandtheLCDshowsONLINE youcannotuse FF Cont and Test Reset keys FF Cont Key The upper switch on the control panel can work as the Form Feed FF Continue CONT key FORM FEED When the LCD shows REMAINED DATA press On OffLine to turn the printer offline then press FF Cont The MFC prints any data remaining in the printer memory Line On Off FF Cont Print Priority Test Copy Photo Reset 01 ...

Page 159: ...page10 12 OnlyforMFC6550MC 7550MC Iftheprinter isonline theMFCcannotprintatestsamplepage RESET When Reset is pressed together with Shift it clears data from the memory The printerisalsoresetandrestoredtothefactorydefaultsettings TheResetswitch may be able to clear an error status and the Hex Dump mode See page 10 14 Remember that the Reset switch clears data from the printer memory Print Priority ...

Page 160: ...d StayResident TSR program Itcanmonitortheprinter statuswhilerunninginthebackgroundandwillreportthecurrentstatus orerrorsonyourcomputerscreen Popular Printer Emulation Support Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC This MFC supports the printer emulation mode HP LaserJet IIP When youuseDOSapplicationsoftwareorWindows version3 0orearlier you canusetheemulationmodeofHPLaserJetIIPtooperatetheprinter To setthepri...

Page 161: ...ttoprintthenext pageautomatically Example 2 pages of data 5 Whenthemachinefinishesprintingall thedata itwillreturntoonlinestatus Ifsomedataisstillremaininginmemory press On OffLine and then press FF Cont 09 12 1996 15 25 RECEIVING DATA 09 12 1996 15 25 REMAINED DATA 09 12 1996 15 25 ONLINE 09 12 1996 15 25 REMAINED DATA HelpfulHints Youmayselecttheproperpapersource papersize andorientation inyoura...

Page 162: ...first and thenwillprintalltheoddpagesnumberedonthereversesideofthepaper Whenyou havefinishedprintingononesideofthepaper theWindows driverinstructsyou toreinsertthepaperwithapop upmessageonthecomputer Followtheinstructions onhowtoreinsertthepaper Beforereinsertingthepaper youhavetostraightenthemwell Oryoumaygetthe paper jam The use of very thin or very thick paper is not recommended If you encounte...

Page 163: ...thesheetofpaperinthedirectionforPortraitorLandscape placingtheside ifthepaperyouwishtoprintonfacedowninthemanualfeedslot Alignthepaper atthecenterofthemanualfeedslot andbesuretoinsertitalltheway 1 Adjust thepaperguideofthemanualfeedslottothepaperwidthyouareusing 2 When you load more than one sheet of paper manually Open the Setup dialog box of the Windows printer driver and select Manual Feed inth...

Page 164: ...urapplicationsoftware 4 When you want to stop or clear the manual feed press Shift and Test Reset or you can also stop it with a PC command 5 When you use manual feed slot it is best to first press Print Priority ThisallowsyoutoprintPCdatawithoutinterruption from incoming faxes Incoming faxes will be stored in the MFC s memory To continue printing PC data press FF Cont after each pagehasprinted 6 ...

Page 165: ... Usethisfontlisttoseehoweachfontlooksbeforeyouselectit 1 PressFunction 2 Waitfortwoseconds 3 Press2 4 Press1 5 Press1 6 PressStart TheMFCwillstartprinting 7 TheMFChasfinishedprintingthelist 8 PressStoptoexit KEYSTOPRESS 09 12 1996 15 25 ONLINE ENTER NO SET THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW 1 F AX 2 PRINTER 2 PRINTER 1 PRINT OPTIONS 1 INTERNAL FONT PRESS START KEY PRINTING 1 INTERNAL FONT ...

Page 166: ...ettingsthatconfigureorsetuptheprinter 1 PressFunction 2 Waitfortwoseconds 3 Press2 4 Press1 5 Press2 6 PressStart TheMFCwillstartprinting 7 TheMFChasfinishedprintingthelist 8 PressStoptoexit KEYSTOPRESS 09 12 1996 15 25 ONLINE ENTER NO SET THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW 1 F AX 2 PRINTER 2 PRINTER 1 PRINT OPTIONS 2 CONFIGURATION PRESS START KEY PRINTING 2 CONFIGURATION ...

Page 167: ...t fontswillberestored butmacroswillbecleared Youcanchangetheusersettings with the Remote Printer Console program See the Setup Manual page 3 17 18 1 PressFunction 2 Waitfortwoseconds 3 Press2 4 Press2 5 Press1 6 Press1 7 PressStoptoexit KEYSTOPRESS 09 12 1996 15 25 ONLINE ENTER NO SET THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW 1 F AX 2 PRINTER 2 PRINTER 2 RESET PRINTER 1 FACTORY SET 1 RESET 2 EXIT FACTORY SETTINGS 1 FACT...

Page 168: ...oblems If you set HEX DUMP MODE all the PC data will be printed in hexadecimalandyouresetitbypressing ShiftandReset 1 PressFunction 2 Waitfortwoseconds 3 Press2 4 Press2 5 Press2 KEYSTOPRESS 09 12 1996 15 25 ONLINE ENTER NO SET THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW 1 F AX 2 PRINTER 2 PRINTER 2 RESET PRINTER 2 HEX DUMP MODE 1 SET 2 EXIT 2 HEX DUMP MODE 09 12 1996 15 25 HEX DUMP MODE 6 Press1 7 PressStoptoexit ...

Page 169: ...e whether the Transmission Verification Report willbeprintedafterallfaxesyou send ON OFF Summary information and the amountofoccupiedmemoryforitems storedinthememorywillbelisted Youcanreviewcallsyoureceivedby checkingthislist 11 PRINTINGREPORTSANDLISTS Youcanprintthefollowinglistsandreportsunderfunctionitem3 PRINTREPORTS Level one function Level two function Content Page 1 ACT REPORT 11 3 4 5 CALL...

Page 170: ... How to Print Reports and Lists Allthereportsandlistsmaybeprintedasfollows KEYSTOPRESS 1 Press Function The MFC 4550 will skip to Step 4 2 Waitfortwoseceonds Only for MFC6550MC 7550MC 3 Press1 Only for MFC6550MC 7550MC 4 Press3 5 Pressthenumberoftheleveltwofunction youwishtoprint Example 1 ACT REPORT 6 PressStart THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW 09 12 1996 15 25 ONLINE ENTER NO SET 1 F AX 2 PRINTER 3 PRINT REPO...

Page 171: ...ortandtheinformationwillremain NOTE IfyourActivityReportisnotlistingallyourtransactions selectashorter intervalperiod THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW 09 12 1996 15 25 ONLINE ENTER NO SET KEYSTOPRESS 1 FAX 2 PRINTER 7 SETUP SYSTEM 3 INTERVAL ACT RPT OFF SELECT SET EVERY 12 HOURS 1 FAX 6 Press Z leftarrow or X rightarrow tochoosethesetting Example 12 HOURS If you select seven days you will be prompted to choose ...

Page 172: ...ROTHER FAX 4155554444 TEL 4155554445 BUSY BUSY NO RESPONSE NG POOR LINE CONDITION CV COVERPAGE CA CALL BACK MSG POL POLLING RET RETRIEVAL DATE TIME FAX NO NAME DURATION PAGE S RESULT COMMENT 09 12 10 00 BROTHER BOSTON 04 23 20 CV CA OK TX 09 12 10 10 NJ OFFICE 00 00 NG TX 09 12 14 53 BROTHER BOSTON 48 01 CV CA OK TX Note TX means Transmit RX means Receive ...

Page 173: ...Printing the All Dial List YoucanprintalistofallstoredOne TouchnumbersandSpeed Dialnumbers ALL DIAL LIST TIME 09 12 1996 15 25 NAME BROTHER FAX 4155554444 TEL 4155554445 ONE TOUCH DIAL CHAIN ALL DIAL LIST TIME 09 12 1996 15 25 NAME BROTHER FAX 4155554444 TEL 4155554445 SPEED DIAL NUMBER FAX TEL NUMBER DESTINATION GROUP 01 5892786 F T BROWNE M 02 1234567 W COMPANY 03 03 256 1121 FAX TOKYO OFFICE 00...

Page 174: ...eckreadabilityoftransmittedpage s 02 05 then send only pages 2 and 5 again ON Areportwillbeprintedautomatically Itisimportanttoreadtheresultofeach reporttocheckthatthetransmissionwassuccessful 1 Press Function The MFC 4550 will skip to Step 4 2 Waitfortwoseceonds Only for MFC6550MC 7550MC 3 Press1 Only for MFC6550MC 7550MC 4 Press3 5 Press7 6 Press Z leftarrow or X rightarrow tochoosethesetting Ex...

Page 175: ...0 6550MC 7550MC OP US 5 0 Reports TRANSMISSION VERIFICATION REPORT TIME 09 12 1996 15 25 NAME BROTHER FAX 4155554444 TEL 4155554445 DATE TIME 09 12 15 24 FAX NO NAME NJ OFFICE DURATION 00 00 45 PAGE S 01 COVERPAGE RESULT OK MODE STANDARD ...

Page 176: ...2 1996 13 15 OUTGOING MESSAGE 10 VOICE ALARM 12 SCHEDULES 10 TIME DESTINATION S OF PAGES TIMER 1 23 45 BROADCAST 01 10 REDIAL WAITING 1 BROTHER BOSTON 02 05 POLLING WAITING 02 12 FAX FORWARD NUMBER 18005551234 STORED FAXES FOR RETRIEVAL MEMORY USED FOR FAX FEATURES You received two FAX messages A When the fax came in B Sending party s number Your fax machine has received 4 Voice messages A B DATE ...

Page 177: ...in the MFC And when making multiple copies donotletthepapertraybecomeoverstacked Removecopiesfromthepaper tray For MFC 4550 Set the resolution to either PHOTO FINE or S FINE If you select STANDARD the resolution willchangeautomatically toS FINE However whenyoumakeasingle copy and select S FINE the resolution may change automatically to FINE in case memory is used for memory transmission Making a S...

Page 178: ...s the entire document and then makes 1 copy of page 1 2 3 4 in order Then makesasecondcopyof1 2 3 4untilatotalofncopieshasbeenmade Stacking A A B B A B A B Sorting Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC KEYSTOPRESS 1 Insertthedocumentsfacedownintothe feeder 2 PressCopy 3 Entertwodigitsforthenumberofcopies you want using the number keys Max 99copies Example 05 THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW 09 12 1996 15 25 ONLINE FAX NO ...

Page 179: ... Copies Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC KEYSTOPRESS 1 Insertthedocuments 2 PressSort 3 Entertwodigitsforthenumberofcopies you want using the number keys Max 99copies Example 05 4 PressCopy 5 Themachinewillbegincopying 09 12 1996 15 25 ONLINE FAX NO START SCAN READY COPY PRESS COPY SCAN READY SORT COPIES 01 ONLINE ENTER COPY KEY ONLINE SORT COPIES 05 ONLINE THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW COPY SORT ONLINE COPY SORT ...

Page 180: ...ess Z leftarrow or X rightarrow tochoosethesetting IfyouwantAutoReduction selectAUTO orthereductionorenlargementratio Example 93 4 PressCopy 09 12 1996 15 25 ONLINE FAX NO START SCAN READY COPY PRESS COPY SCAN READY REDUCE AUTO ONLINE SELECT COPY ONLINE REDUCE 93 ONLINE THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW NO OF COPIES 01 ONLINE ENTER COPY KEY ONLINE Reducing and Enlarging Copies Use this function to make reduced o...

Page 181: ...ber keys Max 99copies Example 05 6 PressCopyorjustwaitfor5seconds 7 Themachinewillbegincopying THEDISPLAYWILLSHOW 09 12 1996 15 25 ONLINE FAX NO START SCAN READY COPY PRESS COPY SCAN READY ELG RDC AUTO ONLINE SELECT COPY ONLINE ELG RDC 93 ONLINE NO OF COPIES 01 ONLINE ENTER COPY KEY ONLINE NO OF COPIES 05 ONLINE COPY STACK ONLINE COPY STACK P 01 ONLINE 5 Entertwodigitsforthenumberofcopies you want...

Page 182: ...NE 3 Entertwodigitsforthenumberofcopies youwant usingthenumberkeys Max 99 co pies Example 05 4 PressCopyorjustwait5seconds Copying a Photograph You can copy a photograph by pressing Photo without pressing the Resolution QUALITY HIGH ONLINE SELECT COPY ONLINE QUALITY LOW ONLINE 5 Press Z leftarrow or X rightarrow toselectaqualityofHIGHorLOW Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC 6 PressCopyorjustwait5seconds 7...

Page 183: ...thetonerisempty Oncethisindication appears yourmachinewillnotresumeprintinguntilyouhaveinstalledanewtoner cartridge Replacing the Toner Cartridge Themachinecanprintapproximately2 200pageswithonetonercartridge Whenthe toner cartridge is running low the display shows CHANGE TONER The MFC is suppliedwithastartertonercartridgethatmustbereplacedafter1 000pages NOTE Actual page count will vary depending...

Page 184: ...penthetopcover Toremovethe drum unit hold each side of the drumbyitshandlesandgentlylift the drum forward toward you NOTE Make sure the top cover is completelyopen byliftingituntil thelatchclicksintoplace We recommend you place the drumunitonadropclothorlarge pieceofdisposablepapertoavoid spillingandscatteringthetoner WARNING Just after you have used the machine some internal parts of the machine ...

Page 185: ...y wipe it off or wash it with cold water 5 5 Unpack the new toner cartridge Placetheusedtonercartridgeinto the aluminum bag and discard it accordingtolocalregulations WARNING Wait to unpack the toner cartridge until immediately beforeyouinstallitintothe machine Ifatonercartridgeis leftunpackedforalongperiod of time the toner life is shortened You can use only a genuine Brother toner cartridge TN 5...

Page 186: ...herighthandside of the drum unit To ensure that thetonercartridge andthedrum unitfittogethercorrectly make surethatthetonercartridgeguide bar is exactly aligned with the guideslotinthedrumunit 8 8 Gentlyturntheleveronthetoner cartridgebackwarduntilitstops 9 9 Reinstallthedrumunitintothe machineandclosethetopcover Then turnonthepowerswitchor pluginthepowercord Toner cartridge Drum unit ...

Page 187: ... Just after you have used the machine some internal parts of the machine are extremely HOT So please be careful See page 14 2 3 Drum unit Top cover Followthesestepstoreplacethedrumunit 1 Turnoffthepowerswitchorunplugthepowercord 2 Openthetopcover NOTE Thedrumunitisaconsumable anditisnecessarytoreplaceitperiodically The drum unit is rated at approximately 20 000 pages There are many factorsthatdete...

Page 188: ...intothe aluminum bag and discard it accordingtolocalregulations NOTE Discardtheuseddrumunitaccordingtolocalregulations Ifyouarenot sureofthem consultwithBrotherCustomerService Besuretosealthe drum unit tightly so toner powder does not spill out of the unit When discardinguseddrumunits keepthemseparatedfromdomesticgarbage We recommend you place the drum unit on a drop cloth or large piece of dispos...

Page 189: ...ght theunitmaybedamaged Handlethetonercartridgeand thedrumunitcarefullybecause it contains toner If toner scatters and your hands or clothesgetdirty immediately wipe or wash it off with cold water 7 Reinstallthetonercartridgeintothenewdrumunit Formoreinformation see ReplacingtheTonerCartridge onpage13 1 4 8 8 Holding the new drum unit by its handles installit Closethetop cover 9 9 Turn on the powe...

Page 190: ...necttheselineslater makesuretoconnectthepowercordfirst thenthetelephoneline 2 Wipedirtoffthemachineusingaslightlydampcleancloth 3 Cleanthewhiteplateandtheglasscover Moistenasmallpieceofcleansoft lint freeclothwithisopropylalcoholand carefullyremovedirtfromtheglasscoverandthewhiteplateofthescanner Donotuseisopropylalcoholtoremovedirtfromthecontrolpanel Itmaycausea crackonthepanel 4 Wipethegearsande...

Page 191: ...fwithcold water WARNING Just after you have used the machine someinternalpartsofthe machine are extremely Hot When you open the top cover of the machine never touch the shaded parts shown in the diagram to the l e f t Cleaning the Drum Unit NOTE We recommend you place the drum unit on a drop cloth or large piece of disposablepapertoavoidspillingandscatteringthetoner 1 Turnthedrumunitupsidedowncare...

Page 192: ...on Replacing theDrumUnit onpage13 5 7 5 Closethetopcover 6 Plug in the power cord and turn on the power switch Packing and Shipping the Machine Whenever you transport the MFC use the packing materials that came with your machine Also follow the steps below to pack the MFC or the machine may be damaged which will void the MFC s warranty 1 Turn off the power switch and unplug the MFC from the AC out...

Page 193: ...nthedrumunit 4 Placethedrumunitandtonercartridgeassemblyintotheziplockbagandsealthe bagcompletely 5 Closethetopcover Removethewireextension documenttray dustcover paper tray and handset and pack them 6 Wrapthemachineintheplasticbagandplaceitintheoriginalcartonboxwiththe originalpackingmaterial Top cover Drum unit Zip lock bag Toner cartridge Drum unit ...

Page 194: ...C 4550 6550MC 7550MC OP US 5 0 7 Placeanydocuments manualandyourdocumentation explainingthereasonfor shipping themachine andthedrumunitandtonercartridge assemblyintothe carton box as shown below 8 Closethecartonboxandtapeitshut ...

Page 195: ...g paper becomes stuck The display will show DOCUMENT JAM or PRINTER JAM Fixing a Document Jam 1 Openthefrontcontrolpanel 2 Remove the jammed documents 3 Closethecontrolpanel 4 PressStop Fixing a Recording Paper Jam Beforeyoucanclearapaperjamerror youmustfindoutwherethepaperisstuck Usethediagrambelowtohelplocatethepositionofthepaper Paper Drum unit Multipurpose sheet feeder Top cover ...

Page 196: ...y HOT When you open the top cover of the machine never touchtheshadedpartsshowninthefollowingdiagram 1 Clearing a Paper Jam in the Multipurpose Sheet Feeder If a paper jam has occurred inside the multipurpose sheet feeder open the multipurposesheetfeedertopullthejammedpaperupwardoutofthefeeder then closethemultipurposesheetfeeder Also openthetopcoverandcheckthatatorn pieceofpaperdoesnotremaininsid...

Page 197: ...rumunit openthetopcover andremovethe drumunit Then pullthejammedpaperupwardandoutoftheMFC Reinstallthe drumunitandclosethetopcover 3 Clearing a Paper Jam in the Fuser Unit Ifapaperjamhasoccurredinthefuserunit openthetopcoverandremovethe drumunit Then pullthejammedpaperoutofthefuser Reinstallthedrumunit andclosethetopcover Top cover Drum unit ...

Page 198: ...computers using boththeparallelandtheserialinterfaceports Automaticinterfaceselectionisa standardfeaturewhenusingtheserialinterfaceboard Installing the Serial Interface Board into Your MFC Warning Donottouchthesurfaceofthemaincontrollerboard 2 Unscrewthethreescrewssecuring therearplateofthemaincontroller board and pull out the main controllerboard 1 Unplug the power cord from the AC outletanddisco...

Page 199: ...edgeoftheserialinterfaceboard Donottouchthesurfaceoftheboard Makesuretheserialinterfaceboardissecurelyseatedonthemaincontrollerboard 3 Unscrewthetwoscrewsandremove theoptionslotcoverplateandkeep itinasafeplace LINE EXT Connector Serial interface board Main controller board Screw 6 Reinstallthemaincontrollerboard in the MFC by sliding it into the guiderails 7 Secure the main controller board withth...

Page 200: ...0MC Settheparameterstomatchyourcomputerasfollows Never change the RS 422A parameters for Apple Macintosh computers The RS 422A parametershavebeensetcorrectlyatthefactoryforAppleMacintoshcomputers soyou donothavetochangethesetting Youmayskipthissection Ifyouchangeparameters fortheRS 232CserialinterfaceandthenswitchbacktoRS 422AforAppleMacintosh computers besuretorestoretheparameterstothefactorysett...

Page 201: ... For RS 232C Off Off 57600 9600 O n Off 9600 4800 Off O n 1200 1200 O n O n 19200 19200 Table3 ParitySettings Selector1 Selector2 Parity O n O n Odd O n Off Even Off None Ifnecessary settheserialinterfaceparametersasfollows 1 Makesuretheprinterisinoffline 2 Tosettheserialinterfaceparametersofthedualin linepackage DIP switch movetheselectorsup ON or down OFF Thefactorysettingsareindicatedinboldprin...

Page 202: ...havea25 pinconnector lookforacablelabeled DB25toImageWriterII These cablesmostlikelycanbefoundintheAppleMacintoshsectionofyourcomputerdealer s store Formoreinformationabouttheinterfacespecification consultwithyourdealer NOTE TheMFCcanbeconnectedtoaparallelandaserialinterfacecableatthe sametime TheautointerfaceselectionfunctionallowsyoutosharetheMFC withtwocomputers Todothis firstconnecttheparallel...

Page 203: ...r MFC 6550MC 7550MC or want to print a very complex document For the Fax Additional memory is available and will expand the memory used for sending and receivingfaxes For the Copier Only for MFC 4550 Additionalmemorywillallowyoutosortmultiplecopies Max 60pages Model Name Optional Memory Total MFC 4550 1 MB 0 3 MB for Fax 0 5 MB 50 Pages 200 KB 20 Pages o r or 2 MB 0 8 MB for Fax 1 MB 100 Pages MFC...

Page 204: ...NE EXT Installing the Optional Memory Board 3 To install the memory board onto themaincontrollerboard usethe attachedspacerandplugitintothe lowerrightconnectorsofthemain controllerboard LINE EXT Main controller board Memory board Spacer 2 Unscrewthethreescrewssecuring themaincontrollerboardplateand pullouttheboard Warning Donottouchthesurfaceofthemaincontrollerboard LINE EXT Main controller board ...

Page 205: ...ouchthesurfaceoftheboard Makesurethememoryboardissecurelyseatedinthemaincontrollerboard 4 Reinstallthemaincontrollerboard intheMFCbyslidingitintoguide r a i l s 5 Secure the main controller board withthethreescrews LINE EXT Main controller board Screw 6 Reconnecttheinterfacecable 7 PlugthepowercordintotheACoutlet ...

Page 206: ...UCTIONS ON HOW TO USE THE SYSTEM AND FOR YOUR INDEX OF FAX BACK SUBJECTS IN THE USA Only Ifadditionalhelpisneeded pleasecontactthefollowingCustomerServicenumbers U S A 1 800 284 4FAX 4329 Voice 1 908 271 1937 Fax Canada 1 800 853 6660 Voice Calling from within Canada 8 00 A M 8 00 P M E S T 1 514 685 6464 Voice Calling from within Montreeal For products and Service information you may also contact...

Page 207: ...replacingthedrumunitwithanewoneifthe display shows CHANGE DRUM The drum unitisattheendofitslife If the display shows CHANGE TONER and at the same time the Toner Empty LED on the controlpanelflashesonandoff youcanstill print Butthetonerisdepletedanditistelling youthatthetonerwillsoonrunout Ordera newtonercartridgenow Thetonerisusedupandprintingisnotpossible Replace the toner cartridge with a new on...

Page 208: ...ring the communication Try callingtheotherpartytoseewhathappened Your documentswerenotinsertedproperly orthedocumentswerenotfedproperly orthe documentsweretoolong Open the control panel and remove the documents Seepage14 6 8 Thenclosethe control panel press Stop and insert the documentsagain adjustingtheguidesoneither sideofthedocument andtrysendingthefax again Originaldocumentsshouldbestraight no...

Page 209: ...that isnotconnectedtoafaxmachine Checkthe number and try again The One Touch key or Speed Dial number you pressedhasnonumberassignedtoit Youwill have to program a phone number See page 3 6 8 PresstheFF Contswitchtoprintthedata remainingintheprintermemory IfyouhaveinstalledtheWindows printer driver tryagainaftersettingtheTrueType mode to Print as Graphics in the PRINT menuofyourapplicationsoftware ...

Page 210: ... OnethingIcantellyouisyougotobefree ACometogether right now over me Here come Pat top he come One thing I can tell you is you go to beA free Come togetherrightnow overme HerecomePat top hecome DiamondetheskyLucyin with AAOnethingI cantellyouisyougotobefree Comeintheskyrightnow overme HerecomePat top heAAcome One thingIcantellyouisyougotobefree Cometogetherrightnow overme HerecomePat top hecome One...

Page 211: ...efixedreductionfeature checktoseeifthereduction ratioissuitablefortherealrecordingpaper seepage6 8 9 When Dialing Doesn t Work You may have the wrong dialing mode Change the TONE PULSE setting See page 3 1 Youshouldcheckallthetelephonelineconnections suchastothehandsetand tothewalljack Checkalsothatthepowercordisconnectedandthepowerswitch is turned on See page 2 6 of Setup Manual for Fax Printer C...

Page 212: ...ance NOTE Some older PC models support only nibble mode Generally newer models supportbothnibbleandbytemodes MFC Connect Failure or Bi Directional Communication Error Recently someprintershaveincludedafunctiontoshowtheprinterstatusonthe PC display Such printers use the bi directional communication parallel port between the printer and the PC Our MFC 6550MC 7550MC series also has a bi directionalpa...

Page 213: ...softWindowsPrintingSystemforabovemodelsareused youhavetomodify the win ini filewhichisintheWindowsdirectorytoturntheprinter sbi directional functionoff We recommend you to have back up before you modify the WIN INI or SYSTEM INI justincase Openthefile win ini byusingthe notepad application Youcanfindthefollowing statementinthe spooler section spooler QP LPT1 wpsljqp dll Todisablethisfunction putas...

Page 214: ...rinter sbi directionalfunctionoff We recommend you to back up WIN INI and SYSTEM INI before you modify them Openthefile win ini byusingthe notepad application Youcanfindthefollowing statementinthe windows section windows run C WINDOWS SYSTEM WPSIOMON Todisablethisfunction putasemicolonattheheadofabovesentenceasfollows windows run C WINDOWS SYSTEM WPSIOMON Also Youcanfindthefollowingstatementinthe ...

Page 215: ... use MFC 6550MC 7550MC series with no further problems Graphics or text is missing when the document is printed This could be caused by your Display Driver software Contact your reseller and inquireaboutthelatestDisplayDriversoftware Anothersolutionistochangeyour WindowsSetupDisplayselectionfromthecurrentselectiontothestandardVGAor SVGAselection contactyourresellerorMicrosoftSupportifyouneedhelpmo...

Page 216: ...andyou selecteditinyourapplicationsoftware Ifyouusetheoptionalserialinterface makesuretheserial slideswitchoftheserialinterfaceisinthecorrectpositionand theDIPswitchesinterfacesettingsarecorrectlysetup Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC IfyouareusingthesuppliedWindows driver turntheerror recoveryoperationonintheSetupdialogboxandtryagain Reducetheprintresolutionorreducethecomplexityofyour document and try ...

Page 217: ...hedatahasbeen senttotheprinterbuttheprinterdidnotreceivethePageEject command Press the FF Cont Key to eject the page Then ask yoursoftwaresupplierhowtoaddaPageEject orFormFeed commandtotheendofyourprintjob Use the Remote Printer Console RPC program Question I can not print from my applicationsoftware The MFC prints but it printsincorrect information Sometimes it prints a coupleofcharactersand then...

Page 218: ...itbackintothepapertray Reducetheamountofpaperinthemultipurposesheetfeeder thentryagain Reinsertthepaperfirmly onesheetatatime You can load envelopes from either the multipurpose sheet feederorthemanualfeedslot Yourapplicationsoftwaremust besetuptoprinttheenvelopesizeyouareusing Thisisusually done in the Page Setup or Document Setup menu of your software Refertoyourapplicationmanual Youcanuseplainp...

Page 219: ...reducethe printresolution Thisisaproblemusuallyrelatingtoserialinterfacesettings Yourcomputerisnotrecognizingtheprinter sinputbufferfull signal Causescouldbethewrongtypeofserialcable incorrectly wiredortoolong orincorrectsettingofyourcomputerserial interface Expandtheprintermemorybyinstallingoneoftheoptional memory boards ME1000 or ME2000 Reducetheprinterresolution Reduce the complexity ofyourdocu...

Page 220: ...RegularMaintenance and Cleaning the Drum Unit on page 14 1 3 Make sure that the tab of the corona wire is at the home position IfthesameprintproblemoccursandthedisplayshowsCHANGE DRUM after cleaning replace the drum unit with a new one Make sure that you use paper that meets the specifications Roughsurfaceorthick mediacancausetheproblem If you still have the same problem and the display shows CHAN...

Page 221: ...DRUM onaftercleaning replacethedrumunitwithanewone Makesurethatthetonercartridgeisnotempty Wipetheelectricterminalsreferringto RegularMaintenance and Cleaning the Drum Unit on page 14 1 3 Make sure that a torn piece of paper does not remain on the scanner window The problem may disappear by itself Try copying multiple pagestoclearthisproblem Thismayoccurifthemachinehas notbeenusedforalongtime This...

Page 222: ...ping the scanner windows with a clean soft cloth See Regular Maintenance and Cleaning the Drum Unit on page 14 1 3 If the same problem occurs after cleaning and the display shows CHANGE DRUM replace the drum unit with a new one Turntheprintdensitydialcounterclockwiseforlighterimages See ThePrintistooLightortooDark onpage16 6 Makesurethatyouusepaperthatmeetsthespacifications Roughsurfaceorthickmedi...

Page 223: ...S100M is optionally available Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC Memory 512KB MFC 4550 6550MC 1MB MFC 7550MC Expandable 1MB or 2MB the optional memory board Printer Method Electrophotographybysemiconductorlaserbeamscanning Resolution 600dots inch Print Quality Normal printing mode Economy printing mode saves up to 50 of the normal toner usage Print Speed 6pages minute whenloadingA4orlettersizepaperfromthe...

Page 224: ...e mm 392line inch One touch dial 24stations Speed dial 100stations 7550MC 36stations 4550 6550MC Automatic redial 3timesat5minutesintervals Speaker type Monitor Auto answer 0 1 2 3or4rings Communication source Publicswitchedtelephonenetwork Electrical and Environment Temperature Allowable 50 90 5 F 10 32 5 C Storage 38 104 F 3 3 40 C Warm up Max 1 minute at 23 C 73 4 F First Print 20 seconds when ...

Page 225: ... Input 26 0V S G 9 DATA 8 Input 27 0V S G 10 A C K N L G Output 28 0V S G 11 B U S Y Output 29 0V S G 12 P E Output 30 0V S G 13 SLCT Output 31 IMPUT PRIME Input 14 AUTO FEED Input 32 FAULT Output 15 N C 33 N C 16 0V S G 34 N C 17 0V S G 35 N C 18 5V 36 SLCT IN Input RESIDENT FONTS Only for 6550MC 7550MC ThefollowingbitmappedfontsareresidentintheMFC Brougham 10 12 point upright normal upright bold...

Page 226: ...nish ISO61 Norwegian 2 ISO10 Swedish ISO4 UK ISO16 Portuguese ISO25 French ISO84 Portuguese ISO69 French ISO85 Spanish HP German PC 8 ISO21 German PC 8 D N ISO15Italian PC 8 Turkish ISO6 ASCII PC 850 Legal PC 852 ISO2 IRV PC 860 PC 863 PC 865 NOTE Ifyouwanttoknowwhatcharactersareineachsymbol characterset printthe CHARSETS PRN file from The Print form option in the Direct Access Menu of the Remote ...

Page 227: ... OP US 5 0 Maintenance Thefollowingtableshows charactersavailableonlyinthecorrespondingcharacterset The numbersatthetopofthetablearecodevalueswithwhichcharactersaretobereplacedinthe Roman8characterset Forothercharacters seecharactersetofRoman8 ...

Page 228: ...phoneline andstillhavethosedevicesringwhenyourtelephonenumberiscalled Inmost butnotall areas thesumoftheRENsofalldevicesconnectedtoonelineshouldnotexceedfive 5 To becertainofthenumberofdevicesyoumayconnecttoyourline asdeterminedbytheREN you should contact your local telephone company to determine the maximum REN for your callingarea If your MFC 4550 6550MC 7550MCdamages the telephone network the t...

Page 229: ...onbetweenthefaxequipmentandthereceiver Connectthefaxequipmentonaseparatecircuit Consultwiththedealeroranexperiencedradio TVtechnicianforhelp Laser Safety For 110 120 V Model Only This equipment is certified as a Class I laser product under the U S Department of Health and Human Services DHHS Radiation Performance Standard according to the RadiationControlforHealthandSafetyActof1968 Thismeansthatth...

Page 230: ...duct 4 Unplugthisproductfromthewalloutletbeforecleaning Donotuseliquidoraerosol cleaners Useadampclothforcleaning 5 Donotusethisproductnearwater 6 Donotplacethisproductonanunstablecart stand ortable Theproductmayfall causing seriousdamagetotheproduct 7 Slotsandopeningsinthecabinetandthebackorbottomareprovidedforventilation to ensurereliableoperationoftheproductandtoprotectitfromoverheating theseop...

Page 231: ... 1 3 Donotattempttoservicethisproductyourselfbecauseopeningorremovingcoversmay exposeyoutodangerousvoltagepointsand orotherrisksandmayvoidyourwarranty ReferallservicingtoanAuthorizedServicePersonnel AlistofAuthorizedService Centers has been included for your convenience or you may contact the following CustomerServiceNumbersforyournearestAuthorizedServiceCenter U S A 1 800 284 4FAX 4329 Voice 1 90...

Page 232: ...ionsnotexpresslyapprovedbyBrotherIndustries Ltd couldvoid theuser sauthoritytooperatetheequipment ATTENTION Only for MFC 6550MC 7550MC Theproductthatyoupurchasedcontainsarechargeablebattery Thebatteryisrecyclable Attheendofitsusefullife undervariousstateandlocallaws itmaybeillegaltodispose ofthisbatteryintothemunicipalwastestream Checkwithyourlocalsolidwasteofficials fordetailsofrecyclingoptionsin...

Page 233: ...anel Keys 1 1 7 Copy 1 3 12 1 6 Cover Open 16 3 Cover Page 5 18 23 11 1 D DailyTimer 5 9 Date and Time 3 2 Delayed Transmission 5 10 11 DelayedPolling 7 4 5 DIPSwitch 15 4 DistinctiveRinging 6 20 27 Document 5 1 2 D R SET MODE 6 25 26 Drum Unit 13 5 7 Duplex 10 8 E E C M 5 26 Emulation 10 6 Enlarging Copies 12 4 5 Envelopes 10 1 10 3 Environment 17 2 Erasing 9 13 15 9 31 ErrorRetransmission 5 26 2...

Page 234: ...yFullError 16 4 MemoryStatusList 8 10 9 27 11 1 11 8 Memory Transmission5 8 5 10 13 Message Center Mode 6 1 9 8 Message Strage 9 6 7 Mode 1 6 6 1 MSG CTR OGM 9 3 9 4 9 6 9 7 8 MultipleCopies 12 2 4 MultipleResolutionTransmission 5 17 18 Multipurpose Sheet Feeder 10 7 8 N Next FAX Reservation 5 27 28 Number Groups 3 9 11 O OffLine 10 4 OnLine 10 4 One touch Dial 1 3 2 3 3 6 7 3 9 4 1 5 5 On Screen ...

Page 235: ...ution 1 6 2 3 5 3 5 17 18 Ring Delay 6 2 3 Ring Time 6 5 6 Ring Volume 6 13 RS 232C 15 3 4 RS 422A 15 3 4 S SafetyInstructions 18 3 4 SequentialPolling 7 5 6 SettingUp 2 1 13 of Setup Manual S h i f t 1 3 3 6 10 10 10 14 Simultaneous 10 4 Sleep Mode 2 12 13 Smoothing 6 6 Speaker Volume 6 12 Specifications 17 1 5 Speed Dial 2 4 3 7 9 4 1 5 5 StationID 3 3 4 Standard Mode 5 3 5 17 Super Dark Mode 5 ...

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