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If You Need to Call Customer Service Please complete the following information for future reference: Model Number: MFC-3100C Serial Number:* Date of Purchase: Place of Purchase: * The serial number is on the back of a theft, fire or warranty service. ©1996-2001 Brother Industries, Ltd. Retain this Owner's Manual with your sales receipt as a permanent record of your purchase, in the event of the unit.
If You Need to Call Customer Service Please complete the following information for future reference: Model Number: MFC-3100C Serial Number:* Date of Purchase: Place of Purchase: * The serial number is on the back of a theft, fire or warranty service. ©1996-2001 Brother Industries, Ltd. Retain this Owner's Manual with your sales receipt as a permanent record of your purchase, in the event of the unit.
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...in Canada, call 1-800-284-4357. BROTHER NUMBERS i This system is our one from which you can't resolve a difficulty with your Brother product. You can use fax-back system, so you purchased the MFC. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) The Brother Solutions Center is available 24 hours a ...day, 7 days a week. Brother Numbers IMPORTANT For technical and operational assistance, you...
...in Canada, call 1-800-284-4357. BROTHER NUMBERS i This system is our one from which you can't resolve a difficulty with your Brother product. You can use fax-back system, so you purchased the MFC. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) The Brother Solutions Center is available 24 hours a ...day, 7 days a week. Brother Numbers IMPORTANT For technical and operational assistance, you...
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... that country. Ordering Accessories and Supplies IMPORTANT For technical and operational assistance, you must be made from Brother. (In the USA, you purchased the MFC. For best quality results use only genuine Brother accessories, available at most Brother retailers. ii O R D E R I N G A C C E S S O R I E S A N D S U P P L I E S Calls must call the country where you can visit us online for a complete selection...
... that country. Ordering Accessories and Supplies IMPORTANT For technical and operational assistance, you must be made from Brother. (In the USA, you purchased the MFC. For best quality results use only genuine Brother accessories, available at most Brother retailers. ii O R D E R I N G A C C E S S O R I E S A N D S U P P L I E S Calls must call the country where you can visit us online for a complete selection...
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...in the event that you ship this warranty and (3) agree to the use of store Important: We recommend that you . BROTHER INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 100 SOMERSET CORPORATE BLVD. Model Serial Date of purchase Store where purchased:___________ Location of this Product. Because some states ...system at 1-800-284-4329. MFC LIMITED WARRANTY (USA) v Retain your records. This Limited Warranty is available for hardware operational assistance at 1-800-521-2846 or Brother's Internet Web Site (www.brother.com). Now you . This Limited Warranty (and Brother's obligation to you) may not...
...in the event that you ship this warranty and (3) agree to the use of store Important: We recommend that you . BROTHER INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 100 SOMERSET CORPORATE BLVD. Model Serial Date of purchase Store where purchased:___________ Location of this Product. Because some states ...system at 1-800-284-4329. MFC LIMITED WARRANTY (USA) v Retain your records. This Limited Warranty is available for hardware operational assistance at 1-800-521-2846 or Brother's Internet Web Site (www.brother.com). Now you . This Limited Warranty (and Brother's obligation to you) may not...
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..., or delivery of this MFC/Facsimile machine shall be liable for any failure of the end-user/purchaser. BROTHER MULTIFUNCTION CENTER/FACSIMILE MACHINE LIMITED WARRANTY (For Canada Only) Pursuant to this limited warranty of 1 year from the date of purchase for labour and parts, Brother International Corporation (Canada) Ltd. ("Brother"), or its Authorized Service Centers...
..., or delivery of this MFC/Facsimile machine shall be liable for any failure of the end-user/purchaser. BROTHER MULTIFUNCTION CENTER/FACSIMILE MACHINE LIMITED WARRANTY (For Canada Only) Pursuant to this limited warranty of 1 year from the date of purchase for labour and parts, Brother International Corporation (Canada) Ltd. ("Brother"), or its Authorized Service Centers...
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...in this Manual 1-1 Test Sheet Procedure and Product Registration (For USA Only) ... 1-2 To Complete Your Registration On-Line 1-2 MFC-3100C Control Panel Overview 1-3 About Fax Machines 1-5 Custom Features 1-5 Do You Have Voice Mail on the Phone Line 1-5 Why ... 2-2 Assembly 2-3 Removing the Protective Yellow Bar 2-3 Setting Up the MFC 2-4 Loading Paper in the Multi-Purpose Sheet Feeder (Paper Cassette 2-7 Installing the Ink Cartridges 2-8 Important 2-9 Connecting the MFC 2-11 Connecting an External Telephone 2-11 Connecting an External Telephone Answering Device...
...in this Manual 1-1 Test Sheet Procedure and Product Registration (For USA Only) ... 1-2 To Complete Your Registration On-Line 1-2 MFC-3100C Control Panel Overview 1-3 About Fax Machines 1-5 Custom Features 1-5 Do You Have Voice Mail on the Phone Line 1-5 Why ... 2-2 Assembly 2-3 Removing the Protective Yellow Bar 2-3 Setting Up the MFC 2-4 Loading Paper in the Multi-Purpose Sheet Feeder (Paper Cassette 2-7 Installing the Ink Cartridges 2-8 Important 2-9 Connecting the MFC 2-11 Connecting an External Telephone 2-11 Connecting an External Telephone Answering Device...
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... Work with a PBX:.... 2-15 Custom Features on Your Phone Line 2-16 Paper 3-1 About Paper 3-1 Handling and Using Special Paper 3-1 Recommended Paper for the MFC-3100C 3-1 Paper Capacity of Multi-Purpose Sheet Feeder 3-2 Paper Specifications for Multi-Purpose Sheet Feeder......... 3-2 Print Area 3-3 On-Screen Programming 4-1 User-Friendly Programming 4-1 Menu Selection Table 4-1 ...
... Work with a PBX:.... 2-15 Custom Features on Your Phone Line 2-16 Paper 3-1 About Paper 3-1 Handling and Using Special Paper 3-1 Recommended Paper for the MFC-3100C 3-1 Paper Capacity of Multi-Purpose Sheet Feeder 3-2 Paper Specifications for Multi-Purpose Sheet Feeder......... 3-2 Print Area 3-3 On-Screen Programming 4-1 User-Friendly Programming 4-1 Menu Selection Table 4-1 ...
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...Credit Card Numbers 8-4 Broadcasting (Not Available for Color Fax 8-5 Pause 8-6 Fax Redial 8-6 Tone/Pulse (For Canada Only 8-6 Remote Fax Options (Not Available for Color Fax 9-1 Fax Forwarding/Paging 9-1 Programming a ...Fax Forwarding Number 9-1 Programming Paging Number 9-1 Setting Fax Storage 9-2 Backup Print 9-2 Changing Remote Retrieval Access Code 9-3 Remote Retrieval 9-3 Using Remote Retrieval Access Code 9-3 Remote Commands 9-4 Retrieving Fax Messages 9-5 Changing Fax Forwarding Number 9-5 Printing Reports 10-1 MFC...
...Credit Card Numbers 8-4 Broadcasting (Not Available for Color Fax 8-5 Pause 8-6 Fax Redial 8-6 Tone/Pulse (For Canada Only 8-6 Remote Fax Options (Not Available for Color Fax 9-1 Fax Forwarding/Paging 9-1 Programming a ...Fax Forwarding Number 9-1 Programming Paging Number 9-1 Setting Fax Storage 9-2 Backup Print 9-2 Changing Remote Retrieval Access Code 9-3 Remote Retrieval 9-3 Using Remote Retrieval Access Code 9-3 Remote Commands 9-4 Retrieving Fax Messages 9-5 Changing Fax Forwarding Number 9-5 Printing Reports 10-1 MFC...
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... Copies 11-5 Special Copy Option 11-6 2 in 1 11-6 Changing Default Copy Settings 11-7 Copy Quality 11-7 Color Adjustment 11-8 Copy Contrast 11-8 Legal Limitations 11-9 12 Using the MFC as a Printer 12-1 Features 12-1 Printer Driver 12-1 Choosing the Right Kind of Paper 12-2 Multi-purpose Sheet... Ink Key 12-3 Stop/Exit Key 12-3 Checking the Print Quality 12-3 13 Printer Driver Settings (For Windows® Only 13-1 Using the Brother MFC-3100C Printer Driver 13-1 Features in the Printer Driver (For Windows® 95/98/98SE/Me/ 2000 Professional and Windows NT® 4.0 13-1 ...
... Copies 11-5 Special Copy Option 11-6 2 in 1 11-6 Changing Default Copy Settings 11-7 Copy Quality 11-7 Color Adjustment 11-8 Copy Contrast 11-8 Legal Limitations 11-9 12 Using the MFC as a Printer 12-1 Features 12-1 Printer Driver 12-1 Choosing the Right Kind of Paper 12-2 Multi-purpose Sheet... Ink Key 12-3 Stop/Exit Key 12-3 Checking the Print Quality 12-3 13 Printer Driver Settings (For Windows® Only 13-1 Using the Brother MFC-3100C Printer Driver 13-1 Features in the Printer Driver (For Windows® 95/98/98SE/Me/ 2000 Professional and Windows NT® 4.0 13-1 ...
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...; OCR (For Windows® Only 15-1 Using ScanSoft™ PaperPort® and TextBridge 15-1 Viewing Items in ScanSoft™ PaperPort® for Brother ...... 15-2 Organizing Your Items in Folders 15-2 Links to Many Other Applications 15-3 Using ScanSoft™ TextBridge® OCR (Converting Image Text to... to Use PreScan to Adjust an Image 15-8 Setting Up and Using PC FAX (For Windows® Only 16-1 Introduction 16-1 Brother Resource Manager 16-1 MFC Remote Setup 16-2 PC FAX Sending 16-3 Setting Up User Information 16-3 Setting Up Sending 16-4 Outside line access 16-4 Include ...
...; OCR (For Windows® Only 15-1 Using ScanSoft™ PaperPort® and TextBridge 15-1 Viewing Items in ScanSoft™ PaperPort® for Brother ...... 15-2 Organizing Your Items in Folders 15-2 Links to Many Other Applications 15-3 Using ScanSoft™ TextBridge® OCR (Converting Image Text to... to Use PreScan to Adjust an Image 15-8 Setting Up and Using PC FAX (For Windows® Only 16-1 Introduction 16-1 Brother Resource Manager 16-1 MFC Remote Setup 16-2 PC FAX Sending 16-3 Setting Up User Information 16-3 Setting Up Sending 16-4 Outside line access 16-4 Include ...
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... Me only 17-1 Main Features 17-1 To Access the On-Line Documentation 17-1 To Install Automatic E-mail Printing (Optional Application 17-1 18 Using the Brother MFC with a New Power Macintosh® G3, G4 or iMac™/iBook 18-1 Set Up Your USB-Equipped Apple® Macintosh® G3, G4 or... iMac™ or iBook™ with Mac OS 8.5-9.2 18-1 Using Brother Printer Driver with Your Apple® Macintosh®.... 18-1 Sending a Fax from Your Macintosh® Application 18-3 Setting Up Your Address Book 18-5 Adding...
... Me only 17-1 Main Features 17-1 To Access the On-Line Documentation 17-1 To Install Automatic E-mail Printing (Optional Application 17-1 18 Using the Brother MFC with a New Power Macintosh® G3, G4 or iMac™/iBook 18-1 Set Up Your USB-Equipped Apple® Macintosh® G3, G4 or... iMac™ or iBook™ with Mac OS 8.5-9.2 18-1 Using Brother Printer Driver with Your Apple® Macintosh®.... 18-1 Sending a Fax from Your Macintosh® Application 18-3 Setting Up Your Address Book 18-5 Adding...
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...Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Declaration of Conformity (For USA Only 19-2 Important 19-3 Industry Canada Compliance Statement (For Canada Only 19-3 International ENERGY STAR® Compliance Statement 19-3 Important Safety Instructions 19-4 Trademarks 19-5 20 Troubleshooting and Routine Maintenance 20-1 Troubleshooting 20-1 Error ...Jam or Paper Jam 20-4 If You Are Having Difficulty with Your MFC 20-7 How to Improve Print Quality 20-10 Cleaning the Print Head 20-10 Print Quality Check 20-10 STEP A: Color Block Quality Check 20-10 STEP B: Alignment Check 20-11 Packing...
...Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Declaration of Conformity (For USA Only 19-2 Important 19-3 Industry Canada Compliance Statement (For Canada Only 19-3 International ENERGY STAR® Compliance Statement 19-3 Important Safety Instructions 19-4 Trademarks 19-5 20 Troubleshooting and Routine Maintenance 20-1 Troubleshooting 20-1 Error ...Jam or Paper Jam 20-4 If You Are Having Difficulty with Your MFC 20-7 How to Improve Print Quality 20-10 Cleaning the Print Head 20-10 Print Quality Check 20-10 STEP A: Color Block Quality Check 20-10 STEP B: Alignment Check 20-11 Packing...
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... to prevent possible damage to print a list of basic operational steps. Press Reports and 1 to the MFC. Bubble Dot typeface identifies the messages on the MFC control panel. Improper Setup alerts you to important information, warnings, and actions to devices and procedures that...listed in this Manual Throughout this manual. 1 Introduction 1 Using This Manual Thank you the proper response for purchasing a Brother Multi-Function Center (MFC). Finding Information All chapter headings and subheadings are not compatible with other features. Conventions Used in the Table of the LCD...
... to prevent possible damage to print a list of basic operational steps. Press Reports and 1 to the MFC. Bubble Dot typeface identifies the messages on the MFC control panel. Improper Setup alerts you to important information, warnings, and actions to devices and procedures that...listed in this Manual Throughout this manual. 1 Introduction 1 Using This Manual Thank you the proper response for purchasing a Brother Multi-Function Center (MFC). Finding Information All chapter headings and subheadings are not compatible with other features. Conventions Used in the Table of the LCD...
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.... Test Sheet Procedure and Product Registration (For USA Only) After programming your Station ID, please fill out the TEST SHEET included with your MFC and then fax it to Brother's Automated Fax Response System as your first transmission. To Complete Your Registration On-Line 1 Insert the MFL Pro Suite CD-ROM into.... (Setting Station ID, page 5-2.) In USA: 1-877-268-9575 When your TEST SHEET is received, a Confirmation Sheet and Product Registration form will verify that your MFC is properly installed.
.... Test Sheet Procedure and Product Registration (For USA Only) After programming your Station ID, please fill out the TEST SHEET included with your MFC and then fax it to Brother's Automated Fax Response System as your first transmission. To Complete Your Registration On-Line 1 Insert the MFL Pro Suite CD-ROM into.... (Setting Station ID, page 5-2.) In USA: 1-877-268-9575 When your TEST SHEET is received, a Confirmation Sheet and Product Registration form will verify that your MFC is properly installed.
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MFC-3100C Control Panel Overview 2 1 11 10 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) The LCD displays messages to help you set up and operate your MFC. 2 Reports Accesses the Reports menu so you scan the next original into your computer and select the type of destination: word processing, glaphics or E-mail .... 3 Scan to temporarily change the quality for the next copy only). Black Copy Makes a black-and-white copy. 6 Redial/Pause Redials the last number called. Color Copy Makes a full...
MFC-3100C Control Panel Overview 2 1 11 10 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) The LCD displays messages to help you set up and operate your MFC. 2 Reports Accesses the Reports menu so you scan the next original into your computer and select the type of destination: word processing, glaphics or E-mail .... 3 Scan to temporarily change the quality for the next copy only). Black Copy Makes a black-and-white copy. 6 Redial/Pause Redials the last number called. Color Copy Makes a full...
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...stored numbers. Fax Resolution Sets the resolution when you dial stored phone numbers by pressing # and a two-digit number. 9 Fax Keys: Color Fax Start Starts sending a color fax. Also, you switch the dialing type during a telephone call from the Menu. Also lets you send a fax. Receive Mode Use ...to scroll through the menus and options. When the machine is idle, you can press these keys to do an alphabetical search for entering information into the MFC...
...stored numbers. Fax Resolution Sets the resolution when you dial stored phone numbers by pressing # and a two-digit number. 9 Fax Keys: Color Fax Start Starts sending a color fax. Also, you switch the dialing type during a telephone call from the Menu. Also lets you send a fax. Receive Mode Use ...to scroll through the menus and options. When the machine is idle, you can press these keys to do an alphabetical search for entering information into the MFC...
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... answering device). (See Connecting an External Telephone Answering Device (TAD), page 2-11.) Fax Tones and Handshake When someone is set Voice Mail and the Brother machine to answer at the same number of rings, there is no way of rings you 'll recognize the unusual fax tones on the Phone.... 1-5 INTRODUCTION A very good way to answer after two rings and your Voice Mail with each of custom service, please see Distinctive Ring, page 6-7. Your Brother MFC is to send a fax, you set to avoid problems like the one will keep the other after the call back to keep your Voice Mail...
... answering device). (See Connecting an External Telephone Answering Device (TAD), page 2-11.) Fax Tones and Handshake When someone is set Voice Mail and the Brother machine to answer at the same number of rings, there is no way of rings you 'll recognize the unusual fax tones on the Phone.... 1-5 INTRODUCTION A very good way to answer after two rings and your Voice Mail with each of custom service, please see Distinctive Ring, page 6-7. Your Brother MFC is to send a fax, you set to avoid problems like the one will keep the other after the call back to keep your Voice Mail...
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...the call is sending and receiving the fax. ECM (Error Correction Mode) The Error Correction Mode (ECM) is a way for connecting a TAD to your MFC is set to 4 seconds, so the machines can understand how each is answered. INTRODUCTION 1-6 Pay special attention to the directions chapter for the... MFC to work. If they do, you have the ECM feature. Sufficient memory must be available in your TAD will answer every call in Chapter 2,...
...the call is sending and receiving the fax. ECM (Error Correction Mode) The Error Correction Mode (ECM) is a way for connecting a TAD to your MFC is set to 4 seconds, so the machines can understand how each is answered. INTRODUCTION 1-6 Pay special attention to the directions chapter for the... MFC to work. If they do, you have the ECM feature. Sufficient memory must be available in your TAD will answer every call in Chapter 2,...
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... is missing, call Brother Customer Service at 1-800-284-4329 (in USA), 1-877-BROTHER (in Canada) or 1-514-685-6464 (in Montreal). See Ordering Accessories and Supplies on page ii for the correct item numbers. Whenever you may void your MFC. If you do not pack the MFC correctly, you transport... the MFC, use the packing materials that came ...
... is missing, call Brother Customer Service at 1-800-284-4329 (in USA), 1-877-BROTHER (in Canada) or 1-514-685-6464 (in Montreal). See Ordering Accessories and Supplies on page ii for the correct item numbers. Whenever you may void your MFC. If you do not pack the MFC correctly, you transport... the MFC, use the packing materials that came ...