MFC-8380DN

FAQs & Troubleshooting

FAQs & Troubleshooting

Set up my Brother machine's electronic cover page

You can program your Brother machine to transmit an electronic cover page with the faxes you send. This cover page will show your Station I.D. and, depending on the situation, the number of pages you are faxing. If you are faxing to a One Touch or Speed Dial number, the cover page will include the recipient's name if you stored it with their number.


You can include one of three preset comments on your cover page or you can program your own comment.


You can send an electronic cover page before every fax you transmit or you can set it to be sent with the next fax only.


You must program your Brother machine's Station I.D. before you can use the electronic cover page feature.

 

  • To send an electronic cover page with every fax you send, go to SECTION 1.

  • To send an electronic cover page with the next fax only, go to SECTION 2.

  • To print out a cover page that you can write on and include with your fax, go to SECTION 3.

  • To compose your own comments for inclusion on the electronic cover page, go to SECTION 4.




SECTION 1: Sending an electronic cover page with every fax

You can set your Brother machine to send an electronic cover page every time you send a fax. The number of pages in the faxes you send will not be displayed on the cover page.



You must program your Brother machine's Station I.D. before you can use the electronic cover page feature.

 

To send an electronic cover page with all sent faxes, follow these steps:
  1. Press the FAX key to illuminate it.

  2. Press MENU and choose Fax => Setup Send => Coverpg Setup.

  3. Press the UP OR DOWN ARROW key to choose On.

  4. Press the OK key.

  5. Press the UP OR DOWN ARROW key to choose a comment to be included on the cover page.

    You can choose one of the following messages:

    1. Comment Off or Note Off (no message)

    2. Please Call

    3. Urgent

    4. Confidential

    5. (User Defined)

    6. (User Defined)
If you want to compose your own comments, go to SECTION 4.
  1. Press the OK key.

 


SECTION 2: Sending an electronic cover page with the next fax only

You can set your Brother machine to send an electronic cover page with the next fax only.

You must program your Brother machine's Station I.D. before you can use the electronic cover page feature.

 

To send an electronic cover page with the next sent fax only, follow these steps:

  1. Press the FAX key to illuminate it.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • Place the document that you want to fax face up in the ADF (Automatic Document Feeder).

    • Place the document that you want to fax face down on the flat scanner glass.


  3. Press MENU and choose Fax => Setup Send => Coverpg Setup.

  4. Press the UP OR DOWN ARROW key to choose Next Fax: On.

  5. Press the OK key.

  6. Press the UP OR DOWN ARROW key to choose a comment to be included on the cover page.

    You can choose one of the following messages:

    1. Comment Off or Note Off (no message)

    2. Please Call

    3. Urgent

    4. Confidential

    5. (User Defined)

    6. (User Defined)
If you want to compose your own comments, go to SECTION 4.
  1. Press the OK key.

  2. Do one of the following:

    Use the dial pad to enter the number of pages you are sending.

    For example, press 0, 2 if you are sending two pages.

    • If you make a mistake, use the LEFT ARROW key to go back and correct it.

    • If you do not want the cover page to display the number of pages sent, press 0, 0.

  3. Press the OK key.

 


SECTION 3: Using a printed cover page

If you would like to use a cover page you can write on, your Brother machine can print one for you.

To print a cover page, follow these steps:

  1. Press the FAX key to illuminate it.

  2. Press MENU and choose Fax => Setup Send => Coverpg Setup.

  3. Press the UP OR DOWN ARROW key to choose Print Sample.

  4. Press the OK key.

  5. Press the START key or Black (Mono) Start key..

    Your Brother machine will print the cover page, which you can write on and manually attach to your fax.

  6. Press the STOP/EXIT key.

 


SECTION 4: Composing your own comments

To compose a comment for your electronic cover page, follow these steps:
  1. Press the FAX key to illuminate it.

  2. Press MENU and choose Fax => Setup Send => Coverpage Note.

  3. Press the UP OR DOWN ARROW key to choose one of the following messages:

    1. (User Defined)

    2. (User Defined)

  4. Press the OK key.

  5. Use the dial pad to enter your custom comment.

  6. Press the OK key.

If your question was not answered, have you checked other FAQs?

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If you need further assistance, please contact Brother customer service:

Related Models

MFC-8380DN, MFC-8880DN, MFC-9120CN, MFC-9320CW

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