MFC-J2720
FAQs & Troubleshooting |
Restrict access to certain operations on my Brother machine.
Secure Function Lock is a feature that lets you restrict Public access to certain operations on your Brother machine: Print, Copy, Fax (Send, Receive), Print from Media, Scan to Media, Web Connect (Upload, Download), Print Limits (Max. Pages, Color Print), Page Counters (Total, Black and White, Color).
This feature also prevents users from changing the default settings of the machine by limiting access to the menu settings.
You can set one Public user and up to 10 individual users (restricted users). When you set up a Public user, you can restrict one of more of the machine's functions to all users, unless a user is set up as a restricted user. Restricted users have access to restricted operations. Restricted users must choose the stored user name and password in order to the use the machine.
Disabling at least one function is required to turn on Secure Function Lock for the Public user.
You can configure Secure Function Lock 2.0 settings using a Web browser. Before configuration, following preparations are needed.
The Secure Function Lock 2.0 feature is not available for network shared environment.
You can find machine's IP Address in the Network Configuration Report. For more information on how to print a Report Page, refer to the Online User's Guide for your machine. The latest Online User's Guide is available in the Manuals section.
If you are using a web browser to configure the machine's settings for the first time, set a password.
You must set up the Secure Function Lock in the following order:
The password you set in the steps listed below is for the administrator. This password is used to set up the Public user and Restricted users and to turn Secure Function Lock on or off.
You can set up users with specific restrictions and a password.
Example: If you disabled the "Scan" function for public users, however they are specific users you would like to have access to this function, you would set them up as a restricted user with access to this function (enable "scan").
To configure Secure Function Lock through the embedded web server, you must enter the administrator password (a four-digit number).