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Send the Same Fax to More than One Recipient (Broadcasting)
- The same broadcast can include Groups, Address Book numbers (Shortcut numbers and Speed Dial numbers in some models), and up to 50 manually dialled numbers.
- Address Book numbers (Shortcut numbers and Speed Dial numbers in some models) must be stored in the machine’s memory before they can be used in a broadcast.
- Group numbers must also be stored in the machine’s memory before they can be used in a broadcast. Group numbers include many stored Address Book numbers (Shortcut numbers and Speed Dial numbers in some models) for easier dialling.
MFC-L2805DW/MFC-L2806DW
If you did not use any of the Shortcut numbers and the Speed Dial numbers for Groups, you can broadcast faxes to as many as 260 different numbers.
- Press
(Fax). - Enter a number, and press OK.
You can use Shortcut, Speed Dial, Group numbers and numbers manually entered using the dial pad.
Repeat this step to enter the all the numbers you want to broadcast to.
- Press Start.
MFC-L2861DW/MFC-L2885DW/MFC-L2886DW
If you did not use any of the Address Book numbers for Groups, you can broadcast faxes to as many as 250 different numbers.
- Do one of the following:
If Fax Preview is set to [Off], press
([Fax]). - If Fax Preview is set to [On], press ([Fax]), and then press [Sending Faxes].
- Press
. - Press [Add Number].You can add numbers to the broadcast in the following ways;
Press [Add Number] and enter a fax number using the LCD.
Press [OK].
Press [Add from Address book] to select numbers, and then press [OK].
Press [Search in Address book] to search for a number.
Enter a name using the LCD, and then press [OK].
Select a name and a number you want to add.
To broadcast using an email address, press
, enter the email address, and press [OK]. (On certain models, you must download Internet Fax to use the Internet Fax feature and the Scan to Email server feature.)
- When finished, press [OK].
- Press [Fax Start].
- Do one of the following:
If you are using the ADF, the machine scans and sends the document.
If you are using the scanner glass, the machine scans the first page.
When the LCD displays [Next page?], press an option shown in the table.
OptionDescriptionYes
Select Yes to scan the next page.
Place the Next page on the Scanner Glass, and then press OK.
Repeat this step to scan all pages.
No
Select No to send the document.
- The machine’s available memory will vary depending on the types of jobs in the memory and the numbers used for broadcasting. If you broadcast to the maximum number available, you cannot use dual access and delayed fax.
- If the [Out of Memory] message appears, press
or [Quit] to cancel or [Send Now] to send the pages scanned so far.