6 Brother PC-FAX Software (MFC models only)

PC-FAX sending

The Brother PC-FAX feature lets you to use your PC to send a document from an application or document file as a standard fax. You can send a file created in any application on your PC as a PC-FAX. You can even attach a cover page. All you have to do is set up the receiving parties as members or groups in your PC-FAX Address Book or simply enter the destination address or fax number into the user interface. You can use the Address Book Search feature to quickly find members to send to.
The Brother PC-FAX feature lets you use your PC to send a fax from within your Windows application. The PC-FAX software includes a convenient address book allowing you to quickly find and enter new fax numbers.

For the latest information and updates on the Brother PC-FAX feature, visit http://solutions.brother.com.

Note

•	If you are using Windows^® 2000 Professional and Windows^® XP, you must log on with Administrator rights.
•	The PC-FAX software can only send Black & White fax documents.
•	If your PC is protected by a firewall and is unable to use PC-FAX send, you may need to configure the firewall settings to allow communication through port number 54926 and 137. See Firewall settings (For Network users).

Setting up user information

Note

You can access User Information from the FAX Sending dialog box by clicking the

icon.

(See Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Facsimile style user interface.)

Click the Start button, All Programs, Brother, MFC-XXXX (or DCP-XXXX) (where XXXX is your model name), PC-FAX Sending, then PC-FAX Setup.

The Brother PC-FAX Setup dialog box appears:

Enter this information to create the fax header and cover page.

Click OK to save the User Information.

Note

If you are using Windows^® 2000 and XP/ Windows Vista™, you can set up the User Information separately for each Windows^® account.

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