Brother MFC-8380DN User Manual

Sending a fax

If you want to use a printed cover page that 
you can write on, you can print the sample 
page and attach it to your fax.

a

Make sure you are in Fax mode 

.

b

Press Menu, 2, 2, 7.

c

Press a or b to choose Print Sample.
Press OK.

d

Press Start.

e

After the machine prints a copy of your 
cover page, press Stop/Exit.

For most documents the default setting of 
Auto

 will give the best results. It 

automatically chooses the suitable contrast 
for your document.

If your document is very light or dark, 
changing the contrast may improve the 
quality of the fax. 

Use Dark to make the faxed document 
lighter.

Use Light to make the faxed document 
darker.

a

Make sure you are in Fax mode 

.

b

Load your document.

c

Press Menu, 2, 2, 1.

d

Press a or b to choose Auto, Light or 
Dark

.

Press OK.

Even if you choose Light or Dark, the 
machine will send the fax using the Auto 
setting if you choose Photo as the Fax 
Resolution.

 

The quality of a fax can be improved by 
changing the Fax Resolution. Resolution can 
be changed for the next fax or for all faxes.

a

Make sure you are in Fax mode 

.

b

Load your document.

c

Press Resolution, then a or b to choose 
the resolution.
Press OK.

a

Make sure you are in Fax mode 

.

b

Press Menu, 2, 2, 2.

c

Press a or b to choose the resolution 
you want.
Press OK.

• You can choose four different resolution 

settings.

Standard

: Suitable for most typed 

documents.

Fine

: Good for small print and transmits a 

little slower than Standard resolution.

S.Fine

: Good for small print or artwork 

and transmits slower than Fine resolution.

Photo

: Use when the document has 

varying shades of grey or is a photograph. 
This has the slowest transmission time.

• The time taken to send will increase when 

choosing S.Fine or Photo.