Brother MFC-8380DN User Manual

Sending a fax

You can store up to 50 faxes in the memory 
to be sent within a twenty four hour period.

a

Make sure you are in Fax mode 

.

b

Load your document.

c

Press Menu, 2, 2, 3.

d

Enter the time you want the fax to be 
sent (in 24-hour format).
(For example, enter 19:45 for 7:45 PM)
Press OK.

The number of pages you can scan into 
the memory depends on the amount of 
data printed on each page.

 

Before sending the delayed faxes, your 
machine will help you economize by sorting 
all the faxes in the memory by destination and 
scheduled time.

All delayed faxes that are scheduled to be 
sent at the same time to the same fax number 
will be sent as one fax to save transmission 
time.

a

Make sure you are in Fax mode 

.

b

Press Menu, 2, 2, 4.

c

Press a or b to choose On or Off.
Press OK.

d

Press Stop/Exit.

Check which jobs are still waiting in the 
memory to be sent. If there are no jobs, the 
LCD will show No Jobs Waiting. You can 
cancel a fax job that is stored and waiting in 
the memory.

a

Press Menu, 2, 7.
The number of jobs still to be sent will be 
displayed.

b

Do one of the following:

„

Press a or b to scroll though the 
waiting jobs, press OK to choose a 
job, and then press 1 to cancel it.

„

Press 2 to exit without cancelling.

c

When you have finished, press 
Stop/Exit.

Manual transmission lets you hear the 
dialling, ringing and fax-receiving tones while 
sending a fax.

a

Make sure you are in Fax mode 

.

b

Load your document.

c

Press Hook and listen for a dial tone. Or 
pick up the handset of an external 
telephone and listen for a dial tone.

d

Dial the fax number you want to call.

e

When you hear the fax tone, press 
Start.

„

If you are using the scanner glass, 
press 1 to send a fax.

f

Replace the handset.