Brother Intellifax 885 Fax Phone Copy Owners Manual

INITIAL SETUP   4 - 6
Memory Storage
In the event of a power failure, all settings in the INITIAL SETUP, SETUP 
RECEIVE and SET AUTO DIAL plus the COVERPG SETUP and 
COVERPAGE MSG (from SETUP SEND) functions are stored permanently. You 
may have to reset the date and time.
Setting Tone/Pulse Dialing Mode (For Canada Only)
Your fax machine comes set to accommodate tone (multi-frequency) dialing service. 
If you have pulse (rotary) dialing service, you need to change the dialing mode.
1Press Menu/Set, 1,...

5 - 1   SETUP RECEIVE
5Setup Receive
Basic Receiving Operations
Select Receive Mode
MANUAL—You must answer all calls yourself. If you hear fax tones, press 
Fax Start to begin receiving the fax, then hang up. You can use this mode with 
Distinctive Ringing. (See Distinctive Ring, page 8-1.)
FAX ONLY—The fax machine automatically answers every call as a fax call. You 
cannot receive a voice call, but you can dial out and make a voice call.
FAX/TEL—The fax machine automatically answers every call. If the...

SETUP RECEIVE   5 - 2
To select or change your Receive Mode
1Press Receive Mode. The LCD shows your current selection. 
Or, if Message Center Mode is ON, it overrides your Receive Mode setting, so the 
LCD shows: 
2Continue to press Receive Mode until your new selection appears. After two 
seconds, the LCD returns to the date and time, along with your new Receive Mode 
setting.
Setting Ring Delay
The Ring Delay setting determines the number of times the fax machine rings before 
it answers.  If you have...

5 - 3   SETUP RECEIVE
Setting F/T Ring Time
You need to determine how long the fax machine will notify you with its special 
double-ring when you have a voice call.  This ringing happens after the initial ringing 
from the phone company.  Only the fax machine rings, for 20, 30, 40 or 70 seconds; 
no other phones on the same line ring the special double-ring. However, you can 
answer the call on any phone on the same line as the fax machine.
1Press Menu/Set, 2, 2.
2Press   to select how long the fax...

SETUP RECEIVE   5 - 4
Easy Receive
When you use this feature, you don’t have to press Fax Start when you answer a fax 
call and hear calling beeps. Just hold the handset and wait a few seconds. When you 
see RECEIVE on the LCD or when you hear “chirps” through the handset of an 
extension phone connected to another wall jack, just replace the handset and your 
machine does the rest. Selecting ON allows the fax machine to receive fax calls 
automatically, even if you lift the handset of an extension or...

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Recommended Reductions
If your paper is letter size (8.5 × 11), and the incoming fax is 
letter size, select 93%
A4, select 87%
legal size, select 75%.
If your paper is A4 (8.2 × 11.6), and the incoming fax is 
letter size, select 100%
A4, select 93%
If your paper is legal size (8.5 × 14), and the incoming fax is
letter size, select 100%
A4, select 100%
legal size, select 93%.
Setting Paper Size
You can use three sizes of paper for printing your faxes—letter, legal and A4.  When...

SETUP RECEIVE   5 - 6
Advanced Receiving Operations
Operation from External or Extension Telephone
If you answer a fax call on an extension phone or on an external phone in the EXT. 
jack, you can make your fax machine take over by using the Fax Receive Code. When 
you press the Fax Receive Code   5 1, the fax machine starts to receive a fax. (See 
Easy Receive, page 5-4.)
If the fax machine answers a voice call and double-rings for you to take over, use the 
Telephone Answer Code # 5 1 to take the call...

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Polling
For details about the Polling feature, call our Brother fax-back system 
1-800-521-2846 (in USA), 1-800-681-9838 (in Canada) and request the Index. (See 
Features That Are Not in the Manual, page 6-6 for details.)
Polling is the process of retrieving faxes from another fax machine.  You can use your 
fax machine to “poll” other machines, or you can have someone poll your machine. 
All parties involved in polling need to set up their fax machines to accommodate 
polling....

SETUP SEND   6 - 1
6Setup Send
Automatic Document Feeder (ADF)
Originals must be between 5.8 and 8.5 inches wide and between 5.9 and 23.7 inches 
long. Your fax machine can scan an image only 8.2 inches wide, regardless of the 
paper width.
Make sure you place the original face down, top edge first.
Adjust the paper guides to fit the width of your original.
The automatic document feeder (ADF) can hold up to 10 pages, feeding each one 
individually through the fax machine. Use standard (17 lb–24 lb)...

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Manual Transmission
Manual transmission lets you hear the dial tone, ringing and fax receiving tones before 
sending the fax. 
1Place the original face down in the ADF.
2Pick up the handset and listen for a dial tone
—OR—press Speaker Phone and listen for a dial tone.
3Enter the fax number you want to call. (You can enter the digits using the dial pad, or 
you can enter a One Touch or Speed Dial number, or you can call using 
Search/Speed Dial.) (See One Touch Dialing, page 7-4 and...