Brother MFC-8520DN Advanced User's Guide

Sending a fax
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3
Additional sending
operations 3
Sending a fax manually 3
Manual transmission 3
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 Pick up the handset of an external
telephone and listen for a dial tone.
d Dial the fax number using the external
telephone.
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 of the external
telephone.
Dual access 3
You can dial a number and start scanning the
fax into memory—even when the machine is
sending from memory, receiving faxes or
printing PC data. The LCD will show the new
job number.
The number of pages you can scan into the
memory will vary depending on the data that
is printed on them.
Note
If you get an Out of Memory message
while scanning the first page of a fax,
press Stop/Exit to cancel scanning. If you
get an Out of Memory message while
scanning a subsequent page, you can
press Start to send the pages scanned so
far, or press Stop/Exit to cancel the
operation.

Brother MFC-8520DN Specifications

General

Print technology	Laser
Maximum resolution	1200 x 1200 DPI
Economical printing	Yes
Duplex printing mode	Auto
Time to first page (black, normal)	8.5 s
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)	36 ppm
Duplex print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)	9 ppm
PictBridge	No
Scan speed	2.68 sec/page
Dimensions (WxDxH)	405 x 415 x 423 mm
All-in-one functions	Copy, Fax, Print, Scan
Color all-in-one functions	Scan
Printing colors	Black
Maximum duty cycle	- pages per month
Recommended duty cycle	500 - 3500 pages per month
Number of print cartridges	1
Page description languages	BR-Script 3, Epson FX, IBM ProPrinter, PCL 6
Copier resize	25 - 400 %
Maximum copy resolution	1200 x 600 DPI
Maximum number of copies	99 copies
N-in-1 copy function (N=)	2, 4, 9, 16, 25
Time to first copy (black, normal)	10.5 s
Copy speed (black, normal quality, A4)	36 cpm
Scan to	E-mail, E-mail Server, File, FTP, Image, OCR, USB
Scan drivers	ICA, ISIS, TWAIN
Scanner type	Flatbed & ADF scanner
Grayscale levels	256
Input color depth	48 bit
Maximum scan area	Legal (216 x 356) mm
Output color depth	24 bit
Image formats supported	BMP, JPG
Maximum scan resolution	19200 x 19200 DPI
Document formats supported	PDF
Faxing	Mono faxing
Fax memory	500 pages
Modem speed	33.6 Kbit/s
Fax coding methods	JBIG, JPEG, MH, MMR (Fax coding method), MR
Fax speed dialing (max numbers)	300
Paper input type	Paper tray
Total input capacity	250 sheets
Total output capacity	150 sheets
Maximum input capacity	850 sheets
Maximum number of input trays	2
Multi-Purpose tray input capacity	50 sheets
Auto document feeder (ADF) input capacity	35 sheets
Custom media width	76.2 - 215.9 mm
Maximum print size	216 x 356 mm
Custom media length	127 - 355.6 mm
Paper tray media types	Bond paper, Plain paper, Pre-Printed, Recycled paper, Thin paper
Paper tray media weight	60 - 105 g/m²
Non-ISO print media sizes	Legal
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)	A4, A5, A6
ISO B-series sizes (B0...B9)	B5, B6
Multi-purpose tray media types	Bond paper, Envelopes, Heavyweight paper, Labels, Plain paper, Recycled paper
Maximum ISO A-series paper size	A4
Multi-Purpose Tray media weight	60 - 163 g/m²
Auto Document Feeder (ADF) media weight	64 - 90 g/m²
Display	LCD
Market positioning	Home & office
Display number of lines	5 lines
Display number of characters	22
Standard interfaces	Ethernet, USB 2.0
Security algorithms	802.1x RADIUS, EAP, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, MD5, PEAP
Processor family	Star Sapphire
Maximum internal memory	384 MB
Sound power level (standby)	37 dB
Sound pressure level (printing)	59 dB
Sound pressure level (quiet mode)	54 dB
AC input voltage	220 - 240 V
AC input frequency	50 - 60 Hz
Power consumption (off)	1.2 W
Power consumption (standby)	8.1 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)	336 W
Power consumption (average operating)	651 W
Package weight	20.100 g
Sustainability certificates	ENERGY STAR