Brother MFC-8880DN User Guide

Chapter 5
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Contrast 5
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.
Note
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.
Changing Fax Resolution 5
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.
To change the Fax Resolution setting
for the next fax
5
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.
To change the default Fax Resolution
setting
5
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.
Note
• 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.

Brother MFC-8880DN Specifications

General

Print technology	Laser
Maximum resolution	1200 x 1200 DPI
Economical printing	Yes
Time to first page (black, normal)	8.5 s
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)	30 ppm
Scan to	E-mail, E-mail Server, File, FTP, Image, OCR, USB
Scanner type	Flatbed & ADF scanner
Grayscale levels	256
Input color depth	24 bit
Maximum scan resolution	19200 x 19200 DPI
Optical scanning resolution	600 x 2400 DPI
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
Time to first copy (black, normal)	10.5 s
Copy speed (black, normal quality, A4)	30 cpm
Faxing	Mono faxing
Fax memory	500 pages
Modem speed	33.6 Kbit/s
Fax speed dialing (max numbers)	300
Total input capacity	250 sheets
Total output capacity	150 sheets
Auto document feeder (ADF) input capacity	50 sheets
Internal memory	64 MB
Card reader integrated	No
Sound power level (standby)	30 dB
Sound pressure level (printing)	56 dB
Display	LCD
Market positioning	Business
Dimensions (WxDxH)	531 x 451 x 475 mm
All-in-one functions	Copy, Fax, Print, Scan
Maximum internal memory	0.576 GB
Color all-in-one functions	Scan
Maximum print size	216 x 356 mm
Paper tray media types	Plain paper, Recycled paper
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)	A4, A5, A6
ISO B-series sizes (B0...B9)	B5, B6
Maximum ISO A-series paper size	A4
Standard interfaces	Ethernet
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1
AC input frequency	50 - 60 Hz
Power consumption (standby)	85 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)	18 W
Power consumption (average operating)	680 W
Maximum duty cycle	- pages per month
Package weight	22100 g
Mac operating systems supported	Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
Server operating systems supported	Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 x64, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 x64
Windows operating systems supported	Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Business x64, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Basic x64, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Home Premium x64, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Home x64, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Professional x64