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Transferring your 
faxes or Fax Journal 
report (MFC-1810, 
MFC-1811 and 
MFC-1815)
A
If the LCD shows:
 Print Unable XX
 Scan Unable XX
We recommend transferring your faxes to 
another fax machine or to your PC. (See 
Transferring faxes to another fax machine 
on page 74 or Transferring faxes to your PC 
on page 74.)
You can also transfer the Fax Journal report 
to see if there are any faxes you need to 
transfer. (See Transferring the Fax Journal 
report to another fax machine on page 75.)
If there is an error message on the 
machine’s LCD, after the faxes have been 
transferred, disconnect the machine from 
the power source for several minutes, and 
then reconnect it.
 
Transferring faxes to another 
fax machine A
If you have not set up your Station ID, you 
cannot enter fax transfer mode. (See 
Station ID (Menu, 0, 3) on 0.Initial Setup.)
a Press Menu, 9, 0, 1.
b Do one of the following:
 If the LCD shows No Data, there are 
no faxes left in the machine’s 
memory. Press Stop/Exit.
 Enter the fax number to which faxes 
will be forwarded.
c Press Start.
Transferring faxes to your PCA
You can transfer the faxes from your 
machine’s memory to your PC.
a Make sure that you have installed MFL-
Pro Suite and then turn on PC-FAX 
Receiving on the PC. (See Software 
User’s Guide: PC-FAX receiving)
Do one of the following:
(Windows
®
 XP, Windows Vista
®
 and 
Windows
®
 7)
From the   (Start) menu, select 
All Programs, Brother, MFC-XXXX, 
PC-FAX Receiving, and select 
Receive. (XXXX is your model name.)
(Windows
®
 8)
Click  (Brother Utilities), and 
then click the drop-down list and select 
your model name (if not already 
selected). Click PC-FAX Receive in the 
left navigation bar and then click 
Receive.
b Make sure that you have set PC Fax 
Receive on the machine. (See PC-FAX 
Receive (For Windows
®
 only) 
on page 42.) If faxes are in the 
machine’s memory when you set up PC-
Fax Receive, the LCD will ask if you 
want to transfer the faxes to your PC.
c Do one of the following:
 To transfer all faxes to your PC, 
press 1. You will be asked if you want 
a backup print.
 To exit and leave the faxes in the 
memory, press 2.
d Press Stop/Exit.