Brother MFC-T800W - PC-FAX Receiving; Using Remote Codes

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PC-FAX Receiving
(Windows
®
) 6
If you turn on the PC-FAX Receive feature,
your machine will store received faxes in the
memory and send them to your PC. You can
then use your PC to view and store these
faxes.
Even if you have turned off your PC (at night
or on the weekend, for example), your
machine will receive and store your faxes in
its memory.
When you start your PC and the PC-FAX
Receiving software runs, your machine
transfers your faxes to your PC.
To transfer the received faxes to your PC you
must have the PC-FAX Receiving software
running on your PC.
Do one of the following:
(Windows
®
XP, Windows Vista
®
and
Windows
®
7)
From (Start), select All Programs,
Brother, MFC-XXXX, PC-FAX Receiving,
and select Receive. (where 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.
If you choose Backup Print: On, the
machine will also print the fax.
a Press (FAX).
b Press Menu, 3, 1, 6.
c Press a or b to choose
PC Fax Receive.
Press OK.
d Press a or b to choose <USB> or the
name of the PC you want to receive
faxes if you are on a network.
Press OK.
e Press a or b to choose
Backup Print:On or
Backup Print:Off.
Press OK.
f Press Stop/Exit.
NOTE
• PC-FAX Receive is not supported by Mac
OS.
• Before you can set up PC-FAX Receive,
you must install the MFL-Pro Suite
software on your PC. Make sure your PC
is connected and turned on.
(See Software and Network User’s Guide.)
• If you get an error message and the
machine cannot print the faxes in the
memory, you can use this setting to
transfer your faxes to your PC. (See
Transferring your faxes or Fax Journal
report on page 69.)
• When you receive a color fax, your
machine prints the color fax at your
machine but does not send the fax to your
PC.
• To change the destination PC, repeat
steps a to f.