Network Features; Network Printing; Network Scanning; Network Pc Fax (Not Available For Dcp-8080Dn And Dcp-8085Dn) - Brother MFC-8690DW User Manual

Network features

Your Brother machine has the following basic network features.

Network printing

The print server provides printing services for Windows
2003/2008 supporting the TCP/IP protocols and Macintosh (Mac OS X 10.3.9 or greater) supporting TCP/IP.

Network scanning

You can scan documents over the network to your computer (See Network Scanning in the Software User's
Guide).

Network PC Fax (Not available for DCP-8080DN and DCP-8085DN)

You can directly send a file from your computer as a PC Fax over your network (See Brother PC-FAX
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Fax to Server (For MFC-8690DW, MFC-8880DN and MFC-8890DW)

The Fax to Server feature allows the machine to scan documents and send them via a separate fax server.
Unlike Internet fax or I-Fax, the Fax to Server feature utilizes a server to send the documents as fax data over
phone or T-1 lines.

Management utilities

BRAdmin Light
BRAdmin Light is a utility for initial setup of Brother network connected devices. This utility can search for
Brother products on your network, view the status and configure basic network settings, such as IP address.
The BRAdmin Light utility is available for Windows
2003/2008 and Mac OS X 10.3.9 or greater computers. For installing BRAdmin Light on Windows
see the Quick Setup Guide provided with the machine. For Macintosh users, BRAdmin Light will be installed
automatically when you install the printer driver. If you have already installed the printer driver, you don't have
to install it again.
For more information on BRAdmin Light, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/.
and Sending a Fax for Macintosh in the Software User's Guide for a complete
users can also PC Fax receive (See PC-FAX receiving in the Software User's Guide).
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