I want to fax from my mac using a Brother MFC-7220 Printer/fax

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I want to fax from my mac using a Brother MFC-7220 Printer/fax

I'm currently using a Brother MFC-7220 Printer/Fax machine with my Mac Mini, attached via USB.

It works great as a printer, but I want to fax from within Mac Applications using the 7220.

I tried going "File/Print, then selecting the PDF pull down menu in the lower left corner of the print management window. I selected "Fax PDF..." but the system comes back with a "No Fax Modems Found.." message.

Any suggestions/solutions ?

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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Sep 2, 2011 9:09 AM

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Camelot

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Sep 2, 2011 9:44 AM in response to Dean

You may need to install the Brother drivers.

By default, Mac OS X only installs the printer drivers, ignoring other features of multi-function devices. By installing the vendor's driver you gain access to the other features.

In this case you should find that installing the driver enables a new printer option - Brother MFC-7220 (Fax) - which can be used to send your fax. So now faxing is as simple as choosing 'Print' and selecting the 'Fax' option from the list of available printers.

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