User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Quick Setup Guide MFC-255CW MFC-295CN
- Start Here
- 1 Unpack the machine and check the components
- 2 Load plain A4 paper
- 3 Connect the power cord and telephone line
- 4 Set Your Country (For Australia / New Zealand Customer Only)
- 5 Install the ink cartridges
- 6 Check the print quality
- 7 Choose a Receive Mode
- 8 Set the LCD contrast (if needed)
- 9 Set the date and time
- 10 Enter personal information (Station ID)
- 11 Fax Transmission Report
- 12 Set tone or pulse dialling mode (Not available for New Zealand)
- 13 Set the phone line compatibility
- 14 Choose your connection type
- For USB interface users (Windows® 2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition/ Windows Vista®)
- For USB interface users (Mac OS X 10.3.9 - 10.4.x - 10.5.x)
- For wired network interface users (MFC295CN only) (Windows® 2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition/ Windows Vista®)
- For wired network interface users (MFC295CN only) (Mac OS X 10.3.9 - 10.4.x - 10.5.x)
- For wireless network interface users (MFC253CW/255CW/257CW only)
- 15 Before you begin
- 16 Confirm your network environment (Infrastructure Mode)
- Connecting the Brother machine to the wireless network
- Install the drivers & software (Windows® 2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition/ Windows Vista®)
- Install the drivers & software (Mac OS X 10.3.9 - 10.4.x - 10.5.x)
- Install Optional Applications Windows®
- For Network Users
- Consumables
- brother ARL/ASA/NZ
- Start Here
34
Windows
®
Wireless Network
20
Finish and restart
a Click Finish to restart your computer. After
restarting the computer, you must be logged on
with Administrator rights.
b Choose the firmware update setting and click
OK.
21
Install MFL-Pro Suite on
additional computers
(if needed)
If you want to use your machine with multiple
computers on the network, install MFL-Pro Suite on
each computer. Go to step 18 on page 31.
Now go to
Proceed to Install Optional Applications on
page 37.
Note
If an error message appears during the software
installation, run the Installation Diagnostics
located in Start/All Programs/Brother/
MFC-XXXX (where MFC-XXXX is your model
name).
Note
Internet access is required for the firmware
update.
Note
Network license (Windows
®
)
This product includes a PC license for up to 2
Users.
This license supports the installation of the
MFL-Pro Suite including ScanSoft™ PaperPort™
11SE on up to 2 PCs on the network.
If you want to use more than 2 PCs with
ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE installed, please
purchase the Brother NL-5 pack which is a
multiple PC license agreement pack for up to 5
additional users. To purchase the NL-5 pack,
contact your authorized Brother dealer or contact
Brother customer service.
Finish
The installation is now
complete.
Note
XML Paper Specification Printer Driver
The XML Paper Specification Printer Driver is the
most suitable driver when printing from
applications that use the XML Paper Specification
documents. Please download the latest driver by
accessing the Brother Solutions Center at
http://solutions.brother.com/
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