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 Install the ink cartridges
- 5 Check the print quality
- 6 Choosing your language
- 7 Choose a Receive Mode
- 8 Set the date and time
- 9 Enter personal information (Station ID)
- 10 Set tone or pulse dialling mode
- 11 Set the telephone line type
- 12 Set the phone line compatibility
- 13 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 (MFC-295CN only) (Windows® 2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition/ Windows Vista®)
- For wired network interface users (MFC-295CN only) (Mac OS X 10.3.9 - 10.4.x - 10.5.x)
- For wireless network interface users (MFC-253CW/255CW/257CW only)
- 14 Before you begin
- 15 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
- Safety and Legal
- brother CEE-ENG
- Start Here
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For Wireless Network Users
For wireless network interface users (MFC-253CW/255CW/257CW only)
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Before you begin
IMPORTANT
If you have previously configured the wireless settings of the machine you must reset the network
(LAN) settings before you can configure the wireless settings again.
On your machine, press Menu.
Press 5 to choose 5.Network.
Press 0 to choose 0.Network Reset.
Press 1 twice to choose Reset and Yes.
Note
To set up your machine in Ad-hoc mode (connected to a wireless capable computer without an access
point/router) you can find instructions in the Network User's Guide on the CD-ROM.
You can view the Network User’s Guide by following the instructions below.
1 Turn on your computer. Insert the Brother CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
For Windows
®
:
2 Choose your model and the language. The CD-ROM top menu will appear.
3 Click Documentation, and then click HTML documents.
For Macintosh:
2 Double-click Documentation, and then double-click your language folder.
3 Double-click top.html.