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 Letter/A4 paper
- 3 Connect the power cord and telephone line
- 4 Install the ink cartridges
- 5 Check the print quality
- 6 Choose your language (if needed)
- 7 Choose the correct Receive Mode
- 8 Set the LCD contrast (if needed)
- 9 Set the date and time
- 10 Set your Station ID
- 11 Fax Transmission Report
- 12 Set tone or pulse dialing mode
- 13 Set the phone line compatibility
- 14 Automatic Daylight Savings Time
- 15 Send in the Product Registration Sheet (USA only)
- 16 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 or greater)
- 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 or greater)
- For wireless network interface users (MFC-255CW only)
- Install Optional Applications Windows®
- For Network Users
- Consumables
- brother USA/CAN
- Start Here
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For Network Users
Repair network connection
problems for Windows
®
users
Correcting an offline condition
When you try to print over the network, Windows
®
indicates that the printer is offline and your document
does not print. To resolve this issue please visit the
Brother Solutions Center at
http://solutions.brother.com/
.
Go to the FAQ section for your model and search for
FAQ ID: faq002586
Network connection repair tool
(MFC-255CW only)
If you cannot print to your machine over the network,
and this screen appears, do one of the following.
• Check 1 and 2, if the problem is solved, click
Complete.
• If the problem is not solved, click Next, and follow
the on-screen instructions. The Network
connection repair tool will automatically start and
try to correct your network printing problem.
When you have completed the instructions click on
Print Test Page from the tool. The test page will
confirm the network connection to the machine is
working.
How to remove and reinstall the
drivers
Before you uninstall the drivers you must first printout
the Network Configuration Report. You will need the
IP address information on this report when you
reinstall the drivers.
How to print the Network Configuration Report
a Press Menu, 6, 6 and then press Start.
How to uninstall
a Choose Start/All Programs/Brother/
MFC-XXX LAN (MFC-XXX is your model
name). Select Uninstall and follow the
on-screen instructions.
How to reinstall
a Insert the CD-ROM included with your
machine.
b Choose Install MFL-Pro Suite.
c When the Connection Type screen appears,
choose Wireless Network Connection and
then click the Custom Install check box. Then
click Next.
d When the following screen appears, choose
Specify your machine by address and enter
the IP Address that is shown on the Network
Configuration Report that you printed from the
machine. Click Next.
e Follow the on-screen instructions to complete
the installation.
Note
For Windows Vista
®
, when the User Account
Control screen appears, click Allow.
IMPORTANT
The Network connection repair tool will only repair
the connection for printing. If you are using
Network Scan, PC-Fax or Remote Setup you will
need to reinstall the Brother MFL-Pro Suite
software. Please go to How to remove and
reinstall the drivers.