User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Quick Setup Guide MFC-6490CW
- 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 Choose a Receive Mode
- 7 Set the LCD contrast (If needed)
- 8 Set the date and time
- 9 Enter personal information (station ID)
- 10 Set tone or pulse dialling mode
- 11 Choose your connection type
- For USB Interface Users (For Windows® 2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition/ Windows Vista®)
- For USB Interface Users (For Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater)
- For Wired Network Interface Users (For Windows® 2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition/ Windows Vista®)
- For Wired Network Interface Users (For Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater)
- For Wireless Network Interface Users
- 12 Before you begin
- 13 Confirm your network environment (Infrastructure Mode)
- Connecting the Brother machine to the wireless network
- Install the Drivers & Software (For Windows® 2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition/ Windows Vista®)
- Install the Drivers & Software (For Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater)
- Install Optional Applications Windows®
- For Network Users
- Consumables
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- Start Here
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For Network Users
BRAdmin Light utility (For Windows
®
users)
BRAdmin Light is a utility for initial setup of Brother network connected devices. It also can search for Brother
products on your network, view the status and configure basic network settings, such as IP address.
For more information on BRAdmin Light, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/
.
Install the BRAdmin Light
configuration utility
a Click Network Utilities on the menu screen.
b Click BRAdmin Light and follow the on-screen
instructions.
Set your IP address, Subnet Mask
and Gateway using BRAdmin Light
a Start BRAdmin Light. It will search for new
devices automatically.
b Double-click the unconfigured device.
c Choose STATIC for the Boot Method. Enter
the IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway,
and then click OK.
d The address information will be saved to the
machine.
Note
If you require more advanced printer management, use the latest Brother BRAdmin Professional utility version
that is available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com/
.
Note
If you have a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP server in your
network, you don’t have to do the following
operation. The machine will automatically obtain
its own IP address.
Note
The default password for the machine is ‘access’.
You can use BRAdmin Light to change this
password.