MFC-665CW Windows Vista™ Installation Guide Before you can use the machine, you must set up the hardware and install the driver. Please read the ‘Quick Setup Guide’ and this ‘Windows Vista™ Installation Guide’ for set up and installation instructions. STEP 1 Setting Up the Machine Please follow the steps in STEP 1 Setting Up the Machine in the Quick Setup Guide first. Then return to STEP 2 Installing the driver & software in this installation guide.
1 Symbols used in this guide Warning Note Warnings tell you what to do to prevent possible personal injury. Notes tell you how you should respond to a situation that may arise or give tips about how the current operation works with other features. Improper Setup Improper Setup icons alert you to devices and operations that are not compatible with the machine. Quick Setup Guide Indicates reference to the Quick Setup Guide.
Table of Contents Before Starting Before using this manual.............................................................................................................................. 2 Supplied CD-ROM for Windows Vista™ ...................................................................................................... 2 Installing the Driver & Software For USB Interface Users .............................................................................................................................
Before Starting 1 1 Before using this manual This manual is for Windows Vista™ users only. This installation guide explains how to install the MFL-Pro Suite software and multifunction drivers for Windows Vista™ and other information about Windows Vista™. Before installing the driver and software, please follow the steps in the Getting Started section and STEP1 Setting Up the Machine in the Quick Setup Guide.
STEP 2 Installing the Driver & Software Follow the instructions on this page for the interface you are going to use. For the latest drivers, documentation, and to find the best solution for your problem, access the Brother Solution Center directly from the CD-ROM / Driver or visit http://solutions.brother.com. Windows® For USB Interface Users .................................................................................................. 4 For Wired Network Interface Users ............................
STEP 2 Installing the Driver & Software Windows® 1 Windows® USB 1 For USB Interface Users Improper Setup 3 DO NOT connect the interface cable. Connecting the interface cable is done when installing the driver. Put the supplied CD-ROM for Windows Vista™ into your CD-ROM drive. If the model name screen appears, choose your machine. If the language screen appears, choose your language.
Installing the Driver & Software Choose Local Connection, and then click Next. The installation continues. 9 When this screen appears, go to the next step. Windows® USB 5 Windows® 6 7 8 After reading and accepting the ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE License Agreement, click Yes. The installation of ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE will automatically start and is followed by the installation of MFL-Pro Suite.
STEP 2 Installing the Driver & Software 12 Carefully route the USB cable through the 14 Turn on the machine by connecting the power cord. Windows® USB trench and out the back of the machine as shown below and connect the cable to your computer. Windows® Improper Setup • DO NOT connect the machine to a USB port on a keyboard or a non-powered USB hub. Brother recommends that you connect the machine directly to your computer.
Installing the Driver & Software Windows® 16 Click Finish to restart your computer. After Windows® USB restarting the computer, you must be logged on with Administrator rights. Note After restarting the computer, the Installation Diagnostics will run automatically. If the installation is unsuccessful, the installation results window will be shown.
STEP 2 2 Installing the Driver & Software Windows® For Wired Network Interface Users Important 4 Make sure that you have finished the instructions from STEP 1 Setting Up the Machine in the Quick Setup Guide. Carefully route the network cable through the trench and out the back of the machine.Then, connect the cable to your network. Windows® Network Note • Please close any applications running before installing MFL-Pro Suite. • Make sure there are no memory cards in the media drive of the machine.
Installing the Driver & Software Turn on the machine by connecting the power cord. Improper Setup If you have previously set up your machine for a wireless network and then want to set it up on a wired network, you should check that the machine’s Network I/F is Wired LAN. The wireless network interface will become inactive with this setting. On your machine, press Menu. Press a or b to choose LAN and press OK. Press a or b to choose Network I/F and press OK. Press a or b to choose Wired LAN and press OK.
STEP 2 Installing the Driver & Software 12 The installation of ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE will automatically start and is followed by the installation of MFL-Pro Suite. 13 When the Brother MFL-Pro Suite Software License Agreement window appears, click Yes if you agree to the Software License Agreement. Windows® 14 The installation of the Brother drivers will automatically start. The installation screens appear one after another. Please wait, it will take a few seconds for all the screens to appear.
Installing the Driver & Software Windows® 4 Click the Exceptions tab. Note After restarting the computer, the Installation Diagnostics will run automatically. If the installation is unsuccessful, the installation results window will be shown. If the Diagnostics shows a failure, please follow the on-screen instructions or read the on-line help and FAQs in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-665CW. installation, restart your Firewall software.
STEP 2 Installing the Driver & Software Windows® Network 10 If you still have trouble with your network connection such as Network Scanning or Printing, check the File and Printer Sharing box in the Exceptions tab and then click OK. The MFL-Pro Suite has been installed completely. Note MFL-Pro Suite includes the Printer Driver, Scanner Driver, Brother ControlCenter3, ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE.ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE is a document management application for scanning and viewing documents.
Installing the Driver & Software 3 Windows® For Wireless Network Interface Users Connecting your wireless machine and wireless network together and installing the printer driver in infrastructure mode First you must configure the wireless network settings of your machine to communicate with your network access point (router). After the machine is configured to communicate with your access point (router) computers on your network will have access to the machine.
STEP 2 Installing the Driver & Software Windows® Confirm your network environment The setup process will be different depending on your network environment. Windows® Wireless Network Installation using SecureEasySetup™ If your wireless access point (A) supports SecureEasySetup™, you do not need to use a computer to configure the machine. The access point (router) and your machine can automatically negotiate using the SecureEasySetup™ procedure. For instructions, go to page 15.
Installing the Driver & Software Windows® Using the SecureEasySetup™ software to configure your machine for a wireless network Important Improper Setup Make sure that you have finished the instructions from STEP 1 Setting Up the Machine in the Quick Setup Guide. 2 3 4 Note Routers or access points that support SecureEasySetup™ have the SecureEasySetup™ symbol as shown below. 5 6 1 Turn on the machine by connecting the power cord.
STEP 2 Installing the Driver & Software Connection Error is displayed when the print server has not successfully connected to your router or access point. Try starting from step 2 again. If the same message is displayed again, reset the print server back to the default factory settings and try again. (See Restoring the network settings to factory default on page 24.) Windows® Wireless Network Wireless setup is now complete.
Installing the Driver & Software Windows® Using the Setup Wizard from the control panel LAN menu for wireless network configuration Important Make sure that you have finished the instructions from STEP 1 Setting Up the Machine in the Quick Setup Guide. Note If the window does not appear, use Windows® Explorer to run the setup.exe program from the root directory of the Brother CD-ROM. Before you begin, you must know your wireless network setting.
STEP 2 2 Installing the Driver & Software Turn on the machine by connecting the power cord. Improper Setup 8 Windows® Wireless Network 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 a or b for LAN and press OK. Press a or b to choose Factory Reset, and then press OK. Press 1 twice for Yes to accept the change.
Installing the Driver & Software Encryption Type and press OK. Enter the WPA/WPA2-PSK password you wrote down in step 1 using the dial pad to choose each letter or number. You can use the and keys to move the cursor left and right. For example, to enter the letter a, press the 2 key on the dial pad once. To enter the number 3, press the 3 key on the dial pad seven times. The letters appear in this order: lower case, upper case, numbers and then special letters.
STEP 2 Installing the Driver & Software 17 After reading and accepting the ScanSoft® ® PaperPort SE License Agreement, click Yes. Windows® • If the machine is not yet configured for use on your network, the following screen appears. Click OK. The Configure IP Address window will appear. Enter an IP address for your machine that is suitable for your network by following the on-screen instructions.
Installing the Driver & Software Windows® 4 Click the Exceptions tab. Note After restarting the computer, the Installation Diagnostics will run automatically. If the installation is unsuccessful, the installation results window will be shown. If the Diagnostics shows a failure, please follow the on-screen instructions or read the on-line help and FAQs in Start/All Programs (Programs)/Brother/ MFC-665CW. installation, restart your Firewall software.
STEP 2 Installing the Driver & Software Windows® Wireless Network 10 If you still have trouble with your network connection such as Network Scanning or Printing, check the File and Printer Sharing box in the Exceptions tab and then click OK. The MFL-Pro Suite has been installed completely. Note MFL-Pro Suite includes the Printer Driver, Scanner Driver, Brother ControlCenter3, ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE.ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE is a document management application for scanning and viewing documents.
For Network Users 1 1 BRAdmin Light utility The BRAdmin Light is a utility for initial setup of Brother network connected devices. It can also 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.
For Network Users 2 How to set the machine’s network settings to wireless LAN or wired LAN To connect your Brother machine to a wireless or wired network you must configure the machine from the machine’s control panel for the network type you are using. For wireless LAN On your machine, press Menu. Press a or b to choose LAN and press OK. Press a or b to choose Network I/F and press OK. Press a or b to choose WLAN and press OK. The wired network interface will become inactive with this setting.
For Network Users Entering Text 4 When you are setting certain menu selections, such as the Station ID, you may need to enter text into the machine. Most number keys have three or four letters printed on keys. The keys for 0, # and l do not have printed letters because they are used for special characters. By pressing the proper number key repeatedly, you can access the character you want.
Other Information 1 1 Using ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE with OCR by NUANCE™ ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE for Brother is a document management application. You can use PaperPort™ 11SE to view scanned documents. PaperPort™ 11SE has a sophisticated, yet easy-to-use filing system that will help you organize your graphics and text documents. It allows you to mix or ‘stack’ documents of different formats for printing, faxing or filing.
Other Information 2 Computer requirements Minimum System Requirements and Supported PC Software Functions Operating Systems Windows® Windows Vista™ Supported Functions Interface Minimum Processor Recommended RAM Required HARD Disk Space Printing, USB, USB 10/100 BASE-TX (Ethernet), Wireless 802.11 b/g 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor 1.0 GB 1.0 GB PC-FAX 1, Scanning, Removable Disk 2 1 PC FAX supports black and white faxing only.
Trademarks The Brother logo is a registered trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd. Microsoft, MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Windows Vista is either a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Nuance, the Nuance logo, PaperPort and ScanSoft are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc. or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries.
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