User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Quick Setup Guide MFC-6890CDW
- 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 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
- 14 Before you begin
 - 15 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
 - brother ARL/ASA/NZ
 
 - Start Here
 
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11
Fax Transmission Report
Your Brother machine is equipped with a 
Transmission Verification Report that can be used as 
confirmation that you sent a fax. This report lists the 
name or fax number of the receiving party, the date, 
time, and duration of the transmission, the number of 
pages transmitted, and whether or not the 
transmission was successful. If you want to use the 
Fax Transmission Report feature, see Printing 
Reports in Chapter 9 of the User
’s Guide.
12
Set tone or pulse dialling 
mode (Not available for 
New Zealand)
Your machine comes set for Tone dialling service. If 
you have Pulse dialling service (rotary), you need to 
change the dialling mode.
a Press MENU.
b Press a or b to display Initial Setup.
c Press Initial Setup.
d Press a or b to display Tone/Pulse.
e Press Tone/Pulse.
f Press Pulse (or Tone).
g Press Stop/Exit.










