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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Windows
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USB
Windows
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Macintosh
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USB
d When the ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE 
License Agreement window appears, click 
Yes if you agree to the Software License 
Agreement.
e The installation of ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 
11SE will automatically start and is followed by 
the installation of MFL-Pro Suite.
f When the Brother MFL-Pro Suite Software 
License Agreement window appears, click 
Yes if you agree to the Software License 
Agreement.
g Choose Local Connection, and then click 
Next. The installation continues.
h When this screen appears, go to the next step.
Note
• If this screen appears, click OK and restart 
your computer.
• If the installation does not continue 
automatically, open the main menu again by 
ejecting and then reinserting the CD-ROM or 
double-click the start.exe program from the 
root folder, and continue from b to install 
MFL-Pro Suite.
• For Windows Vista
®
, when the User Account 
Control screen appears, click Allow.










