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
 
15
Windows
®
USB
Windows
®
Macintosh
®
USB
17
Connect the power cord
a Connect the power cord. 
The installation will continue automatically.
The installation screens appear one after 
another.
b When the On-Line Registration screen is 
displayed, make your selection and follow the 
on-screen instructions.
18
Finish and restart
a Click Finish to restart your computer. 
After restarting the computer, you must be 
logged on with Administrator rights.
Now go to
Proceed to Install Optional Applications on 
page 41.
Important
DO NOT cancel any of the screens during the 
installation. It may take a few seconds for all 
screens to appear.
Note
For Windows Vista
®
, when this screen appears, 
click the check box and click Install to complete 
the installation correctly.
Note
If an error message appears during the software 
installation, run the Installation Diagnostics 
located in Start/All Programs/Brother/
MFC-XXXX (where MFC-XXXX is your model 
name).
Finish
The installation is now 
complete.










