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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Wired Network
Windows
®
Macintosh
®
Wired Network
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Install MFL-Pro Suite
a Put the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM 
drive. If the model name screen appears, 
choose your machine. If the language screen 
appears, choose your language.
b The CD-ROM main menu will appear. Click 
Initial Installation.
c Click Install MFL-Pro Suite.
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.
Note
If the Brother screen does not appear 
automatically, go to My Computer (Computer), 
double-click the CD-ROM icon, and then 
double-click start.exe.
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.










