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
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Macintosh
®
Wired Network
j 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.
19
Install MFL-Pro Suite on 
additional computers 
(If needed)
If you want to use your machine with multiple 
computers on the network, install MFL-Pro Suite on 
each computer. Go to step 17 on page 21.
Also see step 14-a on page 19 before you install.
Now go to
Proceed to Install Optional Applications on 
page 41.
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).
Note
This product includes a PC license for up to 2 
users.
This license supports the installation of the 
MFL-Pro Suite including ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 
11SE on up to 2 PCs on the network.
If you want to use more than 2 PCs with 
ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE installed, please 
buy the Brother NL-5 pack which is a multiple PC 
license agreement pack for up to 5 additional 
users. To buy the NL-5 pack, contact your Brother 
dealer.
Finish
The installation is now 
complete.










