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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Macintosh
®
Wired Network
e When this screen appears, click OK.
For Mac OS
®
 X 10.3.x or greater, the 
installation of MFL-Pro Suite is now 
complete. 
Go to step 17 on page 27.
f For Mac OS
®
 X 10.2.4 to 10.2.8 users, 
click Add.
g Make the selection shown below.
h Choose XXX-XXXX (where XXX-XXXX is your 
model name), and then click Add.
i Click Print Center, then Quit Print Center.
The installation of MFL-Pro Suite is now 
complete. 
Go to step 17 on page 27.
Note
• If the machine is configured for your network, 
choose the machine from the list, and then click 
OK. This window will not appear if there is only 
one machine connected on the network, it will 
be chosen automatically. Go to e.
• If this screen appears click OK.
Enter a name for your Macintosh
®
 in Display 
Name up to 15 characters long and click OK. 
Go to e.
• If you want to use the machine’s Scan key to 
scan over the network you must check the 
Register your computer with the “Scan To” 
function on the machine box.
• The name you enter will appear on the 
machine’s LCD when you press the Scan key 
and choose a scan option. (For more 
information, see Network Scanning in the 
Software User’s Guide on the CD-ROM.)










