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
 
3
h Slowly push the paper tray completely into the 
machine.
i While holding the paper tray in place, pull out 
the paper support a until it clicks, and then 
unfold the paper support flap b.
3
Connect the power cord 
and telephone line
a Connect the power cord.
WARNING
The machine must be fitted with an earthed plug.
b Connect the telephone line cord. Connect one 
end of the telephone line cord to the socket on 
the machine marked LINE and the other end to 
a telephone wall socket.
WARNING
Since the machine is grounded through the 
power outlet, you can protect yourself from 
potentially hazardous electrical conditions on 
the telephone network by keeping the power 
cord connected to your machine when you 
connect it to a telephone line. Similarly, you 
can protect yourself when you want to move 
your machine by disconnecting the telephone 
line first and then the power cord.
Note
For information about tray#2, see Loading paper 
in paper tray #2 in Chapter 2 of the User’s Guide.
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2
Important
DO NOT connect the USB cable yet (if you are 
using a USB cable).










