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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4
Set Your Country (For 
Australia / New Zealand 
Customer Only)
You must set your country so that the machine works 
correctly on local telecommunication lines in each 
country.
a Check that the power is turned on by 
connecting the power cord.
b Press your country.
c The LCD prompts you to make sure of the 
country again.
d If the LCD shows the correct country, press 
Yes to go to the next step.
Or press No to go back to step b to select the 
country again.
e After the LCD shows Accepted for two 
seconds, it shows Please Wait.
Important
The telephone line cord MUST be connected 
to the socket on the machine marked LINE.
Note
If you are sharing one telephone line with an 
external telephone, connect it as shown below.
1 Extension telephone
2 External telephone
Note
If you are sharing one telephone line with an 
external telephone answering machine, connect it 
as shown below.
Set the receive mode to External TAD if 
you have an external answering machine. 
See Choose a Receive Mode on page 8. 
For additional details, see Connecting an 
external TAD (telephone answering device) 
in Chapter 7 of the User’s Guide.
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2
(Example for Australia)
(Example for Australia)
Set Country
Set Country
Australia
Newzealand
Australia
Yes No










