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
 
5
5
Install the ink cartridges
WARNING
If ink gets in your eyes, wash them out with 
water at once, and if irritation occurs consult a 
doctor.
a Make sure that the power is turned on.
The LCD shows:
b Open the ink cartridge cover a.
c Remove the green protective part a.
d Unpack the ink cartridge.
e Turn the green knob on the protective yellow 
cap clockwise until it clicks to release the 
vacuum seal, then remove the cap a.
f Take care to match the colour of the lever a 
with the cartridge colour b, as shown in the 
diagram below.
g Install each ink cartridge in the direction of the 
arrow on the label.
Note
Do not throw away the green protective part. 
You will need it if you transport the machine.
No Cartridge
Install Ink
Black
BK
Cyan
C
Yellow
Y
Magenta
M
1
1
1
1
1
2










