User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Quick Setup Guide MFC-8870DW
- Symbols used in this guide
 - Table of Contents
 - Getting Started
 - STEP 1 Setting Up the Machine
- 1 Install the drum and toner cartridge unit assembly
 - 2 Load paper in the paper tray
 - 3 Release the scanner lock
 - 4 Install the power cord and phone line
 - 5 Setting the date and time
 - 6 Setting your station ID
 - 7 Tone and pulse dialling mode
 - 8 Setting the phone line type
 - 9 Selecting a receive mode
 - 10 Setting the LCD contrast
 
 - STEP 2 Installing the Driver & Software
- Supplied CD-ROM ‘MFL-Pro Suite’
 - Windows®
- For USB Interface Cable Users (For Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP/ XP Professional x64 Edition)
 - For Parallel Interface Cable Users (For Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP/ XP Professional x64 Edition)
 - For Windows NT® Workstation Version 4.0 Users (For Parallel Interface Cable Users)
 - For Wired Network Interface Users (For Windows® 98/98SE/Me/NT/2000 Professional/XP/ XP Professional x64 Edition)
 - For Wireless Network Users (For Windows® 98/98SE/Me/NT/2000 Professional/XP/ XP Professional x64 Edition in infrastructure mode)
 
 - Macintosh®
 
 - For Network Users
- Installing the BRAdmin Professional configuration utility (For Windows® users)
 - Setting your IP address, Subnet Mask and Gateway using BRAdmin Professional (For Windows® users)
 - BRAdmin Light configuration utility (For Mac OS® X users)
 - How to set the machine’s network settings to wireless LAN or wired LAN
 - Restoring the network settings to factory default
 
 - Options and Consumables
 - brother UK/IRE/SAF
 
 
Setting Up the Machine
10
STEP 1
 7 Tone and pulse dialling 
mode
Your machine comes set for Tone dialling service. If 
you have Pulse dialling service (rotary), you need to 
change the dialling mode.
1 Press Menu.
2 Press 0.
3 Press 4.
4 Press   or   to choose Pulse (or 
Tone).
Press OK.
5 Press Stop/Exit.
 8 Setting the phone line type
If you are connecting the machine to a line that 
features a PABX (PBX) or ISDN to send and receive 
faxes, it is necessary to change the Phone Line Type 
accordingly by completing the following steps.
1 Press Menu.
2 Press 0.
3 Press 6.
4 Press   or   to choose the mode. 
Press OK.
06.Phone Line set
a Normal
 ISDN
b PBX
Select ab & OK
5 Press Stop/Exit.
PABX (PBX) and TRANSFER
The machine is initially set to Normal, which lets the 
machine connect to a standard PSTN (Public 
Switched Telephone Network) line. However, many 
offices use a central telephone system or Private 
Automatic Branch Exchange (PABX). Your machine 
can be connected to most types of PABX (PBX). The 
machine’s recall feature supports timed break recall 
only (TBR). TBR will work with most PABX (PBX) 
systems allowing you to gain access to an outside 
line, or transfer calls to another extension. The 
feature works when Tel/R is pressed.
Note
You can program a Tel/R key press as part of a 
number stored in a One-Touch or Speed-Dial 
location. When programming the One-Touch or 
Speed-Dial number (Menu, 2, 3, 1 or 2, 3, 2) press 
Tel/R first (the screen displays “!”), then enter the 
telephone number. If you do this, you do not need 
to press Tel/R each time before you dial using a 
One-Touch or Speed-Dial location. (See “Storing 
numbers” in Chapter 8 of the User’s Guide.) 
However, if PBX is not selected in the Phone Line 
Type setting, you cannot use the One-Touch or 
Speed-Dial number that Tel/R press is 
programmed into.










