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
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9 Selecting a receive mode
There are four possible receive modes: Fax Only,
Fax/Tel, Manual and External TAD.
Choose the Receive Mode which best suits your
needs.
1 Press Menu.
2 Press 0.
3 Press 1.
4 Press or to select the mode.
Press OK.
5 Press Stop/Exit.
For more details, see “Receiving a fax” in
Chapter 6 of the User’s Guide.
10 Setting the LCD contrast
You can change the contrast to help the LCD look
lighter or darker.
1 Press Menu.
2 Press 1.
3 Press 8.
4 Press to increase the contrast.
—OR—
Press to decrease the contrast.
Press OK.
5 Press Stop/Exit.
Now go to
the next page to install the driver and software.
Are you connecting an external telephone or external
telephone answering device to your machine?
Your machine
automatically answers
every call as a fax.
Your machine controls
the line and
automatically answers
every call. If the call is
not a fax, the phone will
ring for you to pick up
the call.
Your external telephone
answering device (TAD)
automatically answers
every call. Voice
messages are stored on
the external TAD. Fax
messages are printed.
(See “4. Install the
power cord and phone
line” on page 6.)
You control the phone
line and must answer
every call yourself.
Are you using the voice
message function of your
external telephone answering
device?
Do you want your machine to answer fax
and telephone calls automatically?
Do you use your machine for faxes
only?
Yes
Manual
Fax Only
Fax/Tel
External TAD
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes










