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
Installing the Driver & Software
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Windows
®
Windows
®
Parallel
10 For Windows
®
98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional
users, click Next.
For Windows
®
XP/XP Professional x64 Edition
users, wait for a while since the installation of
the Brother drivers will automatically start. The
screens appear one after another.
11 When the On-Line Registration screen is
displayed, make your selection and follow the
on-screen instructions.
12 When the following screen appears, click
Finish and wait as the PC restarts Windows
®
and continues the installation.
13 After the computer restarts, the installation of
the Brother drivers will automatically start.
Follow the instructions on the screen.
(For Windows
®
2000 Professional/XP/
XP Professional x64 Edition, you must be
logged on with Administrator rights.)
Note
After restarting the computer, the Installation
Diagnostics will run automatically. If the
installation is unsuccessful, the installation results
window will be shown. If the Installation
Diagnostics shows a failure, please follow the on-
screen instruction or read on-line help and FAQs
in Start/All Programs (Programs)/Brother/
MFL-Pro Suite MFC-XXXX (where XXXX is your
model name).
The MFL-Pro Suite (including printer
driver and scanner driver) has been
installed and the installation is now
complete.