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
®
Wired
Network
7 Choose Wired Network Connection, and
then click Next.
Note
If you want to install the PS driver (Brother’s BR-
Script Driver), choose Custom Install and then
follow the on-screen instructions. When the Select
Components screen appears, check PS Printer
Driver, and then continue following the on-screen
instructions.
8 After reading and accepting the ScanSoft
®
PaperPort
®
SE License Agreement, click Yes.
The installation of PaperPort
®
SE will
automatically start and is followed by the
installation of MFL-Pro Suite.
9 When the Brother MFL-Pro Suite Software
License Agreement window appears, click Yes
if you agree to the Software License
Agreement.
10 The installation of the Brother drivers will
automatically start. The installation screens
appear one after another. Please wait, it will
take a few seconds for all screens to
appear.
Improper Setup
DO NOT try to cancel any of the screens during
this installation.
11 If the machine is configured for your network,
choose the machine from the list, and then click
Next.
Note
This window will not appear if there is only one
machine connected on the network, it will be
chosen automatically.
12 If the machine is not yet configured for use on
your network, the following screen appears.
Click OK.
The Configure IP Address window will
appear. Enter an IP address for your machine
that is suitable for your network by following the
on-screen instructions.
13 When the Brother and ScanSoft on-line
Registration screen is displayed, make your
selection and follow the on-screen instructions.