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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STEP 2
Windows
®
Windows
®
Wired
Network
14 Click Finish to restart your computer.
(For Windows
®
2000 Professional/XP/
XP Professional x64 Edition, you must be
logged on with Administrator rights.)
The MFL-Pro Suite (including network
printer driver and network scanner driver)
has been installed and the installation is
now complete.
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).
• Once you are sure that you can print after the
installation, restart your Firewall software.
• Firewall settings on your PC may reject the
necessary network connection for Network
Scanning and PC-Fax.
Follow the instructions below to configure your
Windows Firewall. If you are using a personal
Firewall software, see the User's Guide for your
software or contact the software manufacturer.
• Windows
®
XP SP2 users:
1 Click the Start button, Control Panel and then
Windows Firewall.
Make sure that Windows Firewall on the
General tab is set to On.
2 Click the Advanced tab and Settings... button.
3 Click the Add button.
4 To add port 54925 for network scanning, enter
the information below:
1) In Description of service: - Enter any
description, for example “Brother Scanner”
(without the inverted commas).
2) In Name or IP address (for example
192.168.0.12) of the computer hosting
this service on your network: - Enter
“Localhost” (without the inverted commas).
3) In External Port Number for this service:
- Enter “54925” (without the inverted
commas).
4) In Internal Port number for this service:
- Enter “54925” (without the inverted
commas).
5) Make sure UDP is selected.
6) Click OK.
5Click the Add button.
6 To add port 54926 for Network PC-Fax, enter
the information below:
1) In Description of service: - Enter any
description, for example “Brother PC-Fax”
(without the inverted commas).
2) In Name or IP address (for example
192.168.0.12) of the computer hosting
this service on your network: - Enter
“Localhost” (without the inverted commas).
3) In External Port Number for this service:
- Enter “54926” (without the inverted
commas).
4) In Internal Port number for this service:
- Enter “54926” (without the inverted
commas).
5) Make sure UDP is selected.
6) Click OK.
7 If you still have trouble with your network
connection, click the Add button.
8 To add port 137 for both network scanning and
Network PC-Fax receiving, enter the
information below:
1) In Description of service: - Enter any
description, for example “Brother PC-Fax
Receiving” (without the inverted commas).
2) In Name or IP address (for example
192.168.0.12) of the computer hosting
this service on your network: - Enter
“Localhost” (without the inverted commas).
3) In External Port Number for this service:
- Enter “137” (without the inverted
commas).
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