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
Table of Contents
1
Getting Started
Carton components...................................................................................................................................... 2
Control panel................................................................................................................................................ 3
STEP 1 –
Setting Up the Machine
Install the drum and toner cartridge unit assembly ...................................................................................... 4
Load paper in the paper tray ........................................................................................................................ 5
Release the scanner lock............................................................................................................................. 6
Install the power cord and phone line .......................................................................................................... 6
Setting the date and time ............................................................................................................................. 8
Setting your station ID.................................................................................................................................. 9
Tone and pulse dialling mode .................................................................................................................... 10
Setting the phone line type......................................................................................................................... 10
Selecting a receive mode........................................................................................................................... 11
Setting the LCD contrast ............................................................................................................................ 11
STEP 2 –
Installing the Driver & Software
Windows
®
For USB Interface Cable Users
(For Windows
®
98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition) ................................... 14
For Parallel Interface Cable Users
(For Windows
®
98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition) ................................... 17
For Windows NT
®
Workstation Version 4.0 Users
(For Parallel Interface Cable Users).......................................................................................................... 20
For Wired Network Interface Users
(For Windows
®
98/98SE/Me/NT/2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition) ............................. 22
For Wireless Network Users
(For Windows
®
98/98SE/Me/NT/2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition
in infrastructure mode) .............................................................................................................................. 26
Macintosh
®
For USB Interface Cable Users................................................................................................................. 34
For Mac OS
®
10.2.4 or greater ............................................................................................................. 34
For Mac OS
®
9.1 to 9.2......................................................................................................................... 37
For Wired Network Interface Users .......................................................................................................... 39
For Mac OS
®
X 10.2.4 or greater.......................................................................................................... 39
For Mac OS
®
9.1 to 9.2......................................................................................................................... 42
For Wireless Network Users (For Mac OS
®
X 10.2.4 or greater only)...................................................... 44
For Network Users
Installing the BRAdmin Professional configuration utility (For Windows
®
users) ....................................... 52
Setting your IP address, Subnet Mask and Gateway using BRAdmin Professional
(For Windows
®
users) ................................................................................................................................ 53
BRAdmin Light configuration utility (For Mac OS
®
X users) ...................................................................... 54
How to set the machine’s network settings to wireless LAN or wired LAN ................................................ 55
Restoring the network settings to factory default ....................................................................................... 55
Options and Consumables
Options....................................................................................................................................................... 56
Consumables ............................................................................................................................................. 56










