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
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Wireless
Network
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).
4) In Internal Port number for this service:
- Enter “137” (without the inverted
commas).
5) Make sure UDP is selected.
6) Click OK.
9 Make sure that the new settings are added and
are checked, and then click OK.
The MFL-Pro Suite (including network
printer driver and network scanner driver)
have been installed and the installation is
now complete.










