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
Macintosh
®
Macintosh
®
USB
For USB Interface Cable Users
For Mac OS
®
10.2.4 or greater
Important
Make sure that you have finished the
instructions from Step 1 Setting Up the
Machine on page 4 to 11.
Note
For Mac OS
®
X 10.2.0 to 10.2.3 user, upgrade to
Mac OS
®
X 10.2.4 or greater.
(For the latest information for Mac OS
®
X, visit
http://solutions.brother.com)
1 Turn off and unplug the machine from the AC
outlet and disconnect it from your Macintosh
®
,
if you already connected an interface cable.
2 Turn on your Macintosh
®
.
3 Put the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM
drive.
4 Double-click the Start Here OSX icon to install
the printer and scanner drivers. If the language
screen appears, choose your language.
5 Click MFL-Pro Suite to install.
6 Choose Local Connection, and then click
Next. Follow the on-screen instruction, and
restart your Macintosh
®
.
7 After the DeviceSelector window appears
connect the USB interface cable to your
Macintosh and then to the machine.
Note
The DeviceSelector window will not appear if you
have connected a USB interface cable to the
machine before restarting your Macintosh
®
or if
you are overwriting a previously installed version
of the Brother Software. If you encounter this
problem continue with the installation but skip
step 9. You should choose your Brother machine
from the Model pop-up menu in the main screen of
ControlCenter2. For details, see the Software
User’s Guide on the CD-ROM.