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
For Network Users
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BRAdmin Light configuration utility (For Mac OS
®
X users)
The Brother BRAdmin Light software is a Java™ application that is designed for the Apple Mac OS
®
X
environment. It supports some of the features of the Windows BRAdmin Professional software. For example, using
the BRAdmin Light software, you can change some network settings on Brother’s network ready printers and
multifunction devices.
The BRAdmin Light software will be installed automatically when you install the MFL-Pro Suite. Please refer to
Installing the driver and software in this Quick Setup Guide if you have not yet installed the MFL-Pro Suite.
For more information on BRAdmin Light, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com
.
Setting your IP address, Subnet Mask and Gateway using BRAdmin Light
Note
• If you have a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP server in your
network, you don’t have to do the following
operation. The print server will automatically
obtain its own IP address. Make sure that version
1.4.1_07 or later of Java™ client software is
installed on your computer.
• The default password for the print server is
“access”. You can use BRAdmin Light to change
this password.
1 Double-click the Macintosh HD icon on your
desktop.
2 Choose Library, Printers, Brother and then
Utilities.
3 Double-click the BRAdmin Light.jar file. Run
the BRAdmin Light software. BRAdmin Light
searches new devices automatically.
4 Double-click the new device.
5 Enter the IP Address, Subnet Mask and
Gateway, and then click OK.
6 The address information will be saved to the
printer.