User Guide
Table Of Contents
- USER’S GUIDE MFC-8460N/MFC-8860DN/MFC-8870DW
- Approval Information and Compilation and Publication Notice
 - EC Declaration of Conformity under the R & TTE Directive
 - Table of Contents
 - Section I: General
- 1 General information
- Using the documentation
 - Accessing the complete User’s Guide
- Viewing documentation
- Viewing documentation (Windows®)
 - How to find Scanning instructions
 - Software User's Guide:
 - PaperPort® User's Guide:
 - How to find Internet FAX instructions (MFC-8860DN and MFC-8870DW only)
 - Viewing Documentation (Macintosh®)
 - How to find Scanning instructions
 - Software User's Guide:
 - Presto!® PageManager® User's Guide:
 - How to find Internet FAX instructions (MFC-8860DN and MFC-8870DW only)
 
 
 - Viewing documentation
 - Control panel overview
 
 - 2 Loading documents and paper
 - 3 General setup
 - 4 Security features
 
 - 1 General information
 - Section II: Fax
- 5 Sending a fax
- How to fax
 - Broadcasting
 - Additional sending operations
 
 - 6 Receiving a fax
 - 7 Phone and external devices
 - 8 Dialling and storing numbers
 - 9 Remote fax options
 - 10 Printing reports
 - 11 Polling
 
 - 5 Sending a fax
 - Section III: Copy
 - Section IV: Software
 - Section V: Appendices
- A Safety and Legal
 - B Options
 - C Troubleshooting and routine maintenance
 - D Menu and Features
 - E Specifications E
 - F Glossary
 
 - Index
 - brother UK/IRE/SAF
 
 
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Computer requirements
1
For WIA, 1200x1200 resolution. Brother Scanner Utility enables to enhance up to 19200 x 19200 dpi
2
Dedicated "Scan to" key functions only in the Mac OS
®
 X 10.2.4 or greater.
3
Network PC Fax Receive not supported in Windows NT
®
 Workstation 4.0.
4
Network Scanning not supported in Windows NT
®
 Workstation 4.0 and Mac OS
®
 9.1-9.2 
(Scan to Email Server <MFC-8860DN/8870DW only> and Scan to FTP are supported).
Minimum System Requirements and Supported PC Software Functions
Computer Platform 
& Operating System 
Version
Supported 
PC Software 
Functions
PC 
Interface
Processor 
Minimum 
Speed 
Minimum 
RAM
Recommended 
RAM
Available Hard 
Disk Space
For 
Drivers
For 
Applications
98, 98SE
Parallel, 
USB, 
Ethernet
Intel
®
 Pentium
®
 II 
or equivalent
32 MB 128 MB 90 MB 130 MB
Me
Parallel, 
USB, 
Ethernet
NT
®
Workstation 
4.0
Parallel, 
Ethernet
64 MB 256 MB
Windows
®
Operating 
System
2000 
Professional
Printing, PC Fax
 3
, 
Scanning
 4
Parallel, 
USB, 
Ethernet
XP Home
 1
XP Professional
 1
Parallel, 
USB, 
Ethernet
128 MB
256 MB 150 MB 220 MB
XP Professional
x64 bit Edition
 1
Parallel, 
USB, 
Ethernet
AMD Opteron™
AMD Athlon™ 64
Intel
®
 Xeon™ 
with Intel
®
 EM64T
Intel
®
 Pentium
®
 4 
with Intel
®
 EM64T
256 MB
512 MB 150 MB 220 MB
Apple
®
Macintosh
®
Operating 
System
OS 9.1 - 9.2
Printing, PC 
Fax Send, 
Scanning
 2
USB, 
Ethernet
All base models 
meet minimum 
Requirements
64 MB 80 MB 200 MB
OS X 10.2.4 
or greate
r
Printing, PC 
Fax Send, 
Scanning
 2
USB, 
Ethernet
128 MB
160 MB










