User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Quick Setup Guide MFC-J265W
- Start Here
- 1 Unpack the machine and check the components
 - 2 Load plain A4 paper
 - 3 Connect the power cord and telephone line
 - 4 Install the ink cartridges
 - 5 Check the print quality
 - 6 Choose your language (if needed)
 - 7 Choose a Receive Mode
 - 8 Set the LCD contrast (if needed)
 - 9 Set the date and time
 - 10 Enter personal information (Station ID)
 - 11 Fax Transmission Report
 - 12 Set Tone or Pulse dialling mode
 - 13 Set the phone line compatibility
 - 14 Choose your connection type
 
 - For USB interface users (Windows® 2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition/ Windows Vista®/Windows® 7)
 - For USB interface users (Mac OS X 10.4.11, 10.5.x, 10.6.x)
 - For wireless network interface users
- 15 Before you begin
 - 16 Confirm your network environment (Infrastructure Mode)
 - Connecting the Brother machine to the wireless network
 - Troubleshooting
 - Install the drivers & software (Windows® 2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition/ Windows Vista®/Windows® 7)
 - Install the drivers & software (Mac OS X 10.4.11, 10.5.x, 10.6.x)
 
 - Install Optional Applications
 - For Network Users
 - Consumables
 - brother CHN-ENG
 
 - Start Here
 
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Connect the power cord 
and telephone line
a Connect the power cord.
WARNING
The machine must be fitted with an earthed 
plug.
b Connect the telephone line cord. Connect one 
end of the telephone line cord to the socket on 
the machine marked LINE and the other end to 
a telephone wall socket.
WARNING
Since the machine is grounded through the 
power outlet, you can protect yourself from 
potentially hazardous electrical conditions on 
the telephone network by keeping the power 
cord connected to your machine when you 
connect it to a telephone line. Similarly, you 
can protect yourself when you want to move 
your machine by disconnecting the telephone 
line first and then the power cord.
IMPORTANT
The telephone line cord MUST be connected 
to the socket on the machine marked LINE.
Note
If you are sharing one telephone line with an 
external telephone, connect it as shown below.
1 Extension telephone
2 External telephone
Note
If you are sharing one telephone line with an 
external telephone answering machine, connect it 
as shown below.
Set the receive mode to External TAD if 
you have an external answering machine. 
See Choose a Receive Mode on page 7. 
For additional details, see Connecting an 
external TAD (telephone answering device) 
in chapter 6 in the Basic User’s Guide.
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