User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Quick Setup Guide MFC-J5910DW
- Start Here
- 1 Unpack the machine and check the components
- 2 Load plain A4 paper
- 3 Connect the power cord and telephone line
- 4 Set your country (Australia and New Zealand only)
- 5 Install the ink cartridges
- 6 Check the print quality
- 7 Choose your language (if needed) (Not available in Australia and New Zealand)
- 8 Choose a Receive Mode
- 9 Set the LCD contrast (if needed)
- 10 Set the date and time
- 11 Enter personal information (Station ID)
- 12 Fax Transmission Report
- 13 Set Tone or Pulse dialling mode (Not available in New Zealand)
- 14 Set the telephone line compatibility (VoIP)
- 15 Choose your connection type
- For USB interface users (Windows® XP Home/XP Professional/Windows Vista®/Windows® 7)
- For USB interface users (Mac OS X 10.4.11, 10.5.x, 10.6.x)
- For wired network interface users (Windows® XP Home/XP Professional/Windows Vista®/Windows® 7)
- For wired network interface users (Mac OS X 10.4.11, 10.5.x, 10.6.x)
- For wireless network interface users
- 16 Before you begin
- 17 Choose your wireless install method
- 18 Configuration using the CD-ROM installer and a USB cable (Windows® only)
- 18 Manual configuration from the control panel (Windows® and Macintosh)
- 18 One-push configuration using WPS or AOSS™ (Windows® and Macintosh)
- Troubleshooting
- Install the drivers & software (Windows® XP Home/XP Professional/Windows Vista®/Windows® 7)
- Install the drivers & software (Mac OS X 10.4.11, 10.5.x, 10.6.x)
- Install Optional Applications Windows®
- For Network Users
- Consumables
- brother ARL/ASA/NZ
- Start Here
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For Wireless Network Users
Wireless Network
18
Manual configuration
from the control panel
(Windows
®
and
Macintosh)
a On your machine, press Menu.
Press s or t to display Network, and then
press Network.
Press WLAN.
Press Setup Wizard.
When Network I/F switched to
Wireless. is displayed, press Yes to accept.
This will start the wireless setup wizard.
To cancel, press No.
b The machine will search for available SSIDs. It
will take several seconds to display a list of
available SSIDs.
If a list of SSIDs is displayed, press s or t to
choose the SSID you wrote down in step 17-b
on page 27. Select the SSID you want to
connect with.
If the wireless access point/router of the
selected SSID supports WPS and the machine
asks to use WPS, go to c.
If the machine asks you to enter a Network
Key, go to d.
Otherwise, go to e.
c Press Yes to connect your machine using
WPS. (If you choose No to continue manual
configuration, go to d to enter a Network Key.)
When the LCD shows Start WPS, press the
WPS button on your wireless access
point/router, and then press Next to proceed.
Go to e.
d Enter the Network Key you wrote down in
step 17-b on page 27 using the Touchscreen.
The letters appear in this order: lower case and
then upper case. Press to cycle between
letters, numbers and special characters. (The
characters available may differ depending on
your country.) To move the cursor to the right,
press c.
(For more information, see Entering Text for
Wireless Settings on page 41.)
Press OK when you have entered all the
characters, then press Yes to apply your
settings.
e Your machine will now try to connect to your
wireless network. It may take a few minutes.
f A connection result message appears for
60 seconds on the LCD and a WLAN report will
automatically be printed.
If the connection failed, check the error code on
the printed report and refer to Troubleshooting
on page 33.
Wireless setup is now complete. A four
level indicator at the upper left of your
machine’s LCD will show the wireless
signal strength of your access
point/router.
To install MFL-Pro Suite, continue to
step 19.
For Windows
®
Users:
Now go to
Page 35
For Macintosh Users:
Now go to
Page 38
Note
• If a list of SSIDs is not displayed, make sure
your access point is on. Move your machine
closer to the access point and try starting from
a again.
• If your access point is set to not broadcast the
SSID, you will have to manually add the SSID
name. For details, see the Network User’s
Guide.