Quick Setup Guide
Table Of Contents
- Quick Setup Guide MFC-J650DW MFC-J870DW MFC-J875DW
- Start Here
- 1 Unpack the machine and check the components
 - 2 Connect the power cord and telephone line
 - 3 Install the ink cartridges
 - 4 Load plain Letter/A4 paper
 - 5 Check the print quality
 - 6 Set the date and time
 - 7 Choose your language (if needed)
 - 8 Choose the correct Receive Mode
 - 9 Set your Station ID
 - 10 Transmission Verification Report
 - 11 Set Tone or Pulse dialing mode (Canada only)
 - 12 Set the telephone line compatibility (VoIP)
 - 13 Automatic Daylight Saving Time
 - 14 Choose your connection type
 
 - For Windows® USB interface users (Windows® XP Home/XP Professional/Windows Vista®/Windows® 7/Windows® 8)
 - For Macintosh USB interface users (Mac OS X v10.6.8, 10.7.x, 10.8.x)
 - For Windows® wired network interface users (MFC-J870DW/J875DW only) (Windows® XP Home/XP Professional/Windows Vista®/Windows® 7/Windows® 8)
 - For Macintosh wired network interface users (MFC-J870DW/J875DW only) (Mac OS X v10.6.8, 10.7.x, 10.8.x)
 - For wireless network interface users
- 15 Before you begin
 - 16 Choose your wireless setup method
 - 17 Setup using the CD-ROM (Windows® and Macintosh)
 - 17 Manual setup from the control panel using the Setup Wizard (Windows®, Macintosh and mobile devices)
 - 17 One-push setup using WPS or AOSS™ (Windows®, Macintosh and mobile devices)
 - Troubleshooting
 - Install the drivers & software (Windows® XP Home/XP Professional/Windows Vista®/Windows® 7/Windows® 8)
 - Install the drivers & software (Mac OS X v10.6.8, 10.7.x, 10.8.x)
 
 - Install Optional Applications Windows®
 - For Network Users
 - Other Information
 - Consumables
 - brother USA/CAN
 
 - Start Here
 
39
Windows
®
Wireless Network
Windows
®
Macintosh
Wireless Network
20
Finish and restart
a Click Finish to restart your computer. After 
restarting the computer, you must log on with 
Administrator rights.
b The following screens will appear.
• When the Software Update Setting screen 
appears, choose the software update setting 
you want and click OK.
• When the Brother Product Research and 
Support Program screen appears, select 
your preference and follow the on-screen 
instructions.
• When the Brother Trial Photo Print screen 
appears, follow the on-screen instructions to 
print a test photo.
21
Install MFL-Pro Suite on 
additional computers 
(if needed)
If you want to use your machine with multiple 
computers on the network, install MFL-Pro Suite on 
each computer. Go to step 18 on page 37.
To install optional applications:
Now go to
Page 43
NOTE
• If an error message appears during the 
software installation, do one of the following:
- Windows
®
 XP, Windows Vista
®
 and 
Windows
®
7 users: Run the Installation 
Diagnostics located in   (Start) > 
All Programs > Brother > MFC-XXXX LAN 
(where XXXX is your model name).
- Windows
®
8 users: To run the Installation 
Diagnostics, double-click   (Brother 
Utilities) on the desktop, and then click the 
drop-down list and select your model name 
(if not already selected). Click Tools in the 
left navigation bar.
• Depending on your security settings, a 
Windows
®
 Security or antivirus software 
window may appear when using the machine 
or its software. Please allow or permit the 
window to continue.
NOTE
• Internet access is required for the software 
update and the Brother Product Research and 
Support Program.
• When you install MFL-Pro Suite, Brother Help 
will also be installed automatically. Brother 
Help allows you to access the Brother 
Solutions Center when you click 
 in the task tray.
NOTE
Network license (Windows
®
) 
This product includes a PC license for up to two 
users. This license supports the installation of the 
MFL-Pro Suite including Nuance™ PaperPort™ 
12SE on up to two PCs on the network. If you 
want to use more than two PCs with Nuance™ 
PaperPort™ 12SE installed, please purchase the 
Brother NL-5 pack which is a multiple PC license 
agreement pack for up to five additional users. To 
purchase the NL-5 pack, contact your authorized 
Brother dealer or contact Brother customer 
service.
Finish
The installation is now 
complete.
NOTE
Windows
®
8 users: If the Brother manuals 
included on the CD-ROM are in PDF format, use 
Adobe
®
 Reader
®
 to open them. If Adobe
®
Reader
®
 is installed on your computer but you 
cannot open the files in Adobe
®
 Reader
®
, change 
the file association for PDF (see How to open a 
PDF file in Adobe
®
 Reader
®
 (Windows
®
 8) 
on page 45).










