Computer requirements; Computer Platform & ; Operating System - Page 179

Specifications

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Computer requirements

1

For WIA, 1200 x 1200 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).

5

For Wireless support on Windows Professional x64 bit Edition and NT Workstation 4.0, please visit http://solutions.brother.com.

6

Third party USB ports are not supported.

7

PaperPort™ 9SE is for Windows

®

 98, 98SE, Me, NT

®

 Workstation 4.0, 2000 and XP.

PaperPort™ 11SE is for Windows Vista

®

 only.

8

Wireless feature is availabel for MFC-8870DW only.

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

 7

98, 98SE

Parallel, USB, 
Ethernet, 
Wireless 
802.11 b/g

 8

Intel

®

 Pentium

®

II 

or equivalent

32 MB

128 MB 90 MB

130 MB

Me

Parallel, USB, 
Ethernet, 
Wireless 
802.11 b/g

 8

NT

®

Workstation 4.0

Parallel, 
Ethernet, 
Wireless 
802.11 b/g

 5 8

64 MB

256 MB

Windows

®

Operating 
System

2000 
Professional

Printing, 
PC Fax

 3

, 

Scanning

 4

Parallel, USB, 
Ethernet, 
Wireless 
802.11 b/g

 8

XP Home

 1

XP Professional

1

Parallel, USB, 
Ethernet, 
Wireless 
802.11 b/g

 8

128 MB

256 MB 150 MB 220 MB

XP Professional 
x64 bit Edition

 1

Parallel, USB, 
Ethernet, 
Wireless 
802.11 b/g

 5 8

AMD Opteron™
AMD Athlon™ 64
Intel

®

 Xeon™ 

with Intel

®

 EM64T

Intel

®

 Pentium

®

 4 

with Intel

®

 EM64T

256 MB

512 MB 150 MB 220 MB

Windows 
Vista

®

 1

USB, Ethernet, 
Wireless 
802.11 b/g

 5 8

Intel

®

 Pentium

®

 4 or 

equivalent 64-bit 
(Intel

®

 64 or AMD64) 

supported CPU

512 MB 1GB

500MB 500MB

Apple

®

Macintosh

®

Operating 
System

OS 9.1 - 9.2 Printing, 

PC Fax Send, 
Scanning

 2

USB

 6

, 

Ethernet

All base models 
meet minimum 
Requirements

64 MB

80 MB

200 MB

OS X 10.2.4 
or greater

Printing, 
PC Fax Send, 
Scanning

 2

USB

 6

, Ethernet, 

Wireless  
802.11 b/g

 8

128 MB

160 MB