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Brother MFC-8870DW User Manual

Table of Contents

Quick Setup Guide MFC-8870DW
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Table of Contents

1

Getting Started

Carton components...................................................................................................................................... 2
Control panel................................................................................................................................................ 3

STEP 1 –

Setting Up the Machine

Install the drum and toner cartridge unit assembly ...................................................................................... 4
Load paper in the paper tray ........................................................................................................................ 5
Release the scanner lock............................................................................................................................. 6
Install the power cord and phone line .......................................................................................................... 6
Setting the date and time ............................................................................................................................. 8
Setting your station ID.................................................................................................................................. 9
Tone and pulse dialling mode .................................................................................................................... 10
Setting the phone line type......................................................................................................................... 10
Selecting a receive mode........................................................................................................................... 11
Setting the LCD contrast ............................................................................................................................ 11

STEP 2 –

Installing the Driver & Software

Windows

®

For USB Interface Cable Users 
(For Windows

®

 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition) ...................................  14

For Parallel Interface Cable Users 
(For Windows

®

 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition) ...................................  17

For Windows NT

®

 Workstation Version 4.0 Users (For Parallel Interface Cable Users) ..........................  20

For Wired Network Interface Users 
(For Windows

®

 98/98SE/Me/NT/2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition) .............................  22

For Wireless Network Users 
(For Windows

®

 98/98SE/Me/NT/2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition 

in infrastructure mode) ..............................................................................................................................  25

Macintosh

®

For USB Interface Cable Users.................................................................................................................  32

For Mac OS

®

 10.2.4 or greater ............................................................................................................. 32

For Mac OS

®

 9.1 to 9.2......................................................................................................................... 35

For Wired Network Interface Users ..........................................................................................................  37

For Mac OS

®

 X 10.2.4 or greater.......................................................................................................... 37

For Mac OS

®

 9.1 to 9.2........................................................................................................................  40

For Wireless Network Users (For Mac OS

®

 X 10.2.4 or greater only)......................................................  42

For Network Users

Installing the BRAdmin Professional configuration utility (For Windows

®

 users) ....................................... 50

Setting your IP address, Subnet Mask and Gateway using BRAdmin Professional 
(For Windows

®

 users) ................................................................................................................................ 51

BRAdmin Light configuration utility (For Mac OS

®

 X users) ...................................................................... 52

How to set the machine’s network settings to wireless LAN or wired LAN ................................................ 53
Restoring the network settings to factory default ....................................................................................... 53

Options and Consumables

Options....................................................................................................................................................... 54
Consumables ............................................................................................................................................. 54

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