Brother MFC-5890CN - Manual (Page 166)

Troubleshooting
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„ For Windows
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The Firewall on your computer may be blocking the necessary network connection to the machine. In this
case, you will need to disable the Firewall on your computer and re-install the drivers.
Windows
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XP SP2 users:
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a Click the Start button, Control Panel, Network and Internet Connections.
b Double-click Windows Firewall.
c Click the General tab. Make sure that Off (not recommended) is selected.
d
Click OK.
Note
After the Brother software package is installed, re-enable your Firewall.
Windows Vista
®
users:
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a Click the button, Control Panel, Network and Internet, Windows Firewall and click
Change settings.
b
When the User Account Control screen appears, do the following.
„ Users who have administrator rights: Click Continue.
„ For users who do not have administrator rights: Enter the administrator password and click OK.
c
Click the General tab. Make sure that Off (not recommended) is selected.
d
Click OK.
Note
After the Brother software package is installed, re-enable your Firewall.
„ For Macintosh
®
Re-select your machine in the Device Selector application located in
Macintosh HD/Library/Printers/Brother/Utilities/DeviceSelector or from the model pull-down list of
ControlCenter2.