Brother MFC-8870DW - Manual (Page 3)

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