Brother MFC-8870DW 1, 3, 4, 5

Installing the Driver & Software

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Windows®

Windows®

Parallel

For Parallel Interface Cable Users

(For Windows

®

98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP/

XP Professional x64 Edition)

Important

Make sure that you have finished the

instructions from step 1 Setting Up the

Machine on page 4 to 11.

Note

Please close any applications running before

installing the MFL-Pro Suite.

1Turn off and unplug the machine from the AC

outlet and disconnect it from your computer, if

you already connected an interface cable.

2Turn on your computer.

(For Windows® 2000 Professional/XP/

XP Professional x64 Edition, you must be

logged on with Administrator rights.)

3Put the supplied CD-ROM for Windows® into

your CD-ROM drive. If the model name screen

appears, choose your machine. If the language

screen appears, choose your language.

4The CD-ROM main menu will appear.

Click Install MFL-Pro Suite.

Note

If this window does not appear, use Windows®

Explorer to run the setup.exe program from the

root folder of the Brother CD-ROM.

5Choose Local Connection, and then click

Next. The installation will continue.

Note

If you want to install the PS driver (Brother’s BR-

Script Driver), choose Custom Install and then

follow the on-screen instructions. When the Select

Components screen appears, check PS Printer

Driver, and then continue following the on-screen

instructions.

Contents

Main Quick Setup Guide MFC-8870DW Symbols used in this guide Table of Contents Getting Started STEP 2 STEP 1 Setting Up the Machine Getting Started Carton components Getting Started Control panel MFC-8870DW For the details of the control panel, see "Control panel overview" in Chapter 1 of the Users Guide. 1 Install the drum and toner cartridge unit assembly 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 4 Install the power cord and phone line 2 3 Warning 5 Setting the date and time 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 4 7 Fax: 5 Fax:+44XXXXXXXX Tel: 3 4 8 Setting the phone line type 3 4 06.Phone Line set a Normal ISDN b PBX PABX (PBX) and TRANSFER 9 Selecting a receive mode 3 4 External TAD Manual 10 Setting the LCD contrast 2 3 4 Supplied CD-ROM MFL-Pro Suite Supplied CD-ROM MFL-Pro Suite Windows Macintosh Windows Installing the Driver & Software For USB Interface Cable Users 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP/ 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 For Parallel Interface Cable Users 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP/ 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 For Windows NT 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 14 For Wireless Network Users 98/98SE/Me/NT/2000 Professional/XP/ XP Professional x64 Edition in infrastructure mode) Using the SecureEasySetup software to configure your machine for a wireless network 1 2 3 4 WLAN Enable? aOn bOff 5 Using the Setup Wizard from th e control panel LAN menu for wireless network configuration 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 WEP Key a KEY1: b KEY2: 10 11 12 16 17 18 19 20 24 25 For USB Interface Cable Users For Mac OS 10.2.4 or greater 1 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 15 16 17 For Mac OS 9.1 to 9.2 1 3 4 6 7 10 11 For Wired Network Interface Users For Mac OS X 10.2.4 or greater 1 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 16 17 18 19 20 1 3 4 6 7 10 11 For Wireless Network Users (For Mac OS X 10.2.4 or greater only) Using the SecureEasySetup software to configure your machine for a wireless network 1 2 3 4 WLAN Enable? aOn bOff 5 Using the Setup Wizard from th e control panel LAN menu for wireless network configuration 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 WEP Key a KEY1: b KEY2: 10 11 12 18 19 20 21 22 26 27 28 29 30 32 Installing the BRAdmin Professional configuration utility users) 1 2 3 Setting your IP address, Subnet Mask and Gateway using BRAdmin Professional (For Windows users) 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Options and Consumables Options Consumables