Brother MFC-8870DW 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Installing the Driver & Software

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STEP 2

Macintosh®

Macintosh®

USB

For USB Interface Cable Users

For Mac OS® 10.2.4 or greater

Important

Make sure that you have finished the

instructions from Step 1 Setting Up the

Machine on page 4 to 11.

Note

For Mac OS® X 10.2.0 to 10.2.3 user, upgrade to

Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater.

(For the latest information for Mac OS® X, visit

http://solutions.brother.com)

1Turn off and unplug the machine from the AC

outlet and disconnect it from your Macintosh®,

if you already connected an interface cable.

2Turn on your Macintosh®.

3Put the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM

drive.

4Double-click the Start Here OSX icon to install

the printer and scanner drivers. If the language

screen appears, choose your language.

5Click MFL-ProSuite to install.

6Choose Local Connection, and then click

Next. Follow the on-screen instruction, and

restart your Macintosh®.

7After the DeviceSelector window appears

connect the USB interface cable to your

Macintosh and then to the machine.

Note

The DeviceSelector window will not appear if you

have connected a USB interface cable to the

machine before restarting your Macintosh® or if

you are overwriting a previously installed version

of the Brother Software. If you encounter this

problem continue with the installation but skip

step 9. You should choose your Brother machine

from the Model pop-up menu in the main screen of

ControlCenter2. For details, see the Software

User’s Guide on the CD-ROM.

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