Computer requirements (MFC-5890CN and MFC-6490CW)

SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE FUNCTIONS

Computer Platform &

Supported

PC

Processor

Minimum

Recommended

Hard Disk Space to install

PCSoftware

Minimum

For

For

Operating System Version

Interface

RAM

RAM

Functions

Speed

Drivers

Applications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows®

2000

 

Printing,

USB,

Intel® Pentium® II

64 MB

256 MB

110 MB

340 MB

Operating

Professional 5

PC Fax 4,

10/100

or equivalent

 

 

 

 

System 1

 

 

 

Scanning,

BaseTx

 

 

 

 

 

 

XP Home

2 5

 

128 MB

 

110 MB

340 MB

 

 

 

Removable

(Ethernet),

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XP

 

Disk

Wireless

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Professional 2 5

 

802.11b/g

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(MFC-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XP Professional

 

64-bit (Intel®64

256 MB

512 MB

110 MB

340 MB

 

 

 

6490CW

 

 

x64 Edition 2

 

or AMD64)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

only)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

supported CPU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows Vista® 2

 

 

Intel® Pentium® 4

512 MB

1 GB

600 MB

530 MB

 

 

 

 

 

 

or equivalent

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows® 7 2

 

 

1 GB

1 GB

650 MB

530 MB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

64-bit (Intel®64

(32 bit)

(32 bit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or AMD64)

2 GB

2 GB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

supported CPU

(64 bit)

(64 bit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macintosh

Mac OS X 10.2.4

Printing,

USB 3,

PowerPC®

128 MB

256 MB

80 MB

400 MB

Operating

- 10.4.3

 

PC Fax

10/100

G4/G5

 

 

 

 

System 6

 

 

Send 4,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BaseTx

PowerPC® G3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scanning,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Ethernet),

350MHz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Removable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wireless

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mac OS X 10.4.4

Disk

PowerPC®

512 MB

1 GB

 

 

 

 

- 10.4.11

 

 

802.11b/g

G4/G5

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.5.x

 

 

(MFC-

Intel® Core™

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.6.x 7

 

 

6490CW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

only)

Processor

 

 

 

 

Conditions:

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 5.5 or greater.

For WIA, 1200 x 1200 resolution. Brother Scanner Utility enables to enhance up to 19200 x 19200 dpi.

Third party USB ports are not supported.

PC Fax supports black and white only, and does not support Ledger/A3 size paper.

PaperPort™ 11SE supports Microsoft® SP4 or higher for Windows® 2000 and SP2 or higher for XP.

Presto! PageManager on the CD-ROM supports Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher. For Mac OS X 10.2.4-

10.3.8Presto! PageManager is available as a download from the Brother Solutions Center.

Software drivers for Mac OS X 10.6.x are available at http://solutions.brother.com/.

For the latest driver updates, visit:

(in US)

www.brother.com

(in Canada)

www.brother.ca

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