Brother MFC-215C User manual

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Setup is Complete!

Quick Setup Guide

Setting Up the Machine

Installing the Driver & Software

MFC-215C

MFC-425CN

Before you can use the machine, you must set up the hardware and install the software.

Please read this ‘Quick Setup Guide’ for the correct setup procedure and installation instructions.

Keep this ‘Quick Setup Guide’, the User’s Guide and the supplied CD-ROM in a convenient place for

quick and easy reference at all times.

To use the machine safely

Warning

Caution

User’s Guide, Software User’s Guide or

Network User’s Guide

Warnings tell you what to do to prevent

possible personal injury.

Cautions specify procedures you must

follow or avoid to prevent possible

damage to the machine or other objects.

Indicates reference to the User’s Guide,

Software User’s Guide or Network

User’s Guide which is on the CD-ROM

we have supplied.

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Note

Improper Setup icons alert you to

devices and operations that are not

compatible with the machine.

Notes tell you how you should respond

to a situation that may arise or give tips

about how the current operation works

with other features.

Table of Contents

Getting Started

Carton components...................................................................................................................................... 2

Control panel................................................................................................................................................ 3

Setting Up the Machine

Removing the protective parts ..................................................................................................................... 4

Loading paper .............................................................................................................................................. 4

Installing the phone line and power cord...................................................................................................... 5

Installing the ink cartridges........................................................................................................................... 6

Print quality check ........................................................................................................................................ 9

Setting the date and time ........................................................................................................................... 10

Setting your station ID................................................................................................................................ 10

Choosing a Receive Mode ......................................................................................................................... 11

Supplied CD-ROM ‘MFL-Pro Suite’

Supplied CD-ROM ‘MFL-Pro Suite’........................................................................................................... 12

Installing the Driver & Software

Windows®

For USB Interface Users

(For Windows®98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP) ................................................................................ 14

For Network Interface Users (MFC-425CN only)

(Windows®98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP)....................................................................................... 17

Macintosh®

For USB Interface Users ........................................................................................................................... 20

For Mac OS®X 10.2.4 or greater......................................................................................................... 20

For Mac OS®9.1 to 9.2........................................................................................................................ 23

For Network Interface Users (MFC-425CN only) ...................................................................................... 25

For Mac OS®X 10.2.4 or greater......................................................................................................... 25

For Mac OS®9.1 to 9.2........................................................................................................................ 28

For Network Users

Installing the BRAdmin Professional configuration utility (Windows®only) ............................................... 30

Setting your IP address, Subnet Mask and Gateway using BRAdmin Professional (Windows®only) ...... 30

Consumables

Replacement consumables........................................................................................................................ 31

Ink cartridge .......................................................................................................................................... 31

Getting Started

Carton components

Carton components may vary from one country to another.

Save all packing materials and the carton in case for any reason you must ship your machine.

If you are connecting the machine via USB:

The interface cable is not a standard accessory. Please purchase an appropriate USB 2.0 interface cable.

Please make sure you use a USB 2.0 cable that is no longer than 6 feet long (2 meters).

Your MFC has a USB interface. This interface is compatible with Hi-Speed USB 2.0; however, the maximum

data transfer rate will be 12 Mbits/s. The MFC can also be connected to a computer that has a USB 1.1

interface.

DO NOT connect the interface cable at this time.

Connecting the interface cable is done during the software installation process.

Quick Setup Guide

CD-ROMs

For Windows®

For Macintosh®

User’s Guide

Power Cord

Telephone Line Cord

Black (LC900 BK)

Magenta (LC900M)

Yellow (LC900Y)

Cyan (LC900C)

Ink Cartridges

Getting Started

Control panel

(For MFC-215C and MFC-425CN)

1 Fax and telephone keys

2 Ink Management key

3 Dial Pad

4 Mode keys

5 Copy Options key

6 Menu/Set key

7 Fax Resolution key

8Startkeys

9 Stop/Exit key

10 Navigation keys

11 LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)

12 Power Save key

For the details of the control panel, see Control panel overview in Chapter 1 of the User’s Guide.

Illustrations in this Quick Setup Guide are based on MFC-425CN.

The screens for Windows®in this Quick Setup Guide are based on Windows®XP.

The screens for Mac OS®in this Quick Setup Guide are based on Mac OS®X 10.3.

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Setting Up the Machine

STEP1

1 Removing the protective

parts

1Remove the protective tape and scanner glass

protection sheet.

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DO NOT connect the USB cable. Connecting

the USB cable is done during the software

installation process.

2 Loading paper

You can load up to 100 sheets of 80 g/m2

(20 lb) paper.

For details, see About paper in Chapter 1 of

the User’s Guide.

1Pull the paper tray completely out of the

machine and remove the output paper tray.

2Press and slide the paper guide (1) to fit the

paper width.

3Pull out the paper support (1) and unfold the

paper support flap (2).

Note

Use the paper support flap for Letter, Legal and A4

paper.

Setting Up the Machine

4Fan the stack of paper well to avoid paper jams

and misfeeds.

5Gently put the paper into the paper tray print

side down and top edge first.

Check that the paper is flat in the tray and

below the maximum paper mark (1).

Note

• Make sure the paper side guides touch the sides

of the paper.

• Be careful that you do not push the paper in too

far; it may lift at the back of the tray and cause

paper feed problems.

6Put the output paper tray back on and push the

paper tray firmly back into the machine.

3 Installing the phone line and

power cord

1Connect the power cord.

2Connect the telephone line cord. Connect one

end of the telephone line cord to the socket on

the machine marked LINE and the other end to

a modular wall socket.

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DO NOT connect the USB cable yet.

Setting Up the Machine

STEP1

Warning

• The machine must be fitted with an earthed plug.

• Since the machine is grounded through the power

outlet, you can protect yourself from potentially

hazardous electrical conditions on the telephone

network by keeping the power cord connected to

your machine when you connect it to a telephone

line. Similarly, you can protect yourself when you

want to move your machine by disconnecting the

telephone line first and then the power cord.

Note

If you are sharing one phone line with an external

telephone, connect it as shown below.

Note

If you are sharing one phone line with an external

telephone answering machine, connect it as

shown below.

Set the receive mode to ‘External TAD’ if you

have an external answering machine. For

details, see Connecting an external device to

your machine in the Appendix of the User’s

Guide.

4 Installing the ink cartridges

Warning

If ink gets in your eyes, wash them out with water

at once, and if irritation occurs consult a doctor.

1Make sure that the power is turned on.

The LCD shows:

No Cartridge

2Lift the scanner cover (1) from the right-hand

side of the machine until it locks securely into

the open position.

3Remove the protective parts (1).

Note

Do not throw away the protective parts. You will

need them if you transport the machine.

Setting Up the Machine

4Take out the ink cartridge.

5Carefully remove the protective yellow cap (1).

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DO NOT touch the area shown in the

illustration below.

Note

If the protective yellow cap comes off when you

open the bag, the cartridge will not be damaged.

Keep the ink cartridge in an upright position

when you put it into the slot.

6Press firmly down on the ink cartridge until the

hook snaps over it, taking care to match the slot

colour (1) with the cartridge colour (2), as

shown in the diagram below.

Setting Up the Machine

STEP1

7Lift the scanner cover to release the lock.

Gently push the scanner cover support down

and close the scanner cover.

Note

If the LCD shows Install XXXX after you install

the ink cartridges, check that the ink cartridges are

installed properly.

The machine will clean the ink tube system for

use for the first time. This process will occur

only once, the first time ink cartridges are

installed. The cleaning process will last

approximately four minutes.

The LCD shows:

Preparing System

Approx 4 Minutes

Caution

• DO NOT take out ink cartridges if you do not

need to replace them. If you do so, it may

reduce the ink quantity and the machine will

not know the quantity of ink left in the

cartridge.

• DO NOT shake the ink cartridges. If ink stains

your skin or clothing, wash with soap or

detergent at once.

• DO NOT repeatedly insert and remove the

cartridges. If you do so, ink may seep out of the

cartridge.

• If you mix the colours by installing an ink

cartridge in the wrong position, clean the print

head several times after correcting the

cartridge installation. (See Cleaning the print

head in chapter 11 of the User’s Guide.)

• Once you open an ink cartridge, install it in the

machine and use it up within six months of

installation. Use unopened ink cartridges by

the expiration date written on the cartridge

package.

• DO NOT dismantle or tamper with the ink

cartridge, this can cause the ink to leak out of

the cartridge.

• Brother multifunction machines are designed

to work with ink of a particular specification

and will work to a level of optimum

performance when used with genuine Brother

branded ink cartridges. Brother cannot

guarantee this optimum performance if ink or

ink cartridges of other specifications are used.

Brother does not therefore recommend the use

of cartridges other than genuine Brother

branded cartridges with this machine or the

refilling of empty cartridges with ink from other

sources. If damage is caused to the print head

or other parts of this machine as a result of

using incompatible products with this

machine, any repairs required as a result may

not be covered by the warranty.

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