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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”, User’s Guide and supplied CD-ROM in a convenient place for
quick and easy reference at all times.

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Setting Up the machine

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Installing the Drivers & Software

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MFC-8660DN

Quick Setup Guide

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Page 1: ...uide User s Guide and supplied CD ROM in a convenient place for quick and easy reference at all times Step 1 Setting Up the machine Step 2 Installing the Drivers Software Setup is Complete Installing the Drivers Software Setting Up the machine Windows USB Windows Parallel Windows NT 4 0 Parallel Macintosh USB Macintosh Network Windows Network Network Administrators MFC 8660DN Quick Setup Guide Ver...

Page 2: ... follow or avoid to prevent possible damage to the machine or other objects 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 Indicates reference to the User s Guide ...

Page 3: ...he software installation process USB interface cable Please make sure you use a USB 2 0 interface cable that is no longer than 6 feet 2 0 meters When you use a USB cable make sure you connect it to the USB port of your computer and not to a USB port on a keyboard or non powered USB hub Parallel interface cable Please make sure you use a Parallel interface cable that is no longer than 6 feet 2 0 me...

Page 4: ...t key 8 Copy keys 9 Mode keys 10 Fax and telephone keys 11 Print keys For the details of the control panel see Control panel overview in Chapter 1 of the User s Guide When you move the machine grasp the side handholds that are under the scanner Do NOT carry the machine by holding it at the bottom 9 8 10 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ...

Page 5: ... 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 16 For Windows NT Workstation Version 4 0 Users 19 For Network Interface Cable Users For Windows 98 98SE Me NT 2000 Professional XP XP Professional x64 Edition 21 For USB Interface Cable Users 24 For Mac OS 9 1 to 9 2...

Page 6: ...g the front cover release button 1 2 Unpack the drum unit and toner cartridge assembly 3 Gently rock the drum assembly from side to side several times to distribute the toner evenly inside the assembly 4 Put the drum unit assembly into the machine until it clicks into place 5 Close the front cover of the machine 1 Install the Drum Unit and Toner Cartridge Assembly 1 Step 1 ...

Page 7: ... avoid paper jams and misfeeds 4 Put paper in the paper tray Check that the paper is flat in the tray and below the maximum paper mark 1 5 Put the paper tray firmly back into the machine and unfold the output tray support flap 1 before you use the machine 2 Load Paper in the Paper Tray For Legal size paper press the lever 1 located at the back of the tray and pull out the back of the paper tray Mo...

Page 8: ...nect the AC power cord to the machine 2 Plug the AC power cord into an AC outlet Turn the power switch on 3 Connect one end of the telephone line cord to the jack on the machine marked LINE and the other end to a modular wall jack 3 Release the Scanner Lock 2 1 4 Install the Power Cord and Phone Line If Scanner Locked appears on the LCD immediately release the scanner lock and press Stop Exit Step...

Page 9: ...onnected 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 If you are sharing one phone line with an external telephone connect it as shown below If you are sharing one phone line with an external telephone answering device connect it as shown below Please s...

Page 10: ...March 6 Enter the two digits for the day on the dial pad and then press OK e g Enter 2 5 7 Enter the time in 24 hour format on the dial pad and then press OK e g Enter 1 5 2 5 for 3 25 P M 8 Press Stop Exit 5 Setting the Date and Time 02 Date Time Year 2006 Enter OK Key 02 Date Time XX XX 2006 Month 03 Enter OK Key 02 Date Time 03 XX 2006 Day 25 Enter OK Key 02 Date Time 03 25 2006 Time 15 25 Ente...

Page 11: ... on the same key as the previous character press to move the cursor to the right If you entered a letter incorrectly and want to change it press to move the cursor under the incorrect character press Clear Back Press key One time Two times Three times Four times 2 A B C 2 3 D E F 3 4 G H I 4 5 J K L 5 6 M N O 6 7 P Q R S 8 T U V 8 9 W X Y Z For more details see Entering Text in Chapter D of the Us...

Page 12: ...ou want the machine to answer fax and telephone calls automatically Do you want to use the machine for Fax only Fax Only The machine automatically answers every call as a fax Fax Tel The machine controls the line and automatically answers every call If the call is not a fax the machine will ring for you to pick up the call Manual You control the phone line and must answer every call yourself Exter...

Page 13: ...s Menu 2 Press 1 3 Press 8 4 Press to increase the contrast OR Press to decrease the contrast Press OK 5 Press Stop Exit 1 Fill out the Product Registration and Test Sheet 2 Place the sheet face up in the Automatic Document Feeder 3 Enter the toll free fax number 1 877 268 9575 4 Press Start 8 Tone and Pulse dialing mode Canada only 9 Selecting Your Language Canada only 10 Setting the LCD Contrast...

Page 14: ...ageManager for Mac OS 9 1 9 2 Start Here OSX You can install the MFL Pro Suite that includes the printer driver scanner driver and the Brother ControlCenter2 for Mac OS 10 2 4 or greater You can also install Presto PageManager to add OCR capability to the Brother ControlCenter2 and easily scan share and organize photos and documents Readme html You can get important information and troubleshooting...

Page 15: ...com USB Interface Cable Users Go to page 14 For Windows 98 98SE Me 2000 Professional XP XP Professional x64 Edition Parallel Interface Cable Users Go to page 16 For Windows 98 98SE Me 2000 Professional XP XP Professional x64 Edition Windows NT Workstation Version 4 0 Users Go to page 19 For Parallel Interface Cable Users Network Interface Cable Users For Mac OS 9 1 to 9 2 Go to page 29 For Mac OS ...

Page 16: ...f PaperPort SE will automatically start and is followed by the installation of MFL Pro Suite 6 When the Brother MFL Pro Suite Software License Agreement window appears click Yes if you agree to the Software Licence Agreement 7 Choose Local Connection and then click Next The installation will continue For USB Interface Cable Users For Windows 98 98SE Me 2000 Professional XP XP Professional x64 Edit...

Page 17: ... installation 0 When the On Line Registration screen is displayed make your selection and follow the on screen instructions A Click Finish to restart your computer After restarting the computer for Windows 2000 Professional XP XP Professional x64 Edition you must be logged on with Administrator rights The MFL Pro Suite including Printer driver and Scanner driver has been installed and the installa...

Page 18: ...aperPort SE will automatically start and is followed by the installation of MFL Pro Suite 6 When the Brother MFL Pro Suite Software License Agreement window appears click Yes if you agree to the Software License Agreement 7 Choose Local Connection and then click Next The installation will continue For Parallel Interface Cable Users For Windows 98 98SE Me 2000 Professional XP XP Professional x64 Ed...

Page 19: ...E Me 2000 Professional users click Next For Windows XP XP Professional x64 Edition users wait for a while since the installation of the Brother drivers will automatically start The screens appear one after another DO NOT try to cancel any of the screens during this installation A When the On Line Registration screen is displayed make your selection and follow the on screen instructions Brother rec...

Page 20: ...river and Scanner driver has been installed and the installation is now complete For Parallel Interface Cable Users For Windows 98 98SE Me 2000 Professional XP XP Professional x64 Edition After restarting the computer the Installation Diagnostics will run automatically If the installation is unsuccessful the installation results window will be shown If the Installation Diagnostics shows a failure ...

Page 21: ... your machine If the language screen appears choose your language 6 The CD ROM main menu will appear Click Install MFL Pro Suite 7 After reading and accepting the ScanSoft PaperPort SE License Agreement click Yes The installation of PaperPort SE will automatically start and is followed by the installation of MFL Pro Suite For Windows NT Workstation Version 4 0 Users Please close any applications r...

Page 22: ...d and the installation is now complete For Windows NT Workstation Version 4 0 Users 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 After restarting the computer the Installation Diagnostics will ru...

Page 23: ... Click Install MFL Pro Suite 7 After reading and accepting the ScanSoft PaperPort SE License Agreement click Yes The installation of PaperPort SE will automatically start and is followed by the installation of MFL Pro Suite 8 When the Brother MFL Pro Suite Software License Agreement window appears read the agreement then click Yes if you agree to its terms For Network Interface Cable Users For Win...

Page 24: ...s The MFL Pro Suite including Printer driver and Scanner driver has been installed and the installation is now complete For Network Interface Cable Users For Windows 98 98SE Me NT 2000 Professional XP XP Professional x64 Edition 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 ...

Page 25: ...s for example 192 168 0 12 of the computer hosting this service on your network Enter Localhost without the inverted commas 3 In External Port Number for this service Enter 54926 without the inverted commas 4 In Internal Port number for this service Enter 54926 without the inverted commas 5 Make sure UDP is selected 6 Click OK 7 If you still have trouble with your network connection click the Add ...

Page 26: ...Double click the Start Here OS 9 1 9 2 icon to install the printer and scanner drivers If the language screen appears choose your language 5 Click MFL Pro Suite to install 6 Follow the on screen instructions and restart your Macintosh 7 Connect the USB interface cable to your Macintosh and then connect it to the machine DO NOT connect the machine to a USB port on a keyboard or a non powered USB hu...

Page 27: ...ll Presto PageManager click the Presto PageManager icon and follow the on screen instructions Presto PageManager has been installed and the installation is now complete The ControlCenter2 is not supported in Mac OS 9 x You can easily scan share and organize photos and documents using Presto PageManager Installing the Drivers Software Setting Up the machine Macintosh USB Network Administrators ...

Page 28: ...appears connect the USB interface cable to your Macintosh and then to the machine For USB Interface Cable Users For Mac OS X 10 2 4 or greater 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 The DeviceSelector window will not appear if you have connected a USB interface cable to the machine before res...

Page 29: ...ck OK 0 Click Go then choose Application A Double click the Utilities folder B Double click the Print Setup Utility icon C Click Add For Mac OS X 10 2 4 to 10 3 x users Go to D For Mac OS X 10 4 users Go to E For Mac OS X 10 2 x users open Print Center icon Continued Installing the Drivers Software Setting Up the machine Macintosh USB Network Administrators ...

Page 30: ...ter2 have been installed G To install Presto PageManager click the Presto PageManager icon and follow the on screen instructions Presto PageManager has been installed and the installation is now complete For USB Interface Cable Users When Presto PageManager is installed OCR capability is added to the Brother ControlCenter2 You can easily scan share and organize photos and documents using Presto Pa...

Page 31: ... If the language screen appears choose your language 5 Click MFL Pro Suite to install 6 Follow the on screen instructions and restart your Macintosh 7 Connect the network interface cable to the machine and then connect it to a free port on your hub 8 Plug in the power cord and turn on the machine 9 From the Apple menu click Chooser For Network Interface Cable Users For Mac OS 9 1 to 9 2 Continued ...

Page 32: ...ollow the on screen instructions Presto PageManager has been installed and the installation is now complete For Network Interface Cable Users XXXXXX are the last six digits of the Ethernet address The ControlCenter2 and Network Scanning are not supported in Mac OS 9 x You can easily scan share and organize photos and documents using Presto PageManager Installing the Drivers Software Step 2 ...

Page 33: ...ector window appears connect the network interface cable to the machine and then connect it to a free port on your hub 8 Plug in the power cord and turn on the machine For Mac OS X 10 2 4 or greater The DeviceSelector window will not appear if you have also connected a USB interface cable to the machine before restarting your Macintosh or if you are overwriting a previously installed version of th...

Page 34: ... key and choose a scan option You can enter any name up to 15 characters long For more information on network scanning see Chapter 10 of the Software User s Guide on the CD ROM A Click Browse B Choose your model name and then click OK Click OK again to close the DeviceSelector C Click Go then choose Applications D Double click the Utilities folder E Double click the Print Setup Utility icon For Ne...

Page 35: ...ed J To install Presto PageManager click the Presto PageManager icon and follow the on screen instructions Presto PageManager has been installed and the installation is now complete For configuration of advanced network functions such as Scan to FTP see the Software and Network User s Guides located on the CD ROM When Presto PageManager is installed OCR capability is added to the Brother ControlCe...

Page 36: ...information on BRAdmin Professional and BRAdmin Light go to http solutions brother com Installing the BRAdmin Professional configuration utility 1 Put the supplied CD ROM into your CD ROM drive The opening screen will appear automatically Follow the on screen instructions 2 Click the Install Optional Applications icon on the main menu screen 3 Click BRAdmin Professional and follow the on screen in...

Page 37: ...way and then click the OK button 5 The address information will be saved to the machine The default password for the print server is access You can use BRAdmin Professional or a web browser to change this password For more information on network administration please see the Network User s Guide in the programs menu or go to http solutions brother com Setting Up the machine Windows USB Windows Par...

Page 38: ...sk and Gateway using BRAdmin Light 1 Double click the Macintosh HD icon on your desktop 2 Choose Library Printers Brother and then Utilities 3 Double click the BRAdminLight jar file Run the BRAdmin Light software BRAdmin Light searches new devices automatically 4 Double click the new device 5 Enter the IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway and then click OK 6 The address information will be saved to ...

Page 39: ...our local Brother re seller Options Lower Tray Unit Memory LT 5300 Second lower paper tray unit expands total input capacity up to 500 sheets You can expand the memory by installing a 144 pin DIMM memory module For more details see Memory Board in Chapter B of the User s Guide Replacement Consumables Drum Unit Toner Cartridge DR 520 TN 550 TN 580 Options and Consumables Setting Up the machine Wind...

Page 40: ...All other brand and product names mentioned in this manual are registered trademarks of their respective companies Compilation and Publication Under the supervision of Brother Industries Ltd this manual has been compiled and published covering the latest product descriptions and specifications The contents of this manual and the specifications of this product are subject to change without notice B...

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