Brother MFC-6490CW Installation Guide

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For Windows
®
 7 Users
Insert the supplied CD-ROM for Windows
®
 7. For 
setting up the machine and installing the printer 
driver, follow the steps in the Quick Setup Guide 
along with the information on this sheet.
If the User Account Control dialog box appears on 
your computer during installation of the driver & 
software or BRAdmin Light for Windows
®
, click Yes
Then, proceed to the next step in the Quick Setup 
Guide.
Driver & Software installation
 
BRAdmin Light for Windows
®
 installation
 
Status Monitor display
„
For Laser/LED Models:
If you have set the Enable Status Monitor during 
installation, you will find the 
 button or Status 
Monitor icon on the taskbar.
„
For Inkjet Models:
Your initial setting of Status Monitor is ON, and you 
will find the 
 button or Status Monitor icon on the 
task bar.
To show the Status Monitor icon on your taskbar, 
click the 
 button. The Status Monitor icon will 
appear in the small window. Then drag the   icon to 
the taskbar.
 
Before using the machine
Instructions for installation
Note
If either of the following screens appears, click 
the check box and click Install to complete the 
installation properly.
About Status Monitor
Computer requirements
Minimum System Requirements and Supported PC Software Functions
Operating 
System
Supported 
Functions
Minimum Processor
Minimum RAM
Recommended 
RAM
Required Hard Disk Space
For 
Drivers
For 
Applications
Windows
®
Printing, 
Scanning, 
PC-FAX
Removable Disk
Intel
®
 Pentium
®
 4 or 
equivalent
64-bit (Intel
®
 64 or 
AMD64) supported CPU
1GB (32-bit)
2GB (64-bit)
1GB (32-bit)
2GB (64-bit)
650MB
530MB
1 Microsoft
®
 Internet Explorer
®
 5.5 or greater.
2 For WIA, 1200 x 1200 dpi resolution. Brother Scanner Utility enables to 
enhance up to 19200 x 19200 dpi.
3 PC FAX supports black and white faxing only.
4 Removable disk is a function of PhotoCapture Center
®
.
For the latest driver updates, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/.
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