Brother MFC-J6959DW User Manual (English)

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Quick Setup Guide

Read the Product Safety Guide ﬁrst, then read this Quick Setup Guide for the correct installation procedure.

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Unpack the machine and check the components

Remove the protective tape or film covering the machine and the supplies. The components included in the box may differ depending on your country.

MFC-J6959DW

NOTE

• Save all packing materials and the box in case you must ship your machine.

• You must purchase the correct interface cable for the interface you want to use.

USB cable

Use a USB 2.0 cable (Type A/B) that is no more than 5 metres long.

Ethernet (Network) cable

Use a straight-through Category 5 (or greater) twisted-pair cable for 10BASE-T or

100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet Network.

• Brother aims to reduce waste and save both raw materials and the energy required to

produce them. Read more about our environmental work at www.brotherearth.com.

NOTE

You can adjust the control panel

angle to read the LCD more easily.

NOTE

The first time you install a set of ink

cartridges the machine will use an

amount of ink to fill the ink delivery

tubes for high quality printouts. This

process will only happen once.

Open the ink cartridge cover.

The latest manuals are available at the Brother support website:

support.brother.com/manuals

Video setup instructions:

support.brother.com/videos

Pull Tray #1 completely out of

the machine as shown by the

arrow.

Fan the paper well. Load the paper in the tray

and adjust the paper guides.

Slowly push Tray #1

completely into the machine.

Pull out the paper support until

it locks into place.

Quickly shake just the black

ink cartridge horizontally

15 times as shown, before

inserting it into the machine.

Follow the LCD instructions to

install the ink cartridges. Close the

ink cartridge cover. The machine

will prepare the ink tube system for

printing.

Follow the LCD instructions to set the date

and time.

After setting the date and time, you can set

the Brother LCD message defaults.

Follow the LCD instructions,

and then press [St a rt].

The machine prints the Print

Quality Check Sheet.

Follow the LCD instructions and

check the quality of the four

colour blocks on the sheet, and

then start the cleaning procedure

if required.

Follow the LCD instructions

to print the Adjustment

Sheet. The black circle mark

is located in the upper right

corner of the sheet.

Place the Adjustment Sheet

face down on the scanner

glass. Make sure the black

circle is in the upper left corner

of the scanner glass.

Follow the LCD instructions

and complete adjusting the

alignment.

When finished, remove the

Adjustment Sheet from the

scanner glass.

After finishing the machine setup, you can change the paper type or size. For more information

about paper handling, see the Online User’s Guide at support.brother.com/manuals.

Load plain A4 paper in Tray #1

Install the inbox ink cartridges

Connect the power cord

Check the print quality

Adjust the print alignment (recommended)

To adjust the print alignment before using your machine, press [St a r t].

Set the date and time

• The images in this guide are for illustration purposes only and may differ from the

actual products.

Do not exceed

this mark (bbb).

Select your country or language

After turning the machine on, you may need to set your country or language (depending on

your machine). If required, follow the LCD instructions.

OK Poor

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Brother MFC-J6959DW Specifications

General

Duplex printing	Yes
Print technology	Inkjet
Maximum resolution	1200 x 4800 DPI
Time to first page (black, normal)	4.6 s
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)	30 ppm
Duplex print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)	21 ppm
Display	LCD
Control type	Touch
Product color	Gray
Market positioning	Business
Sound pressure level (printing)	51 dB
Wi-Fi standards	802.11b, 802.11g, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
Cabling technology	10/100Base-T(X)
Security algorithms	64-bit WEP, 128-bit WEP, 802.1x RADIUS, AES, APOP, EAP-FAST, EAP-MD5, EAP-PEAP, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, HTTPS, IPPS, IPSec, SMTP-AUTH, SNMPv3, SSL/TLS, TKIP, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA3-SAE
Ethernet LAN data rates	10, 100 Mbit/s
Mobile printing technologies	Brother iPrint & Scan
Copier resize	25 - 400 %
Maximum copy resolution	600 x 600 DPI
Package width	681 mm
Package weight	34800 g
Faxing	-
Modem speed	33.6 Kbit/s
Operating temperature (T-T)	10 - 35 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	20 - 80 %
Power consumption (off)	0.03 W
Power consumption (ready)	6.5 W
Power consumption (sleep)	0.9 W
Power consumption (printing)	31 W
Energy Star Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC)	0.3 kWh/week
Sustainability certificates	Blue Angel, Nordic Swan Ecolabel
Cables included	AC
Included cartridge capacity (CMY)	1500 pages
Included cartridge capacity (black)	3000 pages
Mac operating systems supported	Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina, Mac OS X 10.15.3 Catalina, Mac OS X 11.0 Big Sur, Mac OS X 12.0 Monterey, Mac OS X 13.0 Ventura
Server operating systems supported	Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019
Windows operating systems supported	Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 7, Windows 8
Total input capacity	900 sheets
Paper tray 1 input capacity	250 sheets
Paper tray 2 input capacity	500 sheets
Total number of input trays	3
Multi-Purpose tray input capacity	100 sheets
Auto document feeder (ADF) input capacity	50 sheets
Recommended monthly print volume	3500 pages
Printing colors	Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
Duplex functions	Copy, Fax, Print, Scan
Maximum duty cycle	- pages per month
Number of print cartridges	4
Page description languages	BR-Script 3, PCL 6, PDF 1.7, XPS
Scanner type	Flatbed & ADF scanner
Scan speed (color)	25 ppm
Optical scanning resolution	1200 x 2400 DPI
Envelopes sizes	C5, Com-10, DL, Monarch
Custom media width	105 - 148 mm
Custom media length	215.5 - 355.6 mm
Paper tray media types	Envelopes, Glossy paper, Photo paper, Plain paper, Recycled paper
Non-ISO print media sizes	Folio
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)	A3, A4, A5
Maximum ISO A-series paper size	A3
Multi-Purpose Tray media weight	64 - 220 g/m²