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... manual with Screen Reader 'text-to-speech' software. Please read this User's Guide thoroughly before you can use the printer. Version 3 You can get answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), Product Support and Technical Questions, and the latest Driver Updates and Utilities. Brother Laser Printer HL-5130 HL-5140 HL-5150D HL-5170DN User's Guide For visually-impaired users You...
... manual with Screen Reader 'text-to-speech' software. Please read this User's Guide thoroughly before you can use the printer. Version 3 You can get answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), Product Support and Technical Questions, and the latest Driver Updates and Utilities. Brother Laser Printer HL-5130 HL-5140 HL-5150D HL-5170DN User's Guide For visually-impaired users You...
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... duplex printing from the manual feed tray (For HL-5130 and HL-5140 1-44 Manual duplex printing from the multi-purpose tray (For HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) .... 1-45 Printing on both sides of the paper (automatic duplex printing 1-47 Guidelines for automatic duplex printing 1-47 2 Driver and software ...2-1 Printer driver ...2-1 For Windows® 95/98/Me...
... duplex printing from the manual feed tray (For HL-5130 and HL-5140 1-44 Manual duplex printing from the multi-purpose tray (For HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) .... 1-45 Printing on both sides of the paper (automatic duplex printing 1-47 Guidelines for automatic duplex printing 1-47 2 Driver and software ...2-1 Printer driver ...2-1 For Windows® 95/98/Me...
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... in a laser printer. You should not be thicker than the paper weight specifications for your software application as the paper in the tray. ■ See What kind of paper can I use? A suitable envelope should have edges with straight, well-creased folds and the leading edge should buy quality envelopes from your printer. Brother will be...
... in a laser printer. You should not be thicker than the paper weight specifications for your software application as the paper in the tray. ■ See What kind of paper can I use? A suitable envelope should have edges with straight, well-creased folds and the leading edge should buy quality envelopes from your printer. Brother will be...
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...; 2000/XP ■ PCL (Hewlett-Packard LaserJet laser printer) compatible driver ■ BR-Script (PostScript®3 language emulation) driver (HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) For Macintosh® ■ Brother Laser driver for the following operating systems are on the CD-ROM that we have supplied. 2 Driver and software Printer driver A printer driver is a printer command language or page description language.
...; 2000/XP ■ PCL (Hewlett-Packard LaserJet laser printer) compatible driver ■ BR-Script (PostScript®3 language emulation) driver (HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) For Macintosh® ■ Brother Laser driver for the following operating systems are on the CD-ROM that we have supplied. 2 Driver and software Printer driver A printer driver is a printer command language or page description language.
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You can change the following printer settings when you print from your computer. ■ Paper Size ■ Multiple Page ■ Orientation ■ Copies ■ Media Type ■ Paper Source ■ Resolution ... are not available with the BR-script driver.(HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) *2 These settings are not available with Brother Laser for Macintosh®. *3 These settings are not available with Windows NT® 4.0 and Windows® 2000/XP. *4 These settings are not available for HL-5130. *5 This setting is not available for HL-5130 and HL-5140. DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 2
You can change the following printer settings when you print from your computer. ■ Paper Size ■ Multiple Page ■ Orientation ■ Copies ■ Media Type ■ Paper Source ■ Resolution ... are not available with the BR-script driver.(HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) *2 These settings are not available with Brother Laser for Macintosh®. *3 These settings are not available with Windows NT® 4.0 and Windows® 2000/XP. *4 These settings are not available for HL-5130. *5 This setting is not available for HL-5130 and HL-5140. DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 2
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... Windows® Features in the PCL printer driver You can download the latest printer driver or get other information by accessing the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com You can access the Basic tab by clicking the illustration on . 2 - 3 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE in the General tab of the Printer Properties screen. 1 2 1 Select the Paper...
... Windows® Features in the PCL printer driver You can download the latest printer driver or get other information by accessing the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com You can access the Basic tab by clicking the illustration on . 2 - 3 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE in the General tab of the Printer Properties screen. 1 2 1 Select the Paper...
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Resolution You can access the Advanced tab by clicking the following icons: 1 Print Quality 2 Duplex Printing 3 Watermark 4 Page Setting 5 Device Options Print Quality Select the resolution, toner save and print settings or gray printing setting. Advanced tab If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can change the resolution as follows: ■ HQ 1200 ■ 600 dpi ■ 300 dpi DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 4 in the General tab of the Printer Properties screen. 12 3 45 Change the tab settings by clicking Printing Preferences...
Resolution You can access the Advanced tab by clicking the following icons: 1 Print Quality 2 Duplex Printing 3 Watermark 4 Page Setting 5 Device Options Print Quality Select the resolution, toner save and print settings or gray printing setting. Advanced tab If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can change the resolution as follows: ■ HQ 1200 ■ 600 dpi ■ 300 dpi DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 4 in the General tab of the Printer Properties screen. 12 3 45 Change the tab settings by clicking Printing Preferences...
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...174; 95/98/Me users only) You can change the settings manually by selecting the manual button and ticking the setting button. ■ Use Printer Halftone (For Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000/XP users only) You can print, using the booklet printing function, please note that ...When you can change the print image scaling and select Mirror / Reverse print options. 2 - 5 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE Six types of the binding side in inches or millimeters. ■ Booklet Printing (For HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) When you want to print a booklet, use a bitmap file as a watermark, you use this ...
...174; 95/98/Me users only) You can change the settings manually by selecting the manual button and ticking the setting button. ■ Use Printer Halftone (For Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000/XP users only) You can print, using the booklet printing function, please note that ...When you can change the print image scaling and select Mirror / Reverse print options. 2 - 5 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE Six types of the binding side in inches or millimeters. ■ Booklet Printing (For HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) When you want to print a booklet, use a bitmap file as a watermark, you use this ...
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...Printer Function by clicking the function name in the list below.) ■ Job Spooling ■ Quick Print Setup ■ Sleep Time ■ Status Monitor ■ Macro (For HL-5140, HL-5150D and HL...-5170DN) ■ Administrator (For Windows® 95/98/Me users only) ■ Insert Command/File (For HL-5140, 5150D and 5170DN: For ... Density adjustment ■ HRC (High Resolution Control)* ■ TrueType Mode (For HL-5140, HL-5150D and HL-5170DN)* The Printer Function list may differ depending on the model. * If you are using Windows...
...Printer Function by clicking the function name in the list below.) ■ Job Spooling ■ Quick Print Setup ■ Sleep Time ■ Status Monitor ■ Macro (For HL-5140, HL-5150D and HL...-5170DN) ■ Administrator (For Windows® 95/98/Me users only) ■ Insert Command/File (For HL-5140, 5150D and 5170DN: For ... Density adjustment ■ HRC (High Resolution Control)* ■ TrueType Mode (For HL-5140, HL-5150D and HL-5170DN)* The Printer Function list may differ depending on the model. * If you are using Windows...
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...Monitor is automatically adjusted to the most suitable time-out setting depending on your PC. Status Monitor This reports the printer status (any document. Macro (For HL-5140, HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) You can turn the Quick Print Setup function ON or OFF. Quick Print Setup You can save time... of a document as forms, company logos, letter head formats or invoices. 2 - 7 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE in the Sleep Time screen, this will save a page of time (timeout), it is off , but the printer can use . This will allow the Sleep Time Off function to appear, click Sleep Time Off to...
...Monitor is automatically adjusted to the most suitable time-out setting depending on your PC. Status Monitor This reports the printer status (any document. Macro (For HL-5140, HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) You can turn the Quick Print Setup function ON or OFF. Quick Print Setup You can save time... of a document as forms, company logos, letter head formats or invoices. 2 - 7 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE in the Sleep Time screen, this will save a page of time (timeout), it is off , but the printer can use . This will allow the Sleep Time Off function to appear, click Sleep Time Off to...
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...Increase or decrease the print density. The page protection feature allows the printer to create the full page image to be inserted into a print job. When the image is saved in 1 100% Insert Command/File (For HL-5140, 5150D and 5170DN: For Windows® 95/98/Me ...: Specifies the format of the Watermark option to process the image before physically moving the paper through the printer. Print Date & Time Date: Specifies the format of full page images. DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 8 Page Protection 'Page Protection' refers to prevent multiple copy printing. ■ WATERMARK LOCK ...
...Increase or decrease the print density. The page protection feature allows the printer to create the full page image to be inserted into a print job. When the image is saved in 1 100% Insert Command/File (For HL-5140, 5150D and 5170DN: For Windows® 95/98/Me ...: Specifies the format of the Watermark option to process the image before physically moving the paper through the printer. Print Date & Time Date: Specifies the format of full page images. DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 8 Page Protection 'Page Protection' refers to prevent multiple copy printing. ■ WATERMARK LOCK ...
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... laser printers cannot attain with resolutions of 300 or 600 dpi. ■ Printer Default: The setting will match that of the printer. ■ Light ■ Medium ■ Dark. ■ Off: Turn HRC off TrueType Mode (For HL-5140, HL-5150D and HL-5170DN...) TrueType fonts may be sent to change the HRC setting on your printer in one of the following ways: ■ Download as TrueType (For HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) ■ Download as Bit Image ■ Print as Graphics 2 - 9 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE HRC This option allows you to your Brother HL-5100 series printer...
... laser printers cannot attain with resolutions of 300 or 600 dpi. ■ Printer Default: The setting will match that of the printer. ■ Light ■ Medium ■ Dark. ■ Off: Turn HRC off TrueType Mode (For HL-5140, HL-5150D and HL-5170DN...) TrueType fonts may be sent to change the HRC setting on your printer in one of the following ways: ■ Download as TrueType (For HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) ■ Download as Bit Image ■ Print as Graphics 2 - 9 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE HRC This option allows you to your Brother HL-5100 series printer...
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... 2 Paper Source Setting This feature recognizes the paper size in each paper tray. 3 Auto detection of printer options (For HL-5140, HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) The Auto Detect function finds the currently installed devices and shows the available settings in the Accessories ...tab as follows. 1 2 3 1 You can manually add or remove options. Auto Detect function may not be listed. When you can add it and select its settings in the printer driver. DRIVER AND SOFTWARE...
... 2 Paper Source Setting This feature recognizes the paper size in each paper tray. 3 Auto detection of printer options (For HL-5140, HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) The Auto Detect function finds the currently installed devices and shows the available settings in the Accessories ...tab as follows. 1 2 3 1 You can manually add or remove options. Auto Detect function may not be listed. When you can add it and select its settings in the printer driver. DRIVER AND SOFTWARE...
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in the General tab of the Printer Properties screen. ■ You can print the printer settings page and the internal fonts list. (The internal fonts list is not available for HL-5130.) 2 - 11 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE Support tab If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can access the Support tab by accessing the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com ■ You can see the printer driver version. ■ You can check the current driver settings. ■ You can download the latest driver or by clicking Printing Preferences...
in the General tab of the Printer Properties screen. ■ You can print the printer settings page and the internal fonts list. (The internal fonts list is not available for HL-5130.) 2 - 11 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE Support tab If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can access the Support tab by accessing the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com ■ You can see the printer driver version. ■ You can check the current driver settings. ■ You can download the latest driver or by clicking Printing Preferences...
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Ports tab Select the port where your Operating System. You can download the latest driver by accessing the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com For more information, please see the Help text in the PS printer driver This section is connected or the path to the network printer you are from Windows® XP. Features in the printer driver. The screens on your PC will vary depending on your printer is for HL-5150D and HL-5170DN. The screens in this section are using. DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 12
Ports tab Select the port where your Operating System. You can download the latest driver by accessing the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com For more information, please see the Help text in the PS printer driver This section is connected or the path to the network printer you are from Windows® XP. Features in the printer driver. The screens on your PC will vary depending on your printer is for HL-5150D and HL-5170DN. The screens in this section are using. DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 12
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Device Settings tab Select the options you installed. 2 - 13 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE
Device Settings tab Select the options you installed. 2 - 13 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE
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You can access the Layout tab by selecting the setting in the General tab of the Printer BR-Script3 Properties screen. Layout tab If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can change the Layout setting by clicking Printing Preferences... DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 14 in the Orientation, Page Order and Page Per Sheet.
You can access the Layout tab by selecting the setting in the General tab of the Printer BR-Script3 Properties screen. Layout tab If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can change the Layout setting by clicking Printing Preferences... DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 14 in the Orientation, Page Order and Page Per Sheet.
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Paper / Quality tab Select the Paper Source. 2 - 15 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE
Paper / Quality tab Select the Paper Source. 2 - 15 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE
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...you can access the Advanced Options tab by turning on the Toner Save setting, which reduces the print density. DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 16 Sleep mode acts as though the printer was turned off . Pressing the GO button will allow the Sleep Time Off function to appear, click Sleep Time Off ...Scaling and TrueType Font setting. 3 You can change settings by selecting the setting in the Sleep Time screen, this will also wake up the printer to the Advanced tab, select Device Options and then select Sleep Time. The Sleep Time Off function can still receive data from the computer. ...
...you can access the Advanced Options tab by turning on the Toner Save setting, which reduces the print density. DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 16 Sleep mode acts as though the printer was turned off . Pressing the GO button will allow the Sleep Time Off function to appear, click Sleep Time Off ...Scaling and TrueType Font setting. 3 You can change settings by selecting the setting in the Sleep Time screen, this will also wake up the printer to the Advanced tab, select Device Options and then select Sleep Time. The Sleep Time Off function can still receive data from the computer. ...
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...sides of the paper, use this function. 2 - 17 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE Print on Both Sides: When you want to 10.2. Page setup You can download the latest driver by accessing the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com The screens in this section are from Mac OS® X...Operating System. Brother Laser driver / PS driver Pages per sheet: Select how many pages will appear on your Macintosh® will vary depending on each side of the layout. Layout direction: When you specify the Pages per Sheet and other settings. For Macintosh® This printer supports Mac ...
...sides of the paper, use this function. 2 - 17 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE Print on Both Sides: When you want to 10.2. Page setup You can download the latest driver by accessing the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com The screens in this section are from Mac OS® X...Operating System. Brother Laser driver / PS driver Pages per sheet: Select how many pages will appear on your Macintosh® will vary depending on each side of the layout. Layout direction: When you specify the Pages per Sheet and other settings. For Macintosh® This printer supports Mac ...