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Brother Laser Printer HL-5030 HL-5040 HL-5050 HL-5070N User's Guide For visually-impaired users Please see the two HTML files, index_win.html and index_mac.html, on the supplied CD-ROM. You can get answers to set up the printer. Version 1 Please use the Quick Setup Guide to Frequently Asked ...(FAQs), Product Support and Technical Questions, and the latest Driver Updates and Utilities. Please visit our web site at http://solutions.brother.com where you use the printer. You must set up the hardware and install the driver before you can find a printed copy in a convenient ...
Brother Laser Printer HL-5030 HL-5040 HL-5050 HL-5070N User's Guide For visually-impaired users Please see the two HTML files, index_win.html and index_mac.html, on the supplied CD-ROM. You can get answers to set up the printer. Version 1 Please use the Quick Setup Guide to Frequently Asked ...(FAQs), Product Support and Technical Questions, and the latest Driver Updates and Utilities. Please visit our web site at http://solutions.brother.com where you use the printer. You must set up the hardware and install the driver before you can find a printed copy in a convenient ...
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... both sides of the paper 1-46 2 Driver and software ...2-1 Printer driver ...2-1 For Windows® 95 and Windows NT® 4.0 (HL-5040, HL-5050 and HL-5070N 2-1 For Windows® 98/Me and Windows® 2000/XP 2-1 For Macintosh® ...2-1 For Windows® ...2-2 Features in the PCL printer driver 2-2 Features in the PS printer driver 2-10 For Macintosh® ...2-15 Software...
... both sides of the paper 1-46 2 Driver and software ...2-1 Printer driver ...2-1 For Windows® 95 and Windows NT® 4.0 (HL-5040, HL-5050 and HL-5070N 2-1 For Windows® 98/Me and Windows® 2000/XP 2-1 For Macintosh® ...2-1 For Windows® ...2-2 Features in the PCL printer driver 2-2 Features in the PS printer driver 2-10 For Macintosh® ...2-15 Software...
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... a test page ...3-8 Using control panel button 3-8 Using the printer driver ...3-8 Printer Settings ...3-9 Using the control panel button 3-9 Using the printer driver ...3-9 Print fonts (For HL-5040, HL-5050 and HL-5070N 3-10 Using the control panel button 3-10 Using the printer driver (For HL-5040, HL-5050 and HL-5070N 3-10 Network factory default setting (For HL-5070N 3-11 4 Options ...4-1 DIMM ...4-1 Installing additional memory...
... a test page ...3-8 Using control panel button 3-8 Using the printer driver ...3-8 Printer Settings ...3-9 Using the control panel button 3-9 Using the printer driver ...3-9 Print fonts (For HL-5040, HL-5050 and HL-5070N 3-10 Using the control panel button 3-10 Using the printer driver (For HL-5040, HL-5050 and HL-5070N 3-10 Network factory default setting (For HL-5070N 3-11 4 Options ...4-1 DIMM ...4-1 Installing additional memory...
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... clicking L in .) Single sheet 50 sheets (75 g/m2 or 20 lb) 250 sheets (75 g/m2 or 20 lb) ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 5 Type and size of paper The printer loads paper from the printer driver Plain paper Bond paper Thick paper or Thicker paper Transparencies Thicker paper Envelopes Envelopes - Thick Thick paper or Thicker paper..., A5 Length: 116 to Length: 116 to 406.4 mm 406.4 mm (4.57 to 16 in.) (4.57 to the page for the paper trays in the printer driver and this Guide are as follows: Paper tray Manual feed tray Multi-purpose tray (MP tray) Optional lower tray unit Tray 1 Manual (For...
... clicking L in .) Single sheet 50 sheets (75 g/m2 or 20 lb) 250 sheets (75 g/m2 or 20 lb) ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 5 Type and size of paper The printer loads paper from the printer driver Plain paper Bond paper Thick paper or Thicker paper Transparencies Thicker paper Envelopes Envelopes - Thick Thick paper or Thicker paper..., A5 Length: 116 to Length: 116 to 406.4 mm 406.4 mm (4.57 to 16 in.) (4.57 to the page for the paper trays in the printer driver and this Guide are as follows: Paper tray Manual feed tray Multi-purpose tray (MP tray) Optional lower tray unit Tray 1 Manual (For...
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Printing on plain paper from the paper tray or manual feed tray. Printing methods Printing on plain paper You can I use , please see What kind of paper can print on HL-5050 and HL-5070N. 1 Select the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in this chapter. Media Type: Plain Paper Paper Source: Tray1 PCL driver PS driver (For HL-5050 and HL-5070N) 1 - 8 ABOUT THIS PRINTER For the paper you want to use ? in this section are based on plain paper from the paper tray Illustrations in the printer driver.
Printing on plain paper from the paper tray or manual feed tray. Printing methods Printing on plain paper You can I use , please see What kind of paper can print on HL-5050 and HL-5070N. 1 Select the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in this chapter. Media Type: Plain Paper Paper Source: Tray1 PCL driver PS driver (For HL-5050 and HL-5070N) 1 - 8 ABOUT THIS PRINTER For the paper you want to use ? in this section are based on plain paper from the paper tray Illustrations in the printer driver.
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Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 1-10 1 - 12 ABOUT THIS PRINTER A NO PAPER message is shown in the Status Monitor and indicated by the control panel LEDs until you put a sheet of paper in the printer driver. Printing on plain paper from the manual feed tray (For HL-5030 and HL-5040) The printer automatically turns on the Manual Feed mode when you put paper in the manual feed tray. 1 Select the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in the manual feed tray. Media Type: Plain Paper Paper Source: Manual PCL driver 2 Send the print data to the printer.
Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 1-10 1 - 12 ABOUT THIS PRINTER A NO PAPER message is shown in the Status Monitor and indicated by the control panel LEDs until you put a sheet of paper in the printer driver. Printing on plain paper from the manual feed tray (For HL-5030 and HL-5040) The printer automatically turns on the Manual Feed mode when you put paper in the manual feed tray. 1 Select the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in the manual feed tray. Media Type: Plain Paper Paper Source: Manual PCL driver 2 Send the print data to the printer.
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Printing on plain paper from the multi-purpose tray (MP tray) (For HL-5050 and HL-5070N) The printer automatically turns on the MP Tray mode when you put paper in the multi-purpose tray. 1 Select the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in the printer driver. Media Type: Plain Paper Paper Source: MP Tray PCL driver PS driver 1 - 14 ABOUT THIS PRINTER
Printing on plain paper from the multi-purpose tray (MP tray) (For HL-5050 and HL-5070N) The printer automatically turns on the MP Tray mode when you put paper in the multi-purpose tray. 1 Select the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in the printer driver. Media Type: Plain Paper Paper Source: MP Tray PCL driver PS driver 1 - 14 ABOUT THIS PRINTER
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Use this chapter. in the printer driver. Printing on thicker paper or card stock. Media Type: Thick paper or Thicker paper Paper Source: Manual PCL driver 2 Open the back output tray. Printing on thicker paper and card stock from the manual feed tray or the MP tray through to print on... thicker paper and card stock When the back output tray is pulled down, the printer has a straight paper path from the manual feed tray (For HL-5030 and HL-5040) 1 Select the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in this paper feed and output method...
Use this chapter. in the printer driver. Printing on thicker paper or card stock. Media Type: Thick paper or Thicker paper Paper Source: Manual PCL driver 2 Open the back output tray. Printing on thicker paper and card stock from the manual feed tray or the MP tray through to print on... thicker paper and card stock When the back output tray is pulled down, the printer has a straight paper path from the manual feed tray (For HL-5030 and HL-5040) 1 Select the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in this paper feed and output method...
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Printing on thicker paper and card stock from the multi-purpose tray (MP tray) (For HL-5050 and HL-5070N) 1 Select the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in the printer driver. Media Type: Thick paper or Thicker paper Paper Source: MP Tray PCL driver PS driver 1 - 20 ABOUT THIS PRINTER
Printing on thicker paper and card stock from the multi-purpose tray (MP tray) (For HL-5050 and HL-5070N) 1 Select the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in the printer driver. Media Type: Thick paper or Thicker paper Paper Source: MP Tray PCL driver PS driver 1 - 20 ABOUT THIS PRINTER
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Media Type: Envelopes Paper Source: Manual PCL driver 2 Open the back output tray. Printing on the Manual Feed mode when you want to the back of the printer. The printer automatically turns on envelopes from the manual feed tray (For HL-5030 and HL-5040) The printer has a straight paper path from the manual feed tray to print envelopes. Figure 1-29 ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 25 Use this paper feed and output method when you put paper in the manual feed tray. 1 Select the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in the printer driver.
Media Type: Envelopes Paper Source: Manual PCL driver 2 Open the back output tray. Printing on the Manual Feed mode when you want to the back of the printer. The printer automatically turns on envelopes from the manual feed tray (For HL-5030 and HL-5040) The printer has a straight paper path from the manual feed tray to print envelopes. Figure 1-29 ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 25 Use this paper feed and output method when you put paper in the manual feed tray. 1 Select the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in the printer driver.
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The printer automatically turns on envelopes from the MP tray (For HL-5050 and HL-5070N) The printer has a straight paper path from the MP tray to print envelopes. Media Type: Envelopes Paper Source: MP Tray PCL driver PS driver ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 29 Use this paper feed and output method when you put paper in the MP tray. 1 Select the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in the printer driver. Printing on the MP Tray mode when you want to the back of the printer.
The printer automatically turns on envelopes from the MP tray (For HL-5050 and HL-5070N) The printer has a straight paper path from the MP tray to print envelopes. Media Type: Envelopes Paper Source: MP Tray PCL driver PS driver ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 29 Use this paper feed and output method when you put paper in the MP tray. 1 Select the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in the printer driver. Printing on the MP Tray mode when you want to the back of the printer.
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Printing on transparencies You can print on HL-5050 and HL-5070N. 1 Select the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in this section are based on transparencies from the paper tray ■ Do not put more than 10 transparencies in the paper tray. ■ Illustrations in the printer driver. Media Type: Transparencies Paper Source: Tray1 PCL driver PS driver (For HL-5050 and HL-5070N) ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 33 Printing on transparencies from the paper tray, manual feed tray or MP tray.
Printing on transparencies You can print on HL-5050 and HL-5070N. 1 Select the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in this section are based on transparencies from the paper tray ■ Do not put more than 10 transparencies in the paper tray. ■ Illustrations in the printer driver. Media Type: Transparencies Paper Source: Tray1 PCL driver PS driver (For HL-5050 and HL-5070N) ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 33 Printing on transparencies from the paper tray, manual feed tray or MP tray.
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Printing on transparencies from the manual feed tray (For HL-5030 and HL-5040) When the back output tray is open, the printer has a straight paper path from the manual feed tray to the back output tray. 1 Select the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in the printer driver. Figure 1-45 1 - 36 ABOUT THIS PRINTER Media Type: Transparencies Paper Source: Manual PCL driver 2 Open the back output tray.
Printing on transparencies from the manual feed tray (For HL-5030 and HL-5040) When the back output tray is open, the printer has a straight paper path from the manual feed tray to the back output tray. 1 Select the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in the printer driver. Figure 1-45 1 - 36 ABOUT THIS PRINTER Media Type: Transparencies Paper Source: Manual PCL driver 2 Open the back output tray.
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Media Type: Transparencies Paper Source: MP Tray PCL driver PS driver ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 39 Printing on transparencies from the MP tray (For HL-5050 and HL-5070N) When the back output tray is open, the printer has a straight paper path from the MP tray to the back of the printer. 1 Select the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in the printer driver.
Media Type: Transparencies Paper Source: MP Tray PCL driver PS driver ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 39 Printing on transparencies from the MP tray (For HL-5050 and HL-5070N) When the back output tray is open, the printer has a straight paper path from the MP tray to the back of the printer. 1 Select the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in the printer driver.
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...; 4.0 (HL-5040, HL-5050 and HL-5070N) ■ PCL (Hewlett-Packard LaserJet laser printer) compatible driver ■ BR-Script (PostScript®3 language emulation) driver (HL-5050 and HL-5070N) For Windows® 98/Me and Windows® 2000/XP ■ PCL (Hewlett-Packard LaserJet laser printer) compatible driver ■ BR-Script (PostScript®3 language emulation) driver (HL-5050 and HL-5070N) For Macintosh® ■ Brother Laser driver...
...; 4.0 (HL-5040, HL-5050 and HL-5070N) ■ PCL (Hewlett-Packard LaserJet laser printer) compatible driver ■ BR-Script (PostScript®3 language emulation) driver (HL-5050 and HL-5070N) For Windows® 98/Me and Windows® 2000/XP ■ PCL (Hewlett-Packard LaserJet laser printer) compatible driver ■ BR-Script (PostScript®3 language emulation) driver (HL-5050 and HL-5070N) For Macintosh® ■ Brother Laser driver...
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...by clicking Printing Preferences... For 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... the left side of the Brother HL-5000 series Properties screen. 1 2 1 Select the Paper Size, ...
...by clicking Printing Preferences... For 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... the left side of the Brother HL-5000 series Properties screen. 1 2 1 Select the Paper Size, ...
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in the General tab of the Brother HL-5000 series Properties screen. 12 3 45 Change the tab settings by clicking Printing Preferences... Advanced tab If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can access the Advanced tab by clicking the following icons: 1 Print Quality 2 Duplex 3 Watermark 4 Page Setting 5 Device Options 2 - 3 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE
in the General tab of the Brother HL-5000 series Properties screen. 12 3 45 Change the tab settings by clicking Printing Preferences... Advanced tab If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can access the Advanced tab by clicking the following icons: 1 Print Quality 2 Duplex 3 Watermark 4 Page Setting 5 Device Options 2 - 3 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE
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.../ Reverse print options. When you use a bitmap file as follows: ■ 300 dpi ■ 600 dpi ■ HQ 1200 (For HL-5040, HL-5050 and HL-5070N) Toner Save Mode You can change the resolution as a watermark, you select the manual duplex button, the dialog box for each orientation.... DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 4 Six types of manual duplex binding directions are available for the manual duplex settings appears. When you like on...
.../ Reverse print options. When you use a bitmap file as follows: ■ 300 dpi ■ 600 dpi ■ HQ 1200 (For HL-5040, HL-5050 and HL-5070N) Toner Save Mode You can change the resolution as a watermark, you select the manual duplex button, the dialog box for each orientation.... DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 4 Six types of manual duplex binding directions are available for the manual duplex settings appears. When you like on...
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...this tab: (You can jump to the page for each Printer Function by clicking the function name in the list below.) ■ Job Spooling ■ Quick Print Setup ■ Sleep Time ■ Status Monitor ■ Macro (For HL-5040, HL-5050 and HL-5070N) ■ Page Protection ■ Print Date & ...Time ■ Density adjustment ■ HRC (High Resolution Control)* ■ TrueType Mode (For HL-5040, HL-5050 and HL-5070N)* The Printer Function list may differ depending on the model. * If you are using Windows® 95, 98 or Me, you can change settings of...
...this tab: (You can jump to the page for each Printer Function by clicking the function name in the list below.) ■ Job Spooling ■ Quick Print Setup ■ Sleep Time ■ Status Monitor ■ Macro (For HL-5040, HL-5050 and HL-5070N) ■ Page Protection ■ Print Date & ...Time ■ Density adjustment ■ HRC (High Resolution Control)* ■ TrueType Mode (For HL-5040, HL-5050 and HL-5070N)* The Printer Function list may differ depending on the model. * If you are using Windows® 95, 98 or Me, you can change settings of...
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...and increase printing speed for power saving. in sleep mode, all four LEDs are off, but the printer can be turned off , go the Advanced tab, select Device options and then select Status monitor. DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 6 To reprint press and hold down the Go button until all the LEDs ... Manual Duplex ■ Toner Save Mode ■ Paper Source ■ Media Type Sleep Time When the printer does not receive data for the Status Monitor is 5 minutes. Macro (For HL-5040, HL-5050 and HL-5070N) You can be hidden by double clicking the word Sleep Time in the Sleep Time screen, this...
...and increase printing speed for power saving. in sleep mode, all four LEDs are off, but the printer can be turned off , go the Advanced tab, select Device options and then select Status monitor. DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 6 To reprint press and hold down the Go button until all the LEDs ... Manual Duplex ■ Toner Save Mode ■ Paper Source ■ Media Type Sleep Time When the printer does not receive data for the Status Monitor is 5 minutes. Macro (For HL-5040, HL-5050 and HL-5070N) You can be hidden by double clicking the word Sleep Time in the Sleep Time screen, this...