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...Guide thoroughly before you can use the printer. You must set up the hardware and install the driver before you use the printer. Please use it on the CD-ROM we have supplied. Please visit our web site at http://solutions.brother.com where you can get answers to ...Questions (FAQs), Product Support and Technical Questions, and the latest Driver Updates and Utilities. You can find a printed copy in a convenient place so you can use the Quick Setup Guide to set up the printer. Version 5 Brother Laser Printer HL-2700CN series User's Guide For visually-impaired users You can read this...
...Guide thoroughly before you can use the printer. You must set up the hardware and install the driver before you use the printer. Please use it on the CD-ROM we have supplied. Please visit our web site at http://solutions.brother.com where you can get answers to ...Questions (FAQs), Product Support and Technical Questions, and the latest Driver Updates and Utilities. You can find a printed copy in a convenient place so you can use the Quick Setup Guide to set up the printer. Version 5 Brother Laser Printer HL-2700CN series User's Guide For visually-impaired users You can read this...
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...can check here for European offices can be found at : In USA: Printer Customer Support Brother International Corporation 15 Musick Irvine, CA 92618 In Canada: Brother International Corporation (Canada), Ltd. - http://solutions.brother.com You can download the latest software and utilities, read FAQs and ...to learn how to get the most efficient way to your local Brother Office. Address and telephone contact information for the Brother driver updates. Register your product By registering your product with Brother: ■ may serve as the original owner of product loss...
...can check here for European offices can be found at : In USA: Printer Customer Support Brother International Corporation 15 Musick Irvine, CA 92618 In Canada: Brother International Corporation (Canada), Ltd. - http://solutions.brother.com You can download the latest software and utilities, read FAQs and ...to learn how to get the most efficient way to your local Brother Office. Address and telephone contact information for the Brother driver updates. Register your product By registering your product with Brother: ■ may serve as the original owner of product loss...
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...the system to send the information to any fax machine. You can get instant answers to common technical questions and product information. Brother has installed an easy to use fax back system so you can use the system and an index of fax back subjects....a day, 7 days a week. In USA only:1-800-521-2846 Internet Addresses Brother Global Web Site: http://www.brother.com For Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), Product Support and Technical Questions, and Driver Updates and Utilities: http://solutions.brother.com (In USA Only) For Brother Accessories & Supplies: http://www.brothermall.com vi
...the system to send the information to any fax machine. You can get instant answers to common technical questions and product information. Brother has installed an easy to use fax back system so you can use the system and an index of fax back subjects....a day, 7 days a week. In USA only:1-800-521-2846 Internet Addresses Brother Global Web Site: http://www.brother.com For Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), Product Support and Technical Questions, and Driver Updates and Utilities: http://solutions.brother.com (In USA Only) For Brother Accessories & Supplies: http://www.brothermall.com vi
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...16 Software ...2-18 Software for Networks ...2-18 BRAdmin Professional utility 2-18 Driver Deployment Wizard 2-18 Web BRAdmin ...2-18 Automatic Emulation Selection 2-19 Automatic Interface Selection 2-20 Printer settings ...2-20 Factory settings ...2-20 3 Control panel ...3-1 Control panel ...+ or - Paper feed ...1-18 Tray feed ...1-18 Manual feed ...1-19 Paper output ...1-19 2 Driver and software ...2-1 Printer driver ...2-1 For Windows® ...2-2 Features in the PCL printer driver 2-2 Basic Tab ...2-2 Advanced tab ...2-3 Accessories tab ...2-8 Support Tab ...2-9 Features in the LCD 3-3...
...16 Software ...2-18 Software for Networks ...2-18 BRAdmin Professional utility 2-18 Driver Deployment Wizard 2-18 Web BRAdmin ...2-18 Automatic Emulation Selection 2-19 Automatic Interface Selection 2-20 Printer settings ...2-20 Factory settings ...2-20 3 Control panel ...3-1 Control panel ...+ or - Paper feed ...1-18 Tray feed ...1-18 Manual feed ...1-19 Paper output ...1-19 2 Driver and software ...2-1 Printer driver ...2-1 For Windows® ...2-2 Features in the PCL printer driver 2-2 Basic Tab ...2-2 Advanced tab ...2-3 Accessories tab ...2-8 Support Tab ...2-9 Features in the LCD 3-3...
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Since laser printers consume power to keep the fixing assembly at a high temperature, this feature you expect. When there is not enough memory to prevent changes from RAM. The factory setting of the power save mode is on but not being made. Toner Save Mode This printer has an economical...utilities, such as you can lock your PC. Panel lock setting If the panel button settings have been changed, the printer may not work as BRAdmin Professional Utility, Driver Deployment Wizard and Web BRAdmin software for Networks on page 3-26. By using this feature can save mode. If you...
Since laser printers consume power to keep the fixing assembly at a high temperature, this feature you expect. When there is not enough memory to prevent changes from RAM. The factory setting of the power save mode is on but not being made. Toner Save Mode This printer has an economical...utilities, such as you can lock your PC. Panel lock setting If the panel button settings have been changed, the printer may not work as BRAdmin Professional Utility, Driver Deployment Wizard and Web BRAdmin software for Networks on page 3-26. By using this feature can save mode. If you...
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...LT-27LG) The optional legal tray can use any of the paper sizes (one paper size at a time) listed in table 1 in the printer driver and this printer. Standard paper tray Since the standard paper tray is 44 mm paper height. Basis weight (g/m2) 75-90 Thickness (µm) 80-110 Roughness...10e12 Filler Ash content (wt%) CaCO3 (Neutral) Below 23 Brightness (%) Higher than 80 Opacity (%) Higher than 85 ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 10 Type and size of paper The printer loads paper from the installed standard paper tray, optional lower tray, or the optional legal tray. What kind of paper can ...
...LT-27LG) The optional legal tray can use any of the paper sizes (one paper size at a time) listed in table 1 in the printer driver and this printer. Standard paper tray Since the standard paper tray is 44 mm paper height. Basis weight (g/m2) 75-90 Thickness (µm) 80-110 Roughness...10e12 Filler Ash content (wt%) CaCO3 (Neutral) Below 23 Brightness (%) Higher than 80 Opacity (%) Higher than 85 ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 10 Type and size of paper The printer loads paper from the installed standard paper tray, optional lower tray, or the optional legal tray. What kind of paper can ...
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... mm loading height DX A4, Letter, Legal, B5 (JIS/ISO), Executive, A5 104.8 x 210 mm to 8.5 x 14 in.) * H/H = High temperature/High humidity 1 - 11 ABOUT THIS PRINTER Thin Envelopes - to 215.9 x 355.6 mm (5.8 x 8.3 in. Table 1: Media type, paper size and number of sheets Tray 1 A4, Letter, B5 (JIS/ISO), Executive, A5, COM10... to 24 lb) Thick paper 90 to 210 g/m2 (24 to 55 lb) Transparency Labels Envelopes Tray 1 Tray 2 DX Select the Media type from the printer driver Plain paper or Thin paper Up to 50 sheets A4 or Letter 90 to 105 g/m2 (24 to 28 lb) 90 to 105 g/m2 (24...
... mm loading height DX A4, Letter, Legal, B5 (JIS/ISO), Executive, A5 104.8 x 210 mm to 8.5 x 14 in.) * H/H = High temperature/High humidity 1 - 11 ABOUT THIS PRINTER Thin Envelopes - to 215.9 x 355.6 mm (5.8 x 8.3 in. Table 1: Media type, paper size and number of sheets Tray 1 A4, Letter, B5 (JIS/ISO), Executive, A5, COM10... to 24 lb) Thick paper 90 to 210 g/m2 (24 to 55 lb) Transparency Labels Envelopes Tray 1 Tray 2 DX Select the Media type from the printer driver Plain paper or Thin paper Up to 50 sheets A4 or Letter 90 to 105 g/m2 (24 to 28 lb) 90 to 105 g/m2 (24...
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... in PAGE FORMAT in the FORMAT menu by using the control panel buttons. Figure 1-13 ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 18 If you want to put a different size of paper into the paper tray. When...printed paper in Tray . Paper mismatch between the Printer and the Printer Driver setting If you use other sizes of paper or envelopes, change the paper size setting. The printer will prompt you to put the paper with ...top edge of the paper at the factory to fit the envelopes that was selected in the printer driver or by using the control panel buttons. ■ The paper size has been set the ...
... in PAGE FORMAT in the FORMAT menu by using the control panel buttons. Figure 1-13 ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 18 If you want to put a different size of paper into the paper tray. When...printed paper in Tray . Paper mismatch between the Printer and the Printer Driver setting If you use other sizes of paper or envelopes, change the paper size setting. The printer will prompt you to put the paper with ...top edge of the paper at the factory to fit the envelopes that was selected in the printer driver or by using the control panel buttons. ■ The paper size has been set the ...
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... Tray 1 (standard paper tray) to print on manually. 3 Put Tray 1 back in the paper you leave the printer for more than 5 minutes after the first side has been printed, the printer will then start printing. ■ Print quality may be necessary to remove some or all of the paper stack... sizes. Paper output We recommend that you cannot manually feed irregular sized paper. Manual feed Since this mode with the printer driver or the control panel buttons. You can select this printer does not have a manual feed or multi purpose tray, you use and the print image. ■ You may ...
... Tray 1 (standard paper tray) to print on manually. 3 Put Tray 1 back in the paper you leave the printer for more than 5 minutes after the first side has been printed, the printer will then start printing. ■ Print quality may be necessary to remove some or all of the paper stack... sizes. Paper output We recommend that you cannot manually feed irregular sized paper. Manual feed Since this mode with the printer driver or the control panel buttons. You can select this printer does not have a manual feed or multi purpose tray, you use and the print image. ■ You may ...
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... on the CD-ROM that a particular printer needs. 2 Driver and software Printer driver A Printer Driver is a printer command language or page description language. For Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows® NT 4.0 and Windows® 2000/XP ■ PCL (Hewlett-Packard laser printer-LaserJet) compatible driver ■ BR-Script (PostScript® 3TM language emulation) driver For Macintosh® ■ BR-Script...
... on the CD-ROM that a particular printer needs. 2 Driver and software Printer driver A Printer Driver is a printer command language or page description language. For Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows® NT 4.0 and Windows® 2000/XP ■ PCL (Hewlett-Packard laser printer-LaserJet) compatible driver ■ BR-Script (PostScript® 3TM language emulation) driver For Macintosh® ■ BR-Script...
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...Brother HL-2700CN series Properties screen. 1 2 3 1 Select the Paper Size, Multiple Page, Orientation and other information by accessing the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com You can also change settings by clicking Printing Preferences... For more information, please see the online Help in the printer driver... operating system. For Windows® Features in the PCL printer driver You can also download the latest printer driver or get other settings. 2 Select the color mode. 3 Select the Paper Source. 2 - 2 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE Basic Tab If you are from Windows®...
...Brother HL-2700CN series Properties screen. 1 2 3 1 Select the Paper Size, Multiple Page, Orientation and other information by accessing the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com You can also change settings by clicking Printing Preferences... For more information, please see the online Help in the printer driver... operating system. For Windows® Features in the PCL printer driver You can also download the latest printer driver or get other settings. 2 Select the color mode. 3 Select the Paper Source. 2 - 2 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE Basic Tab If you are from Windows®...
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in the General tab of the Brother HL-2700CN series Properties screen. 12 34 5 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 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 3
in the General tab of the Brother HL-2700CN series Properties screen. 12 34 5 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 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 3
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...print quality with CAPT* Choosing CAPT in Normal mode. This results in a more print data than when printing in the printer driver produces clearer colors and improves the appearance of the watermark and place it anywhere you will be more accurate reproduction of the image. If... Printing. ■ Quality You can change the size of print jobs containing photographic images. *CAPT (Color Advanced Photoscale Technology) It uses the color information contained in your printer. This mode is higher. Print quality and print speeds are available for making duplex settings will be ...
...print quality with CAPT* Choosing CAPT in Normal mode. This results in a more print data than when printing in the printer driver produces clearer colors and improves the appearance of the watermark and place it anywhere you will be more accurate reproduction of the image. If... Printing. ■ Quality You can change the size of print jobs containing photographic images. *CAPT (Color Advanced Photoscale Technology) It uses the color information contained in your printer. This mode is higher. Print quality and print speeds are available for making duplex settings will be ...
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Device Options Set the following print functions in this tab: ■ Job Spooling ■ Toner Save Mode ■ Quick Print Setup ■ Sleep Time ■ Status Monitor ■ Macro ■ Administrator (For Windows® 95/98/Me users only) ■ Insert Command/File (For Windows® 95/98/Me users only) ■ Print Setting ■ Print Setting (Monochrome Only) ■ Page Protection ■ Print Date & Time DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 5
Device Options Set the following print functions in this tab: ■ Job Spooling ■ Toner Save Mode ■ Quick Print Setup ■ Sleep Time ■ Status Monitor ■ Macro ■ Administrator (For Windows® 95/98/Me users only) ■ Insert Command/File (For Windows® 95/98/Me users only) ■ Print Setting ■ Print Setting (Monochrome Only) ■ Page Protection ■ Print Date & Time DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 5
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... of the following functions: ■ Multiple Page ■ Duplex ■ Toner Save Mode ■ Paper Source ■ Media Type ■ Color / Mono Sleep Time When the printer does not receive data for a certain period of the buttons will allow the Sleep Time Off function to appear, click Sleep Time Off...Reprint setting to print your data, remove the Use Reprint check mark in Job Spooling settings. ■ The settings for Job Spooling in the printer driver will take priority over the settings made on the control panel. This will then let you keep Sleep mode on for power saving. We ...
... of the following functions: ■ Multiple Page ■ Duplex ■ Toner Save Mode ■ Paper Source ■ Media Type ■ Color / Mono Sleep Time When the printer does not receive data for a certain period of the buttons will allow the Sleep Time Off function to appear, click Sleep Time Off...Reprint setting to print your data, remove the Use Reprint check mark in Job Spooling settings. ■ The settings for Job Spooling in the printer driver will take priority over the settings made on the control panel. This will then let you keep Sleep mode on for power saving. We ...
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... Print Setting You can change the settings of the following functions: ■ Compression Mode ■ TrueType Mode ■ Use Printer TrueType Fonts Print Setting (Monochrome Only) You can change the settings of the following functions: ■ HRC Page Protection Page Protection refers ...printer has to wait to be printed in other words, you can execute the saved macro - Moreover, you can use this function. Macro You can save time and increase printing speed for often used information such as a macro to a setting that reserves additional memory for the creation of the time. DRIVER...
... Print Setting You can change the settings of the following functions: ■ Compression Mode ■ TrueType Mode ■ Use Printer TrueType Fonts Print Setting (Monochrome Only) You can change the settings of the following functions: ■ HRC Page Protection Page Protection refers ...printer has to wait to be printed in other words, you can execute the saved macro - Moreover, you can use this function. Macro You can save time and increase printing speed for often used information such as a macro to a setting that reserves additional memory for the creation of the time. DRIVER...
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...or remove options. Auto Detect function may not be listed. When you can add them in the printer driver. Accessories tab When you install optional units, you click the Auto Detect button, options that are...Paper Source Setting This feature recognizes the paper size in each paper tray. 4 Auto detection of printer options and RAMDISK ■ The Auto Detect function finds the currently installed optional unit devices and ... settings for any optional device that is installed on the printer. Tray settings will be available under certain printer conditions. 2 - 8 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE
...or remove options. Auto Detect function may not be listed. When you can add them in the printer driver. Accessories tab When you install optional units, you click the Auto Detect button, options that are...Paper Source Setting This feature recognizes the paper size in each paper tray. 4 Auto detection of printer options and RAMDISK ■ The Auto Detect function finds the currently installed optional unit devices and ... settings for any optional device that is installed on the printer. Tray settings will be available under certain printer conditions. 2 - 8 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE
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in the General tab of the Brother HL-2700CN series Properties screen. ■ You can print the Print Settings page and internal fonts list. DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 9 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 by clicking Printing Preferences...
in the General tab of the Brother HL-2700CN series Properties screen. ■ You can print the Print Settings page and internal fonts list. DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 9 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 by clicking Printing Preferences...
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The screens on your PC will vary depending on your printer is connected or the path to the network printer you are from Windows® XP. The screens in the printer driver. Features in the PS printer driver You can download the latest driver by accessing the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com For more information, please see the online Help in this section are using. 2 - 10 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE Ports tab Select the port where your operating system.
The screens on your PC will vary depending on your printer is connected or the path to the network printer you are from Windows® XP. The screens in the printer driver. Features in the PS printer driver You can download the latest driver by accessing the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com For more information, please see the online Help in this section are using. 2 - 10 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE Ports tab Select the port where your operating system.
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DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 11 Device Settings tab Select the options you installed.
DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 11 Device Settings tab Select the options you installed.