Brother HL 2142R User Manual

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„Print Setting
You can manually change the print setting.
•General
This is a printing mode for general printing of documents.
•Graphics
This is the best mode for printing documents that contain graphics.
•Office Document
This is the best mode for printing office documents.
•Manual
You can change the settings manually by choosing Manual and clicking the Setting... button. You can 
set brightness, contrast and other settings.
Duplex Printing3
„Manual Duplex
Check the Duplex box and...

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Device Options3
 
You can set the following in Printer Function:
„Job Spooling
„Quick Print Setup
„Sleep Time
„Macro (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only)
„Header-Footer Print
„Density adjustment
„Error Message Printout
„Improve Print Output
 

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„Job Spooling
The printer keeps the last print job sent to it in memory.
To reprint the last document, press the Go button and hold it down for about 4 seconds until all the LEDs 
light up in order (Toner, Drum, Error, Ready), and then release the Go button. Within 2 seconds press 
the Go button the number of times you want to reprint. If you don’t press the Go button within 2 seconds, 
a single copy will be printed.
Note
If you want to prevent other people from printing your...

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„Header-Footer Print
When this feature is enabled, it will print the date and time on your document from your computer’s system 
clock and the PC login user name or the text you entered. By clicking Setting, you can customize the 
information.
•ID Print
If you select  Login User Name, your PC login user name will print. If you select Custom and enter the 
text in the Custom edit box, the text you entered will print.
„Density adjustment
Increase or decrease the print density....

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Tray Settings tab 3
You can define the paper size for each paper tray and auto detect the serial number in the Tray Settings tab 
as follows.
 
„Paper Source Setting (1)
This feature identifies the paper size defined for each paper tray.
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Paper Size
This setting allows you to define which paper size is used for the tray and manual feed slot. Highlight the paper 
source you want to define and then choose the paper size from the pull-down menu. Click Update to apply the 
setting...

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Support tab3
 
„Visit the Genuine Supplies website (1)
You can visit our website for original/genuine Brother supplies by clicking this button.
„Brother Solutions Center (2)
The Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com
) is a website offering information about your 
Brother product including FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), User’s Guides, driver updates and tips for 
using your printer.
„Print Settings (3)
This will print the pages that show how the internal...

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Features in the printer driver (for Macintosh®)3
This printer supports Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater.
Note
The screens in this section are from Mac OS
® X 10.4. The screens on your Macintosh® will vary depending 
on your operating system.
 
Page Setup3
You can set the Paper Size, Orientation and Scale.
 
Copies & Pages3
You can set the Copies and Pages.
 
 

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Cover Page (for Mac OS® X 10.4)3
You can make the following cover page settings:
 
„Print Cover Page
If you want to add a cover page to your document, use this function.
„Cover Page Type
Choose a template for the cover page.
„Billing Info
If you want to add the billing information to the cover page, enter text in the Billing Info box.
Layout3
 
„Pages per Sheet
Choose how many pages will appear on each side of the paper.
„Layout Direction
When you specify the pages per sheet, you...

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Duplex Printing3
„Manual duplex (for Mac OS® X 10.3 or greater)
Select Paper Handling.
Choose Odd numbered pages and print, and then choose Even numbered pages and print.
 
Print Settings3
You can change settings by choosing a setting in the Print Settings list:
Basic tab
 
„Resolution
You can change the resolution as follows:
•300 dpi
•600 dpi
• HQ 1200
 

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„Toner Save Mode
You can conserve toner using this feature. When you set Toner Save Mode to On, print appears lighter. 
The default setting is Off.
Note
• We do not recommend Toner Save Mode for printing Photo or Greyscale images.
•Toner Save Mode is not available for HQ 1200 resolution.
 
„Media Type
You can change the media type to one of the following:
•Plain Paper
• Thin Paper
• Thick Paper
• Thicker Paper
• Bond Paper
• Transparencies
• Envelopes
• Env. Thick
• Env. Thin
•...