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Media Type2
You can use the following types of media in your machine. For the best print quality, select the type of media 
that you wish to use.
Note
• When using ordinary plain paper (75 to 105 g/m2 (20 to 28 lb)) choose Plain Paper. When using heavier 
weight paper or rough paper choose Thick Paper or Thicker Paper. For bond paper, choose Bond 
Paper. 
• When you use envelopes, choose Envelopes. If the toner is not fixed to the envelope correctly when 
Envelopes has been selected, choose Env. Thick. If the envelope is crumpled when Envelopes has 
been selected, choose Env. Thin. 
 
Resolution2
You can choose the resolution as follows.
300 dpi
600 dpi
HQ 1200
Print Settings2
You can manually change the print setting.
Graphics
This is the best mode for printing documents that contain graphics.
Text
This is the best mode for printing text documents.
Manual
You can change the settings manually by choosing Manual and clicking the Manual Settings... button.
You can set brightness, contrast and other settings.
Multiple Page2
The Multiple Page selection can reduce the image size of a page allowing multiple pages to be printed on 
one sheet of paper or can enlarge the image size for printing one page on multiple sheets of paper.
Page Order
When N in 1 option is selected, the page order can be selected from the drop-down list. 
Border Line
When printing multiple pages onto one sheet, with the Multiple Page feature, you can choose to have a 
solid border, dash border or no border around each page on the sheet. Plain Paper Thin Paper Thick Paper Thicker Paper Bond Paper
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Print cut-out line
When 1 in NxN pages option is selected, the Print cut-out line option can be selected. This option allows 
you to print a faint cut-out line around the printable area.
Duplex / Booklet2
When you want to print a booklet or do duplex printing, use this function.
None
Disable duplex printing.
Duplex / Duplex (Manual)
When you want to do duplex printing, use these options.
•Duplex (HL-2240D / HL-2242D / HL-2250DN / HL-2270DW only)
The machine prints on both sides of the paper automatically.
•Duplex (Manual)
The machine prints all the even numbered pages first. Then the printer driver will stop and show the 
instructions required to re-install the paper. When you click OK the odd numbered pages will be printed.
When you choose Duplex or Duplex (Manual), the Duplex Settings... button becomes available to 
choose. You can set following settings in the Duplex Settings dialog box.
•Duplex Type
There are four types of duplex binding direction available for each orientation.
•Binding Offset
When you check Binding Offset, you can also specify the offset for binding in inches or millimeters. Portrait
Long Edge (Left)
 
Long Edge (Right)
 
Short Edge (Top)
 
Short Edge (Bottom)
 
Landscape
Long Edge (Top)
 
Long Edge (Bottom)
 
Short Edge (Left)
 
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Booklet / Booklet (Manual)
Use this option to print a document in booklet format using duplex printing; it will arrange the document 
according to the correct page number and allows you to fold at the center of the print output without having 
to change the order of the page number.
•Booklet (HL-2240D / HL-2242D / HL-2250DN / HL-2270DW only)
The machine prints on both sides of the paper automatically.
•Booklet (Manual)
The machine prints all the even numbered sides first. Then the printer driver will stop and show the 
instructions required to re-install the paper. When you click OK the odd numbered sides will be printed.
When you choose Booklet or Booklet (Manual), the Duplex Settings... button becomes available to 
choose. You can set following settings in the Duplex Settings dialog box.
•Duplex Type
There are two types of duplex binding direction available for each orientation.
•Booklet Printing Method
When Divide into Sets is selected: This option allows you to print the whole booklet into smaller 
individual booklet sets, it still allows you to fold at the center of the smaller individual booklet sets without 
having to change the order of the page number. You can specify the number of sheets in each smaller 
booklet set, from 1 to 15. This option can help when folding the printed booklet that has a large number 
of pages.
•Binding Offset
When you check Binding Offset, you can also specify the offset for binding in inches or millimeters.
Paper Source2
You can choose Auto Select, Tray1, Manual and specify separate trays for printing the first page and for 
printing from the second page onwards.Portrait Landscape
Left Binding
 
Right Binding
 
Top Binding
 
Bottom Binding
 
 
						

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Advanced tab2
 
Change the tab settings by clicking one of the following icons:
Scaling (1)
Reverse Print (2)
Use Watermark (3)
Header-Footer Print (4)
Toner Save Mode (5)
Administrator (6)
Other Print Options (7)
Scaling2
You can change the print image scaling.
Reverse Print2
Check Reverse Print to rotate the print result by 180 degrees.
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Use Watermark2
You can put a logo or text into your documents as a watermark.
You can choose one of the preset watermarks, or you can use a bitmap file or text that you have created.
When you use a bitmap file as a watermark, you can change the size of the watermark and put it anywhere 
you like on the page.
When you use text as a watermark, you can change the Text, Font, Style, Size and Darkness settings.
Header-Footer Print2
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 Settings... 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.
Toner Save Mode2
You can conserve toner use with 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 Gray Scale images.
•Toner Save Mode is not available for HQ 1200 resolution.
 
Administrator2
Administrators have the authority to limit access to functions such as scaling and watermark.
Password
Enter the password into this box.
Set Password...
Click here to change the password.
Set
Click here current password. Then you can change the settings.
Copies Lock
Lock the copy pages selection to prevent multiple copy printing.
Multiple Page & Scaling Lock
Lock the current settings of the Multiple Page and Scaling options to prevent changes being made.
Watermark Lock
Lock the current settings of the Watermark option to prevent changes being made.
 
						

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Header-Footer Print Lock
Lock the current settings of the Header-Footer Print option to prevent changes being made.
Other Print Options...2
You can set the following in Printer Function:
Use Reprint
Sleep Time
Macro (HL-2250DN / HL-2270DW only)
Density Adjustment
Error Message Printout
Improve Print Output
Skip Blank Page
Use Reprint2
The machine keeps the last print job sent to it in memory.
You can reprint the last job without sending the data again from your computer. For more information about 
the Reprint function, see Go button on page 60.
Note
If you want to prevent other people from printing your data using the reprint function, uncheck the Use 
Reprint check box.
 
Sleep Time2
When the machine does not receive data for a certain period of time, it enters sleep mode. In sleep mode, 
the machine acts as though it were turned off. When you choose Printer Default, the timeout setting will be 
reset to the specific time set at the factory; this can be altered in the driver. Intelligent Sleep Mode 
automatically adjusts to the most suitable timeout setting depending on the frequency of your machine use.
While the machine is in sleep mode, the Ready LED is dimmed, but the machine can still receive data. 
Receiving a print file or document or pressing Go will automatically wake up the machine to start printing.
Macro (HL-2250DN / HL-2270DW only)2
You can save a page of a document as a macro to machine memory. You can also execute the saved macro 
(you can use the saved macro as an overlay on any documents). This will save time and increase printing 
speed for often used information such as forms, company logos, letterhead formats or invoices.
Density Adjustment2
Increase or decrease the print density.
Note
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Error Message Printout2
You can choose whether the machine reports problems by printing an error page.
Selections are Printer Default, On and Off.
Improve Print Output2
This feature allows you to improve a print quality problem.
Improvement Settings
•Reduce Paper Curl
If you choose this setting, the paper curl may be reduced. If you are printing only a few pages, you do 
not need to choose this setting. We recommend that you change the printer driver setting in Media 
Type to a thin setting.
•Improve Toner Fixing
If you choose this setting, the toner fixing on paper may be improved. If this selection does not provide 
enough improvement, change the printer driver setting in Media Type to a thick setting.
Reduce Ghosting
If you are using the machine in a high humidity environment this setting may reduce ghosting on the paper. 
Do not use this setting if the humidity is below 30% or ghosting may increase.
Note
This feature may not reduce ghosting for all types of paper. Before you buy a lot of paper, test a small 
quantity to make sure that the paper is suitable.
 
Skip Blank Page2
If Skip Blank Page is checked, the printer driver automatically detects blank pages and excludes them from 
printing.
Note
This feature does not work when you choose the following features:
•Use Watermark
•Header-Footer Print
•N in 1 and 1 in NxN pages in Multiple Page
•Duplex (Manual), Booklet, Booklet (Manual) and Duplex with Binding Offset in Duplex / Booklet
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Print Profiles tab2
 
Print Profiles (1)
The printer driver of the machine has the preset print profiles. Select the desired profile and click OK to 
configure the desirable print settings easily.
Edit a profile (2)
You can edit and save a new print profile.
Restore default profiles (3)
Click to restore all the default print profiles.
 Always show Print Profile tab first (4)
When you always want to show the Print Profiles tab first, select this check box.
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Editing a print profile
aConfigure the print settings in the print driver. See Basic tab on page 25 and Advanced tab on page 30.
bClick the Print Profiles tab.
cClick the Edit a profile button. 
dChoose the icon from the drop-down list (1) and enter a profile name (2).
eChoose the print profile you want to overwrite and click OK.
Note
You can overwrite the preset print profiles.
 
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Support2
Note
You can access the Support dialog box by clicking Support... in the Printing Preferences dialog box.
 
 
Brother Solutions Center (1)
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 machine.
Original Supplies Website (2)
You can visit our website for original Brother supplies by clicking this button.
Brother CreativeCenter (3)
You can visit our website for a free and easy online solution for business and home uses by clicking this 
button.
Print Settings (4)
This will print the pages that show how the internal settings of the machine have been configured.
Check Setting... (5)
You can check the current driver settings.
About... (6)
This will show the list of the printer driver files and version information.
Print Fonts (7) (HL-2250DN/HL-2270DW only)
This will print the pages that show all the internal fonts of the machine.
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