Brother HL 2700CN User Manual

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Printable area 
When using PCL emulation, the edges of the paper that cannot be printed on are shown below.
Portrait
Figure 1-5
Landscape
Figure 1-6
For all available paper sizes
14.2 mm (0.17 in.)
24.2 mm (0.17 in.)
34.2 mm (0.17 in.)
44.2 mm (0.17 in.)
For all available paper sizes
14.2 mm (0.17 in.)
24.2 mm (0.17 in.)
34.2 mm (0.17 in.)
44.2 mm (0.17 in.)
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Guidelines for selecting paper
The printer is designed to work well with most types of xerographic and bond paper. However, some 
paper variables may have an effect on print quality or handling reliability. Always test samples of paper 
before purchasing to ensure desirable performance. Some important guidelines when selecting paper 
are:
■Supplier should be informed that the paper or envelopes will be used in a laser printer.
■Preprinted paper must use inks that can withstand...

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Envelopes
Types of envelopes to avoid
Do not use envelopes:
■that are damaged, curled, wrinkled, or an unusual shape
■that are extremely shiny or textured
■with clasps, snaps or tie strings
■with self-adhesive closures
■that are of a baggy construction
■that are not sharply creased
■that are embossed (have raised writing on them)
■that were previously printed by a laser printer
■that are pre-printed on the inside
■that cannot be arranged when put in a pile
■that are made of...

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■Envelopes should consist of two layers of paper in the area circled in Figure 1-10.
Figure 1-10
If you use any of the types of envelopes listed above, they may damage your printer. This damage is not 
covered under any Brother warranty or service agreement.
Most envelopes will be suitable for your printer. However, some envelopes will have feed and 
print-quality problems because of the way they have been made. A suitable envelope should have edges 
with straight,...

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Labels and transparencies
The printer will print on most types of labels and transparencies designed for use with a laser printer. 
Labels should have an adhesive which is acrylic-based since such material is more stable at the high 
temperatures in the fusing unit. Adhesives should not come in contact with any part of the printer, 
because the label stock may stick to the drum or rollers and cause jams and print quality problems. No 
adhesive should be exposed between the...

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Paper feed
Tray feed
The printer can feed paper from the standard paper tray, optional lower tray or optional legal tray.
The printer automatically detects the paper size you have put into the paper tray. The printer will prompt 
you to put the correct size of paper in the tray as follows: 
If you want to put a different size of paper into the paper tray from the size that was selected in the paper 
size setting by using the control panel buttons or in your application...

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Manual feed
Since this printer does not have a manual feed or multi purpose tray, you cannot manually feed irregular 
sized paper. However, this printer has a special manual feed mode using Tray 1 (standard paper tray) 
to accommodate non-standard paper sizes. You can select this mode with the printer driver or the control 
panel buttons.
See PAPER in Chapter 3 for more information on selecting this setting using the printer control panel 
buttons.
1When the manual feed...

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Printer driver
A Printer Driver is software that translates data from the format used by a computer to the format that a 
particular printer needs. Typically, this format is a printer command language or page description 
language. 
The printer drivers for the following operating systems are on the CD-ROM that we have supplied. You 
can also download the latest printer driver from the Brother Solutions Center at 
http://solutions.brother.com
You can see the operations and...

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For Windows®
Features in the PCL printer driver 
You can also download the latest printer driver or get other information by accessing the Brother 
Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com
You can also change settings by clicking the illustration on the left side of the Basic tab in the Properties 
dialog box.
For more information, please see the online Help in the printer driver.
Basic Tab 
1Select the Paper Size, Multiple Page, Orientation and other settings.
2Select...

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Advanced tab 
Change the tab settings by clicking the following icons:
1Print Quality
2Duplex
3Watermark 
4Page Setting
5Device Options
If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can access the Advanced tab by 
clicking Printing Preferences... in the General tab of the Brother HL-2700CN series Properties 
screen.
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