Brother HL 2700CN User Manual

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Print Quality 
Select the Quality, Color Mode, Improve Gray Color and Enhance Black Printing. 
■Quality
You can select the following print quality settings. 
Normal   600 dpi class. Recommended for ordinary printing. Good print quality with reasonable 
print speeds.
Fine       600 x 600 dpi. Print quality is higher. As a result, there will be more print data than 
when printing in Normal mode. This also causes longer print processing, data transfer 
and printing times.
with CAPT*  Choosing CAPT in the printer driver produces clearer colors and improves the 
appearance of print jobs containing photographic images.
*CAPT (Color Advanced Photoscale Technology) 
It uses the color information contained in the image data to control the printed image color level. This 
results in a more accurate reproduction of the image. With CAPT On, the output resolution will be 
2400 dpi class. This mode is recommended to print images and graphics.
■Color Mode
You can change the Color Matching mode as follows:
■Match Monitor
■Photo
■Graphics
■Vivid / Text
■None
■Improve Gray Color
You can improve the image quality of shaded areas by ticking the Improve Gray Color check box. 
■Enhance Black Printing
If the black graphic cannot be printed correctly, make the setting here. 
Duplex 
To use automatic duplex printing, you will need to install the optional duplex unit onto your printer. If you 
select the Duplex button, the dialog box for making duplex settings will appear. Six types of duplex 
binding directions are available for each orientation. 
Watermark 
You can place a watermarked logo or text in your documents.
When you use a bitmap file as a watermark, you can change the size of the watermark and place it 
anywhere you like on the page.
When you use text as a watermark, you can change the font, darkness and angle settings.
Page Setting
Change the print image scaling, and then select Mirror / Reverse print options.
Print quality and print speeds are correlated. Higher print quality takes longer to print, while lower 
print quality takes less time to print.
 
						

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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
 
						

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Job Spooling
You can reprint a document without sending the data again from your PC (except for secure printing) 
because the printer will save data that you specify for reprinting.
■Last Job Reprint: Reprint the last job
■Secure Print: Print the data with a password
■Public: Save the data without a password
■Proof: Save the data and print it
For more information about the Reprint setting, see Reprint setting on page 3-26.
Toner Save Mode
You can save running costs by turning on the toner save mode, which reduces the print density.
Quick Print Setup
You can turn the Quick Print Setup function ON or OFF. A small selection window appears on your 
computer. This will then let you make changes to the settings 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 time (time-out), it enters sleep mode. Sleep 
mode acts as though the printer was turned off. The default time-out is 30 minutes. When Intelligent 
Sleep Mode is selected, it is automatically adjusted to the most suitable time-out setting depending on 
the frequency of your printer use. While the printer is in sleep mode, the printer can still receive data from 
the computer. Receiving a print file or document automatically wakes up the printer to start printing. 
Pressing one of the buttons will also wake up the printer. 
Sleep mode can be turned off. To turn sleep mode off, go to the Advanced tab, select Device Options 
and then select Sleep Time. Double-click the word Sleep Time in the Sleep Time screen, this will allow 
the Sleep Time Off function to appear, click Sleep Time Off to stop the printer going into sleep mode. 
The Sleep Time Off function can be hidden by double-clicking the word Sleep Time in the Sleep Time 
screen again. We recommend that you keep Sleep mode on for power saving.
Status Monitor 
This reports the printer status (any errors that may happen with the printer) when printing. The default 
setting for the Status Monitor is off. If you would like to turn the status monitor on, go to the Advanced 
tab, select Device Options and then select Status Monitor.
■If you want to prevent other people from using the 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. See Reprint setting on page 3-26.
 
						

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Macro
You can save a page of a document as a macro to printer memory. Moreover, you can execute the saved 
macro - in other words, 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, letter head 
formats or invoices.
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 to a setting that reserves additional memory for the creation of full page images.
Selections are AUTO, OFF, LTR (Letter size paper), A4 or LGL (Legal size paper).
The page protection feature allows the printer to create the full page image to be printed in memory 
before physically moving the paper through the printer. When the image is very complicated and the 
printer has to wait to process the image before printing, use this function.
Print Date & Time
Date: Specifies the format of the date.
Time: Specifies the format of the time.
 
						

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Accessories tab
When you install optional units, you can add them and select the settings for them in the Accessories 
tab as follows.
1You can manually add or remove the options for any optional device that is installed on the printer. 
Tray settings will match the installed options.
2RAMDISK
You can detect the capacity of RAMDISK that that has been set using the control panel. To find the 
capacity of RAMDISK, tick the RAMDISK check box and then click Auto Detect. 
For more information, see Reprinting from RAM on page 3-26.
3Paper Source Setting
This feature recognizes the paper size in each paper tray.
4Auto detection of printer options and RAMDISK
■The Auto Detect function finds the currently installed optional unit devices and shows the 
available settings in the printer driver. When you click the Auto Detect button, options that are 
installed on the printer will be listed. You can manually add or remove options.
Auto Detect function may not be available under certain printer conditions.
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Support Tab  
■You can download the latest driver 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 print the Print Settings page and internal fonts list.
If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can access the Support tab by 
clicking Printing Preferences... in the General tab of the Brother HL-2700CN series Properties 
screen.
 
						

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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 the printer driver.
Ports tab 
Select the port where your printer is connected or the path to the network printer you are using.
The screens in this section are from Windows® XP. The screens on your PC will vary depending on 
your operating system.
 
						

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Device Settings tab 
Select the options you installed.
 
						

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Layout tab
You can change the Layout setting by selecting the settings for Orientation, Print on Both Sides 
(Duplex), Page Order and Pages Per Sheet:
If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can access the Layout tab by 
clicking Printing Preferences... in the General tab of the Brother HL-2700CN BR-Script3 
Properties screen.
 
						

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Paper / Quality tab
Select the Paper Source and Color.