Brother Hl 3040cn User Manual
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Driver and Software 51 2 cYou can change settings by choosing a setting in the Printer Features list (3): Print Quality You can choose the following print quality settings. Normal 600×600 dpi. Recommended for ordinary printing. Good print quality with reasonable print speeds. Fine 2400 dpi class. The finest print mode. Use this mode to print precise images such as photographs. Since the print data is much larger than in normal mode, processing time / data transfer time and printing time will be longer. Note The print speed will change depending on what print quality setting you choose. Higher print quality takes longer to print, while lower print quality takes less time to print. (HL-3040CN only) If you choose Fine, the LCD may show Out of Memory because the printer’s memory is full. If you still get the same error message after you try printing several times, add more memory. (See Installing extra memory on page 100.) Media Type You can use the following types of media in your printer. For the best print quality, select the type of media that you wish to use. Plain Paper Thin Paper Thick Paper Thicker Paper Bond Paper Envelopes Env. Thick Env. Thin Recycled Paper Label 3
Driver and Software 52 2 Secure Print Secure Print allows you to secure documents that are password protected when they are sent to the printer. Only the people who know the password will be able to print them. Since the documents are secured at the printer, you must enter the password using the control panel of the printer. The secured document must have a Password and Job Name. (For more information about the secure print function, see Printing Secure data on page 80.) Password Choose the password for your secured document that you send to the machine from the drop-down box. Job Name Choose the Job name from the drop-down list for your secured document. Toner Save 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 for printing Photo or Gray Scale images. Sleep Time When the printer does not receive data for a certain period of time, it enters sleep mode. In sleep mode, the printer acts as though it were turned off. When you choose Printer Default the timeout setting has been set to a specific time set at the factory, this can be altered in the driver or at the printer. While the printer is in sleep mode, the LCD shows Sleep, but the printer can still receive data. Receiving a print file or document or pressing Go will automatically wake up the printer to start printing. Color/Mono You can choose the following color mode: Color The device will print all pages in full color mode. Mono Selecting Mono mode prints your documents in grayscale. Auto The printer checks the content of your documents for color. If color is detected, it prints in color. If no color content is detected, it prints in monochrome. The total printing speed may become slower. Note If the Cyan, Magenta or Yellow toner reaches the end of its life, choosing Mono will allow you to keep printing as long as the Black toner does not reach the end of its life.
Driver and Software 53 2 Color Mode The following options are available in Color Matching mode: Normal This is the Default color mode. Vivid The color of all elements are adjusted to become a more vivid color. None Improve Gray Color You can improve the image of a shaded area. Enhance Black Printing If a black graphic cannot print correctly, choose this setting. Halftone Screen Lock Stops other applications from modifying the Halftone settings. The default setting is On. High Quality Image Printing You can get high quality image printing. If you set High Quality Image Printing to On, the printing speed will be slower. Improve Print Output This feature allows you to improve a print quality problem. 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. Note This operation make the temperature of the printer’s fusing process lower. Improve Toner Fixing If you choose this setting, the toner fixing on paper may be improved. If this selection does not provide enough improvement, select Thicker paper in Media type settings. Note This operation make the temperature of the printer’s fusing process upper.
Driver and Software 54 2 Ports tab 2 Choose the port where your printer is connected or the path to the network printer you are using.
Driver and Software 55 2 Features in the printer driver (for Macintosh)2 This printer supports Mac OS X 10.3.9 or greater. Note The screens in this section are basically from Mac OS X 10.5.x. The screens on your Macintosh will vary depending on your operating system. Choosing page setup options2 aFrom an application such as Apple TextEdit, click File, then Page Setup. Make sure HL-XXXX (where XXXX is your model name) is chosen in the Format for pop-up menu. You can change the settings for Paper Size, Orientation and Scale, then click OK. bFrom an application such as Apple TextEdit, click File, then Print to start printing. For Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.x
Driver and Software 56 2 For Mac OS X 10.5.x For more page setup options, click the disclosure triangle beside the Printer pop-up menu. Choosing printing options2 To control special printing features, choose the options in the Print dialog box.
Driver and Software 57 2 Cover Page2 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. Layout2 Pages per Sheet Choose how many pages will appear on each side of the paper.
Driver and Software 58 2 Layout Direction When you specify the pages per sheet, you can also specify the direction of the layout. Border If you want to add a border, use this function. Reverse Page Orientation (Mac OS X 10.5.x only ) Check Reverse Page Orientation to reverse the data from up to down. Secure Print2 Secure Print: Secure documents are documents that are password protected when they are sent to the printer. Only the people who know the password will be able to print them. Since the documents are secured at the printer, you must enter the password using the control panel of the machine to print them. If you want to create a secure print job, check the Secure Print box. Enter a user name, job name and password, then click Print. (For more information about the secure print function, see Printing Secure data on page 80.) Note Check the Secure Print check box if you want to prevent other people from printing your data.
Driver and Software 59 2 Print Settings2 You can change settings by choosing a setting in the Print Settings list: Basic tab Media Type You can change the media type to one of the following: Plain Paper Thin Paper Thick Paper Thicker Paper Bond Paper Recycled Paper Envelopes Env. Thick Env. Thin Label
Driver and Software 60 2 Print Quality You can choose the following print quality settings. Normal 600 dpi class. Recommended for ordinary printing. Good print quality with good print speeds. Fine 2400 dpi class. The finest print mode. Use this mode to print precise images such as photographs. Since the print data is much larger than in normal mode, processing time, data transfer time and printing time will be longer. Note The print speed will change depending on what print quality setting you choose. Higher print quality takes longer to print, while lower print quality takes less time to print. (HL-3040CN only) If you choose Fine, the LCD may show Out of Memory because the printer’s memory is full. If you still get the same error message after you try printing several times, add more memory. (See Installing extra memory on page 100.) Color/Mono You can change the Color/Mono settings as follows: Color When your document contains color and you want to print it in color, select this mode. Mono Select this mode if your document has only black and grayscale text and/or objects. Mono mode makes the print processing speed faster than color mode. If your document contains color, selecting Mono mode prints your document in 256 levels of gray. Auto The printer checks the content of your documents for color. If color is detected, it prints in color. If no color content is detected, it prints in monochrome. The total printing speed may become slower. Note If the Cyan, Magenta or Yellow toner reaches the end of its life, choosing Mono will allow you to keep printing as long as the Black toner does not reach the end of its life. Toner Save Mode 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 for printing Photo or Gray Scale images. Reverse Printing (Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.x only) Check Reverse Print to rotate the data by 180 degrees.