Brother Hl 4050cdn User Manual

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Note
You can change the default settings for Direct Print by using the control panel when the printer is not in 
the Direct Print mode. 
1 The  de fa ult settings a re shown in Bold with an a ste risk. 
dPress the + or - button to enter the number of copies you want. Press OK or Go. 
Copies
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Direct Print
Printing
CAUTION 
DO NOT remove the USB flash memory from the USB direct interface until the printer has finished printing.
 
MenuSub menuOptions1
Paper Tray Tray UseAuto*/MP...

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Printer driver3
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 page description language (PDL).
The printer drivers for the supported versions of Windows
® and Macintosh® are on the CD-ROM we have 
supplied or on the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com
. Install the drivers by following the 
Quick Setup Guide. The latest printer driver can be downloaded from the...

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1Download the printer driver from http://solutions.brother.com or a  link o n the supplie d CD-ROM.
If you download from a link on CD-ROM, click Install Other Drivers or Utilities, then click For Linux users o n the  scree n me nu. Access to  
internet is re quire d.
Windows® printer 
driverBR-Script printer 
driver
(HL-4050CDN/ 
HL-4070CDW 
only)Macintosh® 
Printer DriverLPR / CUPS 
printer driver
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Windows
® 2000 Professionalpp
Windows
® XP Home Editionpp
Windows
® XP...

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You can change the following printer settings when you print from your computer.

Paper Size

Multiple Page

Orientation

Copies

Media Type

Paper Source

Print Quality

Colour Mode

Duplex printing (Manual Duplex printing
1 / Duplex printing with Duplex Unit3)

Watermark
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Scaling

Job Spooling

Toner Save Mode

Quick Print Setup
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Sleep Time

Administrator
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Print Setting12

Header-Footer Print1

Colour Calibration1
1These settings are not available with the BR-script...

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Features in the printer driver (for Windows®)3
(For more information, see the Help text in the printer driver.)
Note
 The screens in this section are from Windows
® XP. The screens on your computer will vary depending on 
your operating system.
 If you are using Windows
® 2000, XP, Windows Vista™ or Windows Server® 2003, you can access the 
Printing Preferences dialog box by clicking Printing Preferences... in the General tab of the 
Printer Properties dialog box.
 
Basic tab...

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Paper Size3
From the drop-down box choose the Paper Size you are using.
Multiple Page3
The Multiple Page selection can reduce the image size of a page allowing multiple pages to be printed on 
one sheet of paper or enlarging the image size for printing one page on multiple sheets of paper.
Page Order3
When N in 1 option is selected, the page order can be selected from the drop-down list. 
Border Line3
When printing multiple pages on one sheet with the Multiple Page feature you...

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Media Type3
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.
Note
 When using ordinary plain paper (19 to 25 lb) choose Plain Paper. When using heavier weight paper, 
envelopes 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,...

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Advanced tab3
 
Change the tab settings by clicking one of the following icons:

Print Quality (1)

Duplex (2)

Watermark (3)

Page Setting (4)

Device Options (5)
Print Quality3

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...

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Colour Mode
The following options are available in colour Matching mode:
Normal
This is the default colour mode.
 Vivid
The colour of all elements are adjusted to become a more vivid colour.
Auto
The printer driver automatically selects the Colour Mode ty pe.
 None

Improve Gray Colour
You can improve the image quality of a shaded area.

Enhance Black Printing
If a black graphic cannot be printed correctly, choose this setting.

Import
You can adjust the print configuration...

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Watermark3
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 file 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 font, colour and angle settings.
Page Setting3
You can change the print image scaling and choose Mirror/Reverse print...