Brother Hl 5130 User Manual

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Manual duplex printing from the manual feed tray (For HL-5130 and HL-5140)
Caution
■Before you put the sheets back in the manual feed tray, you will have to straighten them, or you 
may get paper jams.
■ You should not use very thin or very thick paper.
■ When you use the manual duplex function, it is possible that there may be paper jams or poor 
print quality. If there is a paper jam, see  Paper jams and how to clear them on page 6-6.
1Choose the Manual Duplex  printing mode...

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Manual duplex printing from the multi-purpose tray (For HL-5150D and 
HL-5170DN)
Caution
■Before putting the sheets back in the MP tray, you will have to straighten them, or you may get 
paper jams.
■You should not use very thin or very thick paper. 
■When you use the manual duplex function, it is possible that there may be paper jams or poor 
print quality. If there is a paper jam, see Paper jams and how to clear them on page 6-6.
1Choose the Manual Duplex printing mode from...

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Paper orientation for manual duplex printing
The printer prints the second page first.
If you print 10 pages on 5 sheets of paper, it will print page 2 then page 1 on the first sheet of paper.
It will print page 4 then page 3 on the second sheet of paper.
It will print page 6 then page 5 on the third sheet of paper, and so on.
When doing manual duplex printing, the paper must be put in the paper tray in the following way:
■For the manual feed tray or the multi-purpose (MP)...

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Printing on both sides of the paper (automatic duplex printing) 
Guidelines for automatic duplex printing
■Use A4, Letter or Legal size plain paper.
■If paper is curled, straighten it and then put it back in the paper tray.
■You should use regular paper. Do not use bond paper or thin paper if possible.
■When you use the duplex printing function, the printing quality becomes worse or paper jam may 
occur under some circumstances. If the paper jam occurs, see Paper jams and how...

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3Open the Properties dialog box in the printer driver. In the Advanced tab select Duplex Printing 
mode, check Duplex, and make sure that Use Duplex tray has been selected. Select Duplex Type 
and set Binding Offset if you need, and then click the OK button. The printer will print on both sides 
of the paper automatically.
PCL driver
PS driver 
 

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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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You can change the following printer settings when you print from your computer.
■Paper Size
■Multiple Page
■Orientation
■Copies
■Media Type
■Paper Source
■Resolution
■Toner Save Mode
■Duplex Printing (Manual Duplex printing
*1*2 / Duplex Printing with Duplex tray*5)
■Water mark
*1*2
■Job Spooling*1*2
■Quick Print Setup*1*2
■Sleep Time*2
■Status Monitor*1*2
■Macro*1*2*3
■Administrator*1*2*3
■Insert Command/File*1*2*3*4
■Page Protection*1*2
■Print Date & Time*1*2
■Density...

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For Windows® 
Features in the PCL printer driver
You can 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 Help text in the printer driver.
Basic tab 
1Select the Paper Size, Multiple Page, Orientation and so on.
2Select the Paper...

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Advanced tab 
Change the tab settings by clicking the following icons:
1Print Quality
2Duplex Printing
3Watermark 
4Page Setting
5Device Options
Print Quality
Select the resolution, toner save and print settings or gray printing setting.
Resolution
You can change the resolution as follows:
■HQ 1200
■600 dpi
■300 dpi
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 Printer...

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Toner Save Mode
You can save running costs by turning on the toner save mode, which reduces the print density. 
Print Setting 
You can manually change the brightness, contrast and other settings.
■Auto (For Windows
® 95/98/Me users only)
You can automatically print with the most suitable print setting by selecting the Auto button.
■Manual (For Windows
® 95/98/Me users only)
You can change the settings manually by selecting the manual button and ticking the setting 
button....