Brother Hl 5240 User Manual

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Media specifications
1Up to 10 sheets
2Legal size paper is not available in some regions outside the USA and Canada.
Supplies
Dimensions / Weights
ModelHL-5240HL-5250DN
Media typesMulti-purpose tray Plain paper, Bond paper, Recycled paper, Envelopes, 
Labels, Transparencies
 1, Thin paper, Thick paper, Thicker 
paper
Paper tray
Plain paper, Bond paper, Recycled paper, Transparencies
 1, 
Thin paper
Lower tray unit (Option) (LT-5300) Plain paper, Bond paper, Recycled paper, Thin paper...

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Other
1We do not recommend Toner Save for printing Photo or Gray Scale images.
System Requirements
1USB is not supported under Windows® 95 or Windows NT®4.0.
2Download the printer driver for Windows® XP Professional  x64 Edition from http://solutions.brother.com.
3Power Macintosh with an Apple original pre-installed USB port.
ModelHL-5240HL-5250DN
Power consumptionPrinting Average 610 W at 25°C 
(77°F)Average 610 W at 25°C 
(77°F)
Standby Average 80 W at 25°C 
(77°F)Average 80 W at 25°C...

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Important information for choosing your paper
This section gives information to help you choose paper to use with this printer.
Note
If you use paper that is not recommended, a paper jam or misfeed may occur in the printer. See 
Recommended paper on page 6.
 
Before you buy a large quantity of paper
Make sure that the paper is suitable for the printer.
Paper for plain paper copies
Paper is divided by usage, such as paper for printing and paper for copying. The usage is usually written on...

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Print surface
The characteristics of the face side and reverse side of a sheet of paper may vary a little.
Usually, the opening side of the ream of the paper package is the print side. Follow the indications on the 
paper package. Typically, the print side is indicated by an arrow.
Moisture content
Moisture content is the amount of water left in the paper after manufacture. It is one of the important 
characteristics of the paper. This can change greatly depending on the storage...

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Paper size
Paper sizemmin.
Letter8.5 × 11 in.
Legal8.5 × 14 in.
Executive7.25 × 10.5 in.
A4210 × 297 mm
A5148 × 210 mm
A6105 × 148 mm
Envelope Monarch3.875 × 7.5 in.
Envelope #93.875 × 8.9 in.
Envelope #104.12 × 9.5 in.
Envelope #114.5 × 10.375 in.
Envelope DL110 × 220 mm
Envelope C5162 × 229 mm
Envelope C6114 × 162 mm
B5 (JIS)182 × 257 mm
B5 (ISO)176 × 250 mm
B6125 × 176 mm
Folio8.5 × 13 in.
 

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Symbol and character sets
For the HP LaserJet, IBM Proprinter XL, and EPSON FX-850 emulation modes, you can choose the symbol 
and character sets using a web browser or the Remote Printer Console software.
How to use the web browser
To use the web browser, follow the steps below.
aEnter [http://printer’s IP address/] into your browser.
For example: [http://192.168.1.2/] (if the printer’s IP address is 192.168.1.2)
bClick Printer Settings.
cEnter a user name and a password. The default...

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Symbol and character sets list
OCR symbol sets
When you choose the OCR-A or OCR-B font, the matching symbol set is always used.
OCR A (0O)
OCR B (1O)
HP LaserJet mode
ABICOMP Brazil / Portugal (13P) ABICOMP International (14P)
Desktop (7J) Greek8 (8G)
HP German (0G) HP Spanish (1S)
ISO Latin1 (0N) ISO Latin2 (2N)
ISO Latin5 (5N) ISO Latin6 (6N)
ISO2 IRV (2U) ISO4 UK (1E)
ISO5 ASCII (0U) ISO10 Swedish (3S)
ISO11 Swedish (0S) ISO14 JIS ASCII (0K)
ISO15 Italian (0I) ISO16 Portuguese (4S)...

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Roman9 (4U) Roman Extension (0E)
Russian-GOST (12R) Symbol (19M)
Turkish8 (8T) Ukrainian (14R)
Ventura Math (6M) Ventura Intl (13J)
Ventura US (14J) Windows 3.0 (9U)
Windows Baltic (19L) Windows Cyrillic (9R)
Windows Greek (9G) Windows Latin1 (19U)
Windows Latin2 (9E) Windows Latin5 (5T)
Wingdings (579L)
IBM mode
PC8 PC8 D/N
PC8 Turkish PC850 Multilingual
PC852 East Europe PC860 Portugal
PC863 Canadian French PC865 Nordic
Epson mode
Danish I Danish II
Dutch French I
French II German...

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Quick reference for bar code control commands
The printer can print bar codes in the HP LaserJet, EPSON FX-850, and IBM Proprinter XL emulation modes.
Print bar codes or expanded characters
Format: ESC i n ... n \
Creates bar codes or expanded characters according to the segment of parameters ‘n ... n’. For more 
information about parameters, see the following Definition of Parameters. This command must end with the 
‘ \ ’ code (5CH).
Definition of Parameters
This bar code command can...

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This parameter selects the bar code mode as shown above. When n is ‘t5’ or ‘T5’ the bar code mode (EAN 
8, EAN 13, or UPC A) varies according to the number of characters in the data.
Bar Code, expanded character, line block drawing and box drawing
This parameter chooses the bar code style as above. When the EAN 8, EAN 13, UPC-A, Code 128 or EAN 
128 bar code mode is chosen, this bar code style parameter is ignored.
Expanded Character
‘S’
0 = White
1 = Black
2 = Vertical stripes
3 =...