Brother Hl 5240 User Manual

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4Click OK. The printer will print on both sides of the paper automatically. 
Booklet printing (For Windows printer driver)
aPut paper in the paper tray or MP tray.
bOpen the Properties dialog box in the printer driver.
cFrom the General tab, choose the Printing Preferences icon.
dFrom the Advanced tab, choose Duplex and Use Duplex Unit or Manual Duplex, and then choose 
Booklet Printing.
eClick OK. The printer will print a booklet automatically. 
 

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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 page description language (PDL).
The printer drivers for the following version 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 Brother...

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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 3 / Duplex printing with Duplex tray 4)
„Watermark
 1 3
„Job Spooling 1 3
„Quick Print Setup 1 3
„Sleep Time
„Status Monitor
 1
„Macro 1 3
„Administrator 1 2 3
„Insert Command/File 1 2 3
„Page Protection 1 3
„Print Date & Time 1 3
„Density adjustment 1 3...

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Features in the printer driver (For Windows®)
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 PC will vary depending on your 
operating system.
• If you are using Windows
® 2000 or XP, you can access the Printing Preferences dialog box by clicking 
Printing Preferences... in the General tab of the Printer Properties dialog box.
• If you are using Windows NT
® 4.0, you can access the...

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Advanced tab
 
Change the tab settings by clicking one of the following icons:
„Print Quality (1)
„Duplex Printing (2)
„Watermark (3)
„Page Setting (4)
„Device Options (5)
Print Quality
„Resolution
You can change the resolution as follows:
• 1200 dpi
• HQ 1200
• 600 dpi
• 300 dpi
Note
If you use the high quality 1200 dpi setting (1200×1200 dpi) the print speed will be slower.
 
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„Toner Save Mode
You can save running costs by turning on the Toner Save Mode, which reduces the print density. 
Note
• We do not recommend Toner Save for printing Photo or Gray Scale images.
•Toner Save Mode is not available for 1200 dpi or HQ 1200 resolution.
 
„Print Setting
You can manually change the print setting.
•Auto
Choosing Auto will allow automatic printing with the most suitable print settings for your print job.
•Manual
You can change the settings manually by...

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Device Options
 
You can set the following in Printer Function:
(You can jump to the page for each Printer Function by choosing the function name in the list below.)
„Job Spooling
„Quick Print Setup
„Sleep Time
„Status Monitor
„Macro
„Administrator (For Windows
® 95/98/Me only)
„Insert Command/File (For Windows
® 95/98/Me only)
„Page Protection
„Print Date & Time
„Density adjustment
„Error Message Printout
Note
The Printer Function list may vary depending on the model.
 
 

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„Job Spooling
The printer keeps the last print job sent to it in memory.
To reprint the last document, press Go and hold it down for about 4 seconds until all the LEDs light up in 
order (Toner, Drum, Paper, Status), and then release Go. Within 2 seconds press Go the number of 
times you want to reprint. If you don’t press Go within 2 seconds, a single copy will be printed.
Note
If you want to prevent other people from printing your data using the reprint function, uncheck the...

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„Administrator (For Windows® 95/98/Me only)
Administrators have the authority to limit the number of copies, scaling setting and watermark setting 
functions.
• Password
Enter the password into this box.
• Set Password
Click here to change the password.
• COPY LOCK
Lock the copy pages selection to prevent multiple copy printing.
• WATERMARK LOCK
Lock the current settings of the Watermark option to prevent changes being made.
• SCALING LOCK
Lock the scaling setting as shown...

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Accessories tab
Note
From the Start menu, select Control Panel and then Printers
 1. Right-click the Brother HL-5240/5250DN 
series icon and select Properties to access the Accessories tab.
1Printers and Faxes for Windows® XP users.
 
 
„ Available Options (1)
You can manually add and remove the options that are installed on the printer.
„Paper Source Setting (2)
This feature identifies the paper size defined for each paper tray.
•
Paper Size
This setting allows you to define...