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
Automatic duplex printing N/A Plain paper, Recycled paper
Media weightsMulti-purpose tray
60 to 161 g/m
2 (16 to 43 lb)
Paper tray
60 to 105 g/m
2 (16 to 28 lb)
Lower tray unit (Option)  (LT-5300)
60 to 105 g/m
2 (16 to 28 lb)
Automatic duplex printing N/A
60 to 105 g/m
2 (16 to 28 lb)
Media sizesMulti-purpose tray Width: 69.9 to 215.9 mm (2.75 to 8.5 in.) Length: 116 to 
406.4 mm (4.57 to 16 in.)
Paper tray (Standard)
A4, Letter, Legal
 2,  B5 (ISO), Executive, A5, A6, B6 (ISO)
Lower tray unit (Option) (LT-5300)
A4, Letter, Legal
 2,  B5 (ISO), Executive, A5, B6 (ISO)
Automatic duplex printing N/A
A4, Letter, Legal
 2
ModelHL-5240HL-5250DN
TonerStandard cartridge Approx. 3,500 pages A4/Letter pages @ 5% coverage
High yield cartridge Approx. 7,000 pages A4/Letter pages @ 5% coverage
DrumApprox. 25,000 A4/Letter pages (1 page / job)
ModelHL-5240HL-5250DN
Dimensions (W 
× D × H)371 × 384 × 246 mm (14.6 × 15.1 × 9.7 in.)
WeightsApprox. 8.3 kg (18.3 lb), not including 
the drum unit and toner cartridge
Approx.  9.5 kg (20.9 lb), including the 
drum unit and toner cartridgeApprox. 8.6 kg (19.0 lb), not including 
the drum unit and toner cartridge
Approx. 9.8 kg (21.6 lb), including the 
drum unit and toner cartridge
 
						

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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 
(77°F)
Sleep Average 8 W Average 9 W
Noise levelSound Pressure Printing 53 dB (A)
Standby 27 dB (A)
Sound power Printing LWAd = 6.7 Bell (A)
Standby LWAd = 4.3 Bell (A)
EcologyPower save Yes
Toner save
 1Yes
Computer Platform & Operating 
System Version Processor SpeedMinimum 
RAMRecomm
ended 
RAMAvailable 
Hard Disk 
Space
Windows
®95 1, 98, 98SE486/66MHz 8MB 16MB 40MB
NT
® Workstation 4.0 1Intel®Pentium® 75 MHz16 MB 32 MB 50 MB
2000 Professional
Intel
®Pentium® 133 MHz64MB 128MB 50MB
Me
Intel
®Pentium® 150 MHz32 MB 64 MB 50 MB
XP Home Edition
Intel
®Pentium® 300 MHz128 MB 128 MB 50 MB
XP Professional
XP Professional  x64 
Edition
 2
AMD Opteron™
AMD Athlon™ 64
Intel
®Xeon™ with Intel®EM64T 
Intel
®Pentium®4 with Intel®EM64T256 MB 256 MB 50 MB
Apple
® 
Macintosh
® 3
OS® 9.1 - 9.2All base models meet minimum 
requirements32 MB 64 MB 50 MB
OS
® X 10.2.4 or 
greater128 MB 160 MB
 
						

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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 
the paper’s package. Check the package to see whether it is suitable for laser printers. Use paper that is 
suitable for laser printers.
Basis weight
The basis weight of the paper in general use varies in different countries. We recommend that you use paper 
that weighs 75 to 90 g/m
2 (20 to 24 lb), although this printer is able to cope with thinner or thicker paper than 
these weights.
Long grain and short grain
The pulp fiber of the paper is aligned during paper manufacturing. And paper can be classified into two types, 
long grain and short grain.
Long grain paper’s fiber direction is parallel to the carriage direction of the paper in the printer. Short grain 
paper’s fiber direction is vertical to the carriage direction of the paper in the printer. Though most plain paper 
for copying is long grain, some is short grain. We recommend that you use long grain paper for this printer. 
Short grain paper is too weak for the paper carriage of the printer.
Acid paper and neutralized paper
Paper can be classified as either acid paper or neutralized paper.
Though modern paper manufacture methods started with acid paper, neutralized paper is recentry taking the 
place of acid paper because of environmental issues.
However, many forms of acid paper can be found in recycled paper. We recommend that you use neutralized 
paper for this printer.
You can use an acid paper check pen to distinguish acid paper from neutral paper.
UnitEuropeUSA
g/m
2 80 to 90 75 to 90
lb20 to 24
 
						

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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 environment, although usually 
paper contains about 5% water by weight. Because paper often absorbs water, the amount of water can 
sometimes be about 10% in a high humidity environment. When the amount of water increases, the 
characteristics of the paper changes greatly. The fixing of the toner may become worse. For storage of the 
paper and during use, we recommend that the humidity of the surrounding environment be between 50% and 
60%.
Rough estimate of basis weight
g/m2 lb
BondIndex
60 16
64 17
75 20
90 24
105 28
120 32
135 36
161 43 90
200 53 110
 
						

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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 User Name is [admin] and the default Password is 
[access].
dClick OK.
eChoose the HP LaserJet, IBM Proprinter XL or EPSON FX-850 tab and click Font Setup. Choose a 
symbol set you want to use from the Symbol Set list box.
How to use the Remote Printer Console
To use the Remote Printer Console software, follow the steps below.
For Windows
®
aPut the CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive and close the opening screen when it appears.
bOpen Windows® Explorer and choose the CD-ROM drive.
cDouble-click the RPC folder.
dSee the RPC_User’s_Guide.pdf for how to install and use the Remote Printer Console.
For Macintosh
®
aPut the CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. Double-click the HL5200 icon on the desktop.
bDouble-click the RPC folder.
cSee the RPC_User’s_Guide.pdf for how to install and use the Remote Printer Console.
 
						

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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)
ISO17 Spanish (2S) ISO21 German (1G)
ISO25 French (0F) ISO57 Chinese (2K)
ISO60 Norwegian1 (0D) ISO61 Norwegian2 (1D)
ISO69 French (1F) ISO84 Portuguese (5S)
ISO85 Spanish (6S) ISO8859 / 7 Latin / Greek (12N)
ISO8859 / 15 Latin (9N) ISO8859 / 15 Latin / Cyrillic (10N)
Legal (1U) Math-8 (8M)
MC Text (12J) MS Publishing (6J)
PC8 (10U) PC8 Bulgarian (13R)
PC8 D/N (11U) PC8 Greek Alternate (437G) (14G)
PC8 Latin / Greek (12G) PC8 PC Nova (27Q)
PC8 Turkish (9T) PC775 (26U)
PC850 Multilingual (12U) PC851 Greece (10G)
PC852 East Europe (17U) PC853 Latin3 (Turkish) (18U)
PC855 Cyrillic (10R) PC857 Latin5 (Turkish) (16U)
PC858 Multilingual Euro (13U) PC860 Portugal (20U)
PC861 Iceland (21U) PC863 Canadian French (23U)
PC865 Nordic (25U) PC866 Cyrillic (3R)
PC869 Greece (11G) PC1004 (9J)
Pi Font (15U) PS Math (5M)
PS Text (10J) Roman8 (8U)
 
						

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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
Italian Norwegian
Japanese PC8
PC8 D/N PC8 Turkish
PC850 Multilingual PC852 East Europe
PC860 Portugal PC863 Canadian French
PC865 Nordic South African
Spanish Swedish
UK ASCII I UK ASCII II
US ASCII
HP LaserJet mode (Continued)
 
						

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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 have the following parameters in the parameter segment (n ... n). As parameters 
are effective within the single command syntax ESC i n ... n \, they do not apply in the bar code commands. 
If certain parameters are not given, they take the preset settings. The last parameter must be the bar code 
data start (‘b’ or ‘B’) or the expanded character data start (‘l’ or ‘L’). Other parameters can be given in any 
sequence. Each parameter can start with a lower-case or upper-case character, for example, ‘t0’ or ‘T0’, ‘s3’ 
or ‘S3’ and so one.
Bar code mode
CodeESC i
Dec27 105
Hex1B 69
n = ‘t0’ or ‘T0’CODE 39 (default)
n = 
‘t1’ or ‘T1’Interleaved 2 of 5
n = 
‘t3’ or ‘T3’FIM (US-Post Net)
n = 
‘t4’ or ‘T4’Post Net (US-Post Net)
n = 
‘t5’ or ‘T5’EAN 8, EAN 13, or UPC A 
n = 
‘t6’ or ‘T6’UPC E
n = 
‘t9’ or ‘T9’Codabar
n = 
‘t12’ or ‘T12’Code 128 set A
n = 
‘t13’ or ‘T13’Code 128 set B
n = 
‘t14’ or ‘T14’Code 128 set C
n = 
‘t130’ or ‘T130’ISBN (EAN)
n = 
‘t131’ or ‘T131’ISBN (UPC-E)
n = 
‘t132’ or ‘T132’EAN 128 set A
n = 
‘t133’ or ‘T133’EAN 128 set B
n = 
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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 = Horizontal stripes
4 = Cross hatch
For example ‘S’ n1 n2
n1 = Background fill pattern
n2 = Foreground fill pattern
If ‘S’ is followed by only one parameter, the parameter is a foreground fill pattern.
Line block drawing & box drawing
‘S’
1 = Black
2 = Vertical stripes
3 = Horizontal stripes
4 = Cross hatch
Bar Code 
n = ‘mnnn’ or ‘Mnnn’ (nnn = 0 ~ 32767)
This parameter shows the bar code width. The unit of ‘nnn’ is a percentage.n = ‘s0’ or ‘S0’ 3: 1 (default)
n = ‘s1’ or ‘S1’ 2: 1
n = ‘s3’ or ‘S3’ 2.5: 1