Brother Hl 5280dw User Manual
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3. Driver and Software 33 „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 below: 1 in 1 100% „Insert Command/File (For Windows ® 95/98/Me only) This function lets you to do the following: • Put a print file or tiff format file into a print job. • Put a text string into a print job. • Put a macro, which is saved in printer memory, into a print job. „Page Protection Page Protection refers to a setting that reserves extra memory for the creation of full-page images. Selections are AUTO, OFF and Printer Default. The page protection feature allows the printer to create the full-page image to be printed in memory before physically moving the paper through the printer. Use this function when the image is complicated and the printer has to wait to process the image before printing. „Print Date & Time When this feature is enabled, the date and time will print on your document. „Density adjustment Increase or decrease the print density. Note The Density adjustment is not available when you set the resolution to HQ 1200. „Error Message Printout You can choose whether the printer reports problems by printing an error page. For details, see Error message printout on page 94. Selections are Printer Default (OFF), ON and OFF.
3. Driver and Software 34 Accessories tab Note From the Start menu, select Control Panel and then Printers 1. Right-click the Brother HL- 5270DN/5280DW 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. Tray settings will match the installed options. „RAMDISK (2) You can detect the capacity of the RAMDISK that has been set using the control panel. To find the capacity of RAMDISK, check the RAMDISK check box and then click Auto Detect. For more information, see Reprinting from RAM on page 52. „Paper Source Setting (3) This feature recognizes the paper size in each paper tray. „Auto detection of printer options (4) The Auto Detect function finds the currently installed optional unit devices and shows the available settings in the printer driver. When you click Auto Detect, options that are installed on the printer will be listed. You can manually add or remove options. Note The Auto Detect function is not available under certain printer conditions. 1 2 3 4
3. Driver and Software 35 Support tab „Version (1) Displays the printer driver version. „Web Update (2) You can check the Brother web site for updated drivers, and automatically download and update the printer driver on your PC. „Brother Solutions Center (3) The Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com ) is a web site offering information about your Brother product including FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), User’s Guides, driver updates and tips for using your printer. „Print Settings (4) This will print the pages that show how the internal settings of the printer have been configured. „Print Fonts (5) This will print the pages that show all the internal fonts of the printer. „Check Setting... (6) This will show the current settings of the printer driver. 3 1 24 5 6
3. Driver and Software 36 Features in the BR-Script (PostScript® 3™ language emulation) printer driver (For Windows®) For more information, see the Help text in the printer driver. Note The screens in this section are based on HL-5270DN with Windows ® XP. The screens on your PC may vary depending on the printer model and your operating system. Device Settings tab Choose the options you have installed.
3. Driver and Software 37 Printing Preferences Note If you are using Windows NT ® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can access the Printing Preferences dialog box by clicking Printing Preferences... in the General tab of the Brother HL-5270DN/HL-5280DW BR-Script3 Properties dialog box. „Layout tab You can change the layout setting by choosing the settings for Orientation, PrintonBothSides(Duplex), Page Order and Pages Per Sheet. „Paper/Quality tab Choose the Paper Source.
3. Driver and Software 38 Advanced options aChoose the Paper Size and Copy Count (1). bSet the Scaling and TrueType Font settings (2). cYou can change settings by choosing the setting in the Printer Features list (3): „Print Quality „Media Type „Job Spooling „Passwprd „Job Name „Toner Save You can save running costs by turning on the Toner Save, which reduces the print density. „Sleep Time See Device Options on page 31. „Halftone Screen Lock „BR-Script Level 1 2 3
3. Driver and Software 39 Features in the printer driver (For Macintosh®) This printer supports Mac OS® 9.1 to 9.2 and Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater. Note The screens in this section are from Mac OS ® X 10.4. The screens on your Macintosh® will vary depending on your operating system. Page Setup You can set the Paper Size, Orientation and Scale. Layout Set the Pages per Sheet, Layout direction and Border. „Pages per Sheet Choose how many pages will appear on each side of the paper. „Layout Direction When you specify the pages per sheet, you can also specify the direction of the layout. „Border If you want to add a border, use this function.
3. Driver and Software 40 Print Settings You can change settings by choosing the setting in the Print Settings list: Basic tab „Resolution You can change the resolution as follows: • 300 dpi • 600 dpi • HQ 1200 • 1200 dpi Note If you use the high quality 1200 dpi setting (1200×1200 dpi) the print speed will be slower. „Media Type You can change the media type as follows: • Plain Paper • Thin Paper •Thick Paper • Thicker Paper • Bond Paper • Transparencies • Envelopes • Env.Thick • Env.Thin •Recycled Paper „Toner Save Mode You can save running costs by turning on Toner save, 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.
3. Driver and Software 41 Advanced tab „Print Quality You can change the print quality as follows: • Brother Photo This is a photograph mode (gradation priority). Choose this setting for printing photographs that have continuous gradation. You can represent soft contrasts between various shades of gray. • Brother Graphics This is a graphics mode (contrast priority). Choose this setting for printing text and figures, such as business and presentation documents. You can represent sharp contrasts between shaded areas. • Generic This is a standard halftone pattern of Mac ® OS X. If you choose this mode for printing text documents, the print speed will be faster. Use this mode for Mac ®s that have less memory. „Sleep Time When the printer does not receive data for a certain period of time, it enters sleep mode. In sleep mode, the printer acts as though it were turned off. The default setting for timeout is 5 minutes. Intelligent Sleep Mode automatically adjusts to the most suitable timeout setting depending on the frequency of your printer use. While the printer is in sleep mode, the LCD light is off, but the printer can still receive data. Receiving a print file or document or pressing one of the buttons will automatically wake up the printer to start printing. Status Monitor (For Mac® X 10.2.4 or greater users) This reports the printer status (any errors that may happen with the printer) when printing. If you would like to turn the status monitor on, run the BrStatusMonitor.app (from the Macintosh HD (Startup Disk), choose Library, Printers, Brother, Utilities).
3. Driver and Software 42 Uninstalling the printer driver You can uninstall the printer driver that you installed with the following steps. Note • This is not available if you installed the printer driver from the Windows Add a printer function. • After uninstalling, we recommend that you restart your computer to remove files that were in use during the uninstall. Printer driver for Windows® For Windows® XP aClick the Start button, point to All Programs and then to your printer name. bClick UnInstall. cFollow the instructions on the screen. For Windows ® 95/98/Me/2000 and Windows NT® 4.0 aClick the Start button, point to Programs and then to your printer name. bClick UnInstall. cFollow the instructions on the screen.