Brother Hl 5280dw User Manual

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Brother Laser driver for Macintosh®
For Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater
aDisconnect the USB cable between the Macintosh and your printer.
bRestart the Macintosh®.
cLog on as an ‘Administrator’.
dRun the Printer Setup Utility 1 (from the Go menu, choose Applications, Utilities), then choose the 
printer you want to remove and remove it by clicking the Delete button.
eDrag the HL-MFLPro folder (from the Macintosh HD (Startup Disk), choose Library, Printers, 
Brother) into the Trash and then empty the Trash.
fRestart the Macintosh®.
1Print Center for Mac OS® X 10.2 users
For Mac OS® 9.1 to 9.2
aOpen the Extensions folder located in the System Folder on the Macintosh HD.
bDrag all these following files in the Extensions folder to the trash.
„BR_PrintMonitor(laser)
„Brother Laser
„Brother Laser(IP)
Note
There may be several USB Print Driver(BRXXX)
 1 and BR_PrintMonitor(BXX) 1 extensions with different 
endings.
1The ‘x’ refers to the model of your machine.
 
cRestart the Macintosh®.
dOnce the computer has restarted you can then empty the trash.
 
						

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Software
Software for networks
BRAdmin Professional  (For Windows®)
The BRAdmin Professional is a utility for managing your Brother network enabled printers that are running 
under Windows
® 95/98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT® 4.0. It allows you to easily configure and check the 
status of your printer on the network.
BRAdmin Light  (For Macintosh® )
The Brother BRAdmin Light software is a Java™ application that is designed for the Apple® Mac OS®X 
environment. It supports some of the features of the Windows
® BRAdmin software. For example, using the 
BRAdmin Light software, you can change some network settings and update firmware on Brother’s network 
ready printers and multifunction devices.
Driver Deployment Wizard  (For Windows®)
This installer includes the Windows® printer driver and Brother network port driver (LPR and NetBIOS). If the 
administrator installs the printer driver and port driver using this application, the administrator can save the 
file to the file server or send the file by e-mail to users. Then, each user just clicks that file to have the printer 
driver, port driver, IP address, and so on, automatically copied to their PC.
Network Print Software  (For Windows®)
This installer includes the port monitors (Peer-to-Peer Printing software). They allow you to print through the 
network (LAN) under Windows
®
Web BRAdmin  (For Windows®)
The Web BRAdmin is designed to manage all LAN/WAN Brother network connected devices. By installing 
the Web BRAdmin server utility on a PC running IIS
 1, administrators with a web browser can connect to the 
Web BRAdmin server, which then communicates with the device itself. Unlike the BRAdmin Professional, 
which is designed for Windows
® systems only, the Web BRAdmin server utility can be accessed from any 
client PC with a web browser that supports Java 2.
You can download the Web BRAdmin from our web site. Visit us at http://solutions.brother.com
.
1Internet Information Server 4.0 or 5.0
Web BRAdmin and Internet Information Server 4.0 are supported by the following operating systems:
„Windows NT® 4.0 Server
Web BRAdmin and Internet Information Service 5.0 are supported by the following operating systems:
„Windows® 2000 Server
„Windows
® 2000 Advanced Server
„Windows
® 2000 Professional
Web BRAdmin and Internet Information Service 5.1 are supported by the following operating systems:
 
						

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„Windows® XP Professional
About emulation modes
This printer has the following emulation modes. You can change the setting by using the control panel  or a 
Web browser.
„HP LaserJet Mode
The HP LaserJet mode (or HP mode) is the emulation mode in which this printer supports the PCL6 
language of the Hewlett-Packard
® LaserJet laser printer. Many applications support this type of laser 
printer. Using this mode will allow your printer to run at its best with those applications.
„BR-Script 3 Mode
BR-Script is an original Brother page description language and a PostScript
® language emulation 
interpreter. This printer supports level 3. The BR-Script interpreter of this printer allows you to control text 
and graphics on pages.
For technical information about PostScript
® commands, see the following manuals:
• Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript
® Language Reference, 3rd edition. Addison-Wesley 
Professional, 1999. ISBN: 0-201-37922-8
• Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript
® Language Program Design. Addison-Wesley Professional, 
1988. ISBN: 0-201-14396-8
• Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript
® Language Tutorial and Cookbook. Addison-Wesley 
Professional, 1985. ISBN: 0-201-10179-3
„EPSON FX-850 and IBM Proprinter XL Mode
The EPSON FX-850 and IBM Proprinter XL modes are the emulation modes that this printer supports to 
meet the industry-standard for dot matrix printers. Some applications support these dot matrix printer 
emulations. Use these emulation modes so your printer will work well when printing from those types of 
applications. 
Automatic emulation selection
This printer has an automatic emulation selection feature that is turned on by default. This lets it automatically 
change the emulation mode to suit the type of data it receives.
You can change the setting by using the control panel or a Web browser. 
The printer can choose from the following combinations: 
Setting 1 (default)Setting 2
HP LaserJet HP LaserJet
BR-Script 3 BR-Script 3
EPSON FX-850 IBM ProPrinter XL
 
						

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Automatic interface selection
This printer has an automatic interface selection feature that is turned on by default. This lets it automatically 
change the interface to IEEE 1284 parallel,  USB, or Ethernet depending on which interface is receiving data.
When you use the parallel interface, you can turn the high-speed and bi-directional parallel communications 
on or off by using the control panel buttons to access PARALLEL in the INTERFACE menu. (See Menu table 
on page 56.) Since the default setting is on for the automatic interface selection mode, simply connect the 
interface cable to the printer. Always turn off both your computer and printer when connecting or 
disconnecting the cable.
Note
This function takes a few seconds to work. If you want to speed up printing, choose the required interface 
manually by using the control panel to access SELECT in the INTERFACE menu.
 
If you typically use only one interface, we recommend that you choose that interface in the INTERFACE menu. 
If only one interface is chosen, the printer will allocate the entire input buffer to that interface.
 
						

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Control panel
This printer has one liquid crystal display (LCD), seven buttons and one Light Emitting Diode (LED) on the 
control panel. The display can show various messages with up to 16 characters in one row. The LED light 
shows the current status of the printer.
 
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Buttons 
You can control the basic printer operations and change various printer settings with seven buttons (Go, 
Job Cancel, Reprint, +, -, Back, Set).
Go
Pressing Go will exit the control panel menu and return the printer to the Ready state, however, if there is an 
ERROR indication, the control panel will only change when the error is cleared.
You can pause printing by pressing Go. Pressing Go again restarts the print job. During a pause, the printer 
is offline.
Note
If the printer is in PAUSE mode and you do not want to print the data left, press Job Cancel. Once the job 
has been cancelled, the printer will return to the READY state.
 
Job Cancel
You can cancel the processing or printing of data by pressing Job Cancel. The LCD shows 
JOB CANCELLING until the job is cancelled. After cancelling the job, the printer returns to the READY state.
When the printer is not receiving data or printing, the LCD shows No Data!!! and you cannot cancel the 
job.
If you press Job Cancel on the menu, the reprint data will be deleted and the printer will go online.
buttonOperations
GoExit from the control panel menu and reprint settings.
Clear error messages.
Pause and continue printing.
Job CancelStop and cancel the printing job in progress.
ReprintChoose the reprint menu and the number of extra copies (1-999).
+Move forward through menus.
Move forward through the available options.
-Move backward through menus.
Move backward through the available options.
BackGo back one level in the menu structure.
SetChoose the control panel menu.
Set the chosen menus and settings.
 
						

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Reprint
If you want to reprint a document that has just been printed, press Reprint.
You can reprint when the printer is in the READY or PAUSE state.
For details, see Reprinting documents on page 52.
+ or - button
Moving through menus on the LCD
Pressing the + or - button when the printer is in the Ready state, takes it offline and the LCD will show the 
control panel menu.
Press to scroll through the menus and options. Press or keep pressing the button until you see the setting 
you want.
Entering numbers
You can enter numbers in two ways. You can press the + or - button to move up or down one number at a 
time, or you can hold down the + or - button to move faster. When you see the number you want, press Set.
Back
If you press Back when the printer is online (READY), it goes offline and the LCD returns to the menu.
Pressing Back allows you to return to the previous level from the current menu level.
Back also allows you to choose the previous digit while setting numbers.
When you choose a setting and it does not have an asterisk (Set was not pressed), Back allows you to return 
to the previous menu level with the original setting unchanged.
Note
When you press Set to choose a setting, an asterisk appears briefly at the end of the display. Since the 
asterisk shows what you have chosen, you can easily see the current settings as you look through the 
LCD.
 
Set
Pressing Set when the printer is in the Ready state takes it offline, and the LCD will show the control panel 
menu.
Pressing Set allows you to choose the displayed menu or option. After changing a setting, an asterisk (*) 
appears briefly on the right-hand side of the message.
 
						

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Data LED
The Data LED is a light which shows the printer status.
LCD
The LCD shows the current printer status. When you use the control panel buttons, the LCD will change.
If there are any problems, the LCD shows the proper error message, maintenance message or call service 
message so you will know that you need to take action. For more information about these messages, see 
LCD messages on page 92.
Back light
LED indicationMeaning
OnData is in the printer memory.
BlinkingReceiving or processing data.
OffNo remaining data in the memory.
LightMeaning
Off The printer is off or in sleep status.
Green (General) Ready to print
Printing
Warming up
Job cancelling
Red (Error) There is a problem with the printer.
Orange (Setting) The printer is offline.
Choosing a menu
Setting number of reprints
Pause
 
						

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LCD messages
Printer status messages
The following table shows the printer status messages during normal operation: 
Printer Status MessageMeaning
IGNORE DATAPrinter is ignoring data processed using PS driver.
JOB CANCELLINGCancelling the job.
Now InitializingThe printer is setting up.
PAUSEThe printer has suspended its operations. Press Go to start the printer again.
PRESS SET TO PRINTPress Set to start printing.
PRINTINGPrinting.
PROCESSINGBusy processing data.
RAM SIZE=XX MBThis printer has XX MB memory.
READYReady to print.
RESET TO FACTORY SETTINGSThe printer settings return to the default settings.
RESET TO USER SETTINGSThe printer settings return to the user settings.
RESOLUTION ADAPTPrinting with reduced resolution.
SELF TESTPerforming self-diagnostics.
SLEEPIn Sleep state.
WARMING UPThe printer is warming up.
COOLING DOWNThe printer is cooling down.
 
						

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Reprinting documents
Reprinting from RAM
You can reprint from random access memory (RAM). The reprint data in RAM will be deleted when the printer 
is turned off.
When you use RAM to reprint:
aPress Set on the control panel.
bPress the + or - button to choose SETUP. Press Set.
cPress the + or - button to choose RAMDISK SIZE. Press Set.
dThe present RAM disk is 0MB. Press the + button to increase the reprint RAM size in increments of 1MB.
ePress Set.
Note
When you increase the RAM size for secure printing, the work area of the printer is decreased and the 
printer performance will be reduced. Make sure that you reset the RAM disk size to 0MB after you finish 
using secure printing.
 
We recommend that you add more RAM if you want to be able to print a lot of secure data. (See Installing 
extra memory on page 71).
Reprinting the last job
You can reprint the data from the last print job without sending it from the computer again.
Note
• If the REPRINT setting is set to OFF on the control panel and you press Reprint, the LCD shows 
NO DATA STORED for a short time.
• If you want to cancel reprinting, press Job Cancel.
• If the printer does not have enough memory to spool the print job data, it will only print the last page.
• Pressing the - or + button makes the number of reprint copies decrease or increase. You can choose 
between 1 and 999 COPIES.
• For more information about the settings in the printer driver, see Device Options on page 31.