Brother HL 6050D User Manual

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5Put transparencies in the MP tray. Put the side to be printed on first, face up, with the leading edge 
(top) of the paper in first. Make sure the transparencies touch the back of the tray and remain under 
the maximum paper height guides on both sides of the tray. Do not put more than 10 transparencies 
in the MP tray at any one time, or it may cause a jam.
Figure 1-43
6While pressing the paper guide release lever, slide the paper guide to fit the transparency size.
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7Send the print data to the printer.
8After you finish printing, close the back output tray.
Caution
Remove each transparency immediately after printing. Stacking the printed transparencies may 
cause a paper jam or the transparency to curl.
 

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Printing on both sides of the paper
The supplied printer drivers for Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000/XP, Mac OS® 
8.6 to 9.2 and Mac OS® X 10.1/10.2 all enable duplex printing. For more information about how to choose 
the settings, see the Help text in the printer driver.
Manual duplex printing from the paper tray (For PCL printer driver)
1Choose the Manual Duplex printing mode from the Advanced tab, and from the Basic tab select 
the Paper Source to be Tray...

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Manual duplex printing from the multi-purpose tray
Caution
■Before putting the sheets back in the MP tray, you will have to straighten them, or you may get 
paper jams.
■You should not use very thin or very thick paper. 
■When you use the manual duplex function, it is possible that there may be paper jams or poor 
print quality. If there is a paper jam, see Paper jams and how to clear them on page 6-5.
1Open the Properties dialog box in the printer driver. Choose the General...

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Automatic duplex printing (available for HL-6050D and HL-6050DN only)
Caution
Use A4, Letter or Legal size paper when you use automatic duplex printing function.
1Put paper in the paper tray or MP tray.
2Set the paper adjustment lever for duplex printing at the back of the printer to match your paper size.
Figure 1-49
The screens in this section are from Windows® XP. The screens on your PC will vary depending on 
your operating system.
■Ensure that the back output tray is...

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3For the PCL (standard) printer driver
Open the Properties dialog box in the printer driver. Choose the General tab and click the Printing 
Preferences icon. Choose the Duplex mode in the Advanced tab, make sure that Use Duplex 
Unit has been selected, and then click the OK button. The printer will print on both sides of the paper 
automatically.
For the BR-Script printer driver
Open the Properties dialog box in the printer driver. Choose the General tab and click the Printing...

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Booklet printing (for the PCL printer driver)
(available for HL-6050D and HL-6050DN only)
1Put paper in the paper tray or MP tray.
2When you use A4 size or Letter size paper, set the paper adjustment lever for duplex printing to 
match your paper size.
Figure 1-50
3Open the Properties dialog box in the printer driver. Choose the General tab and click the Printing 
Preferences icon. After you click the Duplex icon in the Advanced tab, check the Booklet Printing 
setting. Select...

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Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper
■If the paper is thin, it may wrinkle.
■If paper is curled, straighten it and then put it back in the paper tray.
■You should use regular paper. Do not use bond paper.
■If the paper is not feeding properly, it may be curled. Remove the paper and straighten it.
■(For manual duplex printing) When you put paper in the paper tray, first empty the tray of any other 
paper then put the printed page in to the empty tray, with the...

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Paper orientation for printing on both sides of the paper (for automatic duplex printing)
The printer prints the second page first.
If you print 10 pages on 5 sheets of paper, it will print page 2 then page 1 on the first sheet of paper.
It will print page 4 then page 3 on the second sheet of paper.
It will print page 6 then page 5 on the third sheet of paper, and so on.
When doing automatic duplex printing, the paper must be put in the paper tray in the following way:
■For...

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Carbon copy printing
Carbon copy printing enables you to automatically print one page data to different styles of paper by 
changing the paper source. You can make copies as though you are printing on carbon paper using a 
dot matrix printer. For example, you can print ‘Data A’ to ‘Sheet 1’ which is blue colored paper and then 
to ‘Sheet 2’ which is yellow colored and has some information already printed. If you put paper for ‘Sheet 
1’ in the Tray 1 and paper for ‘Sheet 2’ in...