Brother HL 6050D User Manual
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2 - 1 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 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 a printer command language or page description language. The printer drivers for the following version of Windows ® and Macintosh® are on the CD-ROM that we have supplied. You can also download the latest printer driver for all of the following operating systems from the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com You can see the operations and detailed information in the Install Software section of the supplied CD-ROM. For Windows® ■PCL (Hewlett-Packard LaserJet laser printer) compatible printer driver (Standard printer driver) ■BR-Script (PostScript ® 3TM language emulation) printer driver (PS printer driver) For Macintosh® ■BR-Script (PostScript® 3TM language emulation) printer driver (PS printer driver) For more information, see the Network User’s Guide on the CD-ROM. For Linux ■GDI printer driver ■BR-Script (PostScript ® 3TM language emulation) printer driver (PS printer driver) Driver and software Operating systemPCL driverGDI driverBR-Script driver (PS driver) Windows ® 95/98/Me Windows ® 2000/XP Windows NT ® 4.0LL Mac OS ® 8.6 to 9.2 Mac OS ® X 10.1/10.2L Linux (Mandrake 9.1, Red Hat 9.0, SuSE Linux 8.2)LL
DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 2 For Windows® Features in the PCL printer driver You can download the latest printer driver or get other information by accessing the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com You can also change settings by clicking the illustration on the left side of the Basic tab in the Properties dialog box. Basic tab 1Select the Paper Size, Multiple Page, Orientation and other settings. 2Select the Paper Source and other settings. The screens in this section are based on HL-6050D with Windows® XP. The screens on your PC will vary depending on the printer model and your operating system. If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can access the Basic tab by clicking Printing Preferences... in the General tab of the Brother HL-6050D/DN series Properties screen. 1 2
2 - 3 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE Advanced tab Change the tab settings by clicking the following icons: 1Print Quality 2Duplex 3Watermark 4Page Setting 5Device Options If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can access the Advanced tab by clicking Printing Preferences... in the General tab of the Brother HL-6050D/DN series Properties screen. 12345
DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 4 Print Quality Select the resolution, toner save and print settings, or gray printing setting. Resolution You can change the resolution as follows: ■300 dpi ■600 dpi ■1200 dpi Toner Save Mode You can save running costs by turning on the Toner Save Mode, which reduces the print density. Print Setting You can manually change the brightness, contrast and other settings. ■Improve gray printing (For Windows NT ® 4.0, Windows® 2000/XP users only) You can improve the image quality of shaded areas by ticking the Improve gray printing check box. Duplex If you select the Duplex button, the dialog box for making duplex settings will appear. Six types of duplex binding directions are available for each orientation. Watermark You can place a watermarked logo or text into your documents. When you use a bitmap file as a watermark, you can change the size of the watermark and place it anywhere you like on the page. When you use text as a watermark, you can change the font, darkness and angle settings. Page Setting You can change the print image scaling and select Mirror / Reverse print options.
2 - 5 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE Device Options You can set the following Printer Function modes in this tab: (You can jump to the page for each Printer Function by clicking the function name in the list below.) ■Job Spooling ■Quick Print Setup ■Sleep Time ■Status Monitor ■Macro ■Page Protection ■Print Date & Time ■Density adjustment ■HRC (High Resolution Control)* ■TrueType Mode* The Printer Function list may differ depending on the model. * If you are using Windows® 95, 98 or Me, you can change settings of HRC and TrueType Mode in Print Setting in the Print Quality option of the Advanced tab.
DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 6 Job Spooling The printer saves data that you want reprinted. You can reprint a document without sending the data again from your PC (except for secure printing). ■ Last Job Reprint: Reprint the last job ■ Secure Print: Print the data with a password ■ Public: Save the data without a password ■ Proof: Save the data and print it For more information about the Reprint function, see Reprint button on page 3-3. Quick Print Setup You can turn the quick print setup function ON or OFF. A small selection window appears on your computer. This will then let you make changes to the settings of the following functions: ■ Multiple Page ■ Manual Duplex (For HL-6050) ■ Duplex (For HL-6050D and HL-6050DN) ■ Toner Save Mode ■ Paper Source ■ Media Type Sleep Time When the printer does not receive data for a certain period of time (timeout), it enters sleep mode. Sleep mode acts as though the printer was turned off. The default timeout is 30 minutes. When Intelligent Sleep Mode is selected, it is automatically adjusted to the most suitable time-out setting depending on the frequency of your printer use. While the printer is in sleep mode, the light on the display is off, but the printer can still receive data from the computer . Receiving a print file or document automatically wakes up the printer to start printing. Pressing one of the buttons will also wake up the printer. Sleep mode can be turned off. To turn sleep mode off, go to the Advanced tab, select Device Options and then select Sleep Time. Double click the word Sleep Time in the Sleep Time screen, this will allow the Sleep Time Off function to appear, click Sleep Time Off to stop the printer going into sleep mode. The Sleep Time Off function can be hidden by double clicking the word Sleep Time in the Sleep Time screen again. We recommend that you keep Sleep mode on for power saving. Status Monitor This reports the printer status (any errors that may happen with the printer) when printing. The default setting for the Status Monitor is off. If you would like to turn the Status Monitor on, go to the Advanced tab, select Device options and then select Status monitor. Macro You can save a page of a document as a macro to pr inter memory. Moreover, you can execute the saved macro - in other words, you can use the saved macr o as an overlay on any documents. This will save time and increase printing speed for often used info rmation such as forms, company logos, letter head formats or invoices. If you want to prevent other people from printi ng your data using the reprint setting, clear the Use Reprint check box in the job spooling settings.
2 - 7 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE Page Protection ‘Page Protection’ refers to a setting that reserves additional memory for the creation of full page images. Selections are AUTO, OFF, LTR (Letter size paper), A4 or LGL (Legal size paper). 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. When the image is very complicated and the printer has to wait to process the image before printing, use this function. Print Date & Time Date: Specifies the format of the date. Time: Specifies the format of the time. HRC This option allows you to change the HRC setting on your Brother HL-6050 series printer. HRC is a special function that offers improved print quality of characters and graphics that conventional laser printers cannot attain with resolutions of 300 or 600 dpi. ■Printer Default: The setting will match that of the printer. ■Light ■Medium ■Dark. ■Off: Turn HRC off TrueType Mode TrueType fonts may be sent to your printer in one of the following ways: ■Download as TrueType ■Download as Bit Image ■Print as Graphics
DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 8 Accessories tab When you install the optional lower tray unit and other options, you can add it and select its settings in the Accessories tab as follows. 1You can manually add and remove the options for any optional unit device that is installed on the printer. Tray settings will match the installed options. 2RAMDISK You can detect the capacity of the RAMDISK that has been set using the control panel. To find the capacity of RAMDISK, click the RAMDISK check box and then click Auto Detect. For more information, see Reprinting from RAM on page 3-3. 3Paper Source Setting This feature recognizes the paper size in each paper tray. 4Auto detection of printer options The Auto Detect function finds the currently installed optional unit devices and shows the available settings in the printer driver. When you click the Auto Detect button, options that are installed on the printer will be listed. You can manually add or remove options. Auto Detect function is not available under certain printer conditions. 1 2 3 4
2 - 9 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE Support tab 1Displays the printer driver version. 2Web Update You can check the brother web site for updated drivers and automatically download and update the driver on your computer. 3Brother Solutions Center You can download the latest driver or get other information by accessing the Brother Home Page at http://solutions.brother.com 4Printer Settings You can print the printer settings page and the internal fonts list. 5Print Fonts You can print the font list of the printer. 6Check Setting You can check the current driver settings. If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can access the Support tab by clicking Printing Preferences... in the General tab of the Brother HL-6050D/DN series Properties screen. 25 3 4 6 1
DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 10 Features in the BR-Script printer driver (PS printer driver) You can download the latest driver by accessing the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com For more information, please see the Help text in the printer driver. Ports tab Select the port where your printer is connected or the path to the network printer you are using. The screens in this section are based on HL-6050D with Windows® XP. The screens on your PC may vary depending on the printer model and your operating system.