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Print media■Toner in a single cartridge
Life Expectancy - Up to 12,000 single-sided pages 
(A4 or letter-size paper with the print density set at level 0 and 
about 5% coverage).
■Drum unit
Life Expectancy - Up to 40,000 single-sided pages
(A4 or letter-size paper with the print density set at level 0 and 
about 5% coverage).
Resident 
printer fonts■HP LaserJet, EPSON FX-850, and IBM Proprinter XL modes 
- 66 scalable fonts and 12 bitmapped fonts
■BR-Script
® 3 mode - 66...

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Functions
CPUToshiba TMPR 4955 266 MHz
EmulationAutomatic emulation selection
■HP LaserJet 5 (PCL 6) 
(Hewlett-Packard laser printer-LaserJet)
■BR-Script
® 3 
(PostScript® 3 language emulation)
■HP-GL
■EPSON FX-850
■IBM Proprinter XL
InterfaceAutomatic interface selection among bi-directional parallel, 
RS-232C serial and Universal Serial Bus.
RAMHL-7050: 32 MB (expandable to 288 MB with two DIMMs)
HL-7050N: 32 MB (expandable to 288 MB with two DIMMs)
The factory installed...

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Options
Paper 
handlingLower-tray unit (LT-7000)
Maximum 500 sheets x 3 trays
Duplex unit for duplex printing (DX-7000)
Mailbox unit for output source (MX-7000 series)
StabilizerStabilizer for safety after installing multiple optional devices on 
the printer (SB-4000)
Network 
connectivityEthernet 10BaseT/100BaseTX Print server (NC-4100h) 
(For HL-7050 only)
Storage 
deviceHard Disk Drive
CompactFlash Card 
 

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Electrical and mechanical
Power sourceUSA and Canada: AC 110 to 120 V, 50/60 Hz
Europe and Australia: AC 220 to 240 V, 50/60 Hz
Power 
consumptionPrinting: 690 W or less
*1 
(when printing on plain paper)
Stand-by: 110 W or less
*1
Stand-by in sleep mode: 16 W or less*1
(after the fan stops)
(activation time: 30 minutes)
OFF: 1 W or less
*2 
*1 At 25°C (77°F) of room temperature. *2 The only way to achieve 0 W power is to unplug the printer 
from the power source.
Noise per 
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Paper specifications 
The LCD names for the paper trays are as follows.
Upper paper tray TRAY1
Multi-purpose tray MP TRAY
Optional Lower tray  TRAY 2, TRAY 3, TRAY 4
Optional Duplex unit for Duplex printing DX
Optional Mailbox unit MX
When looking at this page on the CD-ROM, you can jump to 
the page for each printing method by clicking the   in the 
table.
Media type Tray 1
60 - 105 g/m2 (16 - 28 lb)
MP tray
60 - 200 g/m2 (16 - 53 lb)
Tray 
2/3/4
60 - 105 g/m2 (16 - 28 lb)
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Tray 1 MP tray Tray 2/3/4
Paper size
A4, Letter, Legal, B5 
(JIS), B5 (ISO), 
Executive, A5, A6, B6A4, Letter, Legal, B5 
(JIS), B5 (ISO), 
Executive, A5, A6, B6, 
COM-10, Monarch, 
C5, DL
Width: 105 to 216 mm
(4.13 to 8.5 in.)
Height: 148.5 to 356 mm
(5.85 to 14.0 in.)
A4, Letter, Legal, B5 
(JIS), B5 (ISO), 
Executive, A5
Number of 
sheets500 sheets 
(80 g/m2 or 20 lb)100 sheets 
(80 g/m2 or 20 lb)Transparencies: 10 sheets
Envelopes: 10 sheets
Label stock:  10 sheets
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You must use the face-up output tray for certain print media.  
When looking at this page on the CD-ROM, you can jump to the page 
for each printing method by clicking the   in the table.
You can use the control panel Menu buttons to select the priority of 
the paper source in the PAPER menu. For more information about 
this setting, see Chapter 3.
Media type Face-down Face-up Notes
Plain paper
60 g/m2 to 105 g/m2 
(16 to 28 lb)
Recycled paper
Bond paper
Thick paper
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Media types in the driver settings
You can select the following media types in the driver settings. 
Please see, Features in the printer driver in Chapter 2. 
■Plain paper:  60 g/m
2 to 105 g/m2 (16 lb to 28 lb)
■Thick paper:  105 g/m2 to 150 g/m2 (28 lb to 40 lb)
■Thicker paper: 150 g/m2 to 200 g/m2 (40 lb to 53 lb)
■Bond  paper: Rough paper - 60 g/m2 to 200 g/m2 (16 lb to 53 lb)
■Transparency: Overhead projector film
■Envelope 
■Thin paper
Recommended paper
■Before you buy a...

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Fonts
66 scalable and 12 bitmapped fonts
This printer has the following scalable fonts and bitmapped fonts.  
The fonts that can be used will vary according to your emulation 
mode. 
HP LaserJet, EPSON FX-850 and IBM Proprinter XL Modes 
Scalable fonts:
Intellifont Compatible Fonts
■Alaska, Extrabold
■Antique Oakland, Oblique, Bold
■Brougham, Oblique, Bold, BoldOblique
■Cleveland Condensed
■Connecticut
■Guatemala Antique, Italic, Bold, BoldItalic
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Brother Original Fonts:
■Bermuda Script
■Germany
■San Diego
■US Roman
Bitmapped fonts (portrait and landscape):
■LetterGothic16.66 Medium, Italic, Bold, BoldItalic
■OCR-A
■OCR-B