Brother HL 7050N User Manual

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2Driver and software
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 operating systems are on the 
CD-ROM that we have supplied.  You can also download the latest 
printer driver from the Brother Solutions Center at...

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Features in the PCL printer driver 
(For Windows®)
You can download the latest driver or get other product information 
by accessing the Brother Solutions Center at 
http://solutions.brother.com
 
Basic tab 
Change the settings for Paper Size, Multiple Page, Orientation and 
so on.
1Select Paper size, Multiple page, Orientation (Portrait or 
Landscape), Copies and Media Type.
2Select the Paper Source and so on.
The screens in this section are from Windows® XP....

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Advanced tab 
Change the tab settings by clicking the following icons:  
1Print Quality
2Duplex / Booklet Printing
3Watermark 
4Page Setting
5Device Options
6Destination
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-7050 
series Properties screen.
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Print Quality 
Select the Resolution, Toner Save Mode and Print Settings. 
■You can change the Resolution in the printer driver as follows:
300 dpi
600 dpi
1200dpi
■Toner Save Mode
You can save running costs by turning on the Toner Save Mode, 
which reduces the print density. 
■Print Setting (Windows
® 95/98/98SE/Me only)
With the Print Setting set to Manual, you can change the 
Brightness, Contrast, Graphics Mode settings and TrueType 
mode options. 
Duplex...

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Watermark 
Select Use Watermark to put a watermark logo or text into your 
documents:
■When you use a bitmap file as a watermark, you can change the 
size of the watermark and put 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 Scaling of the print image and select Mirror Print 
and Reverse Print options.
 

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Device Options
You can set the following Printer Function modes in this tab:
Jump to the page for each Printer Function by clicking the function 
name.
Job Spooling (For more information, see Chapter 3)
Quick Print Setup
Sleep Time
Status Monitor
Macro
Page Protection
Print Date & Time
HRC
TrueType Mode
 

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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 
in Chapter 3.
Quick Print Setup
You can turn the Quick Print...

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Status Monitor 
This reports the page number and printer status (any errors that 
occur on the printer) during printing.  If you do not need the Printer 
Status and would like to speed up your job, set the Printer Status to 
OFF.
Macro
You can save a page of a document as a macro to printer memory 
or optional device.  Moreover, you can execute the saved macro - in 
other words, you can use the saved macro as an overlay on any 
documents.  This will save time...

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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 
Accessories tab
When you install the optional units, you can add those options and 
select their 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. 
2Auto detection...

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Support tab 
■You can download the latest driver by accessing the Brother 
Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com
■You can see the printer driver version.
■You can check the current driver settings.
■You can print the Configuration page (Print Settings) and the 
internal fonts list.  
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-7050...