Brother HL 7050N User Manual

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Automatic Emulation Selection 
This printer has an Automatic Emulation Selection feature. When the 
printer receives data from the computer, it automatically chooses the 
emulation mode. This feature has been set at the factory to ON. 
The printer can choose from the following combinations:
You can select the emulation mode manually by using the control 
panel Menu buttons to go to the SETUP menu to change the 
EMULATION. For more information, see Chapter 3....

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Automatic Interface Selection 
This printer has an Automatic Interface Selection feature. When the 
printer receives data from the computer, it automatically selects the 
interface that is appropriate. 
When you use the parallel interface, you can turn the high-speed and 
bi-directional communications ON or OFF by using the control panel 
Menu buttons to go to the INTERFACE menu. For more information, 
see Chapter 3. Since the Automatic Interface Selection...

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If you constantly use only one interface, we recommend that you 
select that interface as the default setting in the INTERFACE menu. 
The printer allocates the entire input buffer to that interface when 
only one interface is selected.
When you use the Automatic Interface Selection, note the 
following:
■This function takes a few seconds to work. If you want to 
speed up printing, select the required interface manually in 
the SELECT menu by using the...

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Printer settings 
Factory settings
The printer settings have been preset at the factory and they are 
called Factory settings. Although you can use the printer without 
changing these factory settings, you can tailor the printer to your 
particular needs by changing the user settings. See List of factory 
settings in Chapter 3.
You can reset the changed user settings to the factory settings in the 
RESET menu. For more information, see Chapter 3. 
 

3 - 1 CONTROL PANEL
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3Control panel
Control panel
Figure 3-1
 

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Buttons 
You can control the basic printer operations and change various 
printer settings with seven buttons (Go, Job Cancel, Reprint, +, -, 
Set, Back).
ButtonOperation
GoExit from the control panel menu, reprint 
settings and error messages.
Pause and continue printing.
Job CancelStop and cancel the printing job in 
progress.  
ReprintSelect the number of extra copies (1-999). 
+Move forward through menus.
Move forward through the options you can 
choose.  
-Move...

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Go button
You can change the panel indications from the current status (Menu, 
Error and Reprint settings) by pressing the Go button once. For 
ERROR indications, the control panel only changes when the error 
is cleared.
You can pause printing with the Go button.  Pressing the Go button 
again restarts the print job and clears the pause.  During a pause, the 
printer is off-line.  
If the printer is in PAUSE mode and you do not want to print 
the remaining data,...

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Job Cancel button
You can cancel the processing or printing of data with the Job Cancel 
button. The display 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 display shows 
NO DATA!!! and you cannot cancel the job.
 

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Reprint button
If you want to reprint a document that has just been printed, you can 
reprint it by pressing the Reprint button.  Also, if you have created a 
document that you wish to share with colleagues, simply spool the 
document to a non-secure area of the printer. This document can 
then be reprinted by anyone who is on the network or at the printer 
control panel.
You can use the Reprint button when the printer is in READY or 
PAUSE state.   
If you want to...

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Reprinting the last job
You can reprint the data from the last print job without sending it from 
the computer again.
■If REPRINT function is set to OFF on the control panel and 
you press the Reprint button, the LCD shows NO DATA 
STORED for a short time.
■If you want to cancel reprinting, press the Job Cancel 
button.
■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...