Brother HL 8050N User Manual

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Features in the 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 online Help in the printer driver.
■The screens in this section are from Windows® XP. 
■The screens on your PC will vary depending on your Operating System.
Ports tab
Select the port where your printer is connected or the path to the network printer you are using.
Device Settings tab
Select...

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Layout tab
If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can access the Layout tab by clicking 
Printing Preferences... in the General tab of the Brother HL-8050N BR-Script3 Properties screen.
You can change the Layout setting by selecting the setting in the Orientation, Print on Both Sides, 
Page Order and Page Per Sheet.
Paper/Quality tab
Select the paper source and media type.
 

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Advanced Options
If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can access the Brother HL-8050N 
BR-Script3 Advanced Options tab by clicking Advanced... button in the Layout tab or the 
Paper/Quality tab.
1Select the Paper Size and Copy Count.
2Set the Print Quality, Scaling and TrueType Font setting.
3You can change settings by selecting the setting in the Printer Features list:
■Output Bin
■Collate
■Job Spooling (You will need to set the RAM disk size...

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Software (Windows®)
Software for Networks
Web Browser Management
Many Brother printers support Embedded Web Server (EWS) technology. This means that you can use 
a standard web browser to manage many aspects of the printer; for example, you can view consumable 
life, configure network parameters, view serial number information, printer usage, and so on. Start your 
web browser and enter the NetBIOS name, DNS name or IP address of the printer.
BRAdmin Professional
The...

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Printer Driver (Macintosh®)
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 (PCL) 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
http://solutions.brother.com...

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Features in the PS Printer Driver 
(For Mac OS® 8.6 to 9.2 / Mac OS® X 10.1/10.2 or greater)
You can download the latest driver by accessing the Brother Solutions Center at 
http://solutions.brother.com
■The screens in this section are from Laser Writer 8 of Mac OS® 9.0.
■The screens on your Macintosh
® will vary depending on your Operating System.
Page setup
You can set the Paper size, Orientation and Scale.
Layout
Set the Pages per sheet, Layout direction, Border...

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Specific options
Set the Media Type, Output Bin, Collate, Resolution, Job Spooling and secure printing.
Media Type: You can use several types of media in your printer. To get the best printing quality, be 
sure you choose the type of media that you are using.
Output Bin: Choose one of the trays for printing.
Collate: When using Layout directions for multiple page jobs, all the pages of the job are printed 
followed by another complete set of pages, and so on....

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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 to access EMULATION in the 
SETUP menu. See SETUP on page 4-14.
When you use the Automatic Emulation Selection,...

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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 IEEE 1284 Parallel or the USB interface, whichever is appropriate.
When you use the parallel interface, you can turn the high-speed and bi-directional parallel 
communications on or off by using the control panel buttons to access PARALLEL in the INTERFACE 
menu. See INTERFACE on page 4-20. Since the...

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Printer Settings
Factory Settings
The printer settings have been set at the factory before shipment. They are called factory settings. 
Although you can operate the printer with these factory settings unchanged, you can tailor the printer 
with user settings. See List of factory settings on page 4-23.
Changing the user settings does not affect the factory settings. You cannot modify the present factory 
settings.
The changed user settings can be restored to the...