Brother HL 8050N User Manual

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When you want to turn the MANUAL FEED setting ON
The default setting is OFF. Turn this setting ON if you want to.
READY
↓Press any of the Menu buttons (+, -, Set, Back or Menu) to turn the printer 
off-line.
-MENU-
INFORMATION
↓Press the + or - button to move forward or backward through the menus.
-MENU-
PAPER
↓Press the Set button to move to the next menu levels.
PAPER
SOURCE
↓Press the + or - button.
PAPER 
MANUAL FEED
↓Press the Set button.
MANUAL FEED
=OFF_____________*
↓Press the + button.
MANUAL FEED
=ON
↓
Press the Set button.
An asterisk * briefly appears at the end of the display.
The default setting is indicated by an *.
MANUAL FEED
=ON______________*
 
						

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Control Panel LCD Menu
The control panel LCD names for the paper trays are as follows.
There are eight menus. For more information about the selections available in each menu, please see 
the pages listed below.
■INFORMATION For more information, see page 4-13.
■PAPER For more information, see page 4-13.
■QUALITY For more information, see page 4-14.
■SETUP For more information, see page 4-14.
■PRINT MENU For more information, see page 4-16.
■NETWORK For more information, see page 4-19.
■INTERFACE For more information, see page 4-20.
■RESET MENU For more information, see page 4-20.
Standard paper tray TRAY 1 and TRAY 2
Optional paper tray TRAY 3 and TRAY 4
Optional duplex unit for Duplex printing DX
Offset catch tray CT
 
						

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INFORMATION
PAPER
Menu Description
PRINT SETTINGSPrints the print settings page.
PRINT TESTPrints the test page.
PRINT DEMOPrints the demonstration sheet.
PRINT FILE LISTPrints the card list.
PRINT FONTSPrints the font list and samples.
VERSION
SER.NO #########Shows Printer serial number.
ROM VER ####Shows ROM version.
ROM DATE ##/##/##Shows ROM date.
NET VER ####Shows Network version (only Network 
users).
NET DATE ##/##/##Shows Network build date (only Network 
users).
ENG VER ####Shows Engine ROM version.
RAM SIZE ###MBShows the size of memory in this printer.
MAINTENANCE PAGE COUNTER ######Shows the current total printed pages.
REMAIN FUSER ######Shows the pages left to print with fuser unit.
Menu Description
SOURCE AUTO/TRAY1/TRAY2/TRAY3/
TRAY4Select which paper tray the paper will be fed 
from.
PRIORITY T1>T2>T3>T4
T4>T3>T2>T1When SOURCE is selected as AUTO: 
Selects the order in which the printer uses 
the paper trays that contains paper of the 
same size.
MANUAL FEED OFF/ONSelect whether or not you want to feed paper 
manually. 
TRAY1 SIZE DETECT SENSOR/B5/B6/A6/
COM-10/DL/MONARCH/C5/
USER DEFINEDSelect the size of paper you loaded in the 
paper tray, for example, A4/Letter/Legal/....
TRAY2 SIZE DETECT SENSOR/B5/B6/A6/
COM-10/DL/MONARCH/C5/
USER DEFINEDSelect the size of paper you loaded in the 
paper tray, for example, A4/Letter/Legal/....
TRAY3 SIZE DETECT SENSOR/B5/B6/A6/
COM-10/DL/MONARCH/C5/
USER DEFINEDSelect the size of paper you loaded in the 
paper tray, for example, A4/Letter/Legal/....
TRAY4 SIZE DETECT SENSOR/B5/B6/A6/
COM-10/DL/MONARCH/C5/
USER DEFINEDSelect the size of paper you loaded in the 
paper tray, for example, A4/Letter/Legal/....
DUPLEX OFF/ON (LONG BIND)/
ON (SHORT BIND)Select whether you want to automatically 
print on both sides of the paper.
OUTPUT STANDARD/CT/CT STACKSelect where you want the printed pages to 
go.
JOB OFFSET ON/OFFSelect whether or not you want to offset the 
job.
 
						

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QUALITY
SETUP
Menu Description
RESOLUTION 300/600/1200You can select a print resolution of 300, 600 
or 1200 dpi (dots per inch).
HRC MEDIUM/DARK/OFF/LIGHT HRC: High Resolution Control (HRC) offers 
improved print quality of letters, numbers 
and graphics that conventional laser printers 
cannot achieve, with a resolution of 300 or 
600 dpi.
TONER SAVE OFF/ONReduce costs by turning this on.
DENSITY -2 to 2Increase or decrease the print density.
Menu Description
LANGUAGE ENGLISH/FRAN
ÇAIS/...Select the language you want the display of 
the LCD to show.
PANEL CONTROL LOWER LCD NONE/PAGE 
COUNTER/JOB 
NAMESelect what you want to appear on the 
second line of your LCD display.
AUTO ONLINE ON/OFFThe printer will automatically go online after 
a print job if you set this to ON.
BUTTON REPEATSet the time for the display message to 
change when holding the + or - button at 
intervals of: 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 or 
2.0 seconds. The factory setting is 0.1.
MESSAGE SCROLLSet the time in seconds that an LCD 
message will scroll across the display. From 
Level 1=0.2 to Level 10=2.0. The factory 
setting is Level 1.
ERROR BUZZER OFFSelect this if you do not want the buzzer to 
activate when there is an error at the printer.
NORMALThere will be three sets of five Buzzes when 
an error occurs.
SPECIALBuzzes five times consecutively until the 
error is cleared.
PANEL BUZZER OFFDisables buzz function when you press the 
button.
ONEnables buzz function when you press the 
button.
POWER SAVE TIME 1:30:60MIN.Select the length of time the printer will wait 
until it goes into Power Save mode.
AUTO CONTINUE OFF/ON
TONER LOW CONTINUE/STOP CONTINUE: Continue printing even if there is 
a TONER LOW error.
STOP: Stop printing if there is a TONER LOW 
error.
 
						

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SETUP (continued)
Menu Description
LOCK PANEL OFF/ONTurn the lock panel setting on or off.
PASS NO.=###Enter a 3-digit password for unlocking the 
control panel when it is locked.
REPRINT ON/OFFSelect whether you want the Reprint feature 
on or off. If Reprint is set to ON the printer will 
reprint the last print job when the Reprint 
button is pressed.
PAGE PROTECTION AUTO/OFF/LETTER/A4/LEGALPROTECT=AUTO
EMULATION AUTO(EPSON)/AUTO(IBM)/
HP LASERJET/...Choose the emulation mode that you want 
the printer to use.
KEEP PCL OFF/ON
RAMDISK SIZE 0/1/2/...MBRESTART?
DELETE STORAGEDelete the data in CompactFlash card.
SECURE FILESelect the user name, job name and 
password.
PUBLIC FILESelect the user name and job name.
PROOF FILESelect the user name and job name.
DATA ID(CF)
####Enter the image data ID that is stored on the 
compact flash card.
MACRO ID(CF)
####Enter the image macro ID that is stored on 
the CompactFlash card.
FONT ID(CF)
####Enter the Font ID that is stored on the 
CompactFlash card.
FORMAT(CF)
####Format the CompactFlash Card
TIME STYLE YY/MM/DD hh:mm
MM/DD/YY hh:mm
DD/MM/YY hh:mmChoose the way you want the printer to 
display the date.
DATE & TIME DISPLAY YYYY/MM/DD 
hh/mmSelect whether you want the date or the time 
displayed.
YEAR ####Enter the year i.e. 2003.
MONTH ##Enter the month i.e. 07.
DAY ##Enter the day i.e. 01.
HOUR ##Enter the hour (24hour format) i.e 14.
MINUTE ##Enter the minutes i.e. 30.
 
						

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PRINT MENU
Menu Description
MEDIA TYPE PLAIN PAPER/THICK PAPER/
TRANSPARENCIES/THICKER PAPERChoose the type of media that is in the paper 
tray.
PAPER LETTER/LEGAL/A4/EXECUTIVE/
COM-10/DL/JIS B5/B5/A5/
B6/A6/MONARCH/C5Choose the size of paper that is in the paper 
tray.
COPIES■You can check the total number of 
printed pages.
■Shows the number of printed pages (1 to 
999).
ORIENTATION PORTRAIT/LANDSCAPEThis printer can print pages in portrait or 
landscape orientation.
PRINT POSITIONThis printer can be adjusted to align the 
page format.
X OFFSET -500:0:500Move the print start position (at the top-left 
corner of pages) horizontally up to -500 (left) 
to +500 (right) dots in 300 dpi.
Y OFFSET -500:0:500Move the print start position (at the top-left 
corner of pages) vertically up to -500 (up) to 
+500 (down) dots in 300 dpi.
AUTO FF TIME OFF/1:5:99 (sec)Allows you to print the remaining data 
without pressing the Go button.
FF SUPPRESS OFF/ONTurns the feed suppress (PAUSE) setting on 
or off.
HP LASERJET FONT NO. I000:###Enter the code for the HP font that you want.
FONT PITCH/POINT ##.##Enter the size you want the font to be 
printed.
SYMBOL SET PC-8/...Set the symbol set or the character set.
TABLE PRINTPrint code table.
AUTO LF OFF/ON ON: CR→CR+LF,
OFF: CR→CR
AUTO CR OFF/ON ON: LF LF+CR, FF+CR, or VT→VT+CR
OFF: LF→LF, FF→FF, or VT→VT
AUTO WRAP OFF/ONSelect whether a line feed and carriage 
return will happen when the printer reaches 
the right margin.
AUTO SKIP ON/OFFSelect whether a line feed and carriage 
return will happen when the printer position 
reaches the bottom margin.
LEFT MARGIN ##Set the left margin at column 0 to 70 columns 
at 10 cpi.
RIGHT MARGIN ##Set the right margin at column 10 to 80 
columns at 10 cpi.
 
						

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PRINT MENU (continued)
Menu Description
HP LASERJET
(continue)TOP MARGIN #.##Set the top margin at a distance from the top 
edge of the paper: 0, 0.33, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 or 
2.0. The factory setting is 0.5.
BOTTOM MARGIN #.##Set the bottom margin at a distance from the 
bottom edge of the paper: 0, 0.33, 0.5, 1.0, 
1.5 or 2.0. The factory setting is 
0.33(None-HP), 0.5(HP).
LINES ###Set the number of lines on each page from 5 
to 128 lines.
EPSON FX-850 FONT NO. I000:###Enter the code for the font that you want.
FONT PITCH/POINT ##.##Enter the size you want the font to be 
printed.
CHARACTER SET PC-8/...Set the symbol set or the character set.
TABLE PRINTPrint code table.
AUTO LF OFF/ON ON: CR→CR+LF,
OFF: CR→CR
AUTO MASK OFF/ON
LEFT MARGIN ##Set the left margin at column 0 to 70 columns 
at 10 cpi.
RIGHT MARGIN ##Set the right margin at column 10 to 80 
columns at 10 cpi.
TOP MARGIN #.##Set the top margin at a distance from the top 
edge of the paper: 0, 0.33, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 or 
2.0. The factory setting is 0.33.
BOTTOM MARGIN #.##Set the bottom margin at a distance from the 
bottom edge of the paper: 0, 0.33, 0.5, 1.0, 
1.5 or 2.0. The factory setting is 0.33.
LINES ###Set the number of lines on each page from 5 
to 128 lines.
IBM PROPRINTER FONT NO. I000:###Enter the code for the font that you want.
FONT PITCH/POINT ##.##Enter the size you want the font to be 
printed.
CHARACTER SET PC-8/...Set the symbol set or the character set.
TABLE PRINTPrint code table.
AUTO LF OFF/ON ON: CR→CR+LF,
OFF: CR→CR
Select whether you want the printer to auto 
Line Feed.
AUTO CR OFF/ONSelect whether you want the printer to auto 
Carriage Return.
AUTO MASK OFF/ON
LEFT MARGIN ##Set the left margin at column 0 to 70 columns 
at 10 cpi.
RIGHT MARGIN ##Set the right margin at column 10 to 80 
columns at 10 cpi.
 
						

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PRINT MENU (continued)
Menu Description
IBM PROPRINTER
(continue)TOP MARGIN #.##Set the top margin at a distance from the top 
edge of the paper: 0, 0.33, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 or 
2.0. The factory setting is 0.33.
BOTTOM MARGIN #.##Set the bottom margin at a distance from the 
bottom edge of the paper: 0, 0.33, 0.5, 1.0, 
1.5 or 2.0. The factory setting is 0.33.
LINES ###Set the number of lines on each page from 5 
to 128 lines.
HP-GL CHAR SET (STD) ####Enter the code for the Standard Character 
you want.
CHAR SET (ALT) ####Enter the code for the Alternative Character 
you want.
PEN # SIZE PEN1 to 6Set size and gray percentage for the 
selected pen.
PEN # GRAY PEN1 to 615, 30, 45, 75, 90 or 100 %
(# is the selected pen number)
BR-SCRIPT ERROR PRINT OFF/ONChoose whether or not the printer prints an 
error if a postscript error occurs.
 
						

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NETWORK
Menu Description
TCP/IP TCP/IP ENABLE ON/OFF
IP ADDRESS= ###.###.###
.###Enter the IP address.
SUBNET MASK= ###.###.###
.###Enter the Subnet mask.
GATEWAY= ###.###.###
.###Enter the Gateway address.
IP BOOT TRIES #Enter the number of times the print server 
attempts to automatically obtain a TCP/IP 
address.
IP METHOD AUTO/STATIC
/RARP/BOOTP
/DHCPYou can choose the BOOT method that best 
suits your needs.
APIPA ON/OFFAutomatically allocates the IP address from 
the link-local address range.
NETWARE NETWARE ENABLE ON/OFFSelect ON to use the printer on a Netware 
network.
NET FRAME AUTO/8023/
ENET/8022/
SNAPLets you specify the frame type.
APPLETALK ON/OFFSelect ON to use the printer on a Macintosh
® 
network.
NETBEUI ON/OFFSelect ON to use the NETBEUI protocol on 
your network.
DLC/LLC ON/OFFSelect ON to use the printer on a DCL/LLC 
network.
NETBIOS/IP ON/OFFSelect ON to use the printer on a Net BIOS/IP 
network.
ENET AUTO/100B-FD/10B-FDSelects Ethernet link mode.
 
						

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INTERFACE
RESET MENU
Menu Description
SELECT AUTO/PARALLEL/USB/NETWORK
AUTO IF TIME 1:5:99 (sec) You need to set the time-out period for the 
auto interface selection. 
INPUT BUFFER LEVEL 1:3:15Increase or decrease the input buffer 
capacity.
PARALLELWhen using the parallel interface
HIGH SPEED ON/OFFTurns high-speed parallel communications 
on or off. 
BI-DIR ON/OFFTurns bi-directional parallel communications 
on or off. 
Menu Description
RESET PRINTERResets the printer and restores all printer 
settings (including command settings) to 
settings you have previously made with the 
control panel buttons.
FACTORY RESETResets the printer and restores all printer 
settings (including command settings) to the 
factory settings. See List of factory settings 
on page 4-23.
PARTS LIFE FUSER UNITResets the fuser unit. See Replacing the 
Fuser Unit & Transfer Roll Cartridge 
(FP-8000) on page 6-5.