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 the options you installed. 
 
						

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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 first.)
(See Accessories tab on page 3-7 and How to Set the RAMDISK size on page 4-4.)
■Password
■HRC
■Toner Save
■Sleep Time
■BR-Script Level
1
2
3
 
						

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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 BRAdmin Professional utility is designed to manage your Brother network connected devices, such 
as our network ready printers and multifunction centers. BRAdmin Professional can also manage other 
manufacturers products that support SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol).
Driver Deployment Wizard
This installer includes the Windows
® PCL driver and Brother network port driver (LPR and NetBIOS). 
The administrator should set up the IP address, Gateway and Subnet with BRAdmin Professional before 
using this software.
If the administrator then installs the printer driver and port driver using this software, he can save the file 
to the File server or send the file in E-mail to users. Then, each user just clicks that file to have the printer 
driver, port driver, IP address, and so on, automatically copied to their PC.
Web BRAdmin
The Web BRAdmin software is designed to manage all LAN/WAN Brother network connected devices. 
By installing the Web BRAdmin server software on a computer running IIS*, Administrators with a Web 
browser can connect to the Web BRAdmin server, which then communicates with the device itself. 
Unlike the BRAdmin Professional utility - which is designed for Windows
® systems only - the Web 
BRAdmin server software can be accessed from any client computer with a web browser that supports 
Java 2. You can download the Web BRAdmin software from our web site at 
http://solutions.brother.com/webbradmin
.
IIS* = Internet Information Server 4.0 or Internet Information Services 5.0/5.1
Web BRAdmin and Internet Information Server 4.0 is supported on the following operating systems:
Windows NT
® 4.0 Server
Web BRAdmin and Internet Information Services 5.X is supported on the following operating systems:
Windows
® 2000 Professional
Windows
® 2000 Server
Windows
® 2000 Advanced Server
Windows
® XP Professional
 
						

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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
 
Printer drivers for both USB and network connections are provided with your Brother printer.
You can install the printer driver on Macintosh computers that meet the following requirements:
■The printer is connected with a USB cable and the computer runs Mac OS
® 8.6 to Mac OS® X 10.2 
or greater with a standard USB interface.
■The printer is connected to a network and computers that are running Mac OS
® 8.6 to Mac OS® X.
■The printer is configured as an AppleTalk client.
For details about how to set up an AppleTalk client, see the literature that came with your Macintosh 
computer.
■Mac OS
® X 10.2.4 Network users can connect using the Simple Network Configuration capabilities.
Installing the Printer Driver
To install the Macintosh printer driver, see the Quick Setup Guide.
Upgrading the Printer Driver
Printer driver upgrades are available on the Brother Solutions Center. To use the software, download it.
Any connection charges incurred while downloading the software are entirely the customers 
responsibility.
The address of the Brother Solutions Center is:
http://solutions.brother.com
BR-Script Driver
(Postscript® 3 language emulation)
Mac OS® 8.6-9.2
*Use the LaserWriter 8 Driver that we 
have supplied for your OS
Mac OS® X 10.1/10.2 or greater
*Use the PostScript® Driver that we have 
supplied for your OS 
 
						

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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 and Print on Both Sides.
Pages per sheet: Select how many pages will appear on each side of the paper.
Layout direction: When you specify the Pages per sheet, you can also specify the direction of the 
layout.
Border: If you want to add a border, use this function. 
Print on Both Sides: When you want to print on both sides of the paper, use this function.
 
						

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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.
Resolution: You can set the resolution (dpi) according to your printer requirement.
Job Spooling: When you want to Reprint. select ON.
Password: The password will be displayed as numbers and must be set from the printer.
Web Browser Management for Network Users
The HL-8050N supports 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.
 
						

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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, note the following:
■The EPSON or IBM emulation mode priority must be selected, because the printer cannot 
distinguish between them. Since the factory setting is EPSON emulation mode, you might need 
to select the IBM emulation mode by using the control panel to access EMULATION in the 
SETUP menu.
■Try Automatic Emulation Selection with your application software or network server. If it does 
not work properly, select the emulation mode manually by using either the printer control panel 
buttons or the emulation selection commands from your software.
 
EPSON (default) IBM
HP LaserJet
BR-Script 3
HP-GL
EPSON FX-850HP LaserJet
BR-Script 3
HP-GL
IBM Proprinter XL
 
						

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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 Automatic Interface Selection mode has been factory 
set to ON, simply connect the interface cable to the printer. (Note: Always turn off both your computer 
and printer when connecting or disconnecting the cable.)
When necessary, select the interface or the serial communications parameters manually by using the 
control panel buttons to access the INTERFACE menu. See INTERFACE on page 4-20. For the settings 
on your computer, please see your user’s manual for you computer or application software.
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 by using the control panel to access SELECT in the INTERFACE menu.
If you typically use only one interface, we recommend that you select that interface in the INTERFACE 
menu. If only one interface is selected, the printer will allocate the entire input buffer to that interface.
 
						

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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 default factory settings with the RESET MENU menu. 
See RESET MENU on page 4-20.
Network Factory Default Setting
If you wish to reset the network setting to its default factory settings (resetting all information such as the 
password and IP address information), please follow these steps:
1Turn off the printer.
2Hold down the + button as you turn on the power switch.
Keep the button pressed down until the LCD display shows READY.
3The print server has been reset to its default factory settings.
For more information on APIPA, see the Network User’s Guide or visit 
http://solutions.brother.com