Brother Laserprinter Hl 1030 1240 1250 User Guide

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Print SpeedHL-1030: Up to 10 pages per minute
HL1240/1250: Up to 12 pages per minute
(When A4 or letter-size paper is loaded
from the paper cassette)
NOTE: Maximum print speed is obtained by
printing several copies of the same page.
Print speed may vary depending on
interface type, emulation, processing
power of the computer, memory allocated
to the print job, paper size and graphic
quality.
Warm-UpMax. 45 seconds at 23°C
(73.4°F)The warm up time depends on the ambient
temperature and humidity.
First...

APPENDIX
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Functions
TrueType Fonts
on CDTrueType-compatible soft-fonts for Windows are provided on the supplied
CD.
Quantity of fonts is 35.
Emulation
HL-1030: Brother Printing Solution for Windows
HL-1240: Brother Printing Solution for Windows
HP LaserJet IIP (PCL 4)
HL-1250: Brother Printing Solution for Windows
Automatic emulation selection among HP LaserJet6P (PCL 6), EPSON FX-
850 or IBM Proprinter XL
Printer DriverWindows 3.1/3.11, Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0 driver, supporting
Brother...

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Electrical and Mechanical
Power SourceU.S.A. and Canada: AC 110 to 120 V, 50 / 60 Hz
Europe and Australia: AC 220 to 240 V, 50 /60  Hz
Power
ConsumptionPrinting (average): 340 W or less
Stand-by: 80 W or less
Sleep (HL-1030/1240): 5 W or less
          (HL-1250): 6 W or less
(When the fan stops)
NoisePrinting: 49 dB A or less
Sleep: 27 dB A or less
TemperatureOperating: 10 to 32.5°C (50 to 90.5°F)
Non operational: 0 to 40°C (38 to 104°F)
HumidityOperating: 20 to 80% (without condensation)
Storage: 10...

APPENDIX
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Parallel Interface Specifications
2Note
· To ensure best quality performance use an IEEE 1284 compliant parallel cable
between the printer and your computer. Only IEEE 1284 cables support all of
the advanced printing capabilities, like bi-directional communication. These
cables will be clearly marked with “IEEE-1284”.
· We recommend to use a parallel cable that is 2.0 meters (6.6 feet) or less.
Interface Connector Printer Side: Amphenol 57RE-40360-730B (D12)
or equivalent
A shielded cable...

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2Note
To use bi-directional communication, an interface cable which has the pin
connections above must be used.
Pin
1
18
2
19
3
4
20
5
6
21
7
8
22
9
10
24
11
23
12
13
14
25
16
15
17
ShieldPin
1
19
2
20
3
21
4
22
5
23
6
24
7
25
8
26
9
27
10
28
11
29
12
17
13
15
14
30
31
33
32
34
36
35
18
16
Shield
Fig. A-1 Parallel interface cable 

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Interface connector
3
Fig. A-2  USB interface connector
1  Vcc (+5V)
2  - Data  Serial Data - 

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The following bitmapped fonts are resident in this printer. 

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Scalable Fonts
The following scalable fonts can be used in the HP LaserJet 6P,
EPSON FX-850 and IBM Proprinter XL modes.
Intellifont Compatible Fonts
· Alaska (Extrabold)
· Antique Oakland (Oblique, Bold)
· Brougham (Oblique, Bold, BoldOblique)
· Cleveland Condensed
· Connecticut
· Guatemala Antique (Italic, Bold, BoldItalic)
· Letter Gothic (Oblique, Bold)
· Maryland
· Oklahoma (Oblique, Bold, BoldOblique)
· PC Tennessee Roman (Italic, Bold, BoldItalic)
· PC Brussels Light (Italic, Demi,...

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OCR Symbol Sets (HL-1250 Only) 

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EPSON Mode (HL-1250 Only)
US ASCII
PC-8
PC-8 D/N
PC-850
PC-852
PC-860
PC-863
PC-865PC-8 Turkish
German
UK ASCII I
French I
Danish I
Italy
Spanish
SwedishJapanese
Norwegian
Danish II
UK ASCII II
French II
Dutch
South African
IBM Mode (HL-1250 Only)
PC-8
PC-8 D/N
PC-850PC-852
PC-860
PC-863PC-865
PC-8 Turkish
2Note
If you want to know what characters are in each symbol/character set, print the
CHARSETS.PRN file from the “Print form” option in the Direct Access Menu of
the Remote Printer...