Brother Laserprinter Hl 1270n User Guide

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Printer Technical Specifications
Printing
Print MethodElectrophotography by semiconductor laser beam scanning
LaserWavelength: 780 nm
Output: 5 mW max
Resolution1200 (H) x 600 (V) dots/inch
(for Windows® DIB graphics)
600 (H) x 600 (V) dots/inch
(for Windows® and DOS)
Print QualityNormal printing mode
Economy printing mode (up to 25% and 50% toner saving)
Print SpeedUp to 12 pages per minute When A4 or letter-size paper is loaded
from the paper cassette.
NOTE:
Maximum print speed is...

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Print MediaToner cartridge: 3,000 pages/standard capacity toner
cartridge
6,000 pages/high capacity toner cartridge
Life Expectancy: (When printing A4- or letter-size paper at
5% print coverage.)
NOTE:
Toner life expectancy will vary depending on the type of average print job
 printed.
Life Expectancy: Drum unit: Average up to 20,000 pages
NOTE:
There are many factors that determine the actual drum life, such as
temperature, humidity, type of paper and toner that you use, the number of
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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.
EmulationBrother Printing Solution for Windows®
Automatic emulation selection among HP LaserJet6P (PCL 6), Brother BR-
Script Level 2, EPSON FX-850 or IBM Proprinter XL.
Printer DriverPCL driver:  Windows® 3.1/3.11, Windows® 95/98 and Windows NT® 4.0
driver, supporting Brother Native Compression mode
Windows
® 3.1/3.11, Windows 95/98® driver, supporting bi-...

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Electrical and Mechanical
Power SourceUSA 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 12 W or less
NoisePrinting: 49 dB A or less
Sleep: 27 dB A or less
TemperatureOperating: 10 to 32.5°C (50 to 90.5°F)
Storage: 0 to 40°C (38 to 104°F)
HumidityOperating: 20 to 80% (without condensation)
Storage: 20 to 80% (without condensation)
Dimensions
(W x D x H)A4 or letter-size paper...

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Parallel Interface Specifications
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· 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, such as bi-directional communication. These
cables will be clearly marked with “IEEE-1284”.
· We recommend that you 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...

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2Note
To use bi-directional communication, you must set up an interface cable that has the
pin connections listed above.
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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USB (Universal Serial Bus) Interface
Universal Serial Bus (USB) Interface
43 21
     Fig. A-2  USB interface connector
Pin Assignment
Pin No. Signal
1 Vcc (+5V)
2 - Data Serial Data -
3 + Data Serial Data +
4 Ground 

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Network Interface
Fig. A-3 10/100Base TX Port
1  TX+   Transmit Data +
2  TX-  Transmit Data -
For more information, see th e “Network User’s Guid e” on the CD-ROM.
1
24
35
6
7
8 

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 Emulation Modes
This printer has the following emulations modes:

HP LaserJet Mode
This printer uses the HP LaserJet mode (or HP mode) that emulates the Hewlett-
Packard LaserJet laser printer.  Since many application software packages
support the HP LaserJet printer, your printer will operate at its optimum
performance in this mode.
nBR-Script 2 Mode
BR-Script is a Brother original page description language and is a PostScript
®
language emulation interpreter. This printer supports level...

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The following bitmapped fonts are resident in this printer.