Brother HL-1030, 1240, 1250 service manual Install the Printer, For Windows Users

CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION AND BASIC OPERATION

3.INSTALL THE PRINTER

You need to implement hardware setup and driver installation to use the printer.

Firstly, identify the Operating System on your computer. Then, purchase the appropriate interface cable (parallel or USB) for your computer.

The installation programs for the hardware setup and driver installation are contained on the supplied CD-ROM.

If you do not have a CD-ROM drive, you can install the printer driver from the supplied floppy disk. (See Subsection 3.2 ‘For Windows® Users with No CD-ROM Drive’.)

3.1For Windows® Users

(1)Turn on your PC power. Close all the applications running on your PC.

(2)Insert the supplied CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

(3)The opening screen will appear automatically in Windows 95/98/NT4.0.

NOTE:

•If the opening screen does not appear;

Click Start and select Run. Then, type D:\START in the command line box and click OK. (If your CD-ROM drive is not D, type the correct drive letter instead of “D”.)

In Windows 3.1;

Click the File menu in the Program Manager screen and select Run. Then, type D:\START in the command line box and click OK. (If your CD-ROM drive is not D, type the correct drive letter instead of “D”.)

•The setup screens shown below are based on the HL-1240 model. They vary depending on the model.

(4) Select the model of your printer.

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(5)Select the language you want, then follow the instructions on the screen.

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