Printing

Printer Emulation Support

Your machine will receive print commands in a printer job language or emulation. Different operating systems 1 and applications will send the print commands in different languages. Your machine can receive print commands in a variety of emulations and has an automatic emulation selection feature. When the machine receives data from the computer, it automatically chooses the emulation mode. The default setting is Auto.

Your machine has the following emulation modes. You can change the setting by using the control panel or a web browser.

„HP LaserJet Mode

The HP LaserJet mode (or HP mode) is the emulation mode in which this printer supports the PCL6 language of a Hewlett-Packard®LaserJet laser printer. Many applications support this type of laser printer. Using this mode will allow your printer to run at its best with those applications.

„BR-Script 3 Mode

BR-Script is an original Brother page description language and a PostScript® language emulation interpreter. This printer supports PostScript®3™. The BR-Script interpreter of this printer allows you to control text and graphics on the page.

For technical information about PostScript® commands, see the following manuals:

•Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript® Language Reference, 3rd edition. Addison-Wesley Professional, 1999. ISBN: 0-201-37922-8

•Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript® Language Program Design. Addison-Wesley Professional, 1988. ISBN: 0-201-14396-8

•Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript® Language Tutorial and Cookbook. Addison-Wesley Professional, 1985. ISBN: 0-201-10179-3

„EPSON FX-850 and IBM Proprinter XL Mode

The EPSON FX-850 and IBM Proprinter XL modes are the emulation modes that this printer supports to meet the industry-standard for dot matrix printers. Some applications support these dot matrix printer emulations. Use these emulation modes so your printer will work well when printing from those types of applications.

Setting the Emulation mode

a For MFC models, press Menu, 4, 1. For DCP models, press Menu, 3, 1.

b Press a or b to choose Auto(EPSON), Auto(IBM), HP LaserJet, BR-Script 3, Epson FX-850 or IBM Proprinter. Press OK.

c Press Stop/Exit.

Note

We recommend that you set the emulation setting with your application software or network server. If the setting does not work properly, choose the required emulation mode manually using the control panel buttons of the machine.

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