Brother 1250, HL-1030, 1240 service manual Enhanced Memory Management, Environment-Friendly

CHAPTER 1 GENERAL

Enhanced Memory Management

The printer provides its own data compression technology in its printer hardware and the supplied printer driver software, which can automatically compress graphic data and font data efficiently into the printer’s memory. You can avoid memory errors and print most full page 600 dpi graphic and text data, including large fonts, with the standard printer memory.

USB Interface (for Windows 98, iMac and Power Macintosh G3 using USB with HL- 1240/1250/1270N only)

The printer can be connected using the Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface to a PC or Mac which has a USB interface. Drivers that allow you to use the USB port are provided on the CD-ROM supplied with the printer.

Remote Printer Console Program for DOS (for HL-1240/1250/1270N only)

The utility program, Remote Printer Console (RPC), is available on the CD-ROM supplied with your printer. When you operate your computer in a DOS (Disk Operating System) environment, this program allows you to easily change the default settings of the printer such as fonts, page setup and emulations.

This program also provides a status monitor program, which is a Terminate-and-Stay Resident (TSR) program. It can monitor the printer status while running in the background and report the current status or errors on your computer screen.

Popular Printer Emulation Support (for HL-1240/1250/1270N only)

These printers support the following printer emulation modes; The HL-1240 supports HP LaserJet IIP.

The HL-1250 supports HP LaserJet 6P (PCL6), Epson FX-850 and IBM Proprinter XL. The HL-1270N supports HP LaserJet 6P (PCL6), PostScript Level 2 language emulation (Brother BR-Script Level 2), Epson FX-850 and IBM Proprinter XL.

When you use DOS application software or Windows version 3.0 or earlier, you can use any of these emulations to operate the HL-1250/1270N printers. The printers also support auto- emulation switching between HP, Brother BR-Script 2 and Epson or HP, BR-Script 2 and IBM. If you want to set the printer emulation, you can do it using the Remote Printer Console Program.

High Resolution Control & Advanced Photoscale Technology (for HL-1250/1270N only)

High Resolution Control (HRC) technology provides clear and crisp printouts. Use this function to get smooth text print quality.

Advanced Photoscale Technology (APT) enables the printer to print graphics in 256 grayscales, producing nearly photographic quality. Use this function when you want to print photographic images.

Environment-Friendly

<Economy Printing Mode>

This feature will cut your printing cost by saving toner. It is useful for obtaining draft copies for proof-reading. You can select from two economy modes, 25% toner saving and 50% toner saving, through the Windows printer driver supplied with your printer.

<Sleep Mode (Power Save Mode)>

Sleep mode automatically reduces power consumption when the printer is not in use for a certain period of time. The printer consumes less than 5W (HL-1030/1240), 6W (HL-1250) or 12W (HL-1270N) when in sleep mode.

<Low Running Cost>

Since the toner cartridge is separate from the drum unit, you need to replace only the toner cartridge after around 3,000 pages for the standard cartridge and around 6,000 pages for the optional high-capacity cartridge, which is both cost both effective and ecologically friendly.

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