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Table of Contents

1 About this Printer 1

What is in the box?....................................................................................................................................1
Interface cable.....................................................................................................................................1
Front view............................................................................................................................................2
Back view............................................................................................................................................3
Positioning the printer................................................................................................................................4
Power supply.......................................................................................................................................4
Environment........................................................................................................................................4

2 Printing Methods 5

About paper............................................................................................................................ ................... 5
Type and size of paper........................................................................................................................5
Recommended paper..........................................................................................................................6
Unprintable area..................................................................................................................................8
Printing methods........................................................................................................................................9
Printing on plain paper, bond paper and transparencies .....................................................................9
Printing on thick paper, labels and envelopes...................................................................................17
Duplex printing.........................................................................................................................................22
Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper .............................................................................22
Printing on both sides of the paper (manual duplex printing)............................................................22

3 Driver and Software 26

Printer driver............................................................................................................................................26
Features in the printer driver (for Windows®)....................................................................................29
Features in the printer driver (for Macintosh®)..................................................................................39
Uninstalling the printer driver...................................................................................................................45
Printer driver for Windows® and Windows Vista™ and Windows Server® 2003...............................45
Printer driver for Macintosh®.............................................................................................................45
Software..................................................................................................................................................46
Software for network models (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only). ............................................................46
Automatic interface selection (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only) .............................................................47
Remote Printer Console....................................................................................................................47

4 Control Panel 48

LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes)...................................................................................................................48
Service call indications............................................................................................................................53
Go button.................................................................................................................................................55
Print a test page ................................................................................................................................56
Print a Printer Settings page..............................................................................................................57
Print Fonts (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only)..........................................................................................58
Network default settings (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only).....................................................................59

5 Routine Maintenance 60

Replacing the consumable items.............................................................................................................60
Consumables.....................................................................................................................................60