Step 5 Print a test page.

ON OFF

ON OFF

 

1

Make sure that the printer power switch is off.

2

Plug the AC power cord into an AC

 

Connect the AC power cord to the printer.

 

outlet.

 

Do NOT connect the interface cable.

 

Turn the power switch on.

Unfold the tray extension flap

REDAY

Data

Back

Reprint

Set

Job cancel

Go

3

After the printer has finished warming up, the

 

READY message appears.

PRINTING

Data

Back

Reprint

Set

Job cancel

Go

4

Press the Go switch. The printer prints a test page.

 

Check that the test page has printed correctly.

Note: When you are ready to set the Control Panel message language, refer to the Control Panel section at the bottom of this sheet.

Follow the instructions for your interface cable and operating system.

For Parallel interface cable users (For Windows® users only) Step 6 Connect the printer to your PC & Install the printer driver.

ON OFF

ON OFF

1 Click "Connect the interface cable and

2 Select the parallel interface

3 Turn the printer power switch off.

install the printer driver / utilities."

cable.

 

4 Connect the interface cable to your PC, and then connect it to the printer.

5 Turn the printer power switch on.

Note: If "Add New Hardware Wizard"

6 Click the Next button.

7 Click the Finish button.

appears, click the Cancel button.

 

The setup is now complete.

For USB interface cable users (For Windows® users only) Step 6 Install the driver & Connect the printer to your PC.

Note: When "Add New Hardware Wizard"

1 Click "Connect the interface cable

2 Select the USB cable.

3 Click the Next button.

appears on your PC, click the Cancel

and install the printer driver /

Follow the on-screen

 

button.

utilities."

instructions.

 

Note: Install the driver before you connect the USB interface cable to the printer. If you have already connected it, remove it.

For Macintosh® users

If you print from a Macintosh computer, you will have to connect it to the printer via a Network (Brother recommends using the NC-4100h network board).

For Network users

If you want to connect your printer using a Network cable, refer to the Quick Network Setup Guide.

After the administrator has made the required settings, install the driver referring to the "Installing the

Driver for Network users" section of the Quick Network Setup Guide.

ON OFF

4 Click the OK button.

5 Make sure the printer power switch is on.

6 Connect the USB interface cable to your PC, and then connect

 

 

it to the printer.

 

 

 

For Windows®98/Me users: The setup is now complete.

 

 

For Windows®

2000 users: Go to Step 7.

 

 

Step 7 (For Windows®

2000 users only) Set up your PC printer port.

1 After your PC has restarted, click Start,

2 Select the Brother HL-2460 series

3 Click the File menu, and then select Set as Default printer.

Setting and Printers.

(copy2) icon.

The setup is now complete.

Control Panel

Data

Back

Reprint

Set

Job cancel

Go

For more information, see "CONTROL PANEL" in Chapter 3 of the User's Guide on the supplied CD-ROM.

Data LED : Orange

On

Data remains in the printer buffer.

Blinking

Receiving or processing data.

Off

No remaining data.

 

 

Switches

Go

Exit from the control panel menu, reprint settings and clear error messages.

 

 

 

 

 

Pause / Continue printing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Job Cancel

Stop and cancel the printer operation in progress.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reprint

Select the reprint menu.

 

 

 

 

 

Move forward and backward through menus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Menu

 

 

 

 

Move forward and backward through menus.

 

 

 

 

Set

Select the control panel menu.

 

 

 

 

 

Set the selected menus and the settings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back

Go back one level in the menu structure.

Language Setting (Default is English)

1.Select the SETUP mode by pressing the + switch, and then press the Set switch.

2.Check that the LANGUAGE message appears, and then press the Set switch.

3.Choose your language by pressing the + or - switch, and then press the Set switch. An asterisk mark (*) appears at the end of the display.

(You can return to the READY status by pressing the Go switch.)

Note 1. A real time clock is built into this printer. Set the time referring to Chapter 3 of the User's Guide on the CD-ROM. You need to set the time before you can use the log management and reprint functions.

2.Please enhance the RAMDISK size when you want to use the reprint functions without the optional HDD or CompactFlash.

See RAM expansion in Chapter 4 of the User's Guide.