Brother HL-5050, HL-5070N

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Contents

Main User's Guide Page To use the printer safely Brother Numbers (USA and Canada) Register your product www.registermybrother.com Customer Service Service center locator (USA only) Service center locations (Canada only) Brother fax back system (USA only) Page Page Important information: Regulations Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Declaration of Conformity (For USA) Page International ENERGY STAR Compliance Statement Laser Safety (100 to 120 volt model only) FDA Regulations (100 to 120 volt model only) IEC 60825 specification (220 to 240 volt model only) IMPORTANT - For Your Safety Opmerking / Oplaadbare Batterij Recycle Informatie (For Netherlands Only) Geruschemission / Acoustic noise emission (for Germany only) Wiring information (for UK) Trademarks Compilation and Publication Notice EC Declaration of Conformity Table of Contents Page What is in the box? About this printer Page Page Positioning the printer Power supply Environment What kind of paper can I use? Type and size of paper Recommended paper Printable area Figure 1-4 Figure 1-3 Landscape Printing methods Printing on plain paper Printing on plain paper from the paper tray Page Page Page Printing on plain paper from the manual feed tray (For HL-5030 and HL-5040) Page Page Page Page Printing on thicker paper and card stock Printing on thicker paper and card stock from the manual feed tray (For HL-5030 and HL-5040) Page Page Page Page Page Page Printing on envelopes Types of envelopes to avoid Page Page Page Page Printing on envelopes from the MP tray (For HL-5050 and HL-5070N) Page Page Page Printing on transparencies Printing on transparencies from the paper tray Page Page Page Page Page Printing on transparencies from the MP tray (For HL-5050 and HL-5070N) Page Page Page Page Page Page Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper Paper orientation for printing on both sides of the paper Printer driver For Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 (HL-5040, HL-5050 and HL-5070N) For Windows 98/Me and Windows 2000/XP For Macintosh Driver and software Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Support tab Features in the PS printer driver Ports tab Page Page Page Page For Macintosh Page setup Layout Page Software Software for Networks BRAdmin Professional Driver Deployment Wizard Web BRAdmin Automatic Emulation Selection Control panel Toner Drum Paper Status Page Page Service call indications Toner Drum Paper Status Toner Drum Paper Status Page Control panel buttons Page Page Page Page DIMM Options Page Page Page Print server (NC-2010p/NC-2100p) (For HL-5040, HL-5050 and HL-5070N) Routine maintenance Toner cartridge Toner Low message Toner Empty message Replacing the toner cartridge Page Page Page Page Drum unit Change Drum message Toner Drum Paper Status Replacing the drum unit Page Page Cleaning Replacing maintenance parts Troubleshooting Identifying your problem Error messages in the status monitor Error message printouts Paper handling Paper jams and how to clear them Page Page Page Page Other problems For Macintosh with USB d This section provides information on the following topics: Improving the print quality ABCD abcde 01234 Page ABCD abcde 01234 ABCD abcde 01234 ABCD abcde 01234 ABCD abcde 01234 ABCD abcde 01234 ABCD abcde 01234 ACD bcde 134 ABCDEFG Solving print problems A Printer specifications Engine *1 From standard paper tray *2 High Resolution Control Appendix Controller Software Control panel Paper handling Media specifications *12 Up to 10 sheets Supplies Dimensions / Weights Other Important information for choosing your paper Page Trademarks Compilation and Publication Notice INDEX