Brother 5140, 5170DN, HL-5130, HL5150D setup guide

Brother Laser Printer

HL-5130

HL-5140

HL-5150D

HL-5170DN

User's Guide

Version 0

For visually-impaired users

You can read this manual with Screen Reader ‘text-to-speech’

software.

You must set up the hardware and install the driver before you can use the printer.

Please use the Quick Setup Guide to set up the printer. You can find a printed copy in the box.

Please read this User’s Guide thoroughly before you use the printer. Keep the CD-ROM in a

convenient place so you can use it quickly if you need to.

Please visit our web site at http://sol utions.brot her.com where you can get answers to Frequently

Asked Questions (FAQs), Product Support and Techni cal Questions, and the lat est Driver Updates

and Utilitie s .

Contents

Main User's Guide Page To us e the printer safely Trademarks Compilation and Publication Notice Shipment of the Printer Table of Contents Page Page What is in the box? About this printer Page Page Positioning the printer Powe r 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 meth ods Printing o n plain paper Printing on plain paper from the paper tray Page Page Page Printing on plain paper from the manual feed tray (For HL-5130 and HL-5140) Page Page Page Page Printin g on thick er pa per and ca rd stock Printing on thicker paper and card stock from the manual feed tray (For HL-5130 and HL-5140) 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-5150D and HL-5170DN) 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-5150D and HL-5170DN) Page Page Page Duplex Printing Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper Printing on both sides of the paper (manual duplex printing) Manual duplex printing from the paper tray Page Page Paper orientation for manual duplex printing Printing on both sides of the paper (automatic duplex printing) Guidelines for automatic duplex printing Page Printer driver For Windows 95/98/Me, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000/XP For Macintosh Driver and software Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Support tab Features in the PS printer driver Ports tab Page Page Page Page For Mac i nt osh Page setup Layout Specific settings Page Software Software for Networks BRAdmin Professional Driver Deployment Wizard Web BRAdmin Automatic Emulation Selection Control pane l Toner Drum Paper Status Page Toner Drum Paper Status Toner Drum Paper Status Service ca ll indications Toner Drum Paper Status Toner Drum Paper Status Page Cont rol pane l buttons Page Page Page Page DIMM Options Installing additional memory Page Page Print server (NC-2100p) (For HL-5130, HL-5140 and HL-5150D) 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 Page Replacing periodic main tenance parts Troubleshooting Identifying your problem Error messages in the status monitor Error message printouts Page Paper handling Paper jams and how to clear them Page Page Page Page Other problems For Mac i nt osh with USB 3 d Improving the print quality ABCD abcde 01234 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 prob lems A Printer specifications *1 From standard paper tr ay Engine Appendix Controller Software Control panel Paper handling Media specifications *10 Up to 10 sheets Supplies Dimensions / Weights Other Important information for choosing your paper Page B Brother Numbers http://www.brother.com/registration/ http://solutions.brother.com Appendix (For Europe and Other Countries) Important informatio n: Regu latio ns Radio inte rfe re nc e (220 to 240 volt model only) Intern ational E IEC 6082 5 sp ec ificatio n (22 0 to 240 vo lt mod el only) IMPORTANT - For Your Safety Geruschemission / Acoustic noise emission (for Germany only) Wiring information (for UK) EC Declaration of Conformity C Appendix (For USA and Canada) Brother Numbers Register y our product http://www.brother.com/registration/ Page Important informatio n: Regu latio ns Federal Communications Commission (FCC) De claration of Conformity (For USA) Industr y Canada Compliance Stat ement (For Canada) Intern ational E Laser Notices Laser Safety (100 to 120 volt model only) FDA Regulations (100 to 120 volt model only) IMPORTANT - For Your Safety INDEX