Brother 5140, 5170DN, HL-5130, HL5150D Table of Contents

About this printer .................................................................................................................................... 1-1

What is in the box? .......................................................................................................................1-1

Interface cable .................................................................................................................... 1-1

Front view ............................................................................................................................... 1-2

Back view ............................................................................................................................... 1-3

Positioning the printer ................................................................................................................... 1-4

Power supply .......................................................................................................................... 1-4

Environment ........................................................................................................................... 1-4

What kind of paper can I use? ...................................................................................................... 1-5

Type and size of paper ........................................................................................................... 1-5

Recommend ed pape r .... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ...... ....... ...... .................... ...... ....... ...... ........ 1-6

Printable area ......................................................................................................................... 1-7

Printing methods ........................................................................................................................... 1-8

Printing on plain paper ............................................................................................................ 1-8

Printing on plain paper from the paper tray ........................................................................ 1-8

Printing on plain paper from the manual feed tray (For HL-5130 and HL-5140) .............. 1-12

Printing on plain paper from the multi-purpose tray (MP tray) (For HL-5150D and HL-5170DN)

1-14

Printing on thicker paper and card stock .............................................................................. 1-17

Printing on thicker paper and card stock from the manual feed tray

(For HL-5130 and HL-5140) ......................................................................................... 1-17

Printing on thicker paper and card stock from the multi-purpose tray (MP tray)

(For HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) ................................................................................. 1-20

Printing on envelopes ........................................................................................................... 1-24

Types of envelopes to avoid ............................................................................................. 1-24

Printing on envelopes from the manual feed tray (For HL-5130 and HL-5140) ............... 1-25

Printing on envelopes from the MP tray (For HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) ...................... 1-29

Printing on transparencies .................................................................................................... 1-33

Printing on transparencies from the paper tray ................................................................ 1-33

Printing on transparencies from the manual feed tray (For HL-5130 and HL-5140) ........ 1-36

Printing on transparencies from the MP tray (For HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) ............... 1-39

Duplex Printing ........................................................................................................................... 1-43

Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper ............................................................ 1-43

Printing on both sides of the paper (manual duplex printing) ............................................... 1-43

Manual duplex printing from the paper tray ...................................................................... 1-43

Manual duplex printing from the manual feed tray (For HL-5130 and HL-5140) .............. 1-44

Manual duplex printing from the multi-purpose tray (For HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) .... 1-45

Printing on both sides of the paper (automatic duplex printing) ........................................... 1-47

Guidelines for automatic duplex printing .......................................................................... 1-47

Driver and software ................................................................................................................................ 2-1

Printer driver ................................................................................................................................. 2-1

For Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows NT® 4.0 and Windows® 2000/XP ............................... 2-1

For Macintosh® ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2-1

For Windows® ................................................................................................................................................................................ 2-2

Features in the PCL printer driver ......................................................................................2-2

Features in the PS printer driver ...................................................................................... 2-11

For Macintosh® ........................................................................................................................................................................... 2-17

Software ..................................................................................................................................... 2-20

Software for Networks ..........................................................................................................2-20

BRAdmin Professional ..................................................................................................... 2-20

Driver Deployment Wizard ............................................................................................... 2-20

Web BRAdmin ........... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ................... ....... ...... ....... ...... ................... 2-20

Automatic Emulation Selection ............................................................................................. 2-21