3 Driver and Software

Printer driver

 

A printer driver is software that translates data from the format used by a computer to the format that a

 

particular printer needs. Typically, this format is page description language (PDL).

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The printer drivers for the supported versions of Windows® and Macintosh are on the CD-ROM we have

 

supplied or on the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com/. Install the drivers by following the

 

Quick Setup Guide. The latest printer driver can be downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center at

 

http://solutions.brother.com/.

 

(If you want to uninstall the printer driver, see Uninstalling the printer driver on page 70.)

For Windows®

„Windows® printer driver (the most suitable printer driver for this product)

„BR-Script (PostScript® 3™ language emulation) printer driver

For Macintosh

„Macintosh printer driver (the most suitable printer driver for this product)

„BR-Script (PostScript® 3™ language emulation) printer driver 1

1To install the driver, see Installing the BR-Script3 printer driver on page 64.

For Linux® 1 2

„LPR printer driver

„CUPS printer driver

1Download the printer driver for Linux from http://solutions.brother.com/ or a link on the supplied CD-ROM.

2Depending on Linux distributions, the driver may not be available.

Note

•For more information about Linux printer driver, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/.

•The printer driver for Linux may be released after the initial release of this product.

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