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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

Features

This printer has the following features:

600 dpi Resolution and 6ppm Printing Speed

600 dots per inch (dpi) with microfine toner and six pages per minute (ppm) printing speed (A4 or Letter size paper).

Versatile Paper Handling

The printer has a multi-purpose sheet feeder and straight paper path mechanism. Using this mechanism, you can load A4, letter, legal, B5, A5, and executive sizes of paper, along with various types of paper including envelopes, postcards, organizer paper, or a custom paper size. The multi-purpose sheet feeder also allows manual paper loading, so you can also use labels and transparencies.

Windows® Printing

The dedicated printer driver and TrueType™-compatible screen fonts for Microsoft® Windows 3.1 are available on the floppy disk supplied

with your printer. You can easily install them into your Windows system using our installer program. The driver supports our unique compression mode to enhance printing speed in Windows applications, and allows you to set various printer settings including economy printing mode, custom paper size, sleep mode settings, Advanced Photoscale Technology, Page Protection or Resolution.

Remote Printer Console Program for DOS

The utility program, Remote Printer Console (RPC), is available on a floppy disk supplied with your printer. When you operate your computer in the DOS (Disk Operating System) environment, this program allows you to easily change the default settings of the printer such as fonts, page setup, and emulations.

This program also provides a status monitor program, which is a Terminate-and-Stay Resident (TSR) program. It can monitor the printer status while running in the background and report the current status or errors on your computer screen.

Popular Printer Emulation Support

This printer supports three printer emulation modes, HP LaserJet 4, Epson FX-850, and IBM Proprinter XL. When you use DOS application software or Windows version 3.0 or earlier, you can use any of these emulations to operate the printer. This printer has an optional BR-Script 2 ROM board which adds a PostScript Level 2 language emulation to your printer. The printer also supports Auto- emulation switching between HP, optional BR-Script 2 and Epson or HP, optional BR-Script 2 and IBM. If you want to set the printer emulation, you can do it using the Remote Printer Console program.

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Brother HL-660 manual Features, Dpi Resolution and 6ppm Printing Speed