2 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. Install the drivers by following the steps in the Quick Setup Guide. The latest printer drivers can be downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center Web site at:

http://solutions.brother.com/

For Windows®

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

BR-Script3 printer driver (PostScript® 3™ language emulation) 1

1Install the driver using the Custom Install from the CD-ROM.

For Macintosh

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

BR-Script3 printer driver (PostScript® 3™ language emulation) 1

1For the installation instruction of the driver, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/.

For Linux® 1 2

LPR printer driver

CUPS printer driver

1For more information and to download the printer driver for Linux please visit your model page at http://solutions.brother.com/ or use the link on the CD-ROM we have supplied.

2Depending on Linux distributions, the driver may not be available or it may be released after the initial release of your model.

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