Table of Contents

 

1

Printing Methods

1

 

About this Machine ....................................................................................................................................

1

 

Front view and Back view....................................................................................................................

1

 

Acceptable paper and other print media....................................................................................................

2

 

Recommended paper and print media ................................................................................................

2

 

Type and size of paper ........................................................................................................................

2

 

Handling and using special paper .......................................................................................................

4

 

Unprintable area when printing from a computer ................................................................................

7

 

Loading paper............................................................................................................................................

8

 

Loading paper and print media............................................................................................................

8

 

Loading paper in the standard paper tray............................................................................................

8

 

Loading paper in the Manual feed slot ..............................................................................................

12

 

2-sided printing ........................................................................................................................................

20

 

Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper .............................................................................

20

 

Automatic 2-sided printing (HL-3150CDN and HL-3170CDW)..........................................................

21

 

Manual 2-sided printing .....................................................................................................................

23

2

Driver and Software

24

 

Printer driver ............................................................................................................................................

24

 

Printing a document...........................................................................................................................

25

 

Printer driver settings.........................................................................................................................

26

 

Windows® ................................................................................................................................................

27

 

Accessing the printer driver settings..................................................................................................

27

 

Features in the Windows® printer driver............................................................................................

28

 

Basic tab............................................................................................................................................

28

 

Advanced tab.....................................................................................................................................

36

 

Print Profiles tab ................................................................................................................................

45

 

Device Settings tab............................................................................................................................

47

 

Support ..............................................................................................................................................

48

 

Features in the BR-Script3 printer driver (PostScript® 3™ language emulation) .............................

50

 

Uninstalling the printer driver.............................................................................................................

58

 

Status Monitor ...................................................................................................................................

59

 

Macintosh ................................................................................................................................................

61

 

Features in the printer driver (Macintosh)..........................................................................................

61

 

Choosing page setup options ............................................................................................................

61

 

Features in the BR-Script3 printer driver (PostScript® 3™ language emulation) ............................

72

 

Removing the printer driver ...............................................................................................................

77

 

Status Monitor ...................................................................................................................................

78

 

Software ..................................................................................................................................................

80

 

Software for networks .......................................................................................................................

80

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