CHAPTER 1 ABOUT THIS PRINTER

Features of your printer

❏High Resolution and Fast Printing SpeedHL-1030 :

True 600 x 600 dots per inch (dpi) (GDI mode), with microfine toner and up to 10 pages per minute (ppm) print speed (A4 or Letter paper).

HL-1240 :

True 600 x 600 dots per inch (dpi) (GDI mode), True 300 x 300 dots per inch (dpi) (PCL mode) with microfine toner and up to 12 pages per minute (ppm) print speed (A4 or Letter paper).

HL-1250 :

True 600 x 600 dots per inch (dpi) and 1200 x 600 dpi for graphics with microfine toner and up to 12 pages per minute (ppm) print speed (A4 or Letter paper).

❏Front Operation

Basic operation of the printer can be done from the front panel.

❏Versatile Paper Handling

This printer loads paper automatically from the paper cassette. The paper cassette can hold A4, letter, B5, Executive, A5 and A6 sizes of paper. The manual feed slot allows manual paper loading sheet by sheet so you can use a variety of types and sizes of paper. For additional information, see “What kind of paper can I use” in Chapter 1.

❏Enhanced Printing Performance and User-Friendly Operation for Windows®

The dedicated printer drivers for Microsoft® Windows® 95/98, Windows 3.1 and Windows NT 4.0 are available on the CD-ROM 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 the printing speed in Windows applications and allows you to choose various printer settings including toner save mode, custom paper size, sleep mode, gray scale adjustment, resolution and many layout functions. You can easily set these print options through the Printer Setup Menu.

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