Table of Contents

1

About this printer ......................................................................................................

1-1

 

What is in the box? ............................................................................................................................

1-1

 

Interface cable .............................................................................................................................

1-1

 

Front view ....................................................................................................................................

1-2

 

Back view ....................................................................................................................................

1-2

 

Positioning the printer ........................................................................................................................

1-3

 

Power supply ...............................................................................................................................

1-3

 

Environment ................................................................................................................................

1-3

 

What kind of paper can I use? ...........................................................................................................

1-4

 

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

1-4

 

Recommended paper ..................................................................................................................

1-5

 

Printable area ..............................................................................................................................

1-6

 

Portrait .....................................................................................................................................

1-6

 

Landscape ...............................................................................................................................

1-6

 

Printing methods................................................................................................................................

1-7

 

Printing on plain paper, bond paper and transparencies.............................................................

1-7

 

Printing on plain paper, bond paper or transparencies from the paper tray ............................

1-7

 

Printing on plain paper, bond paper or transparencies from the manual feed slot ................

1-10

 

Printing on thick paper, labels and envelopes ...........................................................................

1-13

 

Printing on thick paper, labels and envelopes from the manual feed slot .............................

1-13

 

Types of envelopes to avoid..................................................................................................

1-16

 

Duplex Printing ................................................................................................................................

1-17

 

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

1-17

 

Printing on both sides of the paper (manual duplex printing) ....................................................

1-17

 

Manual duplex printing from the paper tray ...........................................................................

1-17

 

Manual duplex printing from the manual feed slot.................................................................

1-18

 

Paper orientation for manual duplex printing.........................................................................

1-19

2

Driver and software ...................................................................................................

2-1

 

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

2-1

 

For Windows® ..............................................................................................................................

2-3

 

Features in the printer driver ...................................................................................................

2-3

 

For Macintosh® ..........................................................................................................................

2-12

 

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

2-14

 

Printer driver for Windows® ...................................................................................................

2-14

 

Brother Laser driver for Macintosh® ......................................................................................

2-15

 

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

2-16

 

Software for Networks ...............................................................................................................

2-16

 

BRAdmin Professional...........................................................................................................

2-16

 

Driver Deployment Wizard.....................................................................................................

2-16

 

Network Print Software..........................................................................................................

2-16

 

Web BRAdmin .......................................................................................................................

2-16

 

Automatic Emulation Selection..................................................................................................

2-17

 

Remote Printer Console ............................................................................................................

2-17

 

How to use and install the Remote Printer Console software ...............................................

2-17

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