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Printer Emulation Support (MFC-7840W only)

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Your machine will receive print commands in a printer job language or emulation. Different operating systems 
and applications will send the print commands in different languages. Your machine can receive print 
commands in a variety of emulations and has an automatic emulation selection feature. When the machine 
receives data from the computer, it automatically chooses the emulation mode. The default setting is Auto. 
Your machine has the following emulation modes. You can change the setting by using the control panel or 
a web browser.

„

HP LaserJet Mode
The HP LaserJet mode (or HP mode) is the emulation mode in which this printer supports the PCL6 
language of a Hewlett-Packard

®

 LaserJet laser printer. Many applications support this type of laser printer. 

Using this mode will allow your printer to run at its best with those applications.

„

BR-Script 3 Mode

BR-Script is an original Brother page description language and a PostScript

®

 language emulation 

interpreter. This printer supports PostScript

®

3™. The BR-Script interpreter of this printer allows you to 

control text and graphics on the page.

For technical information about PostScript

®

 commands, see the following manuals:

• Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript

®

 Language Reference, 3rd edition. Addison-Wesley 

Professional, 1999. ISBN: 0-201-37922-8

• Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript

®

 Language Program Design. Addison-Wesley Professional, 

1988. ISBN: 0-201-14396-8

• Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript

®

 Language Tutorial and Cookbook. Addison-Wesley 

Professional, 1985. ISBN: 0-201-10179-3

Setting the Emulation mode

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a

Press 

Menu

, 

4

, 

1

. 

b

Press 

a

 or 

b

 to choose 

Auto

, 

HP LaserJet

 or 

BR-Script 3

. Press 

OK

.

c

Press 

Stop/Exit

.

Note

We recommend that you set the emulation setting with your application software or network server. If the 
setting does not work properly, choose the required emulation mode manually using the control panel 
buttons of the machine.