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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

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.............................................................................................................................. 2-3

Features in the printer driver ................................................................................................... 2-3

For Macintosh

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.......................................................................................................................... 2-12

Uninstalling the printer driver..................................................................................................... 2-14

Printer driver for Windows

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................................................................................................... 2-14

Brother Laser driver for Macintosh

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...................................................................................... 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