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CHAPTER 2 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE  

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A Printer Driver is software that translates data from the format used by a 
computer into the format required by a particular printer. Typically, this 
format is a printer command language or page description language.  

The printer drivers for the following operating systems are on the supplied 
CD-ROM. Printer driver updates can be downloaded from the Brother 
Solutions Center at 

http://solutions.brother.com

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For Windows

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 95/98/Me, Windows NT

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 4.0 and Windows

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 2000/XP 

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PCL (Hewlett-Packard laser printer-LaserJet) driver 

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BR-Script (PostScript3 language emulation) driver 

For Macintosh  

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BR-Script (PostScript3 language emulation) driver (For more 
information, 

see the Network User’s Guide on the CD-ROM

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Note 

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For more information about emulations, 

see Chapter 3.

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If you want to print from a DOS application, 

see Chapter 6.

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The screen shot may vary depending on the OS you are using. 

PCL driver 

PS driver 

Windows 95/98/Me 

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Windows 2000/XP 

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Windows NT4.0 

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Macintosh (via Network) 

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Macintosh (via USB) 

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