English: HL-1060 Quick Setup Guide, Cover Page I Laser Printer HL-1060 Series Quick Setup Guide Read this guidebook first to set up your printer and prepare your computer for the printer. Save all packing materials and outer carton. They are useful when shipping the printer. The product names in this guidebook are trademarks or registered trade marks of each manufacturer. The specifications are subject to change without notice. ©1996 Brother Industries Ltd. English: HL-1060 Quick Setup Guide, Cover Page II English: HL-1060 Quick Setup Guide, Body Action 1: Check the Supplied Items After taking the printer out of the carton and removing the packing materials, make sure that the following items are not damaged and none are missing: · Printer · Paper supports · Drum unit assembly (with Toner cartridge included) · · · · · 3.5" floppy disks for Windows® printer driver and fonts Quick setup guide (this guidebook) User's guide Plastic Bag (for transporting the drum unit assembly) Dust cover NOTE You will need to purchase an interface cable that matches the bi-directional IEEE 1284 compliant interface of your computer. If you do not know what cable you need, consult your dealer. 1 English: HL-1060 Quick Setup Guide, Body Action 2: Install the Toner Cartridge/Drum Unit 1 Unpack the drum unit assembly with the toner cartridge included. Gently shake it from side to side five or six times. CAUTION Do not expose the drum unit to light for longer than a few minutes, as this will damage the drum. Starter Sheet CAUTION Do not remove the starter sheet. This sheet will be ejected while the printer is warming-up after installing a new drum unit. (See Action 5 Illustration 4) 2 Open the top cover of the printer. 3 Holding the drum by its handles, install it into the printer. The drum will slide easily into place. 2 English: HL-1060 Quick Setup Guide, Body 4 Close the top cover. See "CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE" in the User's Guide for more information about replacement of the toner cartridge. 3 English: HL-1060 Quick Setup Guide, Body Action 3: Load Paper into Your Printer The printer has two multi-purpose sheet feeders. The feeders can handle paper within the following specifications. Load paper in each feeder, referring to the following tables: t Feeder 1, front Paper Type Cut sheets Envelopes Post Card Organizer Labels and Transparencies t Feeder 2, rear Paper Type Cut sheets Paper Size A4, Letter, Legal, B5, A5, A6, 3"x 5", Executive, Custom size (70-216 x 127-356 mm) DL, C5, COM-10, Monarch, 9" x 12", C4 70-216 x 127-356 mm Day-Timer® J, K, L, M, 70-216 x 127-356 mm 70-216 x 127-356 mm Paper Size A4, Letter, Legal, B5, Executive See "CHAPTER 2 PAPER HANDLING" in the User's Guide for more information. 1. Load paper into Sheet Feeder 2 1 Install the paper support onto the rear multi-purpose sheet feeder 2. 2 IN P SE HER UL RT E L PA TO PE R Open the cover of the multi-purpose sheet feeder 2. 4 English: HL-1060 Quick Setup Guide, Body 3 Pushing and sliding the tabs, move the paper guides horizontally to the widest position. 4 Load paper in the multi-purpose sheet feeder 2 with the printing surface face down. NOTE The feeder can hold up to 200 sheets of plain paper. Excessive sheets may cause paper jams. Make sure that the paper is stacked below the v mark. 5 Pushing and sliding the tabs, move the paper guides to fit the paper width. CAUTION Failure to set the paper guide to the paper width may cause paper skew and jams. 6 LL TO ER PU E AP RP HE RT SE IN Close the cover of the multi-purpose sheet feeder 2. 5 English: HL-1060 Quick Setup Guide, Body 2. Load paper into Sheet Feeder 1 1 Install the paper support onto the front multi-purpose sheet feeder 1. 2 Open the cover of the multi-purpose sheet feeder 1. PULL HERE TO INSERT PAPER 3 Pushing and sliding the tabs, move the paper guides horizontally to the widest position. 4 Load paper in the multi-purpose sheet feeder with the printing surface face down. NOTE The feeder can hold up to 200 sheets of plain paper or up to 10 envelopes. Excessive sheets may cause paper jams. Make sure that the paper is stacked below the v mark. 6 English: HL-1060 Quick Setup Guide, Body 5 Pushing and sliding the tabs, move the paper guides to fit the paper width. CAUTION Failure to set the paper guide to the paper width may cause paper skew and jams. 6 Close the cover of the multi-purpose sheet feeder 1. PULL HERE TO INSERT PAPER 7 Open the output tray. ( x ) Extend the extension support wire. ( y ) NOTE You can remove and install the front feeder 1 to clear paper jams as shown in the illustrations below. For more information, see "PAPER JAMS" in Chapter 6 of the User's Guide. 1. Remove Feeder 1. 2. Install Feeder 1. 7 English: HL-1060 Quick Setup Guide, Body Action 4: Connect Your Printer to Your Computer You must connect the printer to your computer with a suitable interface cable. A bi-directional IEEE 1284 compliant parallel cable should be used for this connection, unless you are using the optional serial interface board. 1 Make sure that the printer power switch is off before connecting or disconnecting the interface cable. Also, make sure that the computer is turned off. 2 Connect the parallel interface cable (printer cable) to the parallel interface port of the printer. ( x ) Secure the connection with the wire clips. (y) Connect the interface cable to the printer port of the computer. NOTE The printer can also operate with an RS-232C/RS-422A serial interface by installing the optional serial interface board. For more information, see "CHAPTER 4 OPTIONS" in the User's Guide. For the location of your computer's parallel (or serial, if you are using the optional interface board) printer port, refer to the User's Guide of your computer. 8 English: HL-1060 Quick Setup Guide, Body Action 5: Plug in and Turn on Your Printer 1 Plug the power cord into the AC power outlet. NOTE The shape of the power cord varies according to the country of destination. 2 Turn on the power switch that is located on the left side of your printer. 3 Fee der 1 Dru 2 m Make sure that the READY lamp is lit after the printer has warmed up (approximately 30 seconds). Alar D m Tonata er Pap dy er Rea 4 Starter Sheet Make sure that the printer automatically ejects the starter sheet while the printer is warming-up immediately after installing a new drum unit. You may discard the starter sheet after it is automatically ejected. CAUTION Do not open the top cover until the printer ejects the starter sheet completely. It may cause the starter sheet to jam. 9 English: HL-1060 Quick Setup Guide, Body Printing a Test Sample Page We recommend that you print a test page. Refer to the instructions below. NOTE · The following first-print test page operation will be invalid after the printer receives any data from your computer. · Additional test sample pages can be printed by using the "Test Print Mode" procedure in Chapter 3 of the User's Guide. Press the control panel switch. The printer will start printing a test sample page. NOTE The printer can also print settings, fonts, and hexadecimal values of received data. For more information, see "Test Print Mode" in Chapter 3 of the User's Guide. NOTE If the printer does not print a test sample page, see "CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING, Q & A" of the User's Guide. If you are still unable to print a test sample page after reviewing the information in the User's Guide, consult your dealer. After printing the test sample page, you are ready to prepare your computer to work with the printer. The software setup varies depending upon your computer and operating system. Refer to the section relevant to your needs: Action 6-1: Prepare Windows 95 for the Printer Action 6-2: Prepare Windows 3.1 for the Printer Action 6-3: Prepare DOS for the Printer Action 6-4: Prepare Macintosh for the Printer 10 English: HL-1060 Quick Setup Guide, Body Action 6-1: Prepare Windows 95 for the Printer You need to configure Windows 95 for the printer by installing the printer driver and TrueTypeTM-compatible fonts from the supplied disk into Windows 95. 1. Make sure that your printer is connected to your computer. 2. Turn on your printer. 3. Turn on your computer and start Windows 95. The screen shown on the right should appear. If so, proceed to Step 4, otherwise read the note below. NOTE If Windows 95 does not recognize your printer automatically and does not display the message "New Hardware Found" then you should follow these instructions: 1. Click the Start button and choose Run. 2. Insert the supplied disk for Windows into your floppy disk drive. 3. Type A:SETUP and click the OK button or press the Enter key. After the installer starts, you may skip the following steps and simply follow the instructions that appear on the screen. 4. Make sure that the second option "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer" is checked. 5. Click the OK button. The screen shown on the right appears. 6. Insert the supplied disk for Windows 95 into the floppy disk drive. In most cases, this will be drive A. NOTE If you wish to install from a drive other than drive A, type the drive name in the "Copy manufacturer's files from" box on the screen. 7. Click the OK button. 8. Follow the instructions that appear on the screen. 11 English: HL-1060 Quick Setup Guide, Body Action 6-2: Prepare Windows 3.1 for the Printer You need to configure Windows 3.1 for the printer by installing the printer driver and TrueType-compatible fonts from the supplied disk into Windows 3.1. Since the supplied printer driver and fonts are compressed on the disk, be sure to use the supplied installer program to install them. These instructions assume you will install the driver and fonts from the disk drive A. 1. Start Windows 3.1. 2. Insert the supplied disk for Windows into your floppy disk drive. 3. Choose Run from the File menu in the Program Manager. 4. Type the drive name where you inserted the supplied disk and "SETUP" in the box: for example, A:\SETUP. Click the OK button or press the Enter key. 5. The installer program will begin. Follow the instructions on the computer screen. (Be sure to restart Windows when the installation process is completed.) NOTE · The installer automatically updates your SYSTEM.INI Windows file by adding DEVICE=bi-di.386 under the [386Enh] section. If any bi-directional parallel communications device driver has previously been installed, it will be deactivated by this new driver. If you want to use the driver that was previously installed, you should re-install your previous driver. However, re-installing the previous driver will make the HL-1060 series driver inactive. · The installer makes the installed printer driver the Windows default. · The installer automatically sets the printer port to the parallel interface, LPT1. · If you select the status monitor ON, changes have been made to the SYSTEM.INI file. It is necessary to restart Windows so that the changes become effective and the installed bidirectional parallel communications device driver can take effect. 12 English: HL-1060 Quick Setup Guide, Body Action 6-3: Prepare DOS for the Printer How to Use the Printer in Your DOS Application Software (without Using the Windows System) Before working with application software that runs in DOS, if you do not already have a suitable driver installed, you will need to install a printer driver that matches one of the following supported emulations: HP LaserJet 5P, EPSON FX-850, or IBM Proprinter XL printers. The following table shows combinations of printer drivers and printer emulation mode. To get the most out of this printer, you should install an HP printer driver in your application software. Printer driver supported in your application software HP LaserJet 5PTM/5LTM HP LaserJet 4TM/4LTM/4PTM TM TM HP LaserJet III /IIIP Epson® FX-850TM Epson FX-80TM ® IBM® Proprinter XL IBM Proprinter Emulation mode to be selected with the remote printer console program HP LaserJet 5P emulation mode Auto emulation selection Epson FX-850 emulation mode Auto emulation selection IBM Proprinter XL emulation mode Auto emulation selection NOTE · The best or recommended printer driver is indicated in bold. · Be sure to choose the correct printer driver in your application software. Failure to do so may cause poor or inconsistent results. What Does Remote Printer Console Do? The Remote Printer Console (RPC) is a utility program which runs in the DOS environment and comprises the following two programs: t Remote Printer Console Main Program This program allows you to change various printer settings such as emulation, print quality, fonts, page setup and so on from your computer screen. Since most DOS applications have a printer settings menu which overrides the settings made by the RPC, you may not need to use this utility program. This utility program is useful for application ...