Brother Laser Printer HL-2030 HL-2040 HL-2070N User's Guide For visually-impaired users You can read this User's Guide with Screen Reader `text-to-speech' software. You must set up the hardware and install the driver before you can use the printer. Please use the Quick Setup Guide to set up the printer. You can find a printed copy in the box. Please read this User's Guide thoroughly before you use the printer. Keep the CD-ROM in a convenient place so you can use it quickly if you need to. You can also read the User's Guide with HTML format by visiting our web site at http://solutions.brother.com or accessing it from the CD-ROM directly. Please visit our web site at http://solutions.brother.com where you can get answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), Product Support and Technical Questions, and the latest Driver Updates and Utilities. Version 1 Laser printer HL-2000 series User's Guide Safety precautions We use the following icons throughout this User's Guide: Warnings tell you what to do to prevent possible personal injury. Electrical Hazard icons alert you to a possible electrical shock. Hot Surface icons warn you not to touch machine parts that are hot. Cautions specify procedures you must follow or avoid to prevent possible damage to the printer or other objects. Improper Setup icons alert you to devices and operations that are not compatible with the printer. Notes tell you how you should respond to a situation that may arise or give tips about how the current operation works with other features. I To use the printer safely There are high voltage electrodes inside the printer. Before you clean the inside of the printer, make sure you have turned off the power switch and unplugged the printer from the AC power outlet. Do not handle the plug with wet hands. Doing this might cause an electrical shock. After you have just used the printer, some internal parts of the printer are extremely hot. When you open the front or back cover of the printer, never touch the shaded parts shown in the illustration. Inside the printer (Front View) Open the back cover (Back View) The fuser unit is marked a caution label. Please do not remove or damage the label. Do not use a vacuum cleaner to clean up scattered toner. Doing this might cause the toner dust to ignite inside the vacuum cleaner, potentially starting a fire. Please carefully clean the toner dust with a dry, lint-free cloth and dispose of it according to local regulations. CAUTION Cleaning the outside of the printer: Make sure you have turned off the power switch and unplugged the printer from the AC power outlet. Use neutral detergents. Cleaning with volatile liquids such as thinner or benzine will damage the outside surface of the printer. Do not use cleaning materials that contain ammonia. II Trademarks The Brother logo is a registered trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd. Apple, the Apple Logo, Macintosh and TrueType are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc in the United States and other countries. Epson is a registered trademark and FX-80 and FX-850 are trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation. Hewlett Packard is a registered trademark and HP LaserJet 6P, 6L, 5P, 5L, 4, 4L 4P, III, IIIP, II, and IIP are trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company. IBM, IBM PC, and Proprinter are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. ENERGY STAR is a U.S. registered mark. Citrix and MetaFrame are registered trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. in the United State. All other terms and brand and product names mentioned in this User's Guide are registered trademarks of their respective companies. Compilation and Publication Notice Under the supervision of Brother Industries Ltd., this manual has been compiled and published, covering the latest product's descriptions and specifications. The contents of this manual and the specifications of this product are subject to change without notice. Brother reserves the right to make changes without notice in the specifications and materials contained herein and shall not be responsible for any damages (including consequential) caused by reliance on the materials presented, including but not limited to typographical and other errors relating to the publication. ©2004 Brother Industries Ltd. Shipment of the Printer If for any reason you must ship your Printer, carefully package the Printer to avoid any damage during transit. We recommend that you save and use the original packaging. The Printer should also be adequately insured with the carrier. III 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 IV 3 Control panel .............................................................................................................3-1 Service call indications ...................................................................................................................... 3-5 Control panel button (Go button) ....................................................................................................... 3-7 Print a test page .......................................................................................................................... 3-8 Using control panel button....................................................................................................... 3-8 Using the printer driver ............................................................................................................ 3-8 Print a Printer Settings page........................................................................................................ 3-9 Using the control panel button................................................................................................. 3-9 Using the printer driver ............................................................................................................ 3-9 Print Fonts (For HL-2070N) ....................................................................................................... 3-10 Using the control panel button............................................................................................... 3-10 Using the printer driver .......................................................................................................... 3-10 Network factory default setting (For HL-2070N) ........................................................................ 3-11 Network factory default setting with APIPA protocol disabled (For HL-2070N)......................... 3-11 4 5 Options .......................................................................................................................4-1 Wireless print server (NC-2200w)...................................................................................................... 4-1 Print server (NC-2100p) (For HL-2040) ............................................................................................. 4-2 Routine maintenance ................................................ ...