User manual BROTHER HL-8050N

[. . . ] Brother Laser Printer HL-8050N User's Guide For visually-impaired users : This User's Guide can be read by Screen Reader `text-to-speech' software. You must set up the hardware and install the driver before you can use the printer. Please read the Quick Setup Guide to set up the printer. You can find a printed copy in the box or view it on the CD-ROM we have supplied. Please read this User's Guide thoroughly before you use the printer. [. . . ] When you use the control panel buttons, the display will change. If you take the printer off-line, the display changes to show the emulation you have chosen. If there are any problems, the display shows the appropriate error message, maintenance message or call service message so you will know that you need to take action. For more information about these messages, see What to Do When an Error Message Appears on page 5-15. LCD Message Printer status messages The following table shows the printer status messages that are displayed during normal operation: Messages READY PRINTING RESOLUTION ADAPT PROCESSING JOB CANCELLING PAUSE WARMING UP SLEEP PRESS SET TO PRINT RESET TO FACTORY SETTING SELF TEST RAM SIZE=XX MB NOW INITIALIZING PROGRAMING-WAIT IGNORE DATA DATA EXISTS (*) COOLING DOWN Ready to print. The printer has suspended its functions. Pressing the Go button starts the printer again. In Sleep state Press the Set button to start printing. The printer setting returns to the factory settings. Wait for a few seconds until inside of the printer has cooled down. Meaning * Data that is being created exists, and no data is being received. Pressing the Go button performs FORM FEED and changes the display message to PRINTING. 4 - 9 CONTROL PANEL How to Use the Control Panel When you operate the Menu buttons (+, -, Set, Back or Menu), remember the following basic steps: If no control panel operations are performed for 30 seconds, the LCD automatically returns to READY. When you press the Set button to choose a setting, an asterisk appears at the end of the display for a short time. After that, the display returns to the previous menu level. After changing the status or a setting, pressing the Back button before you press the Set button will cause the display to return to the previous menu level with the original settings unchanged. You can press + or - to scroll up or down one number at a time, or you can hold down + or - to scroll faster. The blinking number is the one that you can change. CONTROL PANEL 4 - 10 When you want to turn the MANUAL FEED setting ON The default setting is OFF. Turn this setting ON if you want to. READY Press any of the Menu buttons (+, -, Set, Back or Menu) to turn the printer off-line. -MENUINFORMATION Press the + or - button to move forward or backward through the menus. -MENUPAPER Press the Set button to move to the next menu levels. PAPER SOURCE Press the + or - button. PAPER MANUAL FEED Press the Set button. MANUAL FEED =OFF_____________* Press the + button. MANUAL FEED =ON Press the Set button. An asterisk * briefly appears at the end of the display. The default setting is indicated by an *. MANUAL FEED =ON______________* 4 - 11 CONTROL PANEL Control Panel LCD Menu The control panel LCD names for the paper trays are as follows. Standard paper tray Optional paper tray Optional duplex unit for Duplex printing Offset catch tray TRAY 1 and TRAY 2 TRAY 3 and TRAY 4 DX CT There are eight menus. For more information about the selections available in each menu, please see the pages listed below. INFORMATION For more information, see page 4-13. PAPER For more information, see page 4-13. [. . . ] 5-2 Power cord and connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2, 1-4 Power save mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23 Power switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 PRINT MENU menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16 Print quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3, 5-6 Printer driver (Macintosh®) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13, 3-14 Printer driver (Windows®) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1, 3-2, 3-9 PROOF data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]