User manual BROTHER HL-2460N

[. . . ] Brother Laser Printer HL-2460 User's Guide Before you can use the printer, you must set up the hardware and install the driver. Please read this manual thoroughly before using the printer and keep the CD-ROM in a convenient place for quick and easy reference at all times. Please visit our user support web site, Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions. brother. com. You can see latest drivers and information. Laser Printer HL-2460 USER'S GUIDE Definitions of Warnings, Cautions, and Notes The following conventions are used in this User's Guide: Warning Indicates warnings that must be observed to prevent possible personal injury. ! Caution Indicates cautions that must be observed to use the printer properly or prevent damage to the printer. Note Indicates notes and useful tips to remember when using the printer. i To Use the Printer Safely Warning · There are high voltage electrodes inside the printer. [. . . ] =NONE/PAGE COUNTER/JOB NAME =0/1/2 =1MIN:99MIN =CONTINUE/STOP CONT: Continue printing even if a " TONER EMPTY" error occurs. STOP: Stop printing if the "TONER EMPTY" error occurs. Diispllay Shows D sp ay Shows LANGUAGE LOWER LCD LCD DENSITY POWER SAVE TIME TONER LOW AUTO CONTINUE LOCK PANEL =OFF/ON =OFF/ON Turn on/off the lock panel function. PASS NO. =### REPRINT PAGE PROTECTION EMULATION KEEP PCL RAMDISK SIZE =ON/OFF PROTECT = AUTO AUTO, OFF, LETTER, A4 OR LEGAL =AUTO(EPSON)/AUTO(IBM)/HP LASER JET/. . . . =OFF/ON =0/1/2/. . . MB RESTART? 3­27 c SETUP (continued) Diispllay Shows D sp ay Shows Descriipttiion Descr p on Delete the data in CompactFlash card or HDD. DELETE STORAGE Sub--Settttiing Menu Sub Se ng Menu SECURE FILE PUBLIC FILE PROOF FILE DATA ID (HD) DATA ID (CF) MACRO ID (HD) MACRO ID (CF) FONT ID (HD) FONT ID (CF) FORMAT ID (HD) FORMAT ID (CF) Descriipttiion Descr p on Select the User name, Job name and password. OK? TIME STYLE DATE & TIME =YY /MM /DD or MM /DD /YY or DD /MM /YY DISPLAY YEAR MONTH DAY HOUR MINUTE YYYY/MM/DD HH/MM =#### =## =## =## =## 3­28 CHAPTER 3 CONTROL PANEL c PRINT MENU Diispllay Shows D sp ay Shows Descriipttiion Descr p on =PLAIN PAPER/TRANSPARENCIES/THICK PAPER/THICKER PAPER/ BOND PAPER/ENVELOPES Set cut sheet paper size to LETTER, LEGAL, A4, A5, A6, B5, B6, EXECUTIVE, COM10, MONARCH, C5 and DL You can check the total number of printed pages. (1:999) MEDIA TYPE PAPER COPIES ORIENTATION This printer can print pages in portrait or landscape orientation. PORTRAIT or LANDSCAPE PRINT POSITION This printer can be adjusted to align the page format. Sub--Settttiing Menu Sub Se ng Menu Descriipttiion Descr p on =-500:+500 Move the print start position (at the upper left corner of pages) horizontally up to ­500 (left) to +500 (right) dots in 300 dpi. . X OFFSET=0 Y OFFSET=0 =-500:+500 Move the print start position (at the upper left corner of pages) vertically up to ­500 (up) to +500 (down) dots in 300 dpi. AUTO FF TIME =OFF/1:99 (sec) Allows you to print the remaining data without pressing the Go switch. FF SUPPRESS =OFF/ON Turns the form feed suppress function ON/OFF. 3­29 c PRINT MENU (continued) Diispllay Shows D sp ay Shows Descriipttiion Descr p on HP LASERJET FONT NO. Set the symbol set or the character set. TABLE PRINT AUTO LF Print code table. =OFF/ON ON: CRCR+LF, OFF: CRCR AUTO CR =OFF/ON ON: LFLF+CR, FF+CR, or VTVT+CR OFF: LFLF, FFFF, or VTVT AUTO WRAP =OFF/ON line feed and carriage return occur when the printer reaches the right margin. AUTO SKIP =ON/OFF line feed and carriage return occur when the printer position reaches the bottom margin. LEFT MARGIN =#### Set the left margin at column 0 to 126 columns at 10 cpi. RIGHT MARGIN =#### Set the right margin at column 10 to 136 columns at 10 cpi. TOP MARGIN =#### Set the top margin at a distance from the top edge of the paper: 0, 0. 33, 0. 5, 1. 0, 1. 5 or 2. 0" Factory setting=0. 5 BOTTOM MARGIN =#### Set the bottom margin at a distance from the bottom edge of the paper: 0, 0. 33, 0. 5, 1. 0, 1. 5 or 2. 0" Factory setting: 0. 33(None-HP), 0. 5(HP) LINES =#### Set the number of lines per page from 5 to 128 lines. 3­30 CHAPTER 3 CONTROL PANEL c PRINT MENU (continued) Diispllay Shows D sp ay Shows Descriipttiion Descr p on EPSON FX-850 FONT NO. Set the symbol set or the character set. TABLE PRINT AUTO LF Print code table. =OFF/ON ON: CRCR+LF OFF: CRCR AUTO MASK LEFT MARGIN RIGHT MARGIN TOP MARGIN =OFF/ON Set the left margin at column 0 to 126 columns at 10 cpi. Set the top margin at a distance from the top edge of the paper: 0, 0. 33, 0. 5, 1. 0, 1. 5 or 2. 0" Factory setting=0. 33 Set the bottom margin at a distance from the bottom edge of the paper: 0, 0. 33, 0. 5, 1. 0, 1. 5 or 2. 0" Factory setting=0. 33 Set the number of lines per page from 5 to 128 lines. BOTTOM MARGIN LINES 3­31 c PRINT MENU (continued) Diispllay Shows D sp ay Shows Descriipttiion Descr p on IBM PROPRINTER FONT NO. Set the symbol set and the character set. TABLE PRINT AUTO LF Print code table. =OFF/ON ON: CRCR+LF, OFF: CRCR AUTO CR AUTO MASK LEFT MARGIN RIGHT MARGIN TOP MARGIN =OFF/ON =OFF/ON Set the left margin at column 0 to 126 columns at 10 cpi. Set the top margin at a distance from the top edge of the paper: 0, 0. 33, 0. 5, 1. 0, 1. 5 or 2. 0" Factory setting=0. 33 Set the bottom margin at a distance from the bottom edge of the paper: 0, 0. 33, 0. 5, 1. 0, 1. 5 or 2. 0" Factory setting: 0. 33 Set the number of lines per page from 5 to 128 lines. BOTTOM MARGIN LINES 3­32 CHAPTER 3 CONTROL PANEL c PRINT MENU (continued) Diispllay Shows D sp ay Shows Descriipttiion Descr p on HP-GL CHAR SET(STD) CHAR SET(ALT) PEN # SIZE =#### =#### PEN1 to 6 (Set size and gray percentage for the selected pen. ) PEN # GRAY PEN1 to 6 15, 30, 45, 75, 90 or 100 % (# is the selected pen number) BR-SCRIPT ERROR PRINT APT =OFF/ON =OFF/ON APT: Advanced Photoscale Technology offers photographic fine grayscale on graphics. APT setting is available only at 600 dpi. 3­33 c NETWORK (only Network users) Diispllay Shows D sp ay Shows Descriipttiion Descr p on Sub--Settttiing Menu Sub Se ng Menu Descriipttiion Descr p on =ON/OFF ###. ###. ###. ### ###. ###. ###. ### ###. ###. ###. ### =# =AUTO/STATIC/RARP/BOOTP/DHCP =ON/OFF =AUTO/8023/ENET/8022/SNAP TCP/IP TCP/IP ENABLE IP ADDRESS= SUBNET MASK= GATEWAY= IP BOOT TRIES IP METHOD NETWARE NETWARE ENABLE NET FRAME APPLETALK NETBEUI DLC/LLC BANYAN LAT NETBIOS/IP ENET =ON/OFF =ON/OFF =ON/OFF =ON/OFF =ON/OFF =ON/OFF =AUTO/100B-FD/100B-HD/10B-FD/10B-HD 3­34 CHAPTER 3 CONTROL PANEL c INTERFACE Diispllay Shows D sp ay Shows Descriipttiion Descr p on =AUTO/PARALLEL/RS232C/USB/NETWORK = 1:99 (sec) You need to set the time out period for the auto interface selection. SELECT AUTO IF TIME INPUT BUFFER = Level1:15 Increase or decrease the input buffer capacity. RESTART PRINTER? PARALLEL When using the parallel interface Sub--settttiing Menu Sub se ng Menu Descriipttiion Descr p on =ON/OFF Turns high-speed parallel communications ON/OFF. HIGH SPEED BI-DIR =ON/OFF Turns bi-directional parallel communications ON/OFF. 3­35 c INTERFACE (continued) Diispllay Shows D sp ay Shows Descriipttiion Descr p on When using the serial interface RS-232C Sub--settttiing Menu Sub se ng Menu Descriipttiion Descr p on =OFF/ON RESTART PRINTER? FAX MODE BAUDRATE Data transfer speed can be set to 150/300/600/1200/2400/4800/9600/19200/3840 0/57600/15200 baud. =8 BITS/7 BITS Data length can be set to 7 or 8 bits. CODETYPE PARITY =NONE/ODD/EVEN Data error check can be set to NONE, ODD or EVEN. STOP BIT =1 BITS/2 BITS Data separator can be set to 1 or 2 stop bits. XON/XOFF DTR(ER) ROBUST XON RING DELAY REDUCTION RAM SIZE RECEIVE INTERVAL =ON/OFF Handshake protocol can be set to ON/OFF. =ON/OFF =OFF/ON =0/1/2/3/4 =AUTO/OFF/90% =1:##MBYTE =ON/OFF =OFF/1H/. . . . 7D 3­36 CHAPTER 3 CONTROL PANEL c RESET MENU Diispllay Shows D sp ay Shows Descriipttiion Descr p on Resets the printer and restores all printer settings ­ including command settings ­ to settings you have previously made with the control panel switches. Resets the printer and restores all printer settings ­ including command settings ­ to the factory settings. See "List of Factory Settings". RESET PRINTER FACTORY RESET 3­37 c Set date and time --MENU-INFORMATION --MENU-SETUP Press the + or ­ switch until "SETUP" mode appears. SETUP DATE&TIME Press the Set switch. DATE&TIME YEAR Press the Set switch. YEAR =1999 Press the Set switch. YEAR =2000 Press the + switch. YEAR =2000 Press the Set switch. DATE&TIME YEAR After short time, the display changes. DATE&TIME MONTH Press the Set switch. DATE&TIME 2000/04/25 10:22 3­38 CHAPTER 3 CONTROL PANEL c Set IP Address --MENU-INFORMATION --MENU-NETWORK Press the + switch. NETWORK TCP/IP Press the Set switch. TCP/IP TCP/IP ENABLE Press the Set switch. TCP/IP IP ADDRESS= Press the + switch. IP ADDRESS= 192. 0. 0. 192 Press the Set switch. The last digit in the first part of the number is blinking. Press the Set switch to go to next digit. IP ADDRESS= 123. 0. 0. 192 IP ADDRESS= 123. 45. 67. 89 Repeat this process until you have set your IP address. IP ADDRESS= 123. 45. 67. 89 Press the Set switch to complete the IP address. An asterisk appears at the end of the display. 3­39 c About Emulation Modes This printer has the following emulation modes: HP LaserJet Mode The HP LaserJet mode (or HP mode) is the emulation mode in which this printer emulates the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet laser printer. [. . . ] The bar code data automatically starts and ends with an asterisk " * " (start character and stop character). If the received data has an asterisk " * " at its beginning or end, the asterisk is regarded as a start character or stop character. · When Interleaved 2 of 5 is selected with the parameter "t1" or "T1": Ten numerical characters "0" to "9" can be accepted as bar code data. Since this mode of bar codes require even characters, if the bar code data has odd characters, the zero character "0" is automatically added to the end of the bar code data. [. . . ]