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Table of Contents
Definitions of warnings, cautions, and notes .....................................................................................i
To use the printer safely ...................................................................................................................ii
Trademarks .....................................................................................................................................iii
Compilation and Publication Notice .................................................................................................iii
Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................iv
1
About this printer .................................................................................................................................... 1-1
What is in the box? ....................................................................................................................... 1-1
Interface cable .................................................................................................................... 1-1
Front view ............................................................................................................................... 1-2
Back view ............................................................................................................................... 1-3
Positioning the printer ................................................................................................................... 1-4
Power supply .......................................................................................................................... 1-4
Environment ........................................................................................................................... 1-4
What kind of paper can I use? ...................................................................................................... 1-5
Type and size of paper ........................................................................................................... 1-5
Recommended paper ............................................................................................................. 1-7
Printable area ......................................................................................................................... 1-8
Printing methods ......................................................................................................................... 1-10
Printing on plain paper .......................................................................................................... 1-10
Printing on plain paper from the paper tray ...................................................................... 1-10
Printing on plain paper from the multi-purpose tray (MP tray) .......................................... 1-13
Printing on thick paper, labels and card stock ...................................................................... 1-16
Printing on envelopes ........................................................................................................... 1-21
Types of envelopes to avoid ............................................................................................. 1-21
Printing on envelopes from the MP tray .......................................................................... 1-23
Printing on transparencies .................................................................................................... 1-28
Printing on transparencies from the paper tray ................................................................ 1-28
Printing on transparencies from the MP tray .................................................................... 1-31
Printing on both sides of the paper ....................................................................................... 1-35
Manual duplex printing from the paper tray (For PCL printer driver) ................................ 1-35
Manual duplex printing from the multi-purpose tray ......................................................... 1-36
Automatic duplex printing (available for HL-6050D and HL-6050DN only) ...................... 1-37
Booklet printing (for the PCL printer driver) (available for HL-6050D and HL-6050DN only) ..
...................................................................................................................................... 1-39
Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper ............................................................ 1-40
Carbon copy printing ............................................................................................................ 1-42
2
Driver and software ................................................................................................................................ 2-1
Printer driver ................................................................................................................................. 2-1
For Windows
®
......................................................................................................................... 2-2
Features in the PCL printer driver ...................................................................................... 2-2
Features in the BR-Script printer driver (PS printer driver) .............................................. 2-10
For Macintosh
®
..................................................................................................................... 2-16
Software (Windows
®
users) ........................................................................................................ 2-19
Software for Networks ..........................................................................................................2-19
BRAdmin Professional ..................................................................................................... 2-19
Driver Deployment Wizard ............................................................................................... 2-19
Web BRAdmin .................................................................................................................. 2-19
Automatic emulation selection .............................................................................................. 2-20
Automatic interface selection ................................................................................................ 2-20
Printer settings ............................................................................................................................ 2-21
Factory settings .................................................................................................................... 2-21
