Brother Laser Printer

USERS GUIDE
HL-5240 HL-5240L HL-5250DN
For visually-impaired users
You can read this manual 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 Users 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 Users Guide in HTML format by visiting our web site at http://solutions.brother.com or accessing it from the CD-ROM directly. Please visit us at http://solutions.brother.com where you can get product support, the latest driver updates and utilities, and answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) and technical questions.

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Symbols used in this guide
We use the following icons throughout this Users 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 operation works with other features.

Safety precautions

To use the printer safely

WARNING

There are high voltage electrodes inside the printer. Before you clean the inside of the printer, make sure that 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 will be extremely hot. When you open the front or back cover of the printer, DO NOT touch the shaded parts shown in the illustration.
Inside the printer (Front View)
Open the back cover (Back View)
DO NOT remove or damage the caution labels located on or around the fuser.
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. Carefully clean the toner dust with a dry, lint-free cloth and dispose of it according to local regulations. DO NOT use flammable substances near the printer. Doing this might cause a fire or electrical shock.

CAUTION

Cleaning the outside of the printer: Make sure that you have 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.

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. PostScript and PostScript 3 are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Citrix and MetaFrame are registered trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. in the United States. SuSE is a registered trade mark of SuSE Linux AG. RED HAT is a registered trade mark of Red Hat. Inc. Mandrake is a registered trade mark of Mandrake Soft SA. Intel, Intel Xeon and Pentium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. AMD, AMD Athlon, AMD Opteron and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Java and all Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other terms and brand and product names mentioned in this Users 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 products 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. 2005 Brother Industries Ltd.

Note Envelope joints that are sealed by the manufacturer should be secure. The side to be printed on must be face up. All sides of the envelope should be properly folded without wrinkles or creases.
Note Remove each sheet or envelope at once after printing. Stacking the sheets or envelopes may cause the paper to jam or curl. If envelopes get smudged during printing set the Media Type to Thick Paper or Thicker Paper to increase the fixing temperature. To adjust the print density setting, see Printing on thick paper, labels and envelopes on page 15. If the envelopes is creased after they are printed, see Improving the print quality on page 91.
Note If the DL size double flap envelope is creased after printing, choose DL Long Edge in Paper Size, from the Basic tab. Put a new DL size double-flap envelope in the MP tray with the longest edge of the envelope in first, then print again.
When you put paper in the MP tray, remember the following: Put the leading edge (top of the paper) in first and push it gently into the tray. Make sure that the paper is straight and in the proper position in the MP tray. If it is not, the paper may not be fed properly, resulting in a skewed printout or a paper jam.

Duplex Printing

The supplied printer drivers for Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT 4.0, Mac OS 9.1 to 9.2 and Mac OS X 10.2.4 or greater all enable duplex printing. For more information about how to choose the settings, see the Help text in the printer driver.
Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper
If the paper is thin, it may wrinkle. If paper is curled, straighten it and then put it back in the paper tray or the MP tray. If the paper is not feeding properly, it may be curled. Remove the paper and straighten it. When you use the manual duplex function, it is possible that there may be paper jams or poor print quality. If there is a paper jam, see Paper jams and how to clear them on page 84. If you have a print quality problem, see Improving the print quality on page 91.

Manual duplex printing

The BR-Script printer driver (PostScript 3 emulation) does not support manual duplex printing. Use plain paper or recycled paper. Do not use bond paper.
Manual duplex printing from the paper tray
In the printer driver choose the Advanced tab, then choose the Manual Duplex printing mode, and from the Basic tab choose the Paper Source to be Tray1. Send the data to the printer. The printer will automatically print all the even-numbered pages on one side of the paper first. Remove the printed even-numbered pages from the output tray and put them back in the paper tray with the side to be printed on (blank side) face down. Follow the instructions on the PC screen.
The printer will now automatically print all the odd-numbered pages on the other side of the paper.
Note If you choose the Paper Source to be Auto Select, put the printed even-numbered pages in the MP tray. When you put paper in the paper tray, first empty the tray. Next, put the printed pages in the tray, with the printed side face up. (Do not add the printed pages to the top of a stack of unprinted paper.)

For the BR-Script printer driver
Open the Properties dialog box in the printer driver. From the General tab, click the Printing Preferences icon. From the Layout tab, choose Orientation, Print on Both Sides (Duplex) and Page Order.
Click OK. The printer will print on both sides of the paper automatically.
Booklet printing (For Windows printer driver)

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Put paper in the paper tray or MP tray. Open the Properties dialog box in the printer driver. From the General tab, choose the Printing Preferences icon. From the Advanced tab, choose Duplex and Use Duplex Unit or Manual Duplex, and then choose Booklet Printing. Click OK. The printer will print a booklet automatically.

Printer driver

A printer driver is software that translates data from the format used by a computer to the format that a particular printer needs. Typically, this format is page description language (PDL). The printer drivers for the following version of Windows and Macintosh are on the CD-ROM we have supplied or on the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com. Install the drivers by following the Quick Setup Guide. The latest printer driver can be downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com. If you want to uninstall the printer driver, see Uninstalling the printer driver on page 40. For Windows
Windows printer driver (the most suitable printer driver for this product) BR-Script (PostScript3 language emulation) printer driver Generic PCL Driver (For users of Citrix Presentation Server (Citrix MetaFrame), Windows Terminal Server environments and other Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000/XP network shared environments, we recommend the use of our generic PCL Driver. This driver only supports basic printing functions.)

For Macintosh

Brother Laser driver for Macintosh BR-Script (PostScript3 language emulation) printer driver

For Linux

LPR printer driver CUPS printer driver
Note For more infomation about the generic PCL Driver and Linux printer driver, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com.
The printer driver for Linux may be released after the initial release of this product. Windows printer driver Windows 95/98/Me Windows NT 4.0 Windows 2000 Professional Windows XP Home Edition Windows XP Professional Windows XP Professional x64 Edition 1 Mac OS 9.1 to 9.2 Mac OS X 10.2.4 or greater Linux (Mandrake, Red Hat, SuSE Linux, Debian) 1

Generic PCL Driver 1

Brother Laser driver
LPR / CUPS printer driver
Download the printer driver from http://solutions.brother.com.

Service call indications

If there is an error that cannot be cleared by the user, the printer will show that a service call is needed by lighting up all the LEDs as shown below.
If you see the service call indication shown above, turn off the power switch, wait a few seconds, and then turn it back on and try to print again. If you cannot clear the error and see the same service call indication after turning the printer back on, call your dealer or a Brother authorized service representative. When you press Go and Job Cancel buttons together, the LEDs will light up as shown in the table below to identify the error. LED indications while pressing Go and Job Cancel
LEDs Toner Drum Paper Status

Main PCB failure

Fuser unit failure 1

Laser unit failure

Main motor failure

High voltage failure

DIMM error 2
If this error occurs, turn off the printer power switch, wait a few seconds, and then turn it on again. Leave the printer for 10 minutes with the power on. If the error occurs again, call your dealer or Brother authorized service representative. If this error occurs, ensure that the DIMM is installed correctly. See Installing extra memory on page 58.
For example, the LED indication below shows a fuser unit failure.
Make a note of the indication and report the error status to your dealer or a Brother authorized service representative by referring to the above table. Note Make sure that the front cover is completely closed before you report a service call.

Control panel buttons

The control panel buttons have the following functions: Cancel printing If you press Job Cancel while printing, the printer will immediately stop printing and will then eject the paper. Wake-up If the printer is in sleep mode, press Go or Job Cancel to wake the printer up and go to the Ready state. Error recovery If there is an error, the printer will recover automatically from some errors. If an error is not automatically cleared, press Go to clear the error, and then continue to use the printer. Form feed If the yellow Status LED is on for a long time, press Go. The printer will print any remaining data in the printer memory. Reprint To reprint the last document, press Go and hold it down for about 4 seconds until all the LEDs light up in order (Toner, Drum, Paper, Status), and then release Go. Within 2 seconds press Go the number of times you want to reprint. If you dont press Go within 2 seconds, a single copy will be printed.

Print a test page

You can use the Go button or the printer driver to print a test page.

Toner cartridge
A new toner cartridge can print approximately 3,500 (standard cartridge) or approximately 7,000 (high yield cartridge) A4 or Letter size single-sided pages at 5% coverage. Note The amount of toner used varies according to what is printed on the page and the print density setting. If you change the print density setting for lighter or darker printing, the amount of toner used will change. Wait to unpack the toner cartridge until immediately before you put it into the printer.

Toner Low message

The Toner LED will turn on for 2 seconds and off for 3 seconds.
If the LED shows this message, the printer has nearly run out of toner. Buy a new toner cartridge and have it ready before you get a Toner Life End message. To replace the toner cartridge, see Replacing the toner cartridge on page 63. Note The Toner LED will blink continuously if the toner cartridge is nearly empty.

Toner Life End message

The printer will stop printing until you replace the toner cartridge with a new one.
Replacing the toner cartridge
Note To ensure high quality printing, we recommend that you use only genuine Brother toner cartridges. When you want to buy toner cartridges, call the dealer you bought the printer from or Brother Customer Service. We recommend that you clean the printer when you replace the toner cartridge. See Cleaning on page 73.
Press the front cover release button and then open the front cover.
Take out the drum unit and toner cartridge assembly.
We recommend that you put the drum unit and toner cartridge assembly on a piece of disposable paper or cloth in case you accidentally spill or scatter toner. To prevent damage to the printer from static electricity, DO NOT touch the electrodes shown in the illustration.
Push down the blue lock lever and take the toner cartridge out of the drum unit.
DO NOT put a toner cartridge into a fire. It could explode, resulting in injuries. Handle the toner cartridge carefully. If toner scatters on your hands or clothes, wipe or wash it off with cold water at once. To avoid print quality problems, DO NOT touch the shaded parts shown in the illustrations.
Note Be sure to seal up the toner cartridge tightly in a bag so that toner powder does not spill out of the cartridge. Discard the used toner cartridge according to local regulations, keeping it separate from domestic waste. If you have questions, call your local waste disposal office.
Unpack the new toner cartridge. Hold the cartridge level with both hands and gently rock it from side to side five or six times to spread the toner evenly inside the cartridge.
Wait to unpack the toner cartridge until immediately before you put it in the printer. If toner cartridges are left unpacked for a long time the toner life will be shortened. If an unpacked drum unit is put in direct sunlight or room light, the unit may be damaged. Put the toner cartridge in the drum unit immediately after you have removed the protective cover. To prevent any degradation to the print quality, DO NOT touch the shaded parts shown in the illustrations.

Paper handling

First, make sure that you are using paper that meets Brother recommended paper specifications. See About paper on page 5.
Problem The printer does not feed paper. Recommendation If there is paper in the paper tray, make sure it is straight. If the paper is curled, straighten it before printing. Sometimes it is helpful to remove the paper. Turn the stack over and put it back in the paper tray. Cut the amount of paper in the paper tray, and then try again. Make sure that manual feed mode is not chosen in the printer driver. The printer does not feed paper from the MP tray. The printer does not feed envelopes. Fan the paper well and put it back in firmly. Make sure that you have chosen the MP Tray in the Paper Source of the printer driver. The printer can feed envelopes from the multi-purpose tray. You must set up your application to print on the size of envelopes you are using. This is usually done in the page setup or document setup menu of your software. See your application manual. Clear the jammed paper. See Paper jams and how to clear them on page 84. Make sure that the cable is connected to the printer. Make sure that you have chosen the proper printer driver. When printing on normal paper, it creases. When printing on Legal size paper or longer sized paper, the paper slides off the top output tray. Change the printer driver setting in Media Type to a thin setting. Pull out and lift up the output tray support flap.
A paper jam has occurred. The printer does not print.
Paper jams and how to clear them
If a paper jam occurs, the printer will flash the Paper LED as shown below.
After you have just used the printer, some internal parts of the printer will be extremely hot. When you open the front cover or back cover of the printer, DO NOT touch the shaded parts shown in the illustrations.
Clear the jammed paper as follows. If the jammed paper is removed completely by following the steps below, you can install the paper tray first, and then close the front cover. The printer will resume printing automatically. If the printer does not start printing automatically, press Go. If the printer still does not start printing, check that all the remaining jammed paper has been removed from the printer. Then try printing again. Note Always remove all paper from the paper tray and straighten the stack when you add new paper. This helps prevent multiple sheets of paper from feeding through the printer at one time and prevents paper jams.
Press the cover release button and then open the front cover.
Slowly take out the drum unit and toner cartridge assembly. The jammed paper will be pulled out with the drum unit and toner cartridge assembly.
To prevent damage to the printer caused by static electricity, DO NOT touch the electrodes shown in the illustration.

Close the front cover. Pull the jammed paper up and out of the printer.
Open the front cover again.

Open the back cover.

Pull the tabs at the left and right hand sides toward you to open the fuser cover (1).
Using both hands, gently pull the jammed paper out of the fuser unit.
Fully close the back cover. Pull the duplex tray completely out of the printer.
Pull the the jammed paper out of the printer or the duplex tray. Put the duplex tray back in the printer.
Push down the blue lock lever and take the toner cartridge out of the drum unit. Clear the jammed paper if there is any inside the drum unit.
Put the toner cartridge back into the drum unit until you hear it lock into place. If you put the cartridge in properly, the blue lock lever will lift automatically.
Put the paper tray firmly back in the printer. Close the front cover. Make sure that the Paper LED is now off and the printer is ready.
Improving the print quality
If you have a print quality problem, print a test page first (see Print a test page on page 52). If the printout looks good, the problem is probably not the printer. Check the interface cable or try the printer on another PC. This section gives information on the following topics.
Examples of poor print quality Recommendation Check the printers environment. Conditions such as humidity, high temperatures, and so on, may cause this print fault. See Positioning the printer on page 4. If the whole page is too light, Toner Save Mode may be on. Turn off Toner Save Mode in the printer Properties tab of the driver. Put in a new toner cartridge. See Replacing the toner cartridge on page 63. Put in a new drum unit. See Replacing the drum unit on page 68. You may clear the problem by wiping the scanner window with a soft cloth. See Cleaning the inside of the printer on page 74. Make sure that you use paper that meets our specifications. See About paper on page 5.

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ABCD abcde 01234

Gray background
Check the printers environment. Conditions such as high temperatures and high humidity can increase the amount of background shading. See Positioning the printer on page 4. Put in a new toner cartridge. See Replacing the toner cartridge on page 63. Put in a new drum unit. See Replacing the drum unit on page 68. Make sure that you use paper that meets our specifications. Rough-surfaced paper or thick print media may cause this problem. See About paper on page 5. Make sure that the media type setting in the driver matches the type of paper you are using. See About paper on page 5. Put in a new drum unit. See Replacing the drum unit on page 68. The fuser unit may be contaminated. Call Brother Customer Service.

Network problems

For problems concerning using your printer on a Network, see the Network Users Guide on the CD-ROM we have supplied.

Other problems

Problem The printer cannot print. The There was an error writing to LPT1: (or BRUSB) for the printer error message occurs on your PC. Recommendation Make sure that the printer cable is not damaged or broken. If you have an interface-switching device, make sure that you chose the correct printer.

For Macintosh with USB

Problem The printer does not appear in Chooser (Mac OS 9.1 to 9.2), Print Center (Mac OS X 10.2) or Print Setup Utility (Mac OS X 10.3 or greater). Unable to print from the application. Recommendation Make sure that the printer is turned on. Make sure that the USB interface cable is connected correctly. Make sure the printer driver is installed correctly.
Make sure that the supplied Macintosh printer driver is installed in the Hard Disk and that it is chosen with Chooser (Mac OS 9.1 to 9.2), Print Center (Mac OS X 10.2) or Print Setup Utility (Mac OS X 10.3 or greater).

Printing from DOS

Problem Cannot print from the application. Recommendation Make sure that the DOS application interface settings match those of your printer. For example, if you are using a parallel printer cable, you would set your DOS application printer port to LPT1. Check if the printer has any printer alarms. Make sure that you have chosen a printer driver in your application that is supported by your Brother printer. For information about the printers your machine can emulate, see About emulation modes on page 43.

BR-Script 3

Problem The print speed slows down. The printer cannot print EPS data that includes binary. Recommendation Add optional memory. See Installing extra memory on page 58. You need the following settings to print EPS data:
From the Start menu, select Control Panel and then Printer 1.
Printers and Faxes for Windows XP users.
Right-click the Brother HL-5240/5250DN BR_Script3 series icon and select Properties. From the Device Settings tab, Choose TBCP (Tagged binary communication protocol) in Output Protocol.
Not following the instructions for using the printer may cause you to be responsible for all repairs.

Paper Output Duplex

Face-down Manual Duplex Automatic Duplex
Calculated with 80 g/m2 (21 lb) paper

Media specifications

Model Media types Multi-purpose tray Paper tray Lower tray unit (Option) (LT-5300) Automatic duplex printing Media weights Multi-purpose tray Paper tray HL-5240L HL-5240 HL-5250DN
Plain paper, Bond paper, Recycled paper, Envelopes, Labels, Transparencies 1, Thin paper, Thick paper, Thicker paper Plain paper, Bond paper, Recycled paper, Transparencies 1, Thin paper Plain paper, Bond paper, Recycled paper, Thin paper N/A 60 to 161 g/m2 (16 to 43 lb) 60 to 105 g/m2 (16 to 28 lb) N/A 60 to 105 g/m2 (16 to 28 lb) Plain paper, Recycled paper
Lower tray unit (Option) (LT-5300) 60 to 105 g/m2 (16 to 28 lb) Automatic duplex printing Media sizes Multi-purpose tray Paper tray (Standard) Lower tray unit (Option) (LT-5300) Automatic duplex printing
Width: 69.9 to 215.9 mm (2.75 to 8.5 in.) Length: 116 to 406.4 mm (4.57 to 16 in.) A4, Letter, Legal 2, B5 (ISO), Executive, A5, A6, B6 (ISO) A4, Letter, Legal 2, B5 (ISO), Executive, A5, B6 (ISO) N/A A4, Letter, Legal 2
Up to 10 sheets Legal size paper is not available in some regions outside the USA and Canada.

Supplies

Model Toner Starter cartridge Standard cartridge High yield cartridge Drum HL-5240L HL-5240 HL-5250DN
Approx. 2,000 pages A4/Letter N/A pages @ 5% coverage Approx. 3,500 pages A4/Letter pages @ 5% coverage Approx. 7,000 pages A4/Letter pages @ 5% coverage Approx. 25,000 A4/Letter pages (1 page / job)

Dimensions / Weights

Model Dimensions (W D H) Weights HL-5240L HL-5240 HL-5250DN Approx. 8.6 kg (19.0 lb), not including the drum unit and toner cartridge Approx. 9.8 kg (21.6 lb), including the drum unit and toner cartridge
246 mm (14.6 15.1 9.7 in.) Approx. 8.3 kg (18.3 lb), not including the drum unit and toner cartridge Approx. 9.5 kg (20.9 lb), including the drum unit and toner cartridge
Model Power consumption Printing Standby Sleep Noise level Sound Pressure Sound power Ecology Power save Toner save 1

HL-5240L

HL-5250DN Average 610 W at 25 C (77 F) Average 80 W at 25 C (77 F) Average 9 W
Average 610 W at 25 C (77 F) Average 80 W at 25 C (77 F) Average 8 W 53 dB (A) 27 dB (A) LWAd = 6.7 Bell (A) LWAd = 4.3 Bell (A) Yes Yes

Printing Standby Printing Standby
We do not recommend Toner Save for printing Photo or Gray Scale images.

System Requirements

Computer Platform & Operating System Version Windows 95 1, 98, 98SE 2000 Professional Me XP Home Edition XP Professional XP Professional x64 Edition 2 AMD Opteron AMD Athlon 64 Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T All base models meet minimum requirements 256 MB 256 MB 50 MB Processor Speed Minimum Recomm RAM ended RAM 8 MB 16 MB 64 MB 32 MB 128 MB 16 MB 32 MB 128 MB 64 MB 128 MB Available Hard Disk Space 40 MB 50 MB 50 MB 50 MB 50 MB

486/66 MHz

NT Workstation 4.Intel Pentium 75 MHz Intel Pentium 133 MHz Intel Pentium 150 MHz Intel Pentium 300 MHz
OS 9.1 - 9.2 Apple Macintosh 3 OS X 10.2.4 or greater

32 MB 128 MB

64 MB 160 MB
USB is not supported under Windows 95 or Windows NT4.0. Download the printer driver for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition from http://solutions.brother.com. Power Macintosh with an Apple original pre-installed USB port.
Important information for choosing your paper
This section gives information to help you choose paper to use with this printer. Note If you use paper that is not recommended, a paper jam or misfeed may occur in the printer. See Recommended paper on page 6. Before you buy a large quantity of paper Make sure that the paper is suitable for the printer. Paper for plain paper copies Paper is divided by usage, such as paper for printing and paper for copying. The usage is usually written on the papers package. Check the package to see whether it is suitable for laser printers. Use paper that is suitable for laser printers. Basis weight The basis weight of the paper in general use varies in different countries. We recommend that you use paper that weighs 75 to 90 g/m2 (20 to 24 lb), although this printer is able to cope with thinner or thicker paper than these weights.
Unit g/m2 lb Europe 80 to 90 USA 75 to to 24
Long grain and short grain The pulp fiber of the paper is aligned during paper manufacturing. And paper can be classified into two types, long grain and short grain. Long grain papers fiber direction is parallel to the carriage direction of the paper in the printer. Short grain papers fiber direction is vertical to the carriage direction of the paper in the printer. Though most plain paper for copying is long grain, some is short grain. We recommend that you use long grain paper for this printer. Short grain paper is too weak for the paper carriage of the printer. Acid paper and neutralized paper Paper can be classified as either acid paper or neutralized paper. Though modern paper manufacture methods started with acid paper, neutralized paper is recentry taking the place of acid paper because of environmental issues. However, many forms of acid paper can be found in recycled paper. We recommend that you use neutralized paper for this printer. You can use an acid paper check pen to distinguish acid paper from neutral paper.

Symbol and character sets list
OCR symbol sets When you choose the OCR-A or OCR-B font, the matching symbol set is always used. OCR A (0O) OCR B (1O) HP LaserJet mode ABICOMP Brazil / Portugal (13P) Desktop (7J) HP German (0G) ISO Latin1 (0N) ISO Latin5 (5N) ISO2 IRV (2U) ISO5 ASCII (0U) ISO11 Swedish (0S) ISO15 Italian (0I) ISO17 Spanish (2S) ISO25 French (0F) ISO60 Norwegian1 (0D) ISO69 French (1F) ISO85 Spanish (6S) ISO8859 / 15 Latin (9N) Legal (1U) MC Text (12J) PC8 (10U) PC8 D/N (11U) PC8 Latin / Greek (12G) PC8 Turkish (9T) PC850 Multilingual (12U) PC852 East Europe (17U) PC855 Cyrillic (10R) PC858 Multilingual Euro (13U) PC861 Iceland (21U) PC865 Nordic (25U) PC869 Greece (11G) Pi Font (15U) PS Text (10J) ABICOMP International (14P) Greek8 (8G) HP Spanish (1S) ISO Latin2 (2N) ISO Latin6 (6N) ISO4 UK (1E) ISO10 Swedish (3S) ISO14 JIS ASCII (0K) ISO16 Portuguese (4S) ISO21 German (1G) ISO57 Chinese (2K) ISO61 Norwegian2 (1D) ISO84 Portuguese (5S) ISO8859 / 7 Latin / Greek (12N) ISO8859 / 15 Latin / Cyrillic (10N) Math-8 (8M) MS Publishing (6J) PC8 Bulgarian (13R) PC8 Greek Alternate (437G) (14G) PC8 PC Nova (27Q) PC775 (26U) PC851 Greece (10G) PC853 Latin3 (Turkish) (18U) PC857 Latin5 (Turkish) (16U) PC860 Portugal (20U) PC863 Canadian French (23U) PC866 Cyrillic (3R) PC1004 (9J) PS Math (5M) Roman8 (8U)
HP LaserJet mode (Continued) Roman9 (4U) Russian-GOST (12R) Turkish8 (8T) Ventura Math (6M) Ventura US (14J) Windows Baltic (19L) Windows Greek (9G) Windows Latin2 (9E) Wingdings (579L) IBM mode
PC8 PC8 Turkish PC852 East Europe PC863 Canadian French PC8 D/N PC850 Multilingual PC860 Portugal PC865 Nordic
Roman Extension (0E) Symbol (19M) Ukrainian (14R) Ventura Intl (13J) Windows 3.0 (9U) Windows Cyrillic (9R) Windows Latin1 (19U) Windows Latin5 (5T)

Epson mode

Danish I Dutch French II Italian Japanese PC8 D/N PC850 Multilingual PC860 Portugal PC865 Nordic Spanish UK ASCII I US ASCII Danish II French I German Norwegian PC8 PC8 Turkish PC852 East Europe PC863 Canadian French South African Swedish UK ASCII II
Quick reference for bar code control commands
The printer can print bar codes in the HP LaserJet, EPSON FX-850, and IBM Proprinter XL emulation modes.
Print bar codes or expanded characters

Code Dec Hex ESC i 1B 69

Format: ESC i n. n \ Creates bar codes or expanded characters according to the segment of parameters n. n. For more information about parameters, see the following Definition of Parameters. This command must end with the \ code (5CH).

(standard format) The first character must be 0 and the data must end with a check digit. Total eight digits = 0 plus 6 digits plus 1 check digit. The first character and the last check digit are removed from the eight digit data.
? can be used instead of a check digit. Adding + and two-digit or five-digit number after the data creates an add-on code.
When Codebar is chosen with the parameter t9 or T9 Characters 0 to 9, -, . , $, /, +, : can be printed. Characters A to D can be printed as a startstop code, which can be upper case or lower case. If there is no start-stop code, errors will happen. A check digit cannot be added and using ? causes errors. When Code 128 Set A, Set B, or Set C is selected with the parameter t12 or T12, t13 or T13, or t14 or T14 Code 128 sets A, B and C can be individually selected. Set A shows characters Hex 00 to 5F. Set B includes characters Hex 20 to 7F. Set C includes the pairs 00 to 99. Switching is allowed between the code sets by sending %A, %B, or %C. FNC 1, 2, 3, and 4 are produced with %1, %2, %3, and %4. The SHIFT code, %S, allows temporary switching (for one character only) from set A to set B and vice versa. The % character can be encoded by sending it twice. When ISBN (EAN) is selected with the parameter t130 or T130 The same rules apply as for t5 or T5. When ISBN (UPC-E) is selected with the parameter t131 or T131: The same rules apply as for t6 or T6.
When EAN 128 set A, set B or set C is selected with the parameter t132 or T132, t133 or T133 or t134 or T134 The same rules apply as for t12 or T12, t13 or T13, or t14 or T14.

Box drawing

ESC i. E (or e) E or e is a terminator.

Line block drawing

ESC i. V (or v) V or v is a terminator.
Expanded character data start
n = l or L Data that follows l or L is read as expanded character data (or labeling data). Expanded character data must end with the \ code (5CH), which also ends this command. Example Program Listings WIDTH "LPT1:",255 'CODE 39 LPRINT CHR$(27);"it0r1s0o0x00y00bCODE39?\"; 'Interleaved 2 of 5 LPRINT CHR$(27);"it1r1s0o0x00y20b123456?\"; 'FIM LPRINT CHR$(27);"it3r1o0x00y40bA\"; 'Post Net LPRINT CHR$(27);"it4r1o0x00y60b1234567890?\"; 'EAN-8 LPRINT CHR$(27);"it5r1o0x00y70b1234567?\"; 'UPC-A LPRINT CHR$(27);"it5r1o0x50y70b12345678901?\"; 'EAN-13 LPRINT CHR$(27);"it5r1o0x100y70b123456789012?\"; 'UPC-E LPRINT CHR$(27);"it6r1o0x150y70b0123456?\"; 'Codabar LPRINT CHR$(27);"it9r1s0o0x00y100bA123456A\"; 'Code 128 set A LPRINT CHR$(27);"it12r1o0x00y120bCODE128A12345?\";

HP LaserJet mode.. 43

Incorrect paper size for DX.. 48 Interface... 101

Job cancel... 51

Carton contents... 1 Cartridge position error.. 47 Character sets.. 109 Cleaning... 73 Consumables.. 61 Control panel... 45, 102 Control panel buttons.. 51 Corona wire...66, 77, 78 Cover open... 48
LEDs... 45 Linux... 24 Lower tray unit... 56
Macintosh... 37, 98 Maintenance parts... 72 Manual duplex printing... 19 Media specifications.. 103 Media type.. 5 Memory... 57, 101 Memory full... 48 Multi-purpose tray...12, 15, 20
Device options... 29 Dimensions... 104 Dimm... 57 DOS... 98 Download full.. 48 Driver Deployment Wizard.. 42 Drum life end soon.. 47 Drum unit... 68, 103 Duplex disabled... 48 Duplex printing... 19 Dust on drum.. 48
Network... 42 Network connectivity.. 101 Network default setting... 55 Network Print Software.. 42 No paper.. 48

Emulation... 101

D. Index
OPC drum... 93 Options... 56
Web BRAdmin... 42 Weights.. 104
Paper... 5, 106 Paper handling... 102 Paper jams... 48, 84 Parallel interface.. 44 Plain paper... 6 Power... 4 Power supply.. 4 Print overrun... 48 Print quality... 91 Print server... 60 Print test page... 52 Printable area.. 8 Printer driver...26, 34, 40, 102 Printer settings... 53 Processor... 101 Proprinter XL mode... 43
Register your product.. 119, 124 Remote Printer Console. 44, 109 Reprint... 30, 51
Scanner window... 76 Service call... 49 Service centers (USA/Canada). 125 Service centres (Europe and other countries). 119 Software... 42 Specifications... 100 Support tab... 33 Symbol... 109 System requirements... 105
Toner cartridge.. 62, 103 Toner life end.. 47, 62 Toner low... 47 Too many trays.. 48
USB interface.. 44 Utilities... 102