Brother HL-1800 series - Manual (Page 47)

CHAPTER 2 DEIVER AND SOFTWARE
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D D R R I I V V E E R R A A N N D D S S O O F F T T W W A A R R E E
P P r r i i n n t t e e r r D D r r i i v v e e r r
A Printer Driver is software that translates data from the format used by a
computer into the format required by a particular printer. Typically, this is
done using a printer command language or page description language.
The printer drivers for the following operating systems are on the CD-ROM
that we have supplied. You can also download the latest printer driver from
the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com .
PCL Driver
(Hewlett-Packard
LaserJet laser printer)
BR-Script Driver
(Postscript Level3
language emulation)
Windows ® 95/98/Me
✔ ✔
Windows ® 2000
✔ ✔
Windows NT ® 4.0
✔ ✔
Windows ® XP
✔ ✔
BR-Script Driver
(PostScript Level3
language emulation)
Mac OS 8.6-9.2
*Use the LaserWriter 8 Driver that we
have supplied for your OS
✔
Mac OS X 10.1
*Use the PostScript Driver that we have
supplied for your OS
✔
• If you want to print from a DOS application,
please see Chapter 6 .
• When you print using a Network, you will need to have the Network
board installed. Please see Chapter 4 .