Brother HL-3170CDW - Manual (Page 30)

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Printer driver
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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 supported versions of Windows
®
and Macintosh are on the CD-ROM we have
supplied or on the Brother Solutions Center website at http://solutions.brother.com/. Install the drivers by
following the steps in the Quick Setup Guide. The latest printer drivers can be downloaded from the Brother
Solutions Center website at:
http://solutions.brother.com/
For Windows ®
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 Windows
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printer driver (the recommended printer driver for this product)
 BR-Script printer driver (PostScript
®
3™ language emulation, for HL-3170CDW)
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1 Install the driver using the Custom Install from the CD-ROM.
For Macintosh
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 Macintosh printer driver (the recommended printer driver for this product)
 BR-Script printer driver (PostScript
®
3™ language emulation, for HL-3170CDW)
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1 For the installation instruction of the driver, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/.
For Linux
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 LPR printer driver
 CUPS printer driver
1 For more information and to download the printer driver for Linux please visit your model page at http://solutions.brother.com/ or use the link on
the CD-ROM we have supplied.
2 Depending on Linux distributions, the driver may not be available or it may be released after the initial release of your model.
Driver and Software
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