Document Outline

• Using this guide
  • Symbols used in this guide
• Safety precautions
  • To use the printer safely
• Trademarks
• Compilation and Publication Notice
• Shipment of the Printer
• 1 About this Printer
  • What is in the box?
    • Interface cable
    • Front view
    • Back view
  • Positioning the printer
    • Power supply
    • Environment
  • Network features
• 2 Printing Methods
  • About paper
    • Type and size of paper
    • Recommended paper
      • Types of envelopes
    • Printable area
      • Portrait
      • Landscape
  • Printing methods
    • Printing on plain paper, bond paper and transparencies
      • Printing on plain paper, bond paper or transparencies from Tray 1, 2 or 3
      • Printing on plain paper, bond paper or transparencies from the MP tray
    • Printing on thick paper, labels and envelopes
  • Duplex Printing
    • Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper
    • Manual duplex printing
      • Manual duplex printing from the paper tray
      • Manual duplex printing from the MP tray
      • Paper orientation for manual duplex printing
    • Automatic duplex printing
    • Booklet printing (For Windows printer driver)
  • Carbon copy printing
• 3 Driver and Software
  • Printer driver
    • Features in the printer driver (For Windows®)
      • Basic tab
      • Advanced tab
      • Print Quality
      • Duplex Printing
      • Watermark
      • Page Setting
      • Device Options
      • Accessories tab
      • Support tab
    • Features in the BR-Script (PostScript® 3™ language emulation) printer driver (For Windows®)
      • Device Settings tab
      • Printing Preferences
      • Advanced options
    • Features in the printer driver (For Macintosh®)
      • Page Setup
      • Layout
      • Print Settings
      • Status Monitor (For Mac® X 10.2.4 or greater users)
    • Uninstalling the printer driver
      • Printer driver for Windows®
      • Brother Laser driver for Macintosh®
  • Software
    • Software for networks
      • BRAdmin Professional (For Windows®)
      • BRAdmin Light (For Macintosh® )
      • Driver Deployment Wizard (For Windows®)
      • Network Print Software (For Windows®)
      • Web BRAdmin (For Windows®)
    • About emulation modes
    • Automatic emulation selection
    • Automatic interface selection
• 4 Control Panel
  • Control panel
  • Buttons
    • Go
    • Job Cancel
    • Reprint
    • + or - button
      • Moving through menus on the LCD
      • Entering numbers
    • Back
    • Set
  • Data LED
  • LCD
    • Back light
    • LCD messages
      • Printer status messages
    • Reprinting documents
      • Reprinting from RAM
      • Reprinting the last job
      • Reprinting the last job three times
      • Printing Secure data
      • How to print Secure data
      • Cancelling the reprint job
    • Using the control panel LCD menu
      • For example: If you feed paper from the MP tray as a priority, change the MP FIRST setting to ON as follows.
    • Menu table
      • Example of changing the menu setting
  • Default Settings
    • Printer default setting
    • Network default setting
• 5 Options
  • Lower tray unit (LT-5300)
  • DIMM
    • DIMM types
    • Installing extra memory
• 6 Routine Maintenance
  • Replacing the consumable items
    • Consumables
    • Toner cartridge
      • TONER LOW Message
      • TONER LIFE END message
      • Replacing the toner cartridge
    • Drum unit
      • DRUM NEAR END message
      • Replacing the drum unit
  • Replacing periodic maintenance parts
  • Cleaning
    • Cleaning the outside of the printer
    • Cleaning the inside of the printer
    • Cleaning the corona wire
• 7 Troubleshooting
  • Identifying your problem
  • LCD messages
  • Error message printout
  • Paper handling
  • Paper jams and how to clear them
    • JAM MP TRAY (Paper jam in the MP tray)
    • JAM TRAY 1 / TRAY 2 / TRAY 3 (Paper jam inside the paper tray)
    • JAM INSIDE (Paper jam inside the printer)
    • JAM REAR (Paper jam behind the back cover)
    • JAM DUPLEX (Paper jam in the duplex tray)
  • Improving the print quality
  • Solving print problems
  • Network problems
  • Other problems
    • For Macintosh® with USB
    • Printing from DOS
    • BR-Script 3
• Appendix A
  • Printer specifications
    • Engine
    • Controller
    • Software
    • Control panel
    • Paper handling
    • Media specifications
    • Supplies
    • Dimensions / Weights
    • Other
    • System Requirements
    • Important information for choosing your paper
  • Symbol and character sets
    • How to use the web browser
    • Symbol and character sets list
  • Quick reference for bar code control commands
    • Print bar codes or expanded characters
      • Definition of Parameters
      • Bar code mode
      • Bar Code, expanded character, line block drawing and box drawing
      • Bar Code
      • Bar code human readable line ON or OFF
      • Quiet zone
      • Bar code, expanded character unit, line block drawing and box drawing
      • Bar code, expanded character, line block drawing and box drawing offset in X-axis
      • Bar code & expanded character offset in Y-axis
      • Bar code, expanded character, line block drawing and box drawing height
      • Expanded character width, line block drawing and box drawing
      • Expanded character rotation
      • Bar code data start
      • Box drawing
      • Line block drawing
      • Expanded character data start
• Appendix (For Europe and Other Countries) B
  • Brother Numbers
  • Important information: Regulations
    • Radio interference (220 to 240 volt model only)
    • IEC 60825-1 specification (220 to 240 volt model only)
      • For Finland and Sweden
    • Internal laser radiation
    • IMPORTANT - For Your Safety
      • Disconnect device
      • Caution for LAN connection
      • IT power system (For Norway only)
      • Wiring information (for UK)
    • EC Declaration of Conformity
• Appendix (For USA and Canada) C
  • Brother Numbers
  • Important information: Regulations
    • Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Declaration of Conformity (For USA)
    • Industry Canada Compliance Statement (For Canada)
  • Laser Notices
    • Laser Safety (110 to 120 volt model only)
    • FDA Regulations (110 to 120 volt model only)
    • Internal laser radiation
    • IMPORTANT - For Your Safety
      • Disconnect device
      • Caution for LAN connection
• Index