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
• 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 (For HL-5250DN)
    • Booklet printing (For Windows printer driver)
• 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 (For HL-5250DN only)
      • 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
    • Remote Printer Console
      • How to use and install the Remote Printer Console software
• 4 Control Panel
  • LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes)
  • Service call indications
  • Control panel buttons
    • Print a test page
      • Using control panel button
      • Using the printer driver
    • Print a Printer Settings page
      • Using the control panel button
      • Using the printer driver
    • Print Fonts
      • Using the control panel button
      • Using the printer driver
    • Network default setting (For HL-5250DN)
    • Network default setting with APIPA protocol disabled (For HL-5250DN)
• 5 Options
  • Lower tray unit (LT-5300)
  • DIMM
    • DIMM types
    • Installing extra memory
  • Print server (NC-2100p) (For HL-5240)
• 6 Routine Maintenance
  • Replacing the consumable items
    • Consumables
    • Toner cartridge
      • Toner Low message
      • Toner Life End message
      • Replacing the toner cartridge
    • Drum unit
      • Change Drum 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
  • Error messages in the Status Monitor
  • Error message printout
  • Paper handling
  • Paper jams and how to clear them
  • 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
    • How to use the Remote Printer Console
    • 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 B (For Europe and Other Countries)
  • 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 (For model HL-5250DN)
      • IT power system (For Norway only)
      • Wiring information (for UK)
    • EC Declaration of Conformity
• Appendix C (For USA and Canada)
  • 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 (For model HL-5250DN)
• Index