Brother HL-2700CN series, 2700CN - HL Color Laser Printer User Manual

Brother Laser Printer

HL-2700CN series

User's Guide

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 ca n find a printed copy in the box or view

it on the CD-ROM we have supplied.
Please read this User’s 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.
Please visit our web site at http://solutions.brother.com

Asked Questions (FAQs), Product Support and Technical Questions, and the latest Driver Updates
and Utilities.

where you can get answers to Frequently

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Definitions of warnings, cautions, and notes

We use the following terms throughout this User’s Guide:

You must follow these warnings to prevent possible personal injury.

You must follow these instructions to make sure you use the printer properly and do not damage it.

Remember these useful tips when you use the printer.

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To use the printer safely

The fusing unit becomes extremely hot during operation. Wait until it has cooled down sufficiently
before replacing consumable items.

The fusing unit is marked with the caution label. Please do NOT take off or damage the label.

There are high voltage electrodes inside the printer. Before you clean the printer, clear a paper jam
or replace parts, make sure you have turned off the power switch and unplugged the printer from
the AC power outlet/socket.

Do not handle the plug with wet hands - this constitutes an electric shock hazard.

This printer is heavy and weighs approximately 31.5 kg (69.4 lb). When you move or lift this printer,
make sure at least 2 people lift it together.

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If the printer becomes hot, blows smoke, or generates obscure odor, immediately turn off the power
switch and unplug the printer from the AC power outlet/socket. Call your dealer or Brother
Customer Service.

If metal objects, water or other liquids get inside the printer, immediately turn off the power switch
and unplug the printer from the AC power outlet/socket. Call your dealer or Brother Customer
Service.

Do not put consumable items such as the toner cartridges and the waste toner pack into a fire.
Some consumable items can be flammable under certain conditions.

Do not look directly at the laser beam light. It might cause damage to your eyesigh t. Do not remove
or break open the printer's safety interlocks.

Do not run the printer with the top cover, front cover and back covers open and the interlocks
removed.

Do not place any items on the printer.

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Printer do’s and don’ts for optimum print quality

Before you move or lift the printer, remove the toner cartridges, waste toner pack and fusing unit
to avoid spills. Be sure to keep the printer as level as possible. Damage caused by failure to remove
the supplies may void your warranty.

Do not touch the rollers of the fusing unit. This can degrade print quality.

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IMPORTANT: For technical and operational help, you must call the country where you bought the
printer. Calls must be made from within that country.

Register your product

By registering your product with Brother International Corporation, you will be recorded as the original
owner of the product.

Your registration with Brother:

■ may serve as a confirmation of the purchase date of your product should you lose your receipt;

■ may support an insurance claim by you in the event of product loss covered by insurance; and,

■ will help us notify you of enhancements to your product and special offers.

Please complete the Brother Warranty Registration or, for your convenience and most efficient way to
register your new product, register on-line at

http://www.brother.com/registration/

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

The Brother Solutions Center is our one-stop resource for all your Printer needs. You can download the
latest software and utilities, read FAQs and troubleshooting tips, and go to the ‘Solutions’ section to learn
how to get the most from your Brother product.

http://solutions.brother.com

You can check here for the Brother driver updates.

Customer Service

In USA: 1-877-284-3238
In Canada: 1-877-BROTHER

In Europe: Visit www.brother.com

If you have comments or suggestions, please write us at:

In USA: Printer Customer Support

Brother International Corporation
15 Musick
Irvine, CA 92618

In Canada: Brother International Corporation (Canada), Ltd.

- Marketing Dept.
1, rue Hotel de Ville
Dollard-des-Ormeaux, PQ, Canada H9B 3H6

Service center locator (USA only)

For the location of a Brother authorized service center, call 1-800-284-4357.

Service center locations (Canada only)

For the location of a Brother authorized service center, call 1-877-BROTHER

for contact information on your local Brother office.

Service center locations (Europe)

For service centres in Europe, contact your local Brother Office. Address and telephone contact
information for European offices can be found at www.brother.com
pull down list.

Brother fax back system (USA only)

and selecting your country from the

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Brother has installed an easy to use fax back system so you can get instant answers to common
technical questions and product information. This is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can
use the system to send the information to any fax machine.

Call the number below and follow the recorded instructions to receive a fax about how to use the system
and an index of fax back subjects.

In USA only:1-800-521-2846

Internet Addresses

Brother Global Web Site: http://www.brother.com
For Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), Product Support and Technical Questions, and Driver

Updates and Utilities: http://solutions.brother.com
(In USA Only) For Brother Accessories & Supplies: http://www.brothermall.com

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Important information: Regulations

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Declaration of Conformity (For USA)

Responsible Party: Brother International Corporation

100 Somerset Corporate Boulevard
P.O. Box 6911
Bridgewater, NJ 08807-0911
USA
Telephone: [phone]

declares, that the products
Product name: Laser Printer HL-2700CN

Model number: HL-2700CN
Product options: All

complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may
not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference
that may cause undesired operation.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part
15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against ha rmful interference in a
residential installation. This equipment gener ates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency en ergy and, if not installed
and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However,
there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause
harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning th e equipment off and on,
the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

■ Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

■ Increase th e se pa ra tio n be tw ee n th e eq uipment and receiver.

■ Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

■ Call the dealer, Brother Customer Service, or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Important

A shielded interface cable should be used to ensure compliance with the limits for a Class B digital
device.

Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Brother Industries, Ltd. could void the user’s
authority to operate the equipment.

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Industry Canada Compliance Statement (For Canada)

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

Radio interference (220 to 240 volt model only)

This printer follows EN55022 (CISPR Publication 22)/Class B.

Before you use this product, make sure that you use a double-shielded interface cable with twisted-pair
conductors and that it is marked “IEEE1284 compliant”. The cable must not be more than 2 metres long.

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International ENERGY STAR® Compliance Statement

The purpose of the International ENERGY STAR® Program is to promote the development and
popularization of energy-efficient office equipment.

As an E
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NERGY STAR

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guidelines for energy efficiency.

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Partner, Brother Industries, Ltd. has determined that this product meets the E NERGY

Laser Safety (100 to 120 volt model only)

This printer is certified as a Class I laser product under the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS) Radiation Performance Standard according to the Radiation Control for Health and
Safety Act of 1968. This means that the printer does not produce hazardous laser radiation.

Since radiation emitted inside the printer is completely confined within protective housings and external
covers, the laser beam cannot escape from the machine during any phase of user operation.

FDA Regulations (100 to 120 volt model only)

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has implemented regulations for laser products manufactured
on and after August 2, 1976. Compliance is mandatory for products marketed in the United States. One
of the following labels on the back of the printer indicates compliance with th e FDA regulations and must
be attached to laser products marketed in the United States.

MANUFACTURED:
Brother Industries, Ltd.,
15-1 Naeshiro-cho Mizuho-ku Nagoya, 467-8561 Japan
This product complies with FDA radiation performance standards, 21 CFR subchapter J.

Caution: Use of controls, adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified t his User’s

Guide may result in hazardous radiation exposure.

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IEC 60825 specification (220 to 240 volt model only)

This printer is a Class 1 laser product as defined in IEC 60825 specifications. The label shown below is
attached in countries where it is needed.

CLASS 1LASERP RODUCT
APPAREIL Å LASER DE CLASSE 1
LASER KLASSE 1 PRODUKT

This printer has a Class 3B laser diode which produces invisible laser radiation in the scanner unit. You
should not open the scanner unit under any circumstances.

Caution: Use of controls or adjustments or performan ce of procedures ot her than those specified in this User’s

Guide may result in hazardous radiation exposure.

The following caution label is attached on the cover of the scanner unit.

5mW

780nm-800nm

DANGER­VORSICHT

DANGER­PELIGRO-

INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN.
AVOID DIRECT EXPOSURE TO BEAM.

UNSICHTBARE LASERSTRAHLUNG, WENN ABDECKUNG

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GEÖFFNET UND SICHERHEITSVERRIEGELUNG
ÜBERBRÜCKT. NICHT DEM STRAHL AUSSETZEN.

RAYON LASER INVISIBLE LORS DE L’OUVER TURE.
EVITER L’EXPOSITION DIRECTE.

RADIACION LASER INVISIBLE AL ABRIR. EVITAR
LA EXPOSICION DIRECTA AL HAZ.

MAS

For Finland and Sweden
LUOKAN 1 LASERLAITE
KLASS 1 LASER APPARAT

Varoitus! Laitteen käyttäminen muulla kuin tässä käyttöohjeessa mainitulla tavalla saattaa altistaa käyttäjän

turvallisuusluokan 1 ylittävälle näkymättömälle lasersäteilylle.

Varning Om apparaten används på annat sätt än i denna Bruksanvisning specificerats, kan användaren

utsättas för osynlig laserstrålning, som överskrider gränsen för laserklass 1.

Internal laser radiation

Maximum radiation power: 5 mW
Wave length: 780 - 800 nm
Laser class: Class IIIb (Accordance with 21 CFR Part 1040.10)

Class 3B (Accordance with IEC 60825)

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IMPORTANT - For Your Safety

To ensure safe operation the supplied three-pin plug must be inserted only into a standard three-pin
power outlet that is properly grounded through the standard electrical wiring.

Extension cords used with this printer must be three-pin plug type and correctly wired to provide proper
grounding. Incorrectly wired extension cords may cause personal injury and equipment damage.

The fact that the equipment operates satisfactorily does not imply that the power is grounded and that
the installation is completely safe. For your safety, if in any doubt about the effective grounding of the
power, call a qualified electrician.

Disconnect device

You must install this printer near a power outlet that is easily accessible. In case of an eme r gency, you
must disconnect the power cord from the power outlet to shut off the power completely.

Caution for LAN connection

Connect this product to a LAN connection that is not subjected to overvoltages.

IT power system (For Norway only)

This product is also designed for an IT power system with phase-to-phase voltage 230V.

Geräuschemission / Acoustic noise emission (for Germany only)

Lpa < 70 dB (A) DIN 45635-19-01-KL2

Wiring information (for UK)

Important

If you need to replace the plug fuse, fit a fuse that is approved by ASTA to BS1362 with the same rating
as the original fuse.

Always replace the fuse cover. Never use a plug that does not have a cover.

Warning - This printer must be earthed.

The wires in the mains lead are coloured in line with the following code:

Green and Yellow: Earth
Blue: Neutral
Brown: Live

If in any doubt, call a qualified electrician.

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Trademarks

The Brother logo is a registered trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd.

®

Apple, the Apple Logo, and Macintosh
countries, and TrueType is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.

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 is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
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NERGY STAR is a U.S. registered mark.

All other terms and brand and product names mentioned in this User’s 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 product’s descriptions and specifications.

are registered trademarks in the United States and other

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.

©2003 Brother Industries Ltd.

Shipment of the Printer

If for any reason you must ship your Printer, carefully packag e the Printer to avoid any damage during
transit. It is recommended that you save and use the original packaging. The Printer should also be
adequately insured with the carrier.

See Shipping the printer on page 5-29

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“EC” Declaration of Conformity

Manufacturer
Brother Industries Ltd.,
15-1, Naeshiro-cho, Mizuho-ku,
Nagoya 467-8561, Japan

Herewith declare that:
Products description : Laser Printer

Product Name : HL-2700CN
is in conformity with provisions of the Directives applied: Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC (as amended

by 93/68/EEC) and the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89/336/EEC (as amended by
91/263/EEC and 92/31/EEC and 93/68/EEC).

Standards applied:
Harmonized: Safety : EN60950:2000

EMC : EN55022:1998 + A1:2000 Class B

EN55024:1998
EN61000-3-2:1995 + A14:2000
EN61000-3-3:1995

Year in which CE marking was First affixed: 2003
Issued by : Brother Industries, Ltd.

Date : 15th May, 2003
Place : Nagoya, Japan
Signature :

Takashi Maeda
Manager
Quality Management Group
Quality Management Dept.
Information & Document Company

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Table of Contents

1

About this printer .................................................................................................................................... 1-1

What is in the box? ...................................... .......................................... ... ... ... .............................. 1-1

Front view .... ... ... ... .... .......................................... ... ... ... .......................................... ... ..............1-3

Back view ...............................................................................................................................1-4

Features ....................................................................................................................................... 1-5

2400 DPI class resolution ................................................................................................... 1-5

High speed and color laser printing .................................................................................... 1-5

Color Advanced Photoscale Technology (CAPT) ..............................................................1-5

High Resolution Control (HRC) ................................................................................ ..........1-5

Maintenance-free and economical toner cartridge .............................................................1-5

Universal paper tray ...........................................................................................................1-5

Three interfaces ................................................................................................................. 1-5

Automatic Interface Selection ............................................................................................. 1-6

Five emulation modes ....................................... .......................................... ... ... ... ..............1-6

Automatic Emulation Selection ........................................................................................... 1-6

Data compression technology ................. ... .... ... .......................................... ... ... ... ..............1-6

Fonts ..................................................................................................................................1-6

Panel lock setting . .......................................... ... ... ... .......................................... ... .... ... .......1-7

Power Save Mode ..............................................................................................................1-7

Toner Save Mode ............................................................................................................... 1-7

Reprint setting ............................................ .... ... ... .......................................... ... ... .... ..........1-7

Network ..............................................................................................................................1-7

Positioning the printer ................................................................................................................... 1-8

Power Supply .........................................................................................................................1-8

Environment ........................................................................................................................... 1-8

What kind of paper can I use? ....................................................................................................1-10

Type and size of paper .........................................................................................................1-10

Suitable paper specifications ....................................................................... ... ... ... .... ... .....1-10

Recommended paper ........................................................................................................... 1-12

Printable area .......................................................................................................................1-13

Portrait ............................... ...................................................... ......................................... 1-13

Landscape ......................... ...................................................... .........................................1-13

Guidelines for selecting paper ......................................... ... ... .......................................... ... .. 1-14

Envelopes ............................. .......................... ......................... .......................... ............... 1-15

Labels and transparencies ................................ ... ... .... ......................................... .... ... ... .. 1-17

Paper feed ............................................................................................................................ 1-18

Tray feed .......................................................................................................................... 1-18

Manual feed ...................................................................................................................... 1-19

Paper output ......................................................................................................................... 1-19

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Driver and software ................................................................................................................................ 2-1

Printer driver ................................................................................................................................. 2-1

For Windows® .......... ... ... ... .... ... .......................................... ... ... ... ...........................................2-2

Features in the PCL printer driver ...................................................................................... 2-2

Basic Tab ........................................................................................................................... 2-2

Advanced tab ................ .... ... ... ... ... .......................................... .... ... ... ................................. 2-3

Accessories tab ................................. ... ... ... .... ... .......................................... ... ... ... .... ... .......2-8

Support Tab ........................................................................................................................ 2-9

Features in the PS printer driver ......................................................................................2-10

Ports tab ........................................ .... ... ... .......................................... ... .... ... ..................... 2-10

Device Settings tab ..........................................................................................................2-11

Layout tab ......................................................................................................................... 2-12

Paper / Quality tab ............................................................................................................2-13

Advanced options ....... .......................................... ... .... ... .......................................... ... ... .. 2-14

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For Macintosh

Software ..................................................................................................................................... 2-18

Software for Networks ..........................................................................................................2-18

BRAdmin Professional utility ............................................................................................ 2-18

Driver Deployment Wizard ...............................................................................................2-18

Web BRAdmin .................................................................................................................. 2-18

Automatic Emulation Selection .............................................................................................2-19

Automatic Interface Selection ...............................................................................................2-20

Printer settings ............................................................................................................................2-20

Factory settings .................................................................................................................... 2-20

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Control panel ... ... .......................................... ... ... .... ... ... .......................................... ... .............................. 3-1

Control panel ................................................................................................................................3-1

Buttons ......................................................................................................................................... 3-2

Go button ................................................................................................................................ 3-3

Job Cancel button ................................................................................................................... 3-3

+ or - button ............................................................................................................................3-3

To move through menus in the LCD .................................................................................. 3-3

To enter numbers ...............................................................................................................3-3

Set button ............................................................................................................................... 3-3

Back button ............................................................................................................................. 3-4

Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) ........................................................................................................3-5

Liquid crystal display (LCD) .......................................................................................................... 3-6

LCD messages ....................................................................................................................... 3-6

Printer status messages .....................................................................................................3-7

How to use the control panel .......................... ... ... .... ... .......................................... ... ... ... .... ... .......3-7

Control panel LCD menu ..............................................................................................................3-9

Set date and time ............................................................................................................. 3-19

Set IP address .................................................................................................................. 3-20

About emulation modes ........................................................................................................3-21

List of factory settings ...........................................................................................................3-22

Network factory default setting .........................................................................................3-22

Reprint setting ................................... .......................................... .... ... ... ............................... 3-26

Reprinting from RAM ........................................................................................................3-26

Reprinting the last job ....................................................................................................... 3-27

Printing PROOF data ................. ... .... ... ... ... .... .................................................................. 3-28

Printing PUBLIC data .... .... .......................................... ... ... ... ... .... ..................................... 3-28

Printing SECURE data ...... ... ............................................................................................3-29

When there is no reprint data in memory .................................................................... 3-31

To delete the job ............................................................................................................. 3-31

To cancel the reprint job ................................................................................................ 3-31

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Options .................................................................................................................................................... 4-1

Optional accessories and supplies .............. .......................................... ... ... ... .............................. 4-1

Lower tray unit (LT-27CL) ..................................................................................................4-1

Legal tray (LT-27LG) ..........................................................................................................4-1

Duplex unit (DX-2700) ........................................................................................................4-1

CompactFlashTM card .......................................................................................................4-1

SO-DIMM memory ............................................................................................................. 4-1

Optional fonts package ....................................................................................................... 4-1

Lower tray unit (LT-27CL) .............................................................................................................4-2

Putting paper in the lower tray unit ........................................... ... .... ....................................... 4-2

How to install the lower tray unit .............................................................................................4-2

Legal tray (LT-27LG) ....................................................................................................................4-5

How to install the legal tray ..................................................................................................... 4-5

Duplex unit (DX-2700) .......................... ... .... ... ... .......................................... ... .... ... ... ... .................4-7

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How to install the duplex unit ..................................................................................................4-7

Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper ................................................................ 4-10

Paper orientation for printing on both sides of the paper .................................................4-10

CompactFlashTM card ...................................... .......................................... ... .... ... ... ... ...............4-11

Inserting the CompactFlashTM card .............. .... ... ... ... .... ... .......................................... ... ... .. 4-12

SO-DIMM ........................ ......................... .......................... .......................... ...............................4-13

Installing additional memory .................................................................................................4-14

Optional fonts package ... .......................................... ... ... ... .......................................... ... .... . .......4-16

Optional fonts package (BS-3000) .............................. ... ... ... ... .... ..................................... 4-16

Optional barcode fonts package (BT-1000) .....................................................................4-16

Selecting the optional fonts ..................................................................................................4-16

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Routine maintenance .............................................................................................................................. 5-1

Replacing the consumable items ..................................................................................................5-1

Toner cartridges .....................................................................................................................5-4

Toner nearly empty message ............................................................................................. 5-4

TONER EMPTY message ..................................................................................................5-4

Replacing the toner cartridges ........................................................................................... 5-5

Waste toner pack .................................................................................................................... 5-8

Waste toner pack full message .......................................................................................... 5-8

Replacing the waste toner pack ......................................................................................... 5-9

OPC belt cartridge ................................................................................................................ 5-10

Replace OPC belt cartridge message .............................................................................. 5-10

Replacing the OPC belt cartridge ..................................................................................... 5-10

Fusing unit ...... .......................................... ... ... .... .......................................... ... ... ... ...............5-13

Replace fusing unit message ........................................................................................... 5-13

Replacing the fusing unit ..................................................................................................5-14

120K kit ................................................................................................................................. 5-16

120K kit ............................................................................................................................ 5-16

Replacing the 120K kit .....................................................................................................5-17

Cleaning ..................................................................................................................................... 5-21

Cleaning the outside of the printer ........................................................................................ 5-22

Cleaning the inside of the printer ..........................................................................................5-23

Shipping the printer ........ ... ... ... .......................................... .... ... ... ...............................................5-29

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Troubleshooting ........................... ... ... .............................................. ....................................................... 6-1

LCD messages ............................... ... ... .......................................... ... .... ... .................................... 6-1

Error messages ...................................................................................................................... 6-1

Maintenance messages ..... .... ... ... ... .......................................... ... .... ... .................................... 6-3

Call service messages .............. ... .......................................... ... ... .... ... ... ................................. 6-4

Paper jams and how to clear them ...............................................................................................6-8

JAM A1 / JAM A2 (paper jam in the paper tray) ..................................................................... 6-9

JAM B (paper jam at the entrance to the fusing roller) ......................................................... 6-10

JAM C (paper jam where the paper comes out of the printer) ..............................................6-12

JAM D (paper jam in the lower part of the duplex unit) ........................................................ 6-14

JAM E (paper jam in the upper part of the duplex unit) ........................................................ 6-15

Improving the print quality .... ... .... ... .......................................... ... ... ... .........................................6-17

Q & A .......................................................................................................................................... 6-21

Setting up the printer hardware ............................................................................................6-21

Setting up the printer ............................................................................................................ 6-22

Paper handling .....................................................................................................................6-23

Printing .................................................................................................................................6-24

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Appendix ................................ .... ... ... .......................................... ... .... ... ... ... ..............................................A-1

Printer specifications ....................................................................................................................A-1

Printing ...................................................................................................................................A-1

Features .................................................................................................................................A-2

Electrical and mechanical ............................................................ .... ... ... .................................A-3

Paper specifications .....................................................................................................................A-4

Paper handling .......................................................................................................................A-4

Media specifications ...............................................................................................................A-4

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INDEX .................................. .............................................................. ....................................................... 1-1

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1

About this printer

What is in the box?

This printer is heavy and weighs approximately 31.5 kg (69.4 lb). To prevent injuries when moving
or lifting this printer, make sure to use at least two people.

When you unpack the printer, check to see that you have all of the following parts:

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1

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2

5

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Figure 1-1

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Printer

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Standard Paper Tray (pre-installed)

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Quick Setup Guide

4

CD-ROM

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Toner Cartridges*1 (pre-installed) (Black [TN04BK], Cyan [TN04C], Magenta [TN04M], Yellow
[TN04Y])

6

Waste Toner Pack (pre-installed) [WT-4CL]

7

AC Power Cord

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OPC Belt Cartridge [OP-4CL]

*2

*2

*2

4

6

*1 The toner cartridges that come supplied with this printer, are starter toners.
Starter toners, are toner cartridges with up to half the life of the standard toner cartridge, 5000 pages (Black) and 3000 pages (Cyan, Magenta and Yellow) at
approximately 5% print cover age (A4 or Letter size).
*2 In Europe these parts are in the Localization Kit.

1 - 1 ABOUT THIS PRINTER

Depending on the country you live in and the HL-2700CN series model bought, you may have
additional parts not listed above.

The OPC belt cartridge is packed inside a separate box as a starter kit. Wait to unpack the OPC
belt cartridge until immediately before you put it in the printer. Exposure to direct sunlight or room
light may damage the OPC belt cartridge.

We recommend keeping spares of the following consumable items at all times. When these are
exhausted, the printer may stop printing.

■ Toner cartridges (TN-04BK, TN-04C, TN-04M, TN-04Y)

■ Waste toner pack (WT-4CL)

■ OPC belt cartridge (OP-4CL)

Interface cable

■ An interface cable is not a standard accessory.

■ Some computers have a USB and a parallel port. Please buy the appropriate cable for the

interface you are going to to use.

■ Most parallel cables support bi-directional communication, but some might have an incompatible

pin assignment or may not be IEEE 1284 compliant.

■ It is recommended to use a parallel interface cable or USB interface cable that is no longer than

6 feet (2 meters).

■ When you use a USB cable, make sure it is a high-speed twisted cable (12 Mbps or 480 Mbps),

and that you connect it to the USB connector of your PC.

■ Please make sure that you use a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 certified cable if your computer uses a

Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interface.

■ Do not connect the USB cable to a non-powered hub or Mac

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Keyboard.

Depending on the country where you bought the printer, the power cord may differ slightly from the
one shown in Figure 1-1.

ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 2

Front view

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2

4

1

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Figure 1-2

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Control Panel

2

Paper Stopper

3

Face-down Output Tray Extension

4

Front Cover

5

Paper Tray

6

Top Cover

7

Back Cover

8

Face-down Output Tray

9

Paper Support

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Back view

10

1

2

3

1

Duplex Upper Cover

2

Duplex Lower Cover

3

Duplex Cap

4

AC Power Connector

5

Power Switch

6

Ethernet 10/100BASE-TX Port

7

USB Interface Connector

8

Parallel Interface Connector

9

Card Slot (For optional CompactFlashTM card)

10

Controller Board

5

4

Figure 1-3

9

8

7

6

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Features

This printer has the following standard features.

2400 DPI class resolution

This printer prints at a default resolution of 600 dots per inch (dpi). You can get a higher print quality,
equivalent to 2400 dpi class resolution by using Brother technologies: High Resolution Control (HRC)
and Color Advanced Photoscale Technology (CAPT).

High speed and color laser printing

You can print crisp images in brilliant 24-bit color.
This printer can print at speeds up to 29 pages per minute in monochrome mode and 8 pages per minute

in full color mode. The HL-2700CN controller uses a high speed 64-bit RISC microprocessor and special
hardware chips, to ensure fast print job processing.

Color Advanced Photoscale Technology (CAPT)

This printer can print graphics in 256 shades for each color in PCL6 emulation and BR-Script3, prod ucing
nearly photographic quality. CAPT is most effective when printing photographic images.

High Resolution Control (HRC)

The High Resolution Control (HRC) technology gives you clear and crisp printouts and improves even
600-dpi resolution output. HRC is most effective when printing text.

Maintenance-free and economical toner cartridge

This printer uses four easy-to-replace toner cartridges. The toner cartridges can print up to 6,600 (Cyan,
Magenta and Yellow) and 10,000 (Black) single-sided pages at approximately 5% coverage.

Universal paper tray

This printer loads paper automatically from the paper tray. Since the paper tray is a universal type, a
number of different paper sizes (one paper size at a time) can be used. Even envelopes can be loaded
from the paper tray. For detailed paper specifications, see What kind of paper can I use? on pa ge 1-10.

Three interfaces

This printer has a high speed, bi-directional parallel, a Hi-Speed USB 2.0, and an Ethernet
10/100BASE-TX interface.

If your application software supports the bi-directional parallel interface, you can monitor the printer
status. It is fully compatible with the industry-standard bi-directional parallel interface.

The Brother network board is factory installed in the HL-2700CN, which enables you to use this printer
in the TCP/IP, IPS/SPX, AppleTalk, DLC/LLC and NetBEUI environments. Also, many useful utilities,
such as BRAdmin Professional utility for the administrator and Brother network printing software, are
included in the CD-ROM supplied with the HL-2700CN printer. For setup, see the Network User's Guide,
which is provided on the CD-ROM.

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Automatic Interface Selection

This printer can automatically select the bi-directional parallel, USB or Ethernet 10/100BASE-TX
interface, depending on the interface port through which it receives data. With this feature, you can
connect the printer to more than one computer. See Automatic Interface Selection on page 2-20.

Five emulation modes

This printer can emulate PCL 5C and PCL 6 language printers, Brother BR-Script3 printers, HP-GL
plotter as well as EPSON FX-850 and IBM Proprinter XL printers (for monochrome printing only). You
can print with all application programs that support one of these printers. See About emulation modes
on page 3-21.

Automatic Emulation Selection

This printer can automatically select the printer emulation mode, depending on the print commands it
receives from the computer software. With this feature, many users can share the prin ter on a network.
See Automatic Emulation Selection on page 2-19.

Data compression technology

This printer can internally compress the received graphics and font data in its memory so it can print
larger graphics and more fonts without the need for additional memory.

Fonts

This printer has 66 scalable and 12 bitmapped fonts. The fonts that can be used vary according to the
selected emulation mode.

In PCL mode, you can also print the 13 kinds of bar codes listed below. In BR-Script mode, the printer
has 35 scalable fonts.

Bar code printing

This printer can print the following 13 types of bar codes:

■ Code 39

■ Interleaved 2 of 5

■ EAN-8

■ EAN-13

■ EAN- 128

■ Code 128

■ UPC-A

■ UPC-E

■ Codabar

■ FIM (US-PostNet)

■ Post Net (US-PostNet)

■ ISBN (EAN)

■ ISBN (UPC-E)

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Panel lock setting

If the panel button settings have been changed, the printer may not work as you expect. If you are an
administrator of this printer, you can lock your settings to prevent changes from being made. See SETUP
on page 3-12.

Power Save Mode

This printer has a power saving mode. Since laser printers consume power to keep the fixing assembly
at a high temperature, this feature can save electricity when the printer is on but not being used. The
factory setting of the power save mode is ON so that it complies with the new EPA Energy Star
specification.

Toner Save Mode

This printer has an economical toner save mode. By using this feature you can substantially reduce
operating costs and extend the life expectancy of the toner cartridges.

Reprint setting

The printer saves data that you want reprinted. You can reprint a document without sending the data
again from your PC. If you do not install a CompactFlash
setting on page 3-26.

When there is not enough memory to print the last job, you can reprint the last print page.

TM

card, you can reprint from RAM. See Reprint

Network

Ethernet 10/100BASE-TX enables you to use the printer in the following environments:
(TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, AppleTalk, DLC/LLC, NetBEUI)

Also, many useful utilities, such as BRAdmin Professional Utility, Driver Deployment Wizard and Web
BRAdmin software for the Network administrator, are included. For details of the utilities, see the
documentation included on the CD-ROM. See Software for Networks on page 2-18.

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Positioning the printer

Please read the following before you use the printer.

Power Supply

Use the printer within the recommended power range.

AC power: ±10% of the rated power voltage
Frequency: 50/60 Hz (120 V or 220-240 V)

The power cord, including extensions, should not exceed 5 meters (16½ feet).
Do not share the same power circuit with other high-power appliances, such as a n air conditioner, copier,

shredder and so on. If you cannot avoid using the printer with these appliances, we recommend that you
use a voltage transformer or a high-frequency noise filter.

Use a voltage regulator if the power source is not stable.

Environment

■ Make sure that the power outlet/socket is near the printer and is easy to get to so that, if there is an

emergency, it can be easily unplugged.

■ Use the printer only within the following ranges of temperature and humidity:

Temperature: 20 °C to 32.5 °C (50 °F to 90.5 °F)
Humidity: 20% to 80% (without condensation)

■ Do not put the printer where the ventilation hole of the printer is blocked. Keep a gap of approximately

100 mm (4 in.) between the ventilation hole and the wall.

■ The printer should be used in a well-ventilated room.

■ Put the printer on a flat, horizontal surface.

■ Keep the printer clean. Do not put the printer in a dusty place.

■ Do not put the printer in direct sunlight. If you have to put it near a window, use a blind or a heavy

curtain to protect the printer from direct sunlight.

■ Do not put the printer near devices that contain magnets or generate magnetic fields.

■ Do not subject the printer to strong physical shocks or vibrations.

■ Do not expose the printer to open/naked flames or salty or corrosive gasses.

■ Do not put objects on top of the printer.

■ Do not put the printer near an air conditioner.

■ Keep the printer horizontal when you carry it.

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The following figure details the recommended area around the printer for proper ventilation, operation
and maintenance.

Back

Front

35cm(14")

50cm(20")20cm(8")

70cm(28")

Figure 1-4

■ Make sure that there is enough space behind the prin ter so you can easily access the back cover

or duplex unit if a paper jam occurs.

■ Make sure the paper tray does not extend past the edge of the table where the printer is located.

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What kind of paper can I use?

Type and size of paper

The printer loads paper from the installed standard paper tray, optional lower tray, or the optional legal
tray.

Standard paper tray

Since the standard paper tray is a universal type, you can use any of the paper sizes (one paper size at
a time) listed in table 1 in Media type, paper size and number of sheets for paper source on page 1-11.
The tray can hold up to 250 sheets of paper (
up to the top line of the sliding guide).

Optional lower tray (LT-27CL)

The optional lower tray can hold up to 530 sheets of paper (
44 mm paper height.

Optional legal tray (LT-27LG)

The optional legal tray can hold up to 250 sheets of paper (75 g/
size paper, you must use this tray. You can use the optiona l legal tray as a standard paper tray (Tray 1).
See Legal tray (LT-27LG) on page 4-5.

75 g/m2 or 20 lb) or up to 15 envelopes (paper can be loaded

75 g/m2 or 20 lb). The maximum capacity is

2

m

or 20 lb). If you want to print on legal

The names for the paper trays in the printer driver and this Guide are as follows:

Tray and optional unit Name

Standard paper tray

Tray 1

Optional legal tray
Optional lower tray Tray 2
Optional duplex unit for duplex printing DX

Suitable paper specifications

The following paper specifications are suitable for this printer.

Basis weight (g/m2) 75-90
Thickness (µm) 80-110
Roughness (sec.) Higher than 20
Stiffness (cm
Grain direction Long grain
Volume resistivity (ohm) 10e
Surface resistivity (ohm-cm) 10e10-10e
Filler CaCO3 (Neutral)
Ash content (wt%) Below 23
Brightness (%) Higher than 80
Opacity (%) Higher than 85

3

/100) 90-150

9

-10e

11

12

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Table 1: Media type, paper size and number of sheets for paper source

Media type Tray 1 Tray 2 DX Select the Media type from the printer

driver

Plain paper

60 to 90 g/m2
(16 to 24 lb)

Thick paper

90 to 210 g/m2
(24 to 55 lb)

Transparency 

Labels  Thick paper
Envelopes  Envelopes

Paper size A4, Letter, Legal, B5

Number of sheets Plain paper Up to 250 sheets

Thick paper Up to 120 sheets Up to 44 mm loading

Transparencies Up to 50 sheets
Labels Up to 80 sheets
Envelopes Up to 15 sheets or 7

Plain paper or Thin paper

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90 to 105 g/m2

(24 to 28 lb)

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90 to 105 g/m2

(24 to 28 lb)

Thick paper or Thicker paper

Transparencies

Up to 50 sheets

A4 or Letter

Envelopes - Thin
Envelopes - Thick

Tray 1 Tray 2 DX

A4, Letter, B5

(JIS/ISO), Executive,

(JIS/ISO), Executive

A5, COM10, DL,

104.8 x 210 mm to

215.9 x 297 mm
(4.1 x 8.3 in. to 8.5 x

11.7 in.)
Up to 530 sheets

(75 g/m

2

or 20 lb)

(75 g/m2 or 20 lb)

height

sheets for H/H

*

condition.

A4, Letter, Legal, B5
(JIS/ISO), Executive,
A5

104.8 x 210 mm to

215.9 x 355.6 mm
(5.8 x 8.3 in. to 8.5 x

14 in.)

* H/H = High temperature/High humidity

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Recommended paper

The recommended paper for this printer is:

Xerox 4200, Hammermill Laserprint

2

NEUSIEDLER Color Copy 90g/m

■ To get the best output quality and to avoid any damage, use smooth white paper.

■ Before you buy a lot of paper, please test some to make sure that the paper is suitable.

■ Use neutral paper. Do not use acidic or alkaline paper.

■ Print quality will vary depending on the paper being used.

Do not load envelopes, transparencies, labels or thick paper (more than 105 g/m2 or 28 lb) into the
optional lower tray unit. It may cause paper jams.

or equivalent

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Printable area

When using PCL emulation, the edges of the paper that cannot be printed on are shown below.

Portrait

1

Landscape

2

3

Figure 1-5

For all available paper sizes

4.2 mm (0.17 in.)

1

4.2 mm (0.17 in.)

2

4.2 mm (0.17 in.)

3

4.2 mm (0.17 in.)

4

1

4

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2

3

Figure 1-6

For all available paper sizes

4.2 mm (0.17 in.)

1

4.2 mm (0.17 in.)

2

4.2 mm (0.17 in.)

3

4.2 mm (0.17 in.)

4

4

Guidelines for selecting paper

The printer is designed to work well with most types of xerographic and bond paper. However, some
paper variables may have an effect on print quality or handling reliability. Always test samples of paper
before purchasing to ensure desirable performance. Some important guidelines when selecting paper
are:

1

Supplier should be informed that the paper or envelopes will be used in a laser printer.

2

Preprinted paper must use inks that can withstand the temperature of the printer's fusing process.
(200 degrees centigrade)

3

If you have selected a cotton bond paper, paper having a rough surface, such as cockle or laid
finished paper or paper that is wrinkled or puckered, the paper may exhibit degraded performance.

The manufacturer does not recommend the use of any particular paper. The operator is responsible
for the quality of paper used with the printer.

Types of paper to avoid

Some types of paper may not perform well or may cause damage to your printer.
Do not use paper:

■ that is highly textured

■ that is extremely smooth or shiny

■ that is curled or warped

■ that is coated or has a chemical finish

■ that is damaged, creased or folded

■ that is exceeding the recommended weight specification in this guide

■ with tabs and staples

■ with letterheads using low temperature dyes or thermography

■ that is multipart or carbonless

■ that is designed for inkjet printing

If you use any of the types of paper listed above, they may damage your printer. This damage is not
covered under any Brother warranty or service agreement.

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Envelopes

Types of envelopes to avoid

Do not use envelopes:

■ that are damaged, curled, wrinkled, or an unusual shape

■ that are extremely shiny or textured

■ with clasps, snaps or tie strings

■ with self-adhesive closures

■ that are of a baggy construction

■ that are not sharply creased

■ that are embossed (have raised writing on them)

■ that were previously printed by a laser printer

■ that are pre-printed on the inside

■ that cannot by arranged when put in a pile

■ that are made of paper that weighs more than the paper weight specifications for the printer

■ that have been badly made, with edges that are not straight or consistenlty square

■ with windows, holes, cut-outs or perforations

■ with sealing flaps that have not been folded at purchase

■ with sealing flaps as shown in Figure 1-7

■ with three or more layers of paper in the marked area in Figure 1-8 or

■ with each side folded as shown in Figure 1-9

Figure 1-7 Figure 1-8 Figure 1-9

Before you put envelopes in the tray, check the following:

■ Envelopes should have a lengthwise sealing flap.

■ The sealing flaps should be folded crisply and correctly (irregularly cut or folded envelopes may

cause paper jams).

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■ Envelopes should consist of two layers of paper in the area circled in Figure 1-10.

Feeding
direction

Figure 1-10

If you use any of the types of envelopes listed above, they may damage your printer. This damage is not
covered under any Brother warranty or service agreement.

■ Before you print envelopes, you must ‘fan’ the stack to avoid paper jams and misfeeds.

■ Before you print a lot of envelopes, test one to make sure that the print results are what you want.

■ Envelope joints that are sealed by the manufacturer should be secure.

■ Do not put different types of paper in the paper tray at the same time because it may cause paper

jams or misfeeds.

■ For proper printing, you must choose the same paper size from your software application as the

paper in the tray.

■ An area 15 mm (0.6 in.) from the edges of the envelope will not be printed.

■ See What kind of paper can I use? on page 1-10.

Most envelopes will be suitable for your printer. However, some envelopes will have feed and
print-quality problems because of the way they have been made. A suitable envelope should have edges
with straight, well-creased folds and the leading edge should not be thicker than two pieces of paper.
The envelope should lie flat and not be of baggy or flimsy construction. You should buy quality envelopes
from a supplier who understands that you will be using the envelopes in a laser printer.

Brother will not recommend a particular envelope because envelope manufacturers may change
the envelope specifications. You are responsible for the quality and performance of the envelopes
you use.

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Labels and transparencies

The printer will print on most types of labels and transparencies designed for use with a laser printer.
Labels should have an adhesive which is acrylic-based since such material is more stable at the high
temperatures in the fusing unit. Adhesives should not come in contact with any part of the printer,
because the label stock may stick to the drum or rollers and ca use jams and p rint quality problems. No
adhesive should be exposed between the labels. Labels should be arranged so that they cover the entire
length and width of the sheet. Using labels with spaces may result in labels peeling off and causing
serious jams or print problems.

All labels and transparencies used in this printer must be able to withstand a temperature of 200 degrees
centigrade (392 degrees Fahrenheit) for a period of 0.1 seconds.

Label and transparency sheets should not exceed the paper weight specifications described in this
User's Guide. Labels and transparencies exceeding this specification may not feed or print properly and
may cause damage to your printer.

Transparencies and Labels can be fed from Tray 1 only and cannot be printed using the duplex unit.

Types of labels and transparencies to avoid

Do not use labels or transparencies that are damaged, curled, wrinkled or an unusual shape.

Figure 1-11

Before using paper that has holes in it, such as organizer sheets, you must ‘fan’ the stack to avoid
paper jams and misfeeds.

Figure 1-12

■ Avoid feeding labels with the carrier sheet exposed because your printer will be damaged.

■ When feeding transparencies, use the recommended type for laser printers. For detailed

information on the specification of the proper transparencies to purchase, call your dealer or
Brother Customer Service.

Brother will not recommend particular labels or transparencies because the manufacturers may
change the specifications. You are responsible for the quality and performance of the print media
you use.

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Paper feed

Tray feed

The printer can feed paper from the standard paper tray, optional lower tray or optional legal tray.

When you put paper into the paper tray, note the following:

■ If your application software supports paper size selection on the print menu, you can select it

through the software. If your application software does not support it, you can set the paper size
in the printer driver or by using the control panel buttons.

■ The paper size has been set at the factory to Letter for 120 V models or A4 for 220/240 V

models. If you want to use other sizes of paper or envelopes, change the paper size setting in
PAGE FORMAT in the FORMAT menu by using the control panel buttons. For paper size
selection, see PRINT MENU on page 3-13.

■ If you use pre-printed paper in the trays, please be sure to put the paper with the printed side

face up and the top edge of the paper at the back of the paper tray.

The printer automatically detects the paper size you have put into the paper tray. The printer will prompt
you to put the correct size of paper in the tray as follows:

SIZE MISMATCH
Put <size> paper size in Tray
<1/2>. Paper mismatch between
the Printer and the Printer
Driver setting

If you want to put a different size of paper into the paper tray from the size that was selected in the paper
size setting by using the control panel buttons or in your application software, you can change the paper
size setting.

Print on envelopes

Adjust the paper length and width guides to fit the envelopes that are going to be used.

Figure 1-13

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Manual feed

Since this printer does not have a manual feed or multi purpose tray, you can not manually feed irregular
sized paper. However, this printer has a special manual feed mode using Tray 1 (standard paper tray)
to accommodate non-standard paper sizes. You can select this mode with the printer driver or the control
panel buttons.

See PAPER in Chapter 3 for more information on selecting this setting using the printer control panel
buttons.

1

When the manual feed command is selected, the printer waits until you put the paper in Tray 1.

MANUAL FEED

=ON

2

Pull out Tray 1 and put in the paper you are going to use. It may be necessary to remove some or
all of the paper stack first, depending on the size of paper in the tray and the size of the paper you
wish to print on manually.

3

Put Tray 1 back in and press Go. The printer will then start printing.

■ Print quality may be affected by the type of paper you use and the print image.

■ You may experience poor paper feeding during duplex printing.

■ You cannot perform continuous duplex printing when MANUAL FEED is on.

■ During manual duplex printing, if you leave the printer for more than 5 minutes after the first side

has been printed, the printer will reset this setting automatically.

Paper output

We recommend that you use the face down output tray extension, paper stopper and paper support:

1

when prining a lot at anyone time

2

when using legal sized paper

3

if the printed paper appears curled

Figure 1-14

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2

Driver and software

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 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

You can see the operations and detailed information in the Install Software section of the supplied
CD-ROM.

For Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows® NT 4.0 and Windows® 2000/XP

■ PCL (Hewlett-Packard laser printer-LaserJet) compatible driver

■ BR-Script (PostScript

®

3TM language emulation) driver

For Macintosh®

■ BR-Script (PostScript® 3TM language emulation) driver (For more information, see the Network

User's Guide on the CD-ROM.)

PCL driver PS driver
Windows
Windows® 2000/XP
Windows NT® 4.0
Macintosh® (via Network)
Macintosh® (via USB)

®

95/98/Me

■ For more information about emulations, see About emulation modes on page 3-21.

■ If you want to print from a DOS application, see Chapter 6.

■ The screen shot may vary depending on the Operating System (OS) you are using.

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For Windows

®

Features in the PCL printer driver

You can also download the latest printer driver or get other information by accessing the Brother
Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com

You can also change settings by clicking the illustration on the left side of the Basic tab in the Properties
dialog box.

For more information, please see the online Help in the printer driver.

The screens in this section are from Windows® XP. The screens on your PC will vary depending on
your operating system.

Basic Tab

If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can access the Basic tab by clicking
Printing Preferences... in the General tab of the Brother HL-2700CN series Properties screen.

1

Select the Paper Size, Multiple Page, Orientation and other settings.

2

Select the color mode.

3

Select the Paper Source.

1

2

3

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Advanced tab

If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can access the Advanced tab by
clicking Printing Preferences... in the General tab of the Brother HL-2700CN series Properties
screen.

1

2

3

4

5

Change the tab settings by clicking the following icons:

1

Print Quality

2

Duplex

3

Watermark

4

Page Setting

5

Device Options

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Print Quality

Select the Quality, Color Mode, and Improve Gray Color.

■ Quality

You can change the Quality as follows:
Normal 600 dpi class
Fine 600 x 600 dpi
with CAPT* Recommended for photo
*CAPT (Color Advanced Photoscale Technology) The finest print mode. Use this mode to print

precise images such as photographs.

■ You can choose from 600 dpi class, 600 dpi class with CAPT, 600 x 600 dpi, or 600 x 600 dpi

with CAPT.

■ Check the box to use CAPT when you print photo’s.

■ Remove the check from the box when you print graphics.

■ Color Mode

You can change the Color Matching mode as follows:

■ Match Monitor

■ Photo

■ Graphics

■ Vivid / Text

■ None

■ Improve Gray Color

You can improve the image quality of shaded areas by ticking the Improve Gray Color check box.

Duplex

To use automatic duplex printing, you will need to install the optional duplex unit onto your printer. If you
select the Duplex button, the dialog box for making duplex settings will appear. Six types of duplex
binding directions are available for each orientation.

Watermark

You can place a watermarked logo or text in your documents.
When you use a bitmap file as a watermark, you can change the size of the watermark and place it

anywhere you like on the page.
When you use text as a watermark, you can change the font, darkness and angle settings.

Page Setting

Change the print image scaling, and then select Mirror / Reverse print options.

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Device Options

Set the following print functions in this tab:

■ Job Spooling

■ Toner Save Mode

■ Quick Print Setup

■ Sleep Time

■ Status Monitor

■ Macro

■ Print Setting

■ Print Setting (Monochrome Only)

■ Page Protection

■ Print Date & Time

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Job Spooling

You can reprint a document without sending the data again from your PC (except for secure printing)
because the printer will save data that you specify for reprinting.

■ Last Job Reprint: Reprint the last job

■ Secure Print: Print the data with a password

■ Public: Save the data without a password

■ Proof: Save the data and print it

For more information about the Reprint setting, see Reprint setting on page 3-26.

■ If you want to prevent other people from using the Reprint setting to print your data, remove the

Use Reprint check mark in Job Spooling settings.

■ The settings for Job Spooling in the printer driver will take priority over the settings made on the

control panel. See Reprint setting on page 3-26.

Toner Save Mode

You can save running costs by turning on the toner save mode, which reduces the print density.

Quick Print Setup

You can turn the Quick Print Setup function ON or OFF. A small selection window appears on your
computer. This will then let you make changes to the settings of the following functions:

■ Multiple Page

■ Duplex

■ Toner Save Mode

■ Paper Source

■ Media Type

■ Color / Mono

Sleep Time

When the printer does not receive data for a certain period of time (time-out), it enters sleep mode. Sleep
mode acts as though the printer was turned off. The default time-out is 30 minutes. When Intelligent
Sleep Mode is selected, it is automatically adjusted to the most suitable time-out setting depend ing o n
the frequency of your printer use. While the printer is in sleep mode, the printer can still receive data from
the computer. Receiving a print file or document automatically wakes up the printer to start printing.
Pressing one of the buttons will also wake up the printer.

Sleep mode can be turned off. To turn sleep mode off, go to the Advanced tab, select Device Options
and then select Sleep Time. Double-click the word Sleep Time in the Sleep Time screen, this wi ll allow
the Sleep Time Off function to appear, click Sleep Time Off to stop the printer going into sleep mode.
The Sleep Time Off function can be hidden by double-clicking the word Sleep Time in the Sleep Time
screen again. We recommend that you keep Sleep mode on for power saving.

Status Monitor

This reports the printer status (any errors that may happen with the printer) when printing. The default
setting for the Status Monitor is off. If you would like to turn the status monitor on, go to the Advanced
tab, select Device Options and then select Status Monitor.

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Macro

You can save a page of a document as a macro to printer memory. Moreover, you can execute the saved
macro - in other words, you can use the saved macro as an overlay on any documents. This will save
time and increase printing speed for often used information such as forms, company logos, letter head
formats or invoices.

Print Setting

You can change the settings of the following functions:

■ Compression Mode

■ TrueType Mode

■ Use Printer TrueType Fonts

Print Setting (Monochrome Only)

You can change the settings of the following functions:

■ HRC

Page Protection
Page Protection refers to a setting that reserves additional memory for the creation of full page images.

Selections are AUTO, OFF, LTR (Letter size paper), A4 or LGL (Legal size paper).
The page protection feature allows the printer to create the full page image to be printed in memory
before physically moving the paper through the printer. When the image is very complicated and the
printer has to wait to process the image before printing, use this function.

Print Date & Time
Date: Specifies the format of the date.
Time: Specifies the format of the time.

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Accessories tab

When you install optional units, you can add them and select the settings for them in the Accessories
tab as follows.

1

2

4

3

1

You can manually add or remove the options for any optional device that is installed on the printer.
Tray settings will match the installed options.

2

RAMDISK

You can detect the capacity of RAMDISK that that has been set using the control panel. To find the
capacity of RAMDISK, tick the RAMDISK check box and then click Auto Detect.

For more information, see Reprinting from RAM on page 3-26.

3

Paper Source Setting

This feature recognizes the paper size in each paper tray.

4

Auto detection of printer options and RAMDISK

■ The Auto Detect function finds the currently installed optional unit devices and shows the

available settings in the printer driver. When you click the Auto Detect button, options that are
installed on the printer will be listed. You can manually add or remove options.

Auto Detect function may not be available under certain printer conditions.

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Support Tab

If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can access the Support tab by
clicking Printing Preferences... in the General tab of the Brother HL-2700CN series Properties
screen.

■ You can download the latest driver by accessing the Brother Solutions Center at

http://solutions.brother.com

■ You can see the printer driver version.

■ You can check the current driver settings.

■ You can print the Print Settings page and internal fonts list.

DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 9

Features in the PS printer driver

You can download the latest driver by accessing the Brother Solutions Center at
http://solutions.brother.com

For more information, please see the online Help in the printer driver.

The screens in this section are from Windows® XP. The screens on your PC will vary depending on
your operating system.

Ports tab

Select the port where your printer is connected or the path to the network printer you are using.

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Device Settings tab

Select the options you installed.

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Layout tab

If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can access the Layout tab by
clicking Printing Preferences... in the General tab of the Brother HL-2700CN BR-Script3
Properties screen.

You can change the Layout setting by selecting the settings for Orientation, Print on Both Sides

(Duplex), Page Order and Pages Per Sheet:

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Paper / Quality tab

Select the Paper Source and Color.

DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 13

Advanced options

1

2

1

Select the Paper Size and Copy Count.

2

Set the Image Color Management, Scaling and TrueType Font settings.

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3

You can change settings by selecting the setting in the Printer Features list:

■ Media Type

TM

■ Collate (Only when a CompactFlash

■ Job Spooling

■ PASSWORD

■ Job Name

■ Print Quality

■ HRC

■ Toner Save

■ Sleep Time

■ Color / Mono

■ Gamma Correction

■ Color Mode

■ Improve Gray Color

■ Halftone Screen Lock

■ BR-Script Level

card is installed)

3

DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 15

For Macintosh

This printer supports Mac OS® 8.6 to 9.2 and Mac OS® X 10.1 to 10.2.
You can download the latest driver by accessing the Brother Solutions Center at

http://solutions.brother.com

The screens in this section are from Mac OS® X 10.1. The screens on your Macintosh® will vary
depending on your Operating System.

®

Page setup

You can set the Paper Size, Orientation and Scale.

Layout

Set the Layout, Pages per Sheet and other settings.

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Specific settings

Set the Media Type, Job Spooling, PASSWORD and other settings.

DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 17

Software

This section is for Windows®.

Software for Networks

BRAdmin Professional utility

The BRAdmin Professional is a utility for managing your Brother network enabled printers that are
running under Windows

®

95/98/Me, Windows NT® 4.0 and Windows® 2000/XP.

It allows you to easily configure and check the status of your printer on the network.

Driver Deployment Wizard

This installer includes the Windows® PCL driver and Brother network port driver (LPR and NetBIOS).
The administrator should set up the IP address, Gateway and Subnet with BRAdmin Professional utility
before using this software.

If the administrator then installs the printer driver and port driver using this software, h e can save the file
to the file server or send the file by E-mail to users. Then, each user just clicks that file to have the printer
driver, port driver, IP address, and so on, automatically copied to their PC.

Web BRAdmin

The Web BRAdmin software is designed to manage all LAN/WAN Brother network connected devices.
By installing the Web BRAdmin server software on a computer running IIS*, Administrators with a Web
browser can connect to the Web BRAdmin server, which then communicates with the device itself.
Unlike the BRAdmin Professional utility - which is designed for Windows
BRAdmin server software can be accessed from any client computer with a web browser that supports
Java 2.

You can download the Web BRAdmin software from our web site at
http://solutions.brother.com/webbradmin

®

systems only - the Web

IIS* = Internet Information Server 4.0 or Internet Information Services 5.0/5.1

Web BRAdmin and Internet Information Server 4.0 is supported by the following operating systems:

®

■ Windows NT

4.0 Server

Web BRAdmin and Internet Information Server 5.0 is supported by the following operating systems:

®

■ Windows

■ Windows

■ Windows

2000 Professional

®

2000 Server

®

2000 Advanced Server

Web BRAdmin and Internet Information Server 5.1 is supported by the following operating systems:

®

■ Windows

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XP Professional

Automatic Emulation Selection

This printer has an Automatic Emulation Selection feature. When the printer receives data from the
computer, it automatically chooses the emulation mode. This feature has been set at the factory to ON.

The printer can choose from the following combinations:

EPSON (default

HP LaserJet HP LaserJet
BR-Script3 BR-Script3
HP-GL HP-GL
EPSON FX-850 IBM ProPrinter XL

To get the most out of this laser printer, we recommend that you use the Brother BR-Script3 emulation.

The printer is set to the HP color printer emulation (PCL 5C) mode automatically. Since PCL 5C mode
takes the highest priority in the Automatic Emulation Selection, in most cases you can start using the
printer as it is with the factory settings.

Emulation modes other than PCL 6, PCL 5C and BR-Script3 are monochrome emulation modes.

You can select the emulation mode manually by using the control panel to access EMULATION in the
SETUP menu. See SETUP on page 3-12.

When you use the Automatic Emulation Selection, note the following:

■ The EPSON or IBM emulation mode priority must be selected, because the printer cannot

distinguish between them. Since the factory setting is EPSON emulation mode, you might need
to select the IBM emulation mode by using the control panel to access EMULATION in the
SETUP menu.

■ Try Automatic Emulation Selection with your application software or network server. If it does

not work properly, select the emulation mode manually by using either the printer control panel
buttons or the emulation selection commands from your software.

)

IBM

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Automatic Interface Selection

This printer has an Automatic Interface Selection feature. When the printer receives data from the
computer, it automatically selects the IEEE 1284 Parallel or the USB interface, whichever is appropriate.

When you use the parallel interface, you can turn the high-speed and bi-directional parallel
communications on or off by using the control panel buttons to access PARALLEL in the INTERFACE
menu. See INTERFACE on page 3-17. Since the Automatic Interface Selection mode has been factory
set to ON, simply connect the interface cable to the printer. (Note: Always turn off both your computer
and printer when connecting or disconnecting the cable).

When you use the Automatic Interface Selection, note the following:

■ This function takes a few seconds to work. If you want to speed up printing, select the required

interface manually by using the control panel to access SELECT in the INTERFACE menu.

If you typically use only one interface, we recommend that you select that interface in the INTERFACE
mode. If only one interface is selected, the printer will allocate the entire input buffer to that interface.

Printer settings

Factory settings

The printer settings have been set at the factory before shipment. They are called factory settings.
Although you can operate the printer with these factory settings unchanged, you can tailor the printer
with user settings. See List of factory settings on page 3-22.

Changing the user settings does not affect the factory settings. You cannot modify the present
factory settings.

The changed user settings can be restored to the default factory settin gs with the RESET MENU menu.
See RESET MENU on page 3-17.

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3

Control panel

Control panel

This printer has one liquid crystal display (LCD), six buttons and two Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) on
the control panel. The display can show various messages with up to 16 characters in each of the two
rows. The LEDs light to indicate the current printer status.

Figure 3-1

CONTROL PANEL 3 - 1

Buttons

You can control the basic printer operations and change various printer settings with the six buttons (Go,
Job Cancel, +, -, Set, Back).

Button Operations

Go Exit from the control panel menu, reprint settings, error messages and

sleep mode.

Job Cancel Stop and cancel the print job in progress.
Menu + Move forward through menus.

Move forward through the options you can choose.

- Move backward through menus.

Move backward through the options you can choose.

Set Select the control panel menu.

Set the selected menus and settings.

Back Go back one level in the menu.

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Go button

You can change the panel indications from the current status (Menu, Error and Reprint settings) by
pressing the Go button once. For ERROR indication s, the control panel only changes when the error is
cleared.

You can pause printing with the Go button. Pressing the Go button again restarts the print job and clears
the pause. During a pause, the printer is off-line.

If the printer is in PAUSE mode and you do not want to print the data that is left, you can cancel the
job by pressing the Job Cancel button. Once the job has been canceled, the printer will return to
the READY state.

Job Cancel button

You can cancel the processing or printing of data with the Job Cancel button. The display shows JOB
CANCELLING until the job is cancelled. After cancelling the job, the printer returns to the READY state.

When the printer is not receiving data or printing, the displa y shows NO DATA!!! and you cannot cancel
the job.

+ or - button

If you press the + or - button when the printer is in the on-line (Ready) state, it goes off-line and the LCD
displays the menu.

To move through menus in the LCD

If you press the + or - button when the printer is in the on-line st ate, it goes off-line and the LCD displays
the current mode.

You can go to other menus by pressing the + or - button. Pressing the + or - button allows you to move
forward or backward through the menus and settings on the display. Press or keep pressin g the button
until you see the setting you want.

To enter numbers

You can enter numbers in two ways. You can press the + or - button to move up or down one number at
a time, or you can hold down the + or - button to move faste r. When you see the number you want, press
the Set button.

Set button

If you press the Set button when the printer is in the on-line (Ready) state, it goes off-line and the LCD
goes to the menu.

Pressing the Set button allows you to choose the displayed menu or option. After changing the se tting,
an asterisk (*) appears briefly on the right-hand side of the message.

CONTROL PANEL 3 - 3

Back button

If you press the Back button when the printer is in the on-lin e (Ready) state, it goes off-line an d the LCD
goes to the menu.

Pressing the Back allows you to return to the previous level from the current menu level.

The Back button also allows you to select the previous digit while setting numbers.

When you select the leftmost digit, the Back button allows you to go up one level in the menu.
When you select a setting and it does not have an asterisk (*) (Set button was not pressed), the Back

button allows you to return to the previous menu level with the original setting unchanged.

When you press the Set button to choose a setting, an asterisk appears briefly at the end of the
display. Since the asterisk shows what you have chosen, you can easily see the current settings as
you look through the display.

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Light-emitting diodes (LEDs)

The LED is a light that shows the printer status.

Status LED (Green)

LED indication Meaning
On Ready to print

Printing
Sleeping
Data remains in the printer buffer (when DATA EXISTS shows on the LCD).

Blinking Receiving or processing data
Off Off-line

Alarm LED (Red)

LED indication Meaning
On There is an error in the printer.
Off There is no error in the printer.

CONTROL PANEL 3 - 5

Liquid crystal display (LCD)

The display shows the current printer status. When you use the control panel buttons, the display will
change.

If you take the printer off-line, the display changes to show the emulation you have chosen.

If there are any problems, the display shows the appropriate error message, maintenance message, or
call service message so you will know that you need to take action. For more information about these
messages, see Troubleshooting in Chapter 6.

LCD messages

The message on the LCD display shows the current printer status during normal operation as shown
below.

READY

   

K C M Y

The  marks indicate the status of the toner in the toner cartridges (K: Black, C: Cyan, M: Magenta, Y:
Yellow). When the  mark blinks (), the indicated toner is nearly empty. When toner becomes empty,
the  indicator disappears completely.

When an error has occurred, the type of error is displayed on the first line of the LCD message as shown
below.

The message on the second line shows information for clearing the error as shown below.

COVER OPEN
Close the Top Cover

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Printer status messages

The following table shows the printer status messages that are displayed during normal operation:

Printer status message Meaning

READY Ready to print.
PRINTING Printing.
RESOLUTION ADAPT Printing with reduced resolution.
PROCESSING Busy processing data.
JOB CANCELLING Cancelling the job.
PAUSE The printer has suspen ded its op era tions. Press the

again.

WARMING UP The printer is warming up.
SLEEP In sleep status
PRESS SET TO PRINT Press the
RESET TO FACTORY

SETTING
SELF TEST Performing self-diagnostics.
RAM SIZE=xxMB This printer has XX MB memory.
NOW INITIALIZING The printer is setting up.
PROGRAMING-WAIT Accessing CompactFlash card.

The printer settings return to the factory settings.

Set button to start printing.

Go button to start the printer

How to use the control panel

When you use the Menu buttons (+, -, Set or Back), remember the following basic steps:

■ If no control panel operations are performed for 30 seconds, the LCD automatically returns to Ready

state.

■ When you press the Set button to choose a setting, an asterisk appears briefly at the end of the

display. After that, the display returns to the previous menu level.

■ After changing the status or a setting, pressing the Back button before you press th e Set button will

cause the display to return to the previous menu level with the original settings unchanged.

■ There are two ways to input numbers. You can press the + or - button to scroll up or down one

number at a time, or you can hold down + or - to scroll faster. The blinking number is the one that you
can change.

CONTROL PANEL 3 - 7

For example: If you only use Tray 1 to print from, change the SOURCE setting to TRAY1,
as follows:

READY

Press any of the Menu buttons (+, -, Set or Back) to take the printer
off-line.

--MENU-­INFORMATION

Press the + or - button to move forward or backward through the
menus until PAPER is displayed.

--MENU-­PAPER

Press the Set button to move to the next menu level.

PAPER
SOURCE

Press the Set button.

SOURCE
=AUTO *

SOURCE
=TRAY1

SOURCE
=TRAY1

Press the + button.

Press the Set button.
An asterisk * briefly appears at the end of the display.
The default setting is indicated by an *.

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Control panel LCD menu

The control panel LCD names for the paper trays are as follows:

■ Standard paper tray: TRAY1

■ Optional lower tray: TRAY2

■ Optional duplex unit: DX

There are 9 menus. For more information about the selections available in each menu, please see the
pages listed below:

INFORMATION

See INFORMATION on page 3-10.
PAPER

See PAPER on page 3-11.
QUALITY

See QUALITY on page 3-11.
SETUP

See SETUP on page 3-12.
PRINT MENU

See PRINT MENU on page 3-13.
NETWORK

See NETWORK on page 3-16.

INTERFACE

See INTERFACE on page 3-17.

RESET MENU

See RESET MENU on page 3-17.

REPRINT

See REPRINT on page 3-18.

CONTROL PANEL 3 - 9

INFORMATION

Display Shows Description

PRINT SETTINGS Prints the print settings page.
PRINT TEST Prints the test page.
PRINT DEMO Prints the demonstration sheet.
PRINT FILE LIST Prints the card list.
PRINT FONTS Prints the fonts list and samples.
VERSION Subsetting Description

SER.NO=######### Shows Printer serial number.
ROM VER=#### Shows ROM version
ROM DATE YY/MM/DD Shows ROM date
NET VER=#### Shows Network version
NET DATE YY/MM/DD Shows Network build date
ENG VER=#### Shows Engine firmware version
RAM SIZE=###MB Shows the size of memory in this printer.

MAINTENANCE PAGE COUNTER =###### Shows the current total

printed pages.

IMAGE COUNTERS C=#####, M=#####,

Y=#####, K=#####,
TOTAL=#####

REMAIN OPC BELT =###### Shows the remaining
REMAIN FUSER =######
REMAIN 120K KIT =######
REMAIN PF KIT2 =######

Shows the amount of
images produced by
an individual color and
the combined Total of
all 4 colors.

life for the OPC Belt,
Fuser, 120K Kit and PF
Kit2. See 5-2.

3 - 10 CONTROL PANEL

PAPER

Display Shows Description

SOURCE =AUTO/TRAY1/TRAY2

Selects which paper tray the paper will be fed from.

MANUAL FEED =OFF/ON

Selects whether or not you want to feed paper manually.

TRAY1 SMALL SIZE =B5/DL/COM-10/JISB5
TRAY2 SMALL SIZE =B5/JISB5
DUPLEX =OFF/ON(LONG BIND)/ON(SHORT BIND)

Selects whether you want to automatically print on both sides of the paper.

QUALITY

Display Shows Description

HRC =MEDIUM/DARK/OFF/LIGHT

HRC: High Resolution Control offers improved print quality of letters, numbers and
graphics that conventional laser printers cannot achieve, with a resolution of 300
or 600 dpi.

TONER SAVE =OFF/ON
CALIBRATION Subsetting Description

CALIBRATE Carry out calibration to revise the colors.
RESET Set the calibration parameters back to those set

at the factory.

CONTROL PANEL 3 - 11

SETUP

Display Shows Description

LANGUAGE = ENGLISH/FRANÇAIS /...
PANEL CONTROL Subsetting Description

BUTTON REPEAT Set the time for the display me ssa ge to chan ge

when holding the + or - button at intervals of : 0.2,

0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, 1.4, 1.8 or 2.0 seconds. The
factory setting is 0.2.

MESSAGE SCROLL Set the time in seconds that an LCD message

will scroll across the display. From level 1=0.2 to
Level 10=2.0. The factory setting is Level 1.

POWER SAVE =ON/OFF
POWER SAVE TIME =1:30:99 MIN
AUTO CONTINUE =OFF/ON
LOCK PANEL =OFF/ON

Turns the lock panel settings ON/OFF.
PASS NO.=###

REPRINT =ON/OFF
PAGE PROTECTION =AUTO/OFF/LETTER/LEGAL/A4

EMULATION =AUTO(EPSON)/AUTO(IBM)/HP LASER JET/....

KEEP PCL =OFF/ON
RAMDISK SIZE =0/1/2/...MB RESTART PRINTER?
DELETE STORAGE Deletes the data on the CompactFlash card.

Subsetting Description

SECURE FILE Selects the user name, job name and password.
PUBLIC FILE Selects the user name and job name.
PROOF FILE Selects the user name and job name.
DATA ID (CF) =####
MACRO ID (CF) =####
FONT ID (CF) =####
XLSTREAM(CF) =####

FORMAT(CF) OK?
TIME STYLE =YY/MM/DD hh:mm*
DATE & TIME DISPLAY YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm

YEAR =YYYY

MONTH =MM

DAY =DD

HOUR =hh

MINUTE =mm

3 - 12 CONTROL PANEL

PRINT MENU

Display Shows Description

MEDIA TYPE =PLAIN PAPER/TRANSPARENCIES/THICK PAPER/THICKER PAPER/THIN

PAPER

COLOR PRINT =ON/OFF
PAPER Sets cut sheet paper size to A4, EXECUTIVE, COM-10, DL, B5,

JIS B5, LETTER, LEGAL, A5
COPIES You can check the total number of printed pages.

Shows the number of printed pages. (1:99 9)
ORIENTATION This printer can print pages in portrait or landscape orientation.

PORTRAIT or LANDSCAPE
PRINT POSITION This printer can be adjusted to align the page format.

Subsetting Description

X OFFSET=0 =-500:+500

Moves the print start position (at the top-left
corner of pages) horizontally up to -500 (left ) to
+500 (right) dots in 300 dpi.

Y OFFSET=0 =-500:+500

Moves the print start position (at the top-left
corner of pages) vertically up to -500 (up) to
+500 (down) dots in 300 dpi.

AUTO FF TIME =OFF/1:99 (sec)

Allows you to print the remaining data without pressing the Go button
FF SUPPRESS =OFF/ON

Turns the feed suppress (PAUSE) setting ON or OFF.

CONTROL PANEL 3 - 13

PRINT MENU (Continued)

Display Shows Description

HP LASERJET FONT NO. =I0000:#####

FONT PITCH =###.##

SYMBOL SET PC-8/...

Sets the symbol set or the character set.

TABLE PRINT Print code table.

AUTO LF =OFF/ON

ON: CR→CR+LF, OFF: CR→CR

AUTO CR =OFF/ON

ON: LF→LF+CR, FF+CR, or VT→VT+CR
OFF: LF→LF, FF→FF, or VT→VT

AUTO WRAP =OFF/ON

Selects whether a line feed and carriage return
will happen when the printer reaches the right
margin.

AUTO SKIP =ON/OFF

Selects whether a line feed and carriage return
will happen when the printer position reaches
the bottom margin.

LEFT MARGIN =####

Sets the left margin at column 0 to 126 columns
at 10 cpi.

RIGHT MARGIN =####

Sets the right margin at column 10 to 136
columns at 10 cpi.

TOP MARGIN =####

Sets the top margin at a distance from the top
edge of the paper: 0, 0.33, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 or 2.0"
The factory setting is 0.5

BOTTOM MARGIN =####

Sets the bottom margin at a distance from the
bottom edge of the paper: 0, 0.33, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5
or 2.0"

The factory setting is 0.33(None-HP), 0.5(HP)

LINES =####

Sets the number of lines on each page from 5 to
128 lines.

3 - 14 CONTROL PANEL

PRINT MENU (Continued)

Display Shows Description

EPSON FX-850 FONT NO. =I0000:#####

FONT PITCH =###.##

CHARACTER SET PC-8/...

Sets the symbol set or the character set.

TABLE PRINT Print code table.

AUTO LF =OFF/ON

ON: CR→CR+LF
OFF: CR→CR

AUTO MASK =OFF/ON

LEFT MARGIN Sets the left margin at column 0 to 126 columns

at 10 cpi.

RIGHT MARGIN Sets the right margin at column 10 to 136

columns at 10 cpi.

TOP MARGIN Sets the top margin at a distance from the top

edge of the paper: 0, 0.33, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 or 2.0"
The factory setting is 0.33

BOTTOM MARGIN Sets the bottom margin at a distance from the

bottom edge of the paper: 0, 0.33, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5
or 2.0" The factory setting is 0.33

LINES Sets the number of lines on each page from 5 to

128 lines.

IBM PROPRINTER FONT NO. =I0000:#####

FONT PITCH =###.##

CHARACTER SET PC-8/...

Sets the symbol set or the character set.

TABLE PRINT Prints code table.

AUTO LF =OFF/ON

ON: CR→CR+LF,
OFF: CR→CR

AUTO CR =OFF/ON

AUTO MASK =OFF/ON

LEFT MARGIN Sets the left margin at column 0 to 126 columns

at 10 cpi.

RIGHT MARGIN Sets the right margin at column 10 to 136

columns at 10 cpi.

TOP MARGIN Sets the top margin at a distance from the top

edge of the paper: 0, 0.33, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 or 2.0"
The factory setting is 0.33

BOTTOM MARGIN Sets the bottom margin at a distance from the

bottom edge of the paper: 0, 0.33, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5
or 2.0"

The factory setting is 0.33

LINES

Sets the number of lines on each page from 5 to
128 lines.

CONTROL PANEL 3 - 15

PRINT MENU (Continued)

Display Shows Description

HP-GL CHAR SET(STD) =####

CHAR SET(ALT) =####

PEN # SIZE PEN 1 to 6

(Set size and gray percentage for the selected
pen.)

PEN # GRAY PEN 1 to 6

15, 30, 45, 75, 90 or 100 %
(# is the selected pen number)

BR-SCRIPT ERROR PRINT =OFF/ON

CAPT =OFF/ON

CAPT: Color Advanced Photoscale Technology
offers photographic fine gray scale on grap hics.

NETWORK

Display Shows Description

TCP/IP Subsetting Description

TCP/IP ENABLE =ON/OFF

IP ADDRESS= ###.###.###.###

SUBNET MASK= ###.###.###.###

GATEWAY= ###.###.###.###

IP BOOT TRIES =#

IP METHOD =AUTO/STATIC/RARP/BOOTP/DHCP

APIPA =ON/OFF
NETWARE NETWARE ENABLE =ON/OFF

NET FRAME =AUTO/8023/ENET/8022/SNAP
APPLETALK =ON/OFF
NETBEUI =ON/OFF
DLC/LLC =ON/OFF
NETBIOS/IP =ON/OFF
ENET =AUTO/100B-FD/100B-HD/10B-FD/10B-HD

3 - 16 CONTROL PANEL

INTERFACE

Display Shows Description

SELECT =AUTO/USB/PARALLEL/NETWORK
AUTO IF TIME = 1:99 (sec)

You need to set the time-out period for the auto interface selection.
INPUT BUFFER = Level1:15

Increases or decreases the input

buffer capacity.
PARALLEL When using the parallel interface

Subsetting Description

HIGH SPEED =ON/OFF

BI-DIR =ON/OFF

USB2.0 HIGH SPEED =ON/OFF

RESTART PRINTER?

Turns high-speed parallel communications on or
off.

Turns bi-directional parallel communications on
or off.

Turns high-speed USB2.0 communications on
or off.

RESET MENU

Display Shows Description

RESET PRINTER Resets the printer and restores all printer settings (including command sett ings) to

settings you have previously made with the control panel buttons.
FACTORY RESET Resets the printer and restores all printer default settings (including comm and

settings) to the factory settings. See List of factory settings on page 3-22.

PARTS LIFE Subsetting Description

OPC BELT Resets the OPC Belt parts life.

Appears when you need to replace the OPC
belt.

FUSER UNIT Resets the Fusing Unit parts life.

Appears when you need to replace the Fusing
unit.

120K KIT Resets the 120K Kit parts life.

Appears when you need to replace the 120K Kit.

PF KIT2 Resets the PF kit2 parts life.

Appears when you need to replace the PF Kit2.

CONTROL PANEL 3 - 17

REPRINT

Display Shows Description

COPIES = 1 Appears when the printer has reprint data but no PROOF, PUBLIC or SECURE

data in the memory.
LAST JOB COPIES = 1

Appears when the printer has reprint data and PROOF, PUBLIC or SECURE data

in the memory.
PROOF FILE XXX (User name), XXX (Job name), COPIES = 1

Appears when the printer has PROOF data in the memory.
PUBLIC FILE XXX (User name), XXX (Job name), COPIES = 1

Appears when the printer has PUBLIC data in the memory.
SECURE FILE XXX (User name), XXX (Job name), XXX (Pass word), COPIES = 1

Appears when the printer has SECURE data in the memory.

3 - 18 CONTROL PANEL

Set date and time

--MENU-­INFORMATION

--MENU-­SETUP

SETUP
DATE & TIME

DATE & TIME
YEAR

Press the + or - button until the SETUP menu appears (and to
display each setting shown below).

Press the Set button, and then press the + or - button
until DATE & TIME appears.

Press the Set button, and then press the + or - button until YEAR
appears.

a) Press the Set button.

YEAR
=1999 *

YEAR
=2003

YEAR
=2003 *

DATE & TIME
YEAR

DATE & TIME
MONTH

b) Press the + button until the correct year appears.

c) Press the Set button.

d) After a short time, the display changes.

e) Press the Set button.

DATE & TIME
2003/10/25 10:22

Repeat processes ‘a to e’ until you have set the date & time.

CONTROL PANEL 3 - 19

Set IP address

--MENU-­INFORMATION

--MENU-­NETWORK

NETWORK
TCP/IP

TCP/IP
TCP/IP ENABLE

Press the + or - button until the NETWORK menu appears (and to
display each setting shown below).

Press the Set button.

Press the Set button.

Press the + button.

TCP/IP
IP ADDRESS=

IP ADDRESS=

2

192.0.0.192 *

IP ADDRESS=

123.0.0.192

0

IP ADDRESS=

123.45.67.89

IP ADDRESS=

123.45.67.89 *

9

Press the Set button.

The last digit in the first part of the number is blinking.
Press the + or - button to increase or decrease the number.
Press the Set button to go to the next number.

Repeat this process until you have set your IP address.

Press the Set button to complete the IP address.

An asterisk appears at the end of the display.

3 - 20 CONTROL PANEL

About emulation modes

This printer has the following emulation modes:

HP LaserJet mode

The HP LaserJet mode (or HP mode) is the emulation mode in which this printer supports the PCL 5C
and PCL 6 language of the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet laser printer. Many software applications suppo rt
this type of laser printer. Using this mode will allow your printer to operate at its best with those
applications.

BR-Script3 mode

BR-Script is an original Brother page description language and a PostScript® language emulation
interpreter. This printer supports level 3. The BR-Script interpreter of this printer allows you to control
text and graphics on pages.

®

For technical information about PostScript

commands, see the following commercial manuals:

■ Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript

®

Language Reference, third Edition. Addison-Wesley

Publishing Company, Inc., 1999. ISBN: 0-201-37922-8

■ Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript

®

Language Program Design. Addison-Wesley Publishing

Company, Inc., 1988. ISBN: 0-201-14396-8

®

■ Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript

Language Tutorial and Cookbook. Addison-Wesley

Publishing Company, Inc., 1985. ISBN: 0-201-10179-3

HP-GL mode

The HP-GL mode is the emulation mode in which this pr inter supports the HP-GL of the Hewlett-Packard
plotter model HP-7475A. Many graphics and CAD applications support th is type of plotter. Use this mode
so your printer will work well when printing from those types of applications.

EPSON FX-850 and IBM Proprinter XL mode

The EPSON FX-850 and IBM Proprinter XL modes are the emulation modes that this printer supports to
meet the industry-standard for dot matrix printers. Some applications support these dot matrix printer
emulations. Use these emulation modes so your printer will work well when printing from those types of
applications.

CONTROL PANEL 3 - 21

List of factory settings

Table 1 shows the factory settings.

■ Different emulation modes will have different factory settings.

■ The following settings cannot be automatically restored to the factory settings by using the

FACTORY RESET in the RESET MENU menu - INTERFACE menu, HRC, PAGE
PROTECTION, SCALABLE FONT, LOCK PANEL, page counter and local language for display

messages.

■ The COPY setting is always restored to the facto ry setting when the printe r is turned off and on.

Network factory default setting

If you wish to reset the print server back to its default factory settings (resetting all information such as
the password and IP address information), please follow these steps:

1

Turn off the printer.

2

Hold down the + button as you turn on the power switch. Keep the button pressed down until the
LCD display shows READY.

3

The print server has been reset to its default factory settings.

3 - 22 CONTROL PANEL

Table 1: List of factory settings

MODE MENU Factory Setting

PAPER SOURCE =AUTO

MANUAL FEED =OFF

DUPLEX =OFF
QUALITY HRC =MEDIUM

TONER SAVE =OFF
SETUP LANGUAGE =ENGLISH

POWER SAVE TIME =30MIN

AUTO CONTINUE =OFF

LOCK PANEL =OFF

REPRINT =ON

PAGE PROTECTION =AUTO

EMULATION =AUTO(EPSON)

KEEP PCL =OFF

RAMDISK SIZE =#MB

TIME STYLE =YY/MM/DD hh:mm
PRINT MENU MEDIA TYPE =PLAIN PAPER

PAPER =A4/LETTER

COPIES =1

ORIENTATION =PORTRAIT

PRINT POSITION X OFFSET=0

Y OFFSET=0

AUTO FF TIME =5

FF SUPPRESS =OFF

HP LASERJET FONT NO.=59

FONT PITCH/POINT=10.00/12.00
SYMBOL/CHARACTER SET=PC8
AUTO LF=OFF
AUTO CR=OFF
AUTO WRAP=OFF
AUTO SKIP=ON
LEFT MARGIN=####
RIGHT MARGIN=####
TOP MARGIN=####
BOTTOM MARGIN=####
LINES=####

CONTROL PANEL 3 - 23

Table 1: List of factory settings (Continued)

MODE MENU Factory Setting

PRINT MENU EPSON FX-850 FONT NO.=59

FONT PITCH/POINT=10.00/12.00
SYMBOL/CHARACTER SET=US ASCIF
AUTO LF=OFF
AUTO MASK=OFF
LEFT MARGIN=####
RIGHT MARGIN=####
TOP MARGIN=####
BOTTOM MARGIN=####
LINES=####

IBM PROPRINTER FONT NO.=59

FONT PITCH/POINT=10.00/12.00
SYMBOL/CHARACTER SET=PC8
AUTO LF=OFF
AUTO CR=OFF
LEFT MARGIN=####
RIGHT MARGIN=####
TOP MARGIN=####
BOTTOM MARGIN=####
LINES=####

HP-GL CHAR SET(STD)=####

CHAR SET(ALT)=####
PEN # SIZE
PEN # GRAY

BR-SCRIPT ERROR PRINT=OFF

CAPT=OFF

3 - 24 CONTROL PANEL

Table 1: List of factory settings (Continued)

MODE MENU Factory Setting

NETWORK TCP/IP TCP/IP ENABLE=ON

IP ADDRESS=169.254.###.###
SUBNET MASK=255.255.0.0
GATEWAY=0.0.0.0
IP BOOT TRIES=3
IP METHOD=AUTO
APIPA=ON

NETWARE NETWARE ENABLE=ON

NET FRAME=AUTO

APPLETALK =ON

NETBEUI =ON

DLC/LLC =ON

NETBIOS/IP =ON

ENET =AUTO
INTERFACE SELECT =AUTO

AUTO IF TIME =5

INPUT BUFFER =LEVEL 3

PARALLEL HIGH SPEED=ON

BI-DIR=ON

USB2.0 HIGH SPEED=ON

Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) protocol, automatically configure an IP address and
subnet mask. See the Network User's Guide, which is provided on the CD-ROM.

CONTROL PANEL 3 - 25

Reprint setting

If you want to reprint a document that has just been printed, yo u can reprint it by using the con trol panel
button. Also, if you have created a document that you wish to share with colleagues, simply spool the
document to a non-secure area of the printer. This document can then be reprinted by anyone wh o is on
the network or at the printer control panel.

If you want to print PROOF, PUBLIC or SECURE data, we recommend that you install the optional
CompactFlash

TM

card.

Reprinting from RAM

If you do not install a CompactFlashTM card (see CompactFlashTM card on page 4-11), you can reprint
from random access memory (RAM). The reprint data in RAM will be deleted when the printer is turned
off.

When you use RAM to reprint:

1

Press the Set button on the control panel to exit from the READY state and select RAMDISK SIZE
in the SETUP menu.

2

The pre-set RAM disk is 0MB. Press the + button to increase the reprint RAM size in increments of
1MB.

■ When you increase the RAM size for Secure Printing, the work area of the printer is decreased

and the printer performance will be reduced. Make sure that you reset the RAMDISK SIZE to
0MB after you finish using Secure Printing.

■ You can also save macros, the print log, and fonts on RAMDISK.

■ When you store data in RAM, the data will be deleted when the printer is turned off.

We recommend that you add more RAM if you want to be able to print a lot of secured data. (See
SO-DIMM on page 4-13)

3 - 26 CONTROL PANEL

Reprinting the last job

You can reprint the data from the last print job without sending it from the computer again.

■ If you want to cancel reprinting, press the Job Cancel button.

■ If the printer does not have enough memory to spool the print job data, it will print only the last

page. We recommend that you expand the memory when you want to reprint a large amount of
data. For more information on memory expansion, see SO-DIMM memory on page 4-1.

■ For information about the settings in the printer driver, see Job Spooling on page 2-6.

Reprint the last job three times

1

Turn the REPRINT setting ON by using the control panel buttons to go to the SETUP menu.
If you print using the driver we have supplied with the printer, the settings for Job Spooling in the

printer driver will take priority over the settings made on the control panel. See Job Spooling on page
2-6.

2

--MENU-­INFORMATION

Press the + or - button until the REPRINT menu appears (and to
display each setting shown below).

--MENU-­REPRINT

--REPRINT-­COPIES= 1

--REPRINT-­COPIES= 3

PRINTING

Press the Set button.

If PROOF, PUBLIC or SECURE
data exists.

Press the Set button.

Press the + button twice.

Press the Set button.

---REPRINT--­LAST JOB

--REPRINT-­COPIES= 1

CONTROL PANEL 3 - 27

■ Pressing the + or - button makes the number of reprint copies decrease or increase. You can

select between 1 and 999 COPIES.

■ If you wait 30 seconds to continue the control panel operation, the display le aves the REPRINT

setting automatically.

■ If you press the Go button twice, the printer will leave the REPRINT setting.

■ If you want to reprint the data and have pressed the Go button, the display shows PRESS SET

TO PRINT. Press the Set button to start reprinting, or press Go again to leave the REPRINT
setting.

■ If the printer does not have reprint data in the memory and you press the Set button when the

printer is in the REPRINT menu, the LCD shows NO DATA STORED.

Printing PROOF data

You can use this setting to reprint PROOF data that has just be en printe d and ha s no security settings.
Documents that are placed in the PROOF area are available to anyone. You might use this setting for a
document that will be moved to a public folder at a later date.

When the area to spool data is full, the earliest data is automatically deleted first. The order of deleting
data is not connected to the order of reprinting.

When you reprint PROOF data, please see How to print SECURE data on page 3-30.

■ If you have not installed the optional CompactFlashTM, the reprint data will be deleted when the

printer is turned off.

■ If there is data in the job information that cannot be displayed on the LCD, the display shows a ?.

■ For more information about the settings in the printer driver, see Job Spooling on page 2-6.

Printing PUBLIC data

You can use this setting to reprint documents that are stored in a PUBLIC area of the printer memory.
Documents here will not be protected by a password and anyone can access them using the control
panel or a web browser. The printer will not print a PUBLIC document when you send it to the printer.
You must use the control panel of the printer or connect to the printer through a web browser.

PUBLIC data can be deleted using the control panel of the printer or from the we b-based management
software.

When you reprint PUBLIC data, please see How to print SECURE data on page 3-30.

■ If there is data in the job information that cannot be displayed on the LCD, the display shows a ?.

■ For more information about the settings in the printer driver, see Job Spooling on page 2-6.

3 - 28 CONTROL PANEL

Printing SECURE data

SECURE documents are protected by a password and only those people who know the password will
be able to print the document. The printer will not print the document when you send it for printing.
To print the document you must use the control panel of the printer (with the password) or connect to the
printer using a web browser.

If you want to delete the spooled data, you can carry out this operation using the control panel or the
web-based management software.

■ If there is data in the job information that cannot be displayed on the LCD, the display shows a ?.

■ For more information about the settings in the printer driver, see Job Spooling on page 2-6.

CONTROL PANEL 3 - 29

How to print SECURE data

--MENU-­INFORMATION

--MENU-­REPRINT

--REPRINT-­SECURE FILE

SECURE FILE
USER XXXXXX

Press the + or - button until the REPRINT menu appears (and to
display each setting shown below).

Press the + or - button.

Press the Set button.

Press the + or - to select the user name.
Press the Set button to set the user name.

USER XXXXXX
JOB XXXXXX

JOB XXXXXXX
PASSWORD= 0000

--REPRINT-­COPIES= 1

PRINTING

Press the + or - to select the job.
Press the Set button to set the job.

Type your password.
Press the Set button to set the password

The printer will exit this menu after a
time-out period.

Press the Set button.
If you press the Go button, the display shows PRESS SET TO
PRINT.

3 - 30 CONTROL PANEL

When there is no reprint data in memory

If the printer does not have reprint data in the memory and you press the Set button when the printer is
in the REPRINT menu, the LCD shows NO DATA STORED.

To delete the job

Using the control panel button, select the DELETE STORAGE submenu under the SETUP menu. Select
the user name and the job to delete it (you will need to enter the password to delete secure data).

To cancel the reprint job

Pressing the Job Cancel button allows you to cancel the current reprint job. Job Cancel also a llows you
to cancel a paused reprint job.

CONTROL PANEL 3 - 31

4

Options

Optional accessories and supplies

This printer has the following optional accessories. You can increase the capabilities of the printer with
these items.

Lower tray unit (LT-27CL)

See Lower tray unit (LT-27CL) on page 4-2.

Legal tray (LT-27LG)

See Legal tray (LT-27LG) on page 4-5.

Duplex unit (DX-2700)

See Duplex unit (DX-2700) on page 4-7.

CompactFlashTM card

See CompactFlashTM card on page 4-11.

SO-DIMM memory

See SO-DIMM on page 4-13.

Optional fonts package

See Optional fonts package on page 4-16.

4 - 1 OPTIONS

Lower tray unit (LT-27CL)

The lower tray unit (Tray 2) is an optional device that can hold up to 530 sheets of extra paper (75 g/m2
or 20 lb). You can put Letter, A4, B5 (JIS and ISO) or Executive size (176x250 to 215.9x297mm) p aper
in this tray. If you want to buy the optional lower tray unit, call the dealer you bought the printer from.

Putting paper in the lower tray unit

After you have installed the lower paper tray, you can put paper in it the same way you put paper in the
upper paper tray.

How to install the lower tray unit

■ This printer is heavy and weighs approximately 31.5 kg (69.4 lb). To prevent injuries, use at

least two people to lift the printer.

■ When you lift the printer make sure you use the handholds at the bottom four corners of the

printer.

■ When placing the printer on top of the lower tray unit, be careful not to catch your fingers

between them.

■ Do not carry the printer when the lower tray unit and/or the duplex unit are attached.

Caution

When moving or lifting this printer, keep the printer flat. To avoid spills, you must first remove the
toner cartridges and waste toner pack.

1

Turn off the printer power switch and unplug the printer.

2

Place the lower tray unit on a flat table, and then remove the protective parts.

Figure 4-1

OPTIONS 4 - 2

3

Remove the paper tray from the lower tray unit.

Figure 4-2

4

Remove the protective parts and then put the paper tray back in the lower tray unit.

Figure 4-3

5

Check the two alignment pins on the lower tray unit. Use two people to lift the printer and place it
on top of the lower tray unit. Make sure you use the handholds at the bottom four corners of the
printer. Check that the pins are properly inserted into the printer. Check that the connector is
inserted.

Figure 4-4

4 - 3 OPTIONS

6

Fit the two stopper fittings on the right and left hand sides of the lower tray unit.

Figure 4-5

7

Cover the gap on the right hand side with the right-hand side cover by first inserting the hook at th e
back. Cover the gap on the left hand side with the left-hand side cover by first inserting the hook at
the back.
Close both of the side covers by putting the notch over the hook of the lower tray unit.

Figure 4-6

8

To level the printer, adjust the feet of the lower tray unit at the front and back on the right-hand side.
Turn the feet to move them up or down until they touch the work surface and the tray unit is level.
Turn the lock screw on each foot to secure it.

Figure 4-7

Do not put transparencies, labels or envelopes in the paper tray of the optional lower tray unit. This
might cause paper jams.

OPTIONS 4 - 4

Legal tray (LT-27LG)

If you wish to print on Legal size paper, you must use the Legal tray. However, since it is not restricted
to Legal size paper, you can choose to load Letter, A4, B5 (JIS/ISO), Executive, A5 or envelopes in this
tray. If you want to buy the optional legal tray, call the dealer you bought the printer from.

How to install the legal tray

When you lift the printer make sure you use the handholds a t the bottom four corners of the printer.

Caution

When moving or lifting this printer, keep the printer flat. To avoid spills, you must first remove the
toner cartridges and waste toner pack.

1

Pull out the standard paper tray.

Figure 4-8

2

Place the legal tray on a flat table and lift the front tray cover.

Figure 4-9

4 - 5 OPTIONS

3

Squeeze the snap lock on the end of the front paper guide. Slide the front paper guide to the position
for the size of paper you are using. Release the snap lock. Squeeze and slide the left hand side
paper guide to the paper size you are using, and release it.

Figure 4-10

4

Put the paper in the tray with the recommended print side face up.

5

Lower the front tray cover.

6

Slide the paper tray back into the printer.

ABC

Figure 4-11

ABC

Figure 4-12

OPTIONS 4 - 6

Duplex unit (DX-2700)

The duplex unit is an optional device that allows you to print on both sides of a piece of paper. You can
print on Letter, A4, B5 (JIS/ISO), Executive, A5 and Legal size paper. When it is installed, you can select
either duplex printing or simplex printing on the control panel or with a software command. See PAPER
on page 3-11 for details about the menu setting.

How to install the duplex unit

■ This printer is heavy and weighs approximately 31.5 kg (69.4 lb). To prevent injuries, use at

least two people to lift the printer.

■ When you lift the printer, be sure to use the handholds at the bottom four corners of the prin ter.

■ Do not carry the printer when the lower tray unit and/or the duplex unit are attached.

Caution

When moving or lifting this printer, keep the printer flat. To avoid spills, you must first remove the
toner cartridges and waste toner pack.

1

Turn off the printer power switch and unplug the printer.

2

Remove the duplex upper cover, duplex lower cover and duplex cap at the back of t he printer. We
recommend removing the covers and the cap with a coin or a screwdriver.

3

Remove the protective part.

4 - 7 OPTIONS

Figure 4-13

Figure 4-14

4

Use the handholds of the duplex unit to lift it up.

Figure 4-15

5

Insert the bottom of the duplex unit into the grooves in the printer, and then insert both the hooks of
the duplex unit to the holes of the printer.

Figure 4-16

6

Open the duplex back cover and duplex inside unit.

Figure 4-17

OPTIONS 4 - 8

7

Pull out the 2 green sleeves covering the screws as far as they will come. Turn the green sleeves
to tighten the screws of the duplex unit to the printer. Once the screws are fully tight, push th e green
sleeves back in.

Figure 4-18

8

Put the hook on the left hand side of the duplex unit into the hole of the printer. Se cure the screw of
the duplex unit to the printer.

Figure 4-19

9

Connect the connector cable to the printer.

Figure 4-20

10

Plug the printer into the AC power outlet/socket and turn on the printer power switch.

4 - 9 OPTIONS

Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper

■ If the paper is thin, it may wrinkle.

■ If paper is curled, straighten it and place it in the paper tray.

■ If the paper is not feeding properly, it may be curled. Remove the paper and straighten it.

Paper orientation for printing on both sides of the paper

The printer prints the second page first. If you print 10 pages on 5 sheets of paper, it will print page 2
followed by page 1 on the first sheet of paper.

It will print page 4 followed by page 3 on the second sheet of paper. It will print page 6 followed by page
5 on the third sheet of paper, and so on.

For duplex printing, you must put the paper in the paper tray in the following way:
Put the side to be printed on first, face down, with the leading edge (top) of the paper at the back of the

tray. If letterhead paper is used, put it in the paper tray with the heading face up,
tray.

and at the back of the

OPTIONS 4 - 10

CompactFlashTM card

This printer has a slot for an optional CompactFlashTM card. If you install an optional CompactFlashTM
card, you can save macros, the print log, and fonts on it. You can also select your print job and reprint it
through the network.

■ Make sure the printer power is OFF before you insert or remove the card, this is so you don’t

seriously damage it or lose all its data.

TM

■ For more information about the CompactFlash

from.

■ For the latest information visit: http://solutions.brother.com

card, call the dealer you bought the printer

You can install the following types of CompactFlash

TM

memory cards:

SanDisk (or SanDisk OEM products)

Type II

■ 32 MB SDCFB-32-801

■ 64 MB SDCFB-64-801

■ 96 MB SDCFB-96-801

■ 128 MB SDCFB-128-801

■ 192 MB SDCFB-192-801

■ 256 MB SDCFB-256-801

■ Make sure the printer power is off before you install or remove a card so you don't seriously

damage it or lose all its data.

TM

■ IBM Microdrive

is not compatible.

■ For more information about the card, call the dealer you bought the printer from.

4 - 11 OPTIONS

Inserting the CompactFlashTM card

Follow these steps to insert or remove a card:

1

Turn off the printer power switch, and then unplug the printer. Disconnect the interface cable from
the printer.

2

Insert the CompactFlashTM card into the slot with the label facing to the left, press the card firmly
into the slot.

Figure 4-21

OPTIONS 4 - 12