Brother HL-3040CN, HL-3070CW User Manual

Brother Colour Printer

USER’S GUIDE

HL-3040CN
HL-3070CW

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 can find a printed copy in the box .

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 us at http://solutions.brother.com/
utilities, and answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) and technical questions.

Note: Not all models are available in all countries.

where you can get product support, the latest driver updates and

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Using this guide

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

WARNING

CAUTION

IMPORTANT

Note

WARNINGS tell you what to do to prevent possible personal injury.

CAUTIONS specify procedures you must follow or avoid to prevent possible
minor injuries.

IMPORTANT describes procedures you must follow or avoid to prevent
possible printer problems or printer damage, or damage to other objects.

Electrical Hazard icons alert you to a possible electrical shock.

Hot Surface icons warn you not to touch machine parts that are hot.

Notes tell you how you should respond to a situation that may arise or give tips
about how the operation works with other features.

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Safety precautions

To use the printer safely

If you DO NOT follow these safety instructions, there is a possibility of a fire, electrical shock, burn or
suffocation. Please keep these instructions for later reference and read them before attempting any
maintenance.

WARNING

There are high voltage electrodes inside the printer. Before you clean the inside of the printer or replace
parts, make sure that you have turned off the power switch and unplugged the printer from the AC power
outlet.

DO NOT handle the plug with wet hands. Doing this might cause an electrical shock.

Always make sure the plug is fully inserted.

This product must be installed near an AC power outlet that is easily accessible. In case of an emergency,
you must disconnect the power cord from the AC power outlet to shut off the power completely.

Lightning and power surges can damage this product! We recommend that you use a quality surge
protection device on the AC power outlet, or unplug the cords during a lightning storm.

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Use the printer within the recommended power range.

Power source: USA and Canada: AC 110 to 120 V, 50/60 Hz

Europe and Australia: AC 220 to 240 V, 50/60 Hz

The power cord, including extensions, should be no longer than 5 meters (16.5 feet).

Do not share the same power circuit with other high-powered appliances, such as an 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.

Avoid using this product during an electrical storm. There may be a remote risk of electric shock from
lightning.

Use only the power cord provided with the machine.

Plastic bags are used in the packaging. To avoid danger of suffocation, keep these bags away from babies
and children.

DO NOT use flammable substances, any type of spray or any organic solvent/liquids contains alcohol or
ammonia to clean the inside or outside of the machine. Doing this may cause a fire or electrical shock. Refer
to Cleaning on page 128 for how to clean the machine.

DO NOT use a vacuum cleaner to clean up scattered toner. Doing this might cause the toner dust to ignite
inside the vacuum cleaner, potentially starting a fire. Carefully clean the toner dust with a dry, lint-free cloth
and dispose of it according to local regulations.

Cleaning the outside of the printer:

• Make sure that you have unplugged the printer from the AC power outlet.

• Use neutral detergents. Cleaning with volatile liquids such as thinner or benzine will damage the outside
surface of the printer.

• DO NOT use cleaning materials that contain ammonia.

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This printer is heavy and weighs approximately 19.0 kg (41.9 lb). To prevent injuries when moving or lifting
this printer, make sure to use at least two people. Be careful not to pinch your fingers when you set the
printer back down.

CAUTION

After you have just used the printer, some internal parts of the printer will be extremely hot. When you open
the top or back cover (back output tray) of the printer, DO NOT touch the shaded parts shown in the
illustration.

Inside the printer

Inside the printer

(Back View)

(Top View)

Put your printer on a flat, stable surface such as a desk that is free of vibration and shocks.

Only use the printer within the following ranges of temperature and humidity:

Temperature: 10 °C to 32.5 °C (50 °F to 90.5 °F)

Humidity: 20% to 80% (without condensation)

Use the printer in a well-ventilated room.

Avoid placing your machine in a high-traffic area.

DO NOT put the printer where the ventilation hole of the printer is blocked. Keep a gap of roughly 100 mm
(4 in.) between the ventilation hole and the wall.

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DO NOT place the machine near heaters, air conditioners, refrigerators, water, chemicals or devices that
contain magnets or generate magnetic fields.

DO NOT expose the machine to direct sunlight, excessive heat, open/naked flames, salty or corrosive
gasses, moisture, or dust.

DO NOT put the printer near devices that contain magnets or produce magnetic fields.

DO NOT connect your machine to an AC power outlet controlled by wall switches or automatic timers.

DO NOT connect your machine to an AC power outlet on the same circuit as large appliances or other
equipment that might disrupt the power supply.

DO NOT put the printer near heaters, air conditioners, chemicals or refrigerators.

DO NOT put objects on top of the machine.

IMPORTANT

DO NOT remove or damage the caution labels located on or around the fuser.

Note

Keep a minimum gap around the printer as shown in the illustration.

510mm(20.1 in.)

100mm

100mm

(4 in.)

(4 in.)

120mm
(4.72 in.)

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Trademarks

Brother and the Brother logo are registered trademarks and BRAdmin Light and BRAdmin Professional are
trademarks of Brother Industries, Ltd.

Apple, Macintosh, Safari and TrueType are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the United States and
other countries.

Windows Vista is either a registered trademark or a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States
and/or other countries.

Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server and Internet Explorer are registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

PostScript and PostScript3 are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated
in the United States and/or other countries.

Intel, Intel Core and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.

AMD is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

PictBridge is a trademark.

Linux is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries.

Each company whose software title is mentioned in this manual has a Software License Agreement specific
to its proprietary programs.

All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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.
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.
© 2009 Brother Industries Ltd.

Shipment of the Printer

If for any reason you must ship your printer, carefully package the printer to avoid any damage during transit.
We recommend that you save and use the original packaging. The printer should also be adequately insured
with the carrier.

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Table of Contents

1 Printing Methods 1

About paper ...............................................................................................................................................1

Type and size of paper........................................................................................................................1

Recommended paper..........................................................................................................................2

Unprintable area..................................................................................................................................3

Printing methods........................................................................................................................................5

Printing on plain paper.........................................................................................................................5

Printing on thick paper, labels and envelopes ...................................................................................13

Duplex printing.........................................................................................................................................18

Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper .............................................................................18

Manual duplex printing ......................................................................................................................19

Booklet printing (for Windows

Printing photos from a digital camera (HL-3070CW only) .......................................................................23

PictBridge requirements ....................................................................................................................23

Setting your digital camera................................................................................................................23

Printing images ..................................................................................................................................24

Connecting a camera as a storage device ........................................................................................24

DPOF printing....................................................................................................................................25

Printing images with Secure Function Lock 2.0 enabled (HL-3070CW only) ....................................25

Printing data from a USB flash memory drive with direct print (HL-3070CW only)..................................27

Supported file formats .......................................................................................................................27

Direct Print default settings................................................................................................................27

Creating a PRN or PostScript

Printing data directly from the USB flash memory drive....................................................................29

Printing data directly from the USB flash memory drive with Secure Function Lock 2.0 enabled

(HL-3070CW only).........................................................................................................................30

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printer driver) ...................................................................................22

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3™ (HL-3070CW only) file for direct printing...................................28

2 Driver and Software 32

Printer driver ............................................................................................................................................32

Features in the printer driver (for Windows
Using the custom monochrome printer driver (for Windows
Using the BR-Script3 printer driver

(PostScript

Features in the printer driver (for Macintosh) ....................................................................................55

Using the BR-Script3 printer driver

(Post Script

Installing the BR-Script3 printer driver ..............................................................................................65

Uninstalling the printer driver...................................................................................................................70

Printer driver for Windows

Printer driver for Macintosh ...............................................................................................................71

Software ..................................................................................................................................................72

Software for networks .......................................................................................................................72

About emulation modes (HL-3070CW only) ......................................................................................74

Automatic emulation selection (HL-3070CW only) ............................................................................74

Automatic interface selection.............................................................................................................74

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3™ language emulation for Windows®) (HL-3070CW only) .....................................48

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3™ language emulation for Macintosh) (HL-3070CW only) ...........................................65

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, Windows Vista® and Windows Server® 2003/2008 .............................70

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) ....................................................................................35

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) ..........................................................47

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3 Control Panel 75

Control panel ...........................................................................................................................................75

Buttons ...................................................................................................................................................75

Go......................................................................................................................................................76

Cancel ...............................................................................................................................................76

Secure Print.......................................................................................................................................76

+ or - button.......................................................................................................................................76

Back...................................................................................................................................................77

OK .....................................................................................................................................................77

LEDs........................................................................................................................................................77

LCD .........................................................................................................................................................77

Back light (HL-3070CW only) ............................................................................................................78

LCD messages ..................................................................................................................................78

Reprinting documents........................................................................................................................79

Printing Secure data ..........................................................................................................................80

Using the control panel LCD menu....................................................................................................82

Menu table.........................................................................................................................................83

Default settings..................................................................................................................................94

Calibration .........................................................................................................................................96

Auto Registration...............................................................................................................................97

Manual Registration...........................................................................................................................98

4Option 99

SO-DIMM.................................................................................................................................................99

Installing extra memory ...................................................................................................................100

5 Routine Maintenance 102

Replacing the consumable items...........................................................................................................102

Toner cartridges ..............................................................................................................................104

Drum units .......................................................................................................................................112

Belt unit............................................................................................................................................118

Waste toner box ..............................................................................................................................122

Cleaning ................................................................................................................................................128

Cleaning the outside of the printer...................................................................................................128

Cleaning the LED head ...................................................................................................................130

Cleaning the corona wires...............................................................................................................131

Cleaning the drum unit ....................................................................................................................134

Cleaning the paper pick-up roller.....................................................................................................140

6 Troubleshooting 142

Identifying your problem ........................................................................................................................142

LCD messages ......................................................................................................................................143

Paper handling ......................................................................................................................................146

Paper jams and how to clear them ........................................................................................................147

Jam Tray 1 (Paper jam inside the paper tray) .................................................................................148

Jam Rear (Paper jam behind the back cover) .................................................................................149

Jam Inside (Paper jam inside the printer)........................................................................................151

Improving the print quality......................................................................................................................154

Solving print problems ...........................................................................................................................161

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Network problems..................................................................................................................................161

Other problems......................................................................................................................................162

For Macintosh with USB..................................................................................................................162

BR-Script 3 (HL-3070CW only) .......................................................................................................162

A Appendix 163

Printer specifications..............................................................................................................................163

Engine .............................................................................................................................................163

Controller.........................................................................................................................................164

Software ..........................................................................................................................................165

Direct Print feature...........................................................................................................................165

Control panel ...................................................................................................................................166

Paper handling ................................................................................................................................166

Media specifications ........................................................................................................................166

Supplies ...........................................................................................................................................167

Dimensions / weights.......................................................................................................................167

Other................................................................................................................................................168

Computer requirements...................................................................................................................169

Important information for choosing your paper................................................................................170

Symbol and character sets (HL-3070CW only) .....................................................................................173

How to use Web Based Management (web browser) .....................................................................173

Symbol and character sets list.........................................................................................................174

Quick reference for bar code control commands

(HL-3070CW only) ..............................................................................................................................176

Print bar codes or expanded characters..........................................................................................176

Libtiff Copyright and License .................................................................................................................184

B Appendix (for Europe and Other Countries) 185

Brother numbers....................................................................................................................................185

C Appendix (for USA and Canada) 186

Brother numbers....................................................................................................................................186

DIndex 189

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1

Printing Methods 1

About paper 1

Type and size of paper 1

The printer loads paper from the installed paper tray or the manual feed slot.

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

Paper tray Tray 1

Manual feed slot Manual

When looking at this page on the CD-ROM, you can jump to the page for each printing method by clicking p
in the table.

Media type Tray 1 Manual Choose the media type from

the printer driver

Plain paper

2

75 g/m

Recycled paper ppRecycled Paper

Bond paper

Rough paper– 60 g/m

163 g/m

Thin paper

60 g/m

Thick paper

105 g/m

(28 to 43 lb)

Labels p

to 105 g/m2 (20 to 28 lb)

2

to

2

(16 to 43 lb)

2

to 75 g/m2 (16 to 20 lb)

2

to 163 g/m

2

pp

p

60 g/m

pp

2

to 163 g/m2

(16 to 43 lb)

p

Plain Paper

Bond Paper

Thin Paper

Thick Paper or Thicker Paper

Label

1

A4 or Letter

Envelopes

Tray 1 Manual

Paper size A4, Letter, Legal, B5 (ISO), Executive,

A5, A5 (Long Edge), A6, B6 (ISO), Folio

Number of sheets

(80 g/m

2

/ 20 lb)

250 sheets 1 sheet

Envelopes

p

Width: 76.2 to 220 mm (3.0 to 8.66 in.)

Length: 116 to 406.4 mm (4.57 to 16 in.)

Env. Thin

Env. Thick

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Printing Methods

Recommended paper 1

To get the best print quality, we suggest using paper that meets the conditions mentioned below.

 Paper that is made for plain-paper copying

 Paper that is 75 to 90 g/m2 (20 to 24 lb)

 Neutral paper, not acidic or alkaline paper

 Long-grain paper

 Paper with a moisture content of approximately 5%.

 Recycled paper that meets DIN 19309 specifications.

CAUTION

DO NOT use ink jet paper because it may cause a paper jam or damage your printer.

If you use paper that is not recommended, a paper jam or misfeed may occur in the printer.

Note

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

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• If you use bond paper, paper having a rough surface or paper that is wrinkled or creased, the paper may
exhibit degraded performance.

Especially when paper that satisties the conditions mentioned above is not available in your country, we
recommend testing various papers before purchasing large quantities.

To help you choose which paper to use with this printer, see Important information for choosing your paper
on page 170.

Should you need further information on recommended paper, please contact local Brother office in your
country.

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Printing Methods

Types of envelopes 1

Most envelopes will be suitable for your printer. However, some envelopes may have feed and print quality
problems due to the way they have been made. A suitable envelope should have edges with straight, well­creased 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. Before you print a lot of envelopes, test
one to make sure that the print results are what you want.

Brother does 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.

 Do not use damaged, curled, wrinkled, irregularly shaped, extremely shiny or textured envelopes.

 Do not use envelopes with clasps, snaps, tie strings, self-adhesive components, windows, holes, cutouts

or perforations.

 Do not use envelopes that are of a baggy construction, not sharply creased, embossed (have raised

writing on them) or pre-printed on the inside.

 Do not use envelopes that were previously printed by a laser / LED printer.

 Do not use envelopes that cannot be arranged when put in a pile.

 Do not use envelopes that are made of paper that weighs more than the paper weight specifications for

the printer.

 Do not use envelopes that have been badly made, with edges that are not straight or consistently square.

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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.

Note

• Do not put different types of paper in the paper tray at the same time because it may cause paper jams or
misfeeds.

• Do not print envelopes using duplex printing.

• You must choose the same paper size from your application as the paper in the tray.

Unprintable area 1

The area of the paper that cannot be printed on is shown in the table below:

Note

The area that cannot be printed on may vary depending on the paper size and the printer driver you are
using. The unprintable area shown below is for A4 / Letter size paper.

Portrait Landscape

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1

24

3

Windows® Printer Driver and Macintosh printer driver

BRScript Printer Driver for Windows® and Macintosh (HL-3070CW only)

1 4.23 mm (0.16 in.)

2 4.23 mm (0.16 in.)

3 4.23 mm (0.16 in.)

4 4.23 mm (0.16 in.)

Printing Methods

1

1

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3

4

Printing Methods

Printing methods 1

Printing on plain paper 1

Printing on plain paper from the paper tray 1

(For the recommended paper to use, see About paper on page 1.)

a Pull the paper tray completely out of the printer.

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b While pressing the green paper-guide release lever, slide the paper guides to fit the paper size. Make

sure that the guides are firmly in the slots.

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Printing Methods

c Put paper in the tray, and make sure that the paper is below the maximum paper mark (bbb) (1). The

side to be printed on must be face down.

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IMPORTANT

Make sure the paper guides touch the sides of the paper so it will feed properly.

d Put the paper tray firmly back in the printer. Make sure that it is completely inserted into the printer.

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e Lift up the support flap (1) to prevent paper from sliding off the face-down output tray, or remove each

page as soon as it comes out of the printer.

1

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f Choose the following from the printer driver:

Paper Size ............................ (1)

Media Type ...........................(2)

Paper Source .......................(3)

and any other settings you may want to make. (See Driver and Software in Chapter 2.)

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 Windows

printer driver

1

2

3

Printing Methods

1

 BR-Script printer driver for Windows® (HL-3070CW only)

1

2

Note

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To use the BR-Script printer driver for Windows

you must install the driver using the Custom Install from

the CD-ROM.

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7

 Macintosh printer driver

Printing Methods

1

2

g Send the print data to the printer.

1

3

8

Printing Methods

Printing on plain paper or bond paper from the Manual feed slot 1

(For the recommended paper to use, see About paper on page 1.)

Note

The printer automatically turns on the Manual Feed mode when you put paper in the manual feed slot.

a Lift up the support flap (1) to prevent paper from sliding off the face-down output tray, or remove each

page as soon as it comes out of the printer.

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b Open the manual feed slot cover.

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Printing Methods

c Using both hands, slide the manual feed slot paper guides to the width of the paper that you are going

to use.

d Using both hands, put one piece of paper in the manual feed slot until the front edge of the paper touches

the paper feed roller. Wait until the machine automatically feeds the paper. When you feel the machine
pull in the paper, let go.

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Note

• Put the paper into the manual feed slot with the side to be printed face up.

• Make sure that the paper is straight and in the correct position on the manual feed slot. If it is not, the paper
may not be fed properly, resulting in a skewed printout or a paper jam.

• Pull the paper out completely when you retry putting the paper into the manual feed slot.

• Do not put more than one piece of paper in the manual feed slot at any one time, as it may cause a jam.

• If you put paper or other print media in the manual feed slot before the printer is in the Ready state, an
error may occur and the printer will stop printing.

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e Choose the following from the printer driver:

Paper Size ............................ (1)

Media Type ...........................(2)

Paper Source .......................(3)

and any other settings you may want to make. (See Driver and Software in Chapter 2.).

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 Windows

printer driver

1

2

3

Printing Methods

1

 BR-Script printer driver (HL-3070CW only)

1

2

Note

To use the BR-Script printer driver for Windows

®

you must install the driver using the Custom Install from

the CD-ROM.

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 Macintosh printer driver

Printing Methods

1

2

3

f Send the print data to the printer.
g After the LCD shows Manual Feed, put in the next sheet of paper as in step d and repeat for each

page you want to print.

Note

The LCD will show Manual Feed until a sheet of paper is put in the manual feed slot.

1

12

Printing Methods

Printing on thick paper, labels and envelopes 1

When the back output tray is pulled down, the printer has a straight paper path from the manual feed slot
through to the back of the printer. Use this paper feed and output method when you want to print on thick
paper, labels or envelopes. (For the recommended paper to use, see About paper on page 1 and Types of
envelopes on page 3.)

a Open the back cover (back output tray).

b Open the manual feed slot cover.

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c <For printing envelopes only>

Pull down the two grey levers, one on the left-hand side and one on the right-hand side, toward you as
shown in the illustration below.

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d Using both hands, slide the manual feed slot paper guides to the width of the paper that you are going

to use.

e Using both hands, put one piece of paper or one envelope in the manual feed slot until the front edge of

it touches the paper feed roller. When you feel the machine automatically pull it in, let go.

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Note

• Put the paper or envelope into the manual feed slot with the side to be printed face up.

• Make sure that the paper or envelope is straight and in the proper position on the manual feed slot. If it is
not, the paper or the envelope may not be fed properly, resulting in a skewed printout or a paper jam.

• Pull the paper or envelope out completely when you retry putting the paper into the manual feed slot.

• Do not put more than one piece of paper or one envelope in the manual feed slot at any one time, as it
may cause a jam.

• If you put paper or other print media in the manual feed slot before the printer is in the Ready state, an
error may occur and the printer will stop printing.

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f Choose the following from the printer driver:

Paper Size ............................ (1)

Media Type ...........................(2)

Paper Source .......................(3)

and any other settings you may want to make. (See Driver and Software in Chapter 2.).

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 Windows

printer driver

1

2

3

Printing Methods

1

 BR-Script printer driver (HL-3070CW only)

1

2

3

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Printing Methods

Note

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• To use the BR-Script printer driver for Windows

you must install the driver using the Custom Install

from the CD-ROM.

• When you use Envelope #10, choose Com-10 for the Paper Size.

• For other envelopes which are not listed in the printer driver, such as Envelope #9 or Envelope C6,

®

choose User Defined... (for Windows

®

printer driver for Windows

) or Custom Page Sizes (for Macintosh printer driver). For more information

printer driver), PostScript Custom Page Size (for BR-Script

on envelope sizes, see Paper size on page 172.

 Macintosh printer driver

1

1

2

3

g Send the print data to the printer.
h After the LCD show Manual Feed, put in the next sheet of paper or envelope as shown in step e.

Repeat for each page that you want to print.

i <For printing envelopes only>

When you have finished printing, reset the two grey levers which are pulled down at step c back to the
original position.

Note

• The LCD will show Manual Feed until a sheet of paper or an envelope is put in the manual feed slot.

• Remove each sheet or envelope at once after printing. Stacking the sheets or envelopes may cause the
paper to jam or curl.

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Printing Methods

Note

• If envelopes get smudged during printing set the Media Type to Thick Paper or Thicker Paper to
increase the fixing temperature.

• If the envelopes are creased after they are printed, see Improving the print quality on page 154.

• (For Windows® users) If DL size double flap envelopes are creased after printing, choose DL Long Edge
in Paper Size, from the Basic tab. Put a new DL size double-flap envelope in the manual feed slot with
the longest edge of the envelope in first, then print again.

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

• All sides of the envelope should be properly folded without wrinkles or creases.

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Printing Methods

Duplex printing 1

The supplied printer drivers for Windows® 2000 or greater and Mac OS X 10.3.9 or greater all enable duplex
printing. For more information about how to choose the settings, see the Help text in the printer driver.

Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper 1

 If the paper is thin, it may wrinkle.

 If paper is curled, straighten it and then put it back in the paper tray or the manual feed slot.

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

 When you use the manual duplex function, it is possible that there may be paper jams or poor print quality.

(If there is a paper jam, see Paper jams and how to clear them on page 147. If you have a print quality
problem, see Improving the print quality on page 154.)

Note

• The screens in this section are from Windows
on your operating system.

®

XP. The screens on your computer may vary depending

1

• Make sure that the paper tray is completely inserted into the printer.

• You should use plain paper, recycled paper or thin paper. Do not use bond paper.

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Printing Methods

Manual duplex printing 1

 The BR-Script printer driver (PostScript® 3™ emulation) does not support manual duplex printing.

 If you are using the Macintosh Printer Driver, see Manual Duplex Printing on page 63.

Manual duplex printing from the paper tray 1

a In the printer driver choose the Basic tab, and choose the Manual Duplex printing mode from the

Manual Duplex / Booklet setting, and then from the Basic tab choose the Paper Source to be Tray1.

b Send the data to the printer, then click OK on the computer screen. The printer will automatically print

all the even-numbered pages on one side of the paper first.

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c Remove the printed even-numbered pages from the output tray and then, in the same order

back in the paper tray with the side to be printed on (blank side) face down. Follow the instructions on
the computer screen.

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When printing to the Back output tray put the paper back in the tray in the opposite order it came out.

1

, put them

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d The printer will now automatically print all the odd-numbered pages on the other side of the paper.

Note

When you put paper in the paper tray, first empty the tray. Next, put the printed pages in the tray, with the
printed side face up. (Do not add the printed pages to the top of a stack of unprinted paper.)

Manual duplex printing from the manual feed slot 1

Note

You should use plain paper and recycled paper. Do not use bond paper.

a In the printer driver choose the Basic tab, and choose the Manual Duplex printing mode from the

Manual Duplex / Booklet setting, and then from the Basic tab choose the Paper Source to be Manual.

b Open the manual feed slot cover.

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c Using both hands, slide the manual feed slot paper guides to the width of the paper that you are going

to use.

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Printing Methods

d Using both hands put the paper in the manual feed slot with the side that is going to be printed on first

facing up. Send the data to the printer, then follow the instructions on the computer screen. Repeat this
step until you have printed all the even-numbered pages.

1

e Remove the printed even-numbered pages from the output tray and then, in the same order

back into the manual feed slot. Put the paper with the side to be printed on (the blank side) face up.
Follow the instructions on the computer screen.

1

When printing to the Back output tray put the paper back in the tray in the opposite order it came out.

1

, put them

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Printing Methods

Paper orientation for manual duplex printing 1

The printer prints the second page first.

If you print 10 pages on 5 sheets of paper, it will print page 2 and then page 1 on the first sheet of paper. It
will print page 4 and then page 3 on the second sheet of paper. It will print page 6 and then page 5 on the
third sheet of paper, and so on.

When doing manual duplex printing, the paper must be put in the paper tray in the following way:

 For the paper tray:

• Put the side to be printed on face down with the leading edge (top) of the paper at the front of the tray.

• To print on the second side, put the paper face up, with the leading edge (top) of the paper at the front
of the tray.

• If letterhead paper is used, put the paper in the tray with the heading face up at the front of the tray.

• To print on the second side, put the heading face down at the front of the tray.

 For the manual feed slot:

• Put the side to be printed on face up with the leading edge (top) of the paper in first.

• To print on the second side, put the paper face down, with the leading edge (top) of the paper in first.

• If letterhead paper is used, put it in with the heading face down and in first.

• To print on the second side, put the heading face up and in first.

Booklet printing (for Windows® printer driver) 1

1

a Put paper in the paper tray or manual feed slot.
b Open the Properties dialog box in the printer driver.
c From the General tab, choose the Printing Preferences button.
d From the Basic tab, choose Booklet from the Manual Duplex / Booklet setting. If you want to change

the booklet printing setting, click Duplex Settings.

e Click OK .

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Printing photos from a digital camera (HL-3070CW only) 1

Your Brother printer supports the PictBridge standard, allowing you to connect to and print photos directly
from any PictBridge compatible digital camera. Even if your camera is not in PictBridge mode or does not
support PictBridge, you can connect your camera as a normal storage device. This enables you to print
photos from your camera. Follow the steps for Printing data from a USB flash memory drive with direct print
(HL-3070CW only) on page 27.

PictBridge requirements 1

 The machine and the digital camera must be connected using a suitable USB cable.

 The image file must be taken with the digital camera you want to connect to the printer.

Setting your digital camera 1

1

Make sure your camera is in PictBridge mode. The following PictBridge settings may be available from the
LCD of your PictBridge compatible camera. Depending on your camera some of these setting may not be
available.

 Copies

 Qualities

 Paper Size

 Date Print

 File Name Print

 Layout (1 in 1 printing / Index printing only)

You can also set the following PictBridge settings by using the control panel.

Menu Submenu

PictBridge

Paper Size

Orientation <For Letter,A4,B5> Portrait*/Landscape

Date & Time

File Name

Print Quality

Options

2

2

2

Letter / A4* / B5 / A5 / B6 / A6 See

<For A5,B6,A6> Portrait/Landscape*

Off* /On

Off* / On

2

Normal* / Fine

1

PictBridge(HL-3070
CW only) on page 92

1

The default settings are shown in Bold with an asterisk.

2

These menu selections are also set by your camera. Camera settings are prioritized as long as your camera is not set to use the Printer Se ttings
(Default settings).

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Printing images 1

a Make sure that your camera is turned off. Connect your camera to the USB direct interface (1) on the

front of the printer using a suitable USB cable.

b Turn on the camera. When the printer has recognized the camera, the LCD shows the following message

1

Camera Connected

c Set your camera to print an image. Set the number of copies if you are asked.

When the printer starts printing a photo, the LCD will show Printing.

1

IMPORTANT

DO NOT remove the digital camera from the USB direct interface until the printer has finished printing.

Connecting a camera as a storage device 1

Even if your camera is not in PictBridge mode, or does not support PictBridge, you can connect your camera
as a normal storage device. This enables you to print photos from your camera. Follow the steps for Printing
data directly from the USB flash memory drive on page 29.
(If you would like to print photos in PictBridge mode, see Setting your digital camera on page 23.)

Note

The name of the storage mode and operation differs among digital cameras. Please refer to the
documentation supplied with your camera for detailed information, such as how to switch from PictBridge
mode to mass storage mode.

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Printing Methods

DPOF printing 1

DPOF stands for Digital Print Order Format.
Major digital camera manufacturers (Canon Inc., Eastman Kodak Company, Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd.,
Panasonic Corporation and Sony Corporation) created this standard to make it easier to print images from a
digital camera.
If your digital camera supports DPOF printing, you will be able to choose on the digital camera display the
images and number of copies you want to print.
The following DPOF settings are available:

 1 in 1 printing

 Copies

Printing images with Secure Function Lock 2.0 enabled (HL-3070CW only) 1

For more information about Secure Function Lock 2.0, see Chapter 14 of the Network User’s Guide on the
CD-ROM we have supplied.

a Make sure that your camera is turned off. Connect your camera to the USB direct interface (1) on the

front of the printer using a suitable USB cable.

1

1

b Turn on the camera. The following message appears if Secure Function Lock is on. Press OK.

Function Lock

c Press + or - to choose ID. Press OK

ID Name 1

d Enter the password. Press OK

PIN : XXXX

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Note

If your ID has the restricted options, the following messages appear on the LCD.

Message Meaning

Access Denied Printing pictures directly from a camera to the Brother machine is restricted.

Limit Exceeded The number of pages you are allowed to print is exceeded. The print job will be

canceled.

Mono Print Only Printing colour documents is restricted.

Not Available Printing pictures directly from a camera to the Brother machine is restricted.

e The following message appears if the password is correct.

Camera Connected

f Set your camera to print an image. Set the number of copies if you are asked.

When the printer starts printing a photo, the LCD will show Printing.

IMPORTANT

DO NOT remove the digital camera from the USB direct interface until the printer has finished printing.

1

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Printing Methods

Printing data from a USB flash memory drive with direct print (HL-3070CW only) 1

With the Direct Print feature, you do not need a computer to print data. You can print by just plugging your
USB flash memory drive into the printer´s USB direct interface.

There might be some USB flash memory drives that will not work with the printer.

Supported file formats 1

Direct print supports the following file formats:

 PDF version1.7

 JPEG

 Exif+JPEG

 PRN (created by HL-3040CN or HL-3070CW printer driver)

 TIFF (scanned by all MFC or DCP Brother models)

 PostScript

1

®

3™(created by the HL-3070CW BRScript3 printer driver)

1

 XPS version 1.0

1

Data including a JBIG2 image file, JPEG2000 image file, or a transparency files is not supported.

Direct Print default settings 1

Menu Sub menu

Print Menu Output Color Auto*/Color/Mono See Print Menu

Direct Print Paper Size Letter/Legal/A4*/Executive/JIS B5/B5/A5

Media Type Plain Paper*/Thick Paper/Thicker

Multiple Page 1in1*/2in1/4in1/9in1/16in1/25in1/

Orientation Portrait*/Landscape

Collate On*/Off

Print Quality Normal*/Fine

PDF Option Document*/Document&Stamps/Document&M

Index Print Simple*/Details

Options

/A5 L/JIS B6/B6/A6/A4Long/Folio

Paper/Thin Paper/Recycled Paper/Bond
Paper

1in2×2pages/1in3×3pages/1in4×4pages/
1in5×5pages

arkup

1

on page 85

See Direct Print
(HL-3070CW only)
on page 91

1

The default settings are shown in Bold with an asterisk.

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Printing Methods

Creating a PRN or PostScript® 3™ (HL-3070CW only) file for direct printing 1

a From the menu bar of an application, click File, then Print.
b Choose HL-3070CW (1) and check the Print to file box (2). Click Print.

1

2

1

c Choose the folder you want to save the file to and enter the file name if you are prompted to. If you are

prompted for a file name only, you can also specify the folder you want to save the file in by entering the
directory name. For example:

C:\Temp\FileName.prn

If you have a USB flash memory drive connected to your computer, you can save the file directly to the
USB flash memory drive.

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Printing data directly from the USB flash memory drive 1

a Connect your USB flash memory drive to the USB Direct Interface (1) on the front of the printer. When

the printer has recognized the USB flash memory drive, the LCD shows the following message.

Checking device

h

1./XXXX.FOLDER1

b Folder names and file names not in a folder will be shown on the LCD. Press + or - to choose the folder

name or file name and press OK.

1

c Files: Press + or - to choose a default printing option and Press OK to select it, make the necessary

changes to the printing options and press Go, then press + or - to enter the number of copies you want,
then press Go.
Folders: Press + or - to select the file you want to print and press OK. Press + or - to choose a default
printing option and press OK to select it, make the necessary changes to the printing options and press

Go, then press + or - to enter the number of copies you want, then press Go.

Printing Default settings

Paper Size

i

Media Type

i

Multiple Page

i

Orientation

q q

Output Color

j

PDF Option

j

Print Quality

j

Collate

IMPORTANT

DO NOT remove the USB flash memory from the USB direct interface until the printer has finished printing.

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Printing Methods

Printing data directly from the USB flash memory drive with Secure Function Lock 2.0 enabled (HL-3070CW only) 1

For more information about Secure Function Lock 2.0, see Chapter 14 of the Network User’s Guide on the
CD-ROM we have supplied.

a Connect your USB flash memory drive to the USB Direct Interface (1) on the front of the printer. When

the printer has recognized the USB flash memory drive, the LCD shows the following message.

Function Lock

1

b Press + or - to choose ID. Press OK

ID Name 1

c Enter the four-digit password. Press OK

PIN : XXXX

Note

If your ID has the restricted options, the following messages appear on the LCD.

Message Meaning

Access Denied Printing pictures directly from the USB flash memory drive to the Brother machine is

restricted.

Limit Exceeded The number of pages you are allowed to print is exceeded. The print job will be

canceled.

No Permission Printing colour documents is restricted. The print job will be canceled.

Mono Print Only Printing colour documents is restricted.

Not Available Printing pictures directly from the USB flash memory drive to the Brother machine is

restricted.

d The file names appear if the password is correct.

1./XXXX.FOLDER1

e Folder names and file names not in a folder will be shown on the LCD. Press + or - to choose the folder

name or file name and press OK.

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f Files: Press + or - to choose a default printing option and Press OK to select it, make the necessary

changes to the printing options and press Go, then press + or - to enter the number of copies you want,
then press Go.
Folders: Press + or - to select the file you want to print and press OK. Press + or - to choose a default
printing option and press OK to select it, make the necessary changes to the printing options and press

Go, then press + or - to enter the number of copies you want, then press Go.

Printing Default settings

Paper Size

i

Media Type

i

Multiple Page

i

Orientation

q q

Output Color

j

PDF Option

j

Print Quality

j

Collate

IMPORTANT

DO NOT remove the USB flash memory from the USB direct interface until the printer has finished printing.

1

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Driver and Software 2

Printer driver 2

A printer driver is software that translates data from the format used by a computer to the format that a
particular printer needs. Typically, this format is page description language (PDL).

®

The printer drivers for the supported versions of Windows
supplied or on the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com/. Install the drivers by following the
Quick Setup Guide. The latest printer driver can be downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center at
http://solutions.brother.com/.

(If you want to uninstall the printer driver, see Uninstalling the printer driver on page 70.)

®

For Windows

2

 Windows® printer driver (the most suitable printer driver for this product)

®

 BR-Script printer driver (PostScript

1

Install the driver using the Custom Install from the CD-ROM.

3™ language emulation for HL-3070CW only)

and Macintosh are on the CD-ROM we have

1

2

For Macintosh 2

 Macintosh printer driver (the most suitable printer driver for this product)

 BR-Script printer driver (PostScript

1

To install the driver, see Installing the BR-Script3 printer driver o n pa ge 65.

For Linux

®12

®

3™ language emulation for HL-3070CW only)

1

 LPR printer driver

 CUPS printer driver

1

Download the printer driver for Linux from http://solutions.brother.com/ or a link on the CD-ROM we have supplied.

2

Depending on Linux distributions, the driver may not be available.

Note

• For more information about Linux printer driver, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/

.

• The printer driver for Linux may be released after the initial release of this product.

2

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Driver and Software

Windows® printer
driver

BR-Script printer
driver

Macintosh Printer
Driver

LPR / CUPS

printer driver

(HL-3070CW only)

®

Windows

Windows

Windows

2000 Professional

®

XP Home Edition

®

XP Professional

Windows Vista

Windows Server

Windows Server

Windows

®

XP Professional

x64 Edition

Windows Server
Edition

®

®

2003

®

2008

®

2003 x64

pp

pp

pp

pp

pp

pp

pp

pp

Mac OS X 10.3.9 or greater pp

1

Linux

1

For the information on supported Linux distribution and to download the printer driver, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/.
You can also downloa d the printer driver from a link o n the supplied CD-ROM. If you download from a link on CD-ROM, click Install Other Drive rs
or Utilities, then click For Linux users on the screen menu. Access to internet is required.

p

1

2

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You can change the following printer settings when you print from your computer.

 Paper Size

 Orientation

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 Copies

 Media Type

 Print Quality

 Colour / Mono

 Multiple Page

 Manual Duplex / Booklet (Manual Duplex printing

 Paper Source

 Scaling

 Reverse Print

 Watermark

 Header-Footer Print

12

12

 Toner Save Mode

 Secure Print

 Administrator

 User Authentication

 Colour Calibration

12

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13

2

1

)

 Use Reprint

 Sleep Time

 Improve Print Output

1

These settings are not available with the BR-script printer driver for Windows®.

2

These settings are not available with the Macintosh printer driver and the BR-Script printer driver for Macintosh.

3

These settings are not available with the BR-Script printer driver for Macintosh.

4

This setting is not available for HL-3040CN.

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Features in the printer driver (for Windows®) 2

(For more information, see the Help text in the printer driver.)

Note

®

• The screens in this section are from Windows

XP. The screens on your computer will vary depending on

your operating system.

• You can access the Printing Preferences dialog box by clicking Printing Preferences... in the General
tab of the Printer Properties dialog box.

Basic tab 2

You can also change Page Layout settings by clicking the illustration on the left side of the Basic tab.

1

4

2

2

3

a Choose the Paper Size, Orientation, Copies, Media Type, Print Quality and Colour/Mono (1).
b Choose the Multiple Page and Manual Duplex/Booklet (2).
c Choose the Paper Source (3).
d Click OK to apply your chosen settings.

To return to the default settings, click Default, then OK.

Note

This area (4) shows the current settings.

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Paper Size 2

From the drop-down list choose the Paper Size you are using.

Orientation 2

Orientation selects the position of how your document will be printed (Portrait or Landscape).

Portrait

Landscape

Copies 2

The copies selection sets the number of copies that will be printed.

 Collate

With the Collate check box selected, one complete copy of your document will be printed and then
repeated for the number of copies you selected. If the Collate check box is not selected, then each page
will be printed for all the copies selected before the next page of the document is printed.

Collate checked

Collate non-checked

2

Media Type 2

You can use the following types of media in your printer. For the best print quality, select the type of media
that you wish to use.

Plain Paper Thin Paper Thick Paper Thicker Paper Bond Paper Envelopes

Env. Thick Env. Thin Recycled Paper Label

Note

• When using ordinary plain paper (60 to 105 g/m
weight paper or rough paper choose Thick Paper or Thicker Paper. For bond paper, choose Bond
Paper.

• When you use envelopes, choose Envelopes. If the toner is not fixed to the envelope correctly when
Envelopes has been selected, choose Env. Thick. If the envelope is crumpled when Envelopes has
been selected, choose Env.Thin.

2

, 16 to 28 lb) choose Plain Paper. When using heavier

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Print Quality 2

You can choose the following print quality settings.

 Normal

600×600 dpi. Recommended for ordinary printing. Good print quality with reasonable print speeds.

 Fine

2400 dpi class. The finest print mode. Use this mode to print precise images such as photographs. Since
the print data is much larger than in normal mode, processing time / data transfer time and printing time
will be longer.

Note

• The print speed will change depending on what print quality setting you choose. Higher print quality takes
longer to print, while lower print quality takes less time to print.

• The HL-3040CN when printing in Fine mode may Out of Memory, if this should happen add more
memory, see Installing extra memory on page 100.

Colour/Mono 2

2

You can change the Colour/Mono settings as follows:

 Colour

When your document contains colour and you want to print it in colour, select this mode.

 Mono

Select this mode if your document has only black and greyscale text and/or objects. If your document
contains colour, selecting Mono mode prints your document in 256 levels of grey.

 Auto

The printer checks the content of your documents for colour. If colour is detected, it prints in colour. If no
colour content is detected, it prints in monochrome. The total printing speed may become slower.

Note

If the Cyan, Magenta or Yellow toner reaches the end of its life, choosing Mono will allow you to keep
printing as long as the Black toner does not reach the end of its life.

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Driver and Software

Settings Dialog 2

You can change the following setting by clicking Settings from the Basic tab.

 Colour Mode

The following options are available in colour Matching mode:

•Normal

This is the default colour mode.

• Vivid

The colour of all elements are adjusted to become a more vivid colour.

•Auto

The printer driver automatically selects the Colour Mode type.

• None

 Import

You can adjust the print configuration of a particular image by clicking settings. When you have finished
adjusting the image parameters, such as brightness and contrast, you can import those settings as a print
configuration file. Use the Export function to create a print configuration file from the current settings.

2

 Export

You can adjust the print configuration of a particular image by clicking settings. When you have finished
adjusting the image parameters, such as brightness and contrast, you can export those settings as a print
configuration file. Use the Import function to load a previously exported configuration file.

 Improve Grey Colour

You can improve the image quality of a shaded area.

 Enhance Black Printing

If a black graphic cannot be printed correctly, choose this setting.

 Improve Thin Line

You can improve the image quality of thin lines.

 Improve Pattern Printing

Select this option if printed fills and patterns are different from the patterns and fills you see on your
computer.

Multiple Page 2

The Multiple Page selection can reduce the image size of a page allowing multiple pages to be printed on
one sheet of paper or enlarging the image size for printing one page on multiple sheets of paper.

 Page Order

When N in 1 option is selected, the page order can be selected from the drop-down list.

 Border Line

When printing multiple pages on one sheet with the Multiple Page feature you can choose to have a solid
border, dash border or no border around each page on the sheet.

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Manual Duplex / Booklet 2

When you want to print a booklet or do manual duplex printing, use this function.

 None

Disable duplex printing.

 Manual Duplex

In this mode, the printer prints all the even numbered pages first. Then the printer driver will stop and show
the instructions required to re-install the paper. When you click OK the odd numbered pages will be printed
(See Manual duplex printing on page 19).

If you choose Manual Duplex and click Duplex Setting, you can change the following settings.

• Duplex Type

There are six types of duplex binding directions available for each orientation.

• Binding Offset

If you check the Binding Offset option, you can also specify the offset for binding in inches or
millimeters.

 Booklet

2

When you want to print a booklet, use this function. To make the Booklet, fold the printed pages down the
middle.

If you choose Booklet and click Duplex Settings, you can change the following settings.

• Duplex Type

There are two types of duplex binding directions available for each orientation.

• Binding Offset

If you check the Binding Offset option, you can also specify the offset for binding in inches or
millimeters.

Paper Source 2

You can choose Auto Select, Tray1 or Manual and specify separate trays for printing the first page and for
printing from the second page onwards.

Note

The printer automatically turns on the Manual Feed mode when you put paper in the manual feed slot even
if another setting is selected.

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Advanced tab 2

1

2
3

4
5

6

7
8

9

2

Change the tab settings by clicking one of the following icons:

 Scaling (1)

 Reverse Print (2)

 Use Watermark (3)

 Header-Footer Print (4)

 Toner Save Mode (5)

 Secure Print (6)

 Administrator (7)

 User Authentication (8) (HL-3070CW only)

 Other Print Options (9)

Scaling 2

You can change the print image scaling.

Reverse Print 2

Check Reverse Print to rotate the data by 180 degrees.

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Use Watermark 2

You can put a logo or text into your documents as a watermark.

You can choose one of the preset watermarks, or you can use a bitmap file or text that you have created.

When you use a bitmap file as a watermark, you can change the size of the watermark and put it anywhere
you like on the page.

When you use text as a watermark, you can change the font, colour and angle settings.

Header-Footer Print 2

When this feature is enabled, it will print the date and time on your document from your computer’s system
clock and the PC login user name or the text you entered. By clicking Settings, you can customize the
information.

 ID Print

If you select Login User Name, your PC login user name will print. If you select Custom and enter the
text in the Custom edit box, the text you entered will print.

Toner Save Mode 2

2

You can conserve toner use with this feature. When you set Toner Save Mode to On, print appears lighter.
The default setting is Off.

Note

We do not recommend Toner Save Mode for printing photo or grey scale images.

Secure Print 2

Secure documents are documents that are password protected when they are sent to the machine. Only the
people who know the password will be able to print them. Since the documents are secured at the machine,
you must enter the password using the control panel of the machine to print them.

If you want to create a secure print job, click Settings and then check the Secure Print check box. Enter a
password in the Password box and click OK. (For more information about the secure print function, see
Printing Secure data on page 80.)

Note

Check the Secure Print check box if you want to prevent other people from printing your data.

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Administrator 2

Administrators have the authority to limit access to functions such as scaling and watermark.

 Copies Lock

Lock the copy pages selection to prevent multiple copy printing.

 Multiple Page & Scaling Lock

Lock the scaling setting and multiple page setting.

 Colour/Mono Lock

Lock the Colour/Mono settings as Mono to prevent colour printing.

 Watermark Lock

Lock the current settings of the Watermark option to prevent changes being made.

 Header-Footer Print Lock

Lock the current settings of the Header-Footer Print option to prevent changes being made.

 Set Password

Click here to change the password.

2

User Authentication (HL-3070CW only) 2

If you are restricted from PC Print by Secure Function Lock feature, you need to set your ID and PIN in the
User Authentication dialog. Click Settings of the User Authentication and enter your ID and PIN. If your
PC login name is registered to Secure Function Lock, you can check the Use PC Login Name box instead
of entering your ID and PIN.

For more information about Secure Function Lock 2.0, see Chapter 14 of the Network User’s Guide on the
CD-ROM we have supplied.

Note

• If you want to see the information of your ID such as the status of restricted feature and the number of
remaining pages you are allowed to print, click the Verify. Authentication result dialog will appear.

• If you want to make the Authentication result dialog appear each time you print, check the Show print
status before printing.

• If you want to enter your ID and PIN each time you print, check the Enter ID Name/PIN for each print job.

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Other Print Options 2

You can set the following in Printer Function:

 Colour Calibration

 Use Reprint

 Sleep Time

 Improve Print Output

Colour Calibration 2

The output density of each colour may vary depending on the temperature and humidity of the environment
the printer is in. This setting helps you to improve colour density by letting the printer driver use the colour
calibration data stored in your printer.

 Use Calibration Data

If the printer driver successfully gets the calibration data, the printer driver will automatically check this box.
Remove the check mark if you do not want to use the data.

 Start Colour Calibration

If you click this button, your printer will start colour calibration and then the printer driver will attempt to get
the calibration data from your printer.

2

Note

If you print by using the Direct Print feature, PictBridge feature or BR-Script printer driver, you need to
perform the calibration from the control panel. See Calibration on page 96.

Use Reprint 2

The printer keeps the print job sent to it in memory.
You can reprint the last job without sending the data again from your computer.For more information about
the Reprint function, see Reprinting documents on page 79.

Note

If you want to prevent other people from printing your data using the reprint function, uncheck the
Use Reprint check box.

Sleep Time 2

When the printer does not receive data for a certain period of time, it enters sleep mode. In sleep mode, the
printer acts as though it were turned off. When you choose Printer Default, the timeout setting has been set
to a specific time set at the factory, this can be altered in the driver or at the printer. Intelligent Sleep Mode
automatically adjusts to the most suitable timeout setting depending on the frequency of your printer use.

While the printer is in sleep mode, Back light is off, the LCD shows Sleep, but the printer can still receive
data. Receiving a print file or document or pressing Go will automatically wake up the printer to start printing.

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Improve Print Output 2

This feature allows you to improve a print quality problem.

 Reduce Paper Curl

If you choose this setting, the paper curl may be reduced.

If you are printing only a few pages, you do not need to choose this setting. We recommend that you
change the printer driver setting in Media Type to a thin setting.

Note

This operation makes the temperature of the printer’s fusing process lower.

 Improve Toner Fixing

If you choose this setting, the toner fixing on paper may be improved. If this selection does not provide
enough improvement, select Thicker paper in Media type settings.

Note

This operation makes the temperature of the printer’s fusing process higher.

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Tray Settings tab 2

Note

1

From the Start menu, select Control Panel and then Printers and Faxes

. Right-click the Brother

HL-3070CW (HL-3040CN) series icon and select Properties to access the Tray Settings tab.

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Printers for Windows® 2000 users.

You can define the paper size for each paper tray and auto detect the serial number in the Tray Settings tab
as follows.

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 Paper Source Setting (1)

This feature recognizes the paper size set from the control panel menu for each paper tray by clicking Auto
Detect (3).

 Serial No. (2)

By clicking Auto Detect (3), the printer driver will probe the printer and display its serial number. If it fails
to receive the information, the screen will display "---------".

Note

The Auto Detect (3) function is not available under the following printer conditions:

• The printer power switch is off.

• The printer is in an error state.

• The printer is in a network shared environment.

• The cable is not connected to the printer correctly.

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Support 2

Note

You can access the Support dialog box by clicking Support in the Printing Preferences dialog box.

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 Brother Solutions Center (1)

The Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com/

) is a web site offering information about your
Brother product including FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), User’s Guides, driver updates and tips for
using your printer.

 Original Supplies Website (2)

You can visit our website for original Brother supplies by clicking this button.

 Print Settings (3)

This will print the pages that show how the internal settings of the printer have been configured.

 Check Setting (4)

You can check the current driver settings.

 About (5)

This will show the list of the printer driver files and version information.

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Using the custom monochrome printer driver (for Windows®) 2

You can install a Windows® printer driver that will restrict printing to monochrome only.

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If you want to install the Windows
Install Printer Driver selection on the menu screen of the supplied CD-ROM. After accepting the software
license and the initial installation screens, follow the steps below when the Select Components screen
appears.

a Choose PCL Driver and any other Components you wish to install and click the Settings button.

printer driver that will restrict colour printing, choose Custom setup from

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If you are using the HL-3040CN, the PCL driver will automatically be selected.

b Check the Enable box for Restrict Color Printing and enter a password in the Password box and

Confirm Password box. Then click OK.

Note

• The password must be between 5 and 25 characters.

• You can unlock the restrict colour printing setting by using the Colour/Mono Lock feature of the printer
driver. (See Administrator on page 42.) To unlock the driver for colour printing, you will need the password
you set at step b.

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Using the BR-Script3 printer driver (PostScript® 3™ language emulation for Windows®) (HL-3070CW only) 2

(For more information, see the Help text in the printer driver.)

Note

• To use the BR-Script3 printer driver you must install the driver using the Custom Install from the CD-ROM.

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• The screens in this section are from Windows
on your operating system.

Printing Preferences 2

Note

You can access the Printing Preferences dialog box by clicking Printing Preferences... in the General
tab of the Brother HL-3070CW BR-Script3 Properties dialog box.

 Layout tab

You can change the layout setting by choosing the settings for Orientation, Page Order and
Page Per Sheet.

XP. The screens on your computer may vary depending

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• Orientation

Orientation selects the position of how your document will be printed. (Portrait, Landscape or Rotated
Landscape)

• Page Order

Specifies the order in which the pages of your document will be printed. Front to Back prints the
document so that page 1 is on top of the stack. Back to Front prints the document so that page 1 is on
the bottom of the stack.

• Page Per Sheet

The Page Per Sheet selection can reduce the image size of a page allowing multiple pages to be printed
on one sheet of paper or enlarging the image size for printing one page on multiple sheets of paper.

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 Paper/Quality tab

Choose the Paper Source and Colour.

• Paper Source

You can choose Automatically Select, Tray1 or Manual Feed.

• Colour

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Choose how to print colour graphics either Black and White or Colour.

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Advanced options 2

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a Choose the Paper Size and Copy Count (1).

 Paper Size

From the drop-down box choose the Paper Size you are using.

 Copy Count

The copy selection sets the number of copies that will be printed.

b Set the Image Colour Management, Scaling and TrueType Font settings (2).

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 Image Colour Management

Specifies how to print your colour graphics.

• If you don’t want to enable Image Colour Management, click ICM Disabled.

• If you want the calculations for colour matching to be performed on the host computer before it
sends the document to the printer, click ICM Handled by Host System.

• If you want the calculations for colour matching to be performed on your printer, click ICM Handled
by Printer using printer calibration.

 Scaling

Specifies whether to reduce or enlarge documents, and by what percentage.

 TrueType Font

Specifies the TrueType font options. Click Substitute with Device Font (the default) to use
equivalent printer fonts for printing documents that contain TrueType fonts. This will permit faster
printing; however, you might lose special characters not supported by the printer font. Click
Download as Softfont to download TrueType fonts for printing instead of using printer fonts.

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c You can change settings by choosing a setting in the Printer Features list (3):

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 Print Quality

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You can choose the following print quality settings.

•Normal

600×600 dpi. Recommended for ordinary printing. Good print quality with reasonable print speeds.

•Fine

2400 dpi class. The finest print mode. Use this mode to print precise images such as photographs.
Since the print data is much larger than in normal mode, processing time / data transfer time and
printing time will be longer.

Note

• The print speed will change depending on what print quality setting you choose. Higher print quality takes
longer to print, while lower print quality takes less time to print.

• The HL-3040CN when printing in Fine mode may Out of Memory, if this should happen add more
memory, see Installing extra memory on page 100.

 Media Type

You can use the following types of media in your printer. For the best print quality, select the type of
media that you wish to use.

Plain Paper Thin Paper Thick Paper Thicker Paper Bond Paper Envelopes

Env. Thick Env. Thin Recycled Paper Label

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 Secure Print

Secure Print allows you to secure documents that are password protected when they are sent to the
printer. Only the people who know the password will be able to print them. Since the documents are
secured at the printer, you must enter the password using the control panel of the printer. The secured
document must have a Password and Job Name.

(For more information about the secure print function, see Printing Secure data on page 80.)

 Password

Choose the password for your secured document that you send to the machine from the drop-down
box.

 Job Name

Choose the Job name from the drop-down list for your secured document.

 Toner Save

You can conserve toner use with this feature. When you set Toner Save Mode to On, print appears
lighter. The default setting is Off.

Note

We do not recommend Toner Save for printing Photo or Grey Scale images.

 Sleep Time

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When the printer does not receive data for a certain period of time, it enters sleep mode. In sleep
mode, the printer acts as though it were turned off. When you choose Printer Default the timeout
setting has been set to a specific time set at the factory, this can be altered in the driver or at the
printer. While the printer is in sleep mode, the LCD shows Sleep, but the printer can still receive data.
Receiving a print file or document or pressing Go will automatically wake up the printer to start
printing.

 Colour/Mono

You can choose the following colour mode:

• Colour

The device will print all pages in full colour mode.

•Mono

Selecting Mono mode prints your documents in greyscale.

•Auto

The printer checks the content of your documents for colour. If colour is detected, it prints in colour.
If no colour content is detected, it prints in monochrome. The total printing speed may become
slower.

Note

If the Cyan, Magenta or Yellow toner reaches the end of its life, choosing Mono will allow you to keep
printing as long as the Black toner does not reach the end of its life.

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 Colour Mode

The following options are available in Colour Matching mode:

•Normal

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This is the Default colour mode.

•Vivid

The colour of all elements are adjusted to become a more vivid colour.

•None

 Improve Grey Colour

You can improve the image of a shaded area.

 Enhance Black Printing

If a black graphic cannot print correctly, choose this setting.

 Halftone Screen Lock

Stops other applications from modifying the Halftone settings. The default setting is On.

 High Quality Image Printing

You can get high quality image printing. If you set High Quality Image Printing to On, the printing
speed will be slower.

 Improve Print Output

This feature allows you to improve a print quality problem.

• Reduce Paper Curl

If you choose this setting, the paper curl may be reduced.If you are printing only a few pages, you
do not need to choose this setting. We recommend that you change the printer driver setting in
Media Type to a thin setting.

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Note

This operation make the temperature of the printer’s fusing process lower.

• Improve Toner Fixing

If you choose this setting, the toner fixing on paper may be improved. If this selection does not
provide enough improvement, select Thicker paper in Media type settings.

Note

This operation make the temperature of the printer’s fusing process upper.

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Ports tab 2

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

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Features in the printer driver (for Macintosh) 2

This printer supports Mac OS X 10.3.9 or greater.

Note

The screens in this section are basically from Mac OS X 10.5.x. The screens on your Macintosh will vary
depending on your operating system.

Choosing page setup options 2

a From an application such as Apple TextEdit, click File, then Page Setup. Make sure HL-XXXX (where

XXXX is your model name) is chosen in the Format for pop-up menu. You can change the settings for
Paper Size, Orientation and Scale, then click OK.

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b From an application such as Apple TextEdit, click File, then Print to start printing.

 For Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.x

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 For Mac OS X 10.5.x

For more page setup options, click the disclosure triangle beside the Printer pop-up menu.

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Choosing printing options 2

To control special printing features, choose the options in the Print dialog box.

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Cover Page 2

You can make the following cover page settings:

 Print Cover Page

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If you want to add a cover page to your document, use this function.

 Cover Page Type

Choose a template for the cover page.

 Billing Info

If you want to add the billing information to the cover page, enter text in the Billing Info box.

Layout 2

 Pages per Sheet

Choose how many pages will appear on each side of the paper.

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 Layout Direction

When you specify the pages per sheet, you can also specify the direction of the layout.

 Border

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If you want to add a border, use this function.

 Reverse Page Orientation (Mac OS X 10.5.x only)

Check Reverse Page Orientation to reverse the data from up to down.

Secure Print 2

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Secure Print: Secure documents are documents that are password protected when they are sent to the printer. Only the people who know the password will be able to print them. Since the documents are secured at the printer, you must enter the password using the control panel of the machine to print them.

If you want to create a secure print job, check the Secure Print box. Enter a user name, job name and
password, then click Print. (For more information about the secure print function, see Printing Secure data
on page 80.)

Note

Check the Secure Print check box if you want to prevent other people from printing your data.

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Print Settings 2

You can change settings by choosing a setting in the Print Settings list:

Basic tab

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 Media Type

You can change the media type to one of the following:

• Plain Paper

• Thin Paper

• Thick Paper

• Thicker Paper

• Bond Paper

• Recycled Paper

• Envelopes

• Env. Thick

• Env. Thin

• Label

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 Print Quality

You can choose the following print quality settings.

•Normal

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600 dpi class. Recommended for ordinary printing. Good print quality with good print speeds.

•Fine

2400 dpi class. The finest print mode. Use this mode to print precise images such as photographs.
Since the print data is much larger than in normal mode, processing time, data transfer time and printing
time will be longer.

Note

• The print speed will change depending on what print quality setting you choose. Higher print quality takes
longer to print, while lower print quality takes less time to print.

• The HL-3040CN when printing in Fine mode may Out of Memory, if this should happen add more
memory, see Installing extra memory on page 100.

 Color/Mono

You can change the Color/Mono settings as follows:

•Color

When your document contains colour and you want to print it in colour, select this mode.

•Mono

Select this mode if your document has only black and greyscale text and/or objects. Mono mode makes
the print processing speed faster than colour mode. If your document contains colour, selecting Mono
mode prints your document in 256 levels of grey.

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•Auto

The printer checks the content of your documents for colour. If colour is detected, it prints in colour. If
no colour content is detected, it prints in monochrome. The total printing speed may become slower.

Note

If the Cyan, Magenta or Yellow toner reaches the end of its life, choosing Mono will allow you to keep
printing as long as the Black toner does not reach the end of its life.

 Toner Save Mode

You can conserve toner use with this feature. When you set Toner Save Mode to On, print appears lighter.
The default setting is Off.

Note

We do not recommend Toner Save for printing Photo or Grey Scale images.

 Reverse Printing (Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.x only)

Check Reverse Print to rotate the data by 180 degrees.

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Advanced tab

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 Color Mode

You can change the colour mode as follows:

•Normal

This is the Default colour mode.

• Vivid

The colour of all elements are adjusted to become a more vivid colour.

• None

 Enhance Black Printing

If a black graphic cannot be printed correctly, choose this setting.

 Improve Grey Color

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

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 Improve Print Output

This feature allows you to improve a print quality problem.

• Reduce Paper Curl

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If you choose this setting, the paper curl may be reduced.

If you are printing only a few pages, you do not need to choose this setting. We recommend that you
change the printer driver setting in Media Type to a thin setting.

Note

This operation make the temperature of the printer’s fusing process lower.

• Improve Toner Fixing

If you choose this setting, the toner fixing on paper may be improved. If this selection does not provide
enough improvement, select Thicker paper in Media type settings.

Note

This operation make the temperature of the printer’s fusing process upper.

 Sleep Time

When the printer does not receive data for a certain period of time, it enters sleep mode. In sleep mode,
the printer acts as though it were turned off. When you choose Printer Default the timeout setting has
been set to a specific time set at the factory, this can be altered in the driver or at the printer. If you want
to change the sleep time, choose Manual and then enter the time in the text box on the driver.

While the printer is in sleep mode, the LCD shows Sleep, but the printer can still receive data. Receiving
a print file or document or pressing Go will automatically wake up the printer to start printing

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Manual Duplex Printing 2

Select Paper Handling.

 For Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.x

Choose Odd numbered pages. Turn the paper over and reload it in the tray, and then choose
Even numbered pages and print.

 For Mac OS X 10.5.x

Choose Odd only and print. Turn the paper over and reload it in the tray, and then choose Even only and
print.

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Status Monitor (For Mac OS X 10.3.9 or greater users) 2

This reports the printer status (any errors that may happen with the printer) when printing. If you would like to
turn the status monitor on, follow these steps:

 For Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.x

a Run the Printer Setup Utility (from the Go menu, choose Applications, Utilities), then choose the

printer.

b Click the Utility, then the status monitor will start up.

 For Mac OS X 10.5.x

a Run the System Preferences, select Print & Fax, then choose the printer.
b Click the Open Print Queue..., then click the Utility. The status monitor will start up.

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Using the BR-Script3 printer driver (Post Script® 3™ language emulation for Macintosh) (HL-3070CW only)

Note

• To use the BR-Script3 printer driver on a Network, see the Network User’s Guide on the CD-ROM.

• To use the BR-Script3 printer driver, you need to set the Emulation to BR-Script3 by using the control
panel before connecting the interface cable. (See Print Menu on page 85.)

Installing the BR-Script3 printer driver 2

You need to install the BR-Script3 printer driver using the following instructions.

Note

If you use a USB cable, only one printer driver per printer can be registered in the Printer Setup Utility.
Before installing the BR-Script3 printer driver, delete from the Printer list any other Brother drivers that are
for the same printer.

 For Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.x

a Turn on your Macintosh.
b From the Go menu choose Applications.

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c Open the Utilities folder.

d Double-click the Printer Setup Utility icon.

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e Click Add.

For Mac OS X 10.3.9 users, go to f.
For Mac OS X 10.4.x users, go to g.

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f Choose USB.

g Choose the printer name and make sure that Brother is shown in Printer Model (Print Using).

Select the printer name that shows BR-Script in the Model Name (Model), and then click Add.
For Mac OS X 10.3.9 users:

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For Mac OS X 10.4.x users:

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h From the Printer Setup Utility menu, choose Quit Printer Setup Utility.

 For Mac OS X 10.5.x

a From the Apple menu choose System Preferences.

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b Click Print&Fax.

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c Click + which is located below the Printers section.

d Choose the Printer Name and choose Select a driver to use in Print Using, and then choose the

Printer Name that shows BR-Script in model name, and then click Add.

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e Quit System Preferences.

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Uninstalling the printer driver 2

You can uninstall the printer driver that you have installed with the following steps.

Note

• This is not available if you installed the printer driver from the Windows Add a printer function.

• After uninstalling, we recommend that you restart your computer to remove files that were in use during
the uninstall.

Printer driver for Windows®, Windows Vista® and Windows Server® 2003/2008 2

For Windows® XP/XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows Vista® and Windows Server®2003/2008

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/Server

a Click the Start button, point to All Programs

2003 x64 Edition 2

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, Brother and then to your printer name.

b Click UnInstall.
c Follow the instructions on the screen.

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Program for Windows® 2000 users

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Printer driver for Macintosh 2

For Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.x 2

a Disconnect the USB cable between the Macintosh and your printer.
b Restart the Macintosh.
c Log on as an ‘Administrator’.
d Run the Printer Setup Utility (from the Go menu, choose Applications, Utilities), then choose the

printer you want to remove and remove it by clicking the Delete button.

e Restart the Macintosh.

For Mac OS X 10.5.x 2

a Disconnect the USB cable between the Macintosh and your printer.
b Restart the Macintosh.

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c Log in as an ‘Administrator’.
d From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences. Click Print & Fax, then choose the printer you

want to remove and remove it by clicking the - button.

e Restart the Macintosh.

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Software 2

Software for networks 2

BRAdmin Light 2

BRAdmin Light is a utility for initial setup of Brother network connected devices. This utility can search for
Brother products on your network, view the status and configure basic network settings, such as IP address.

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The BRAdmin Light utility is available for Windows
2003/2008 and Mac OS X 10.3.9 (or greater) computers. For installing BRAdmin Light on Windows

see the Quick Setup Guide we provided with the machine. For Macintosh users, BRAdmin Light will be
installed automatically when you install the printer driver. If you have already installed the printer driver, you
don’t have to install it again.

2000/XP, Windows Vista® and Windows Server®

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, please

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For more information on BRAdmin Light, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/

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BRAdmin Professional 3 (for Windows®) 2

BRAdmin Professional 3 is a utility for more advanced management of network connected Brother devices.
This utility can search for Brother products on your network and view the device status from an easy to read
explorer style window that changes colour identifying the status of each device. You can configure network

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and device settings along with the ability to update device firmware from a Windows

computer on your LAN.
BRAdmin Professional 3 can also log activity of brother devices on your network and export the log data in
an HTML, CSV, TXT or SQL format.

For users who want to monitor locally connected printers, install the BRPrint Auditor software on the client
PC. This utility allows you to monitor printers that are connected to a client PC via USB from BRAdmin
Professional 3.

For more information and downloading, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/

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Web BRAdmin (for Windows®) 2

Web BRAdmin is a utility for managing network connected Brother devices on your LAN and WAN. This utility
can search for Brother products on your network, view the status and configure the network settings. Unlike

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BRAdmin Professional, which is designed for Windows
be accessed from any client computer with a web browser that supports JRE (Java Runtime Environment).

By installing the Web BRAdmin server utility on a computer running IIS
server, which then communicates with the device itself.

only, Web BRAdmin is a server based utility that can

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, connect to the Web BRAdmin

For more information and downloading, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/

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Internet Information Serve r 4.0 or Inte rnet Informa tion Service 5.0 / 5.1 / 6.0 / 7.0

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BRPrint Auditor (for Windows®) 2

The BRPrint Auditor software brings the monitoring power of Brother network management tools to locally
connected machines. This utility allows a client computer to collect usage and status information from a
machine connected via the USB interface. The BRPrint Auditor can then pass this information to another
computer on the network running BRAdmin Professional 3 or Web BRAdmin 1.45 or greater. This allows the
administrator to check items such as page counts, toner and drum status and the firmware version. In addition
to reporting to Brother network management applications this utility can E-mail the usage and status
information directly to a predefined E-mail address in a CSV or XML file format (SMTP Mail support required).
The BRPrint Auditor utility also supports E-mail notification for reporting warning and error conditions.

Web Based Management (web browser) 2

Web Based Management (web browser) is a utility for managing network connected Brother devices, using
the HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol). This utility can view the status of Brother products on your network
and configure the machine or network settings using a standard web browser that is installed on your
computer.

For more information, see Chapter 10 of the Network User’s Guide on the CD-ROM.

For increased security Web Based Management also support HTTPS. For more information, see Chapter 14
of the Network User’s Guide on the CD-ROM.

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Driver Deployment Wizard (for Windows®) 2

This installer includes the Windows® printer driver and Brother network port driver (LPR). If the administrator
installs the printer driver and port driver using this application, the administrator 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 computer.

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About emulation modes (HL-3070CW only) 2

This printer has the following emulation modes. You can change the setting by using the control panel or Web
Based Management (Web browser).

 HP LaserJet Mode

The HP LaserJet mode (or HP mode) is the emulation mode in which this printer supports the PCL6
language of the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet laser printer. Many applications support this type of laser
printer. Using this mode will allow your printer to run at its best with those applications.

 BR-Script 3 Mode

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BR-Script is an original Brother page description language and a PostScript
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

• Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript

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commands, see the following manuals:

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Language Reference, 3rd edition. Addison-Wesley

Professional, 1999. ISBN: 0-201-37922-8

• Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript

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Language Program Design. Addison-Wesley Professional,

1988. ISBN: 0-201-14396-8

• Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript

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Language Tutorial and Cookbook. Addison-Wesley

Professional, 1985. ISBN: 0-201-10179-3

language emulation

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Automatic emulation selection (HL-3070CW only) 2

This printer has an automatic emulation selection feature that is turned on by default. This lets it automatically
change the emulation mode to suit the type of data it receives.

You can change the setting by using the control panel or Web Based Management (Web browser).

Automatic interface selection 2

This printer has an automatic interface selection feature that is turned on by default. This lets it automatically
change the interface to USB, or Ethernet depending on which interface is receiving data.

Since the default setting is on for the automatic interface selection mode, simply connect the interface cable
to the printer. Always turn off both your computer and printer when connecting or disconnecting the cable.

Auto Interface selection can take a few seconds to work. If you only use one interface it would be advisable
to select that interface; use the control panel to access the General Setup menu, choose Interface and
then choose Select. If only one interface is chosen, the printer will allocate the entire input buffer to that
interface.

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Control Panel 3

Control panel 3

This printer has one back lit Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), seven buttons and two Light Emitting Diodes
(LEDs) on the control panel. The LCD is a 16 character single line display.

The illustration is based on HL-3070CW.

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Buttons 3

You can control the basic printer operations and change various printer settings with eight buttons (Go,
Cancel, Secure Print, +, -, Back, OK).

button Operations

Go Clear error messages.

Pause and continue printing.

Switch to Reprint mode.

Cancel Stop and cancel the printing job in progress.

Exit from the control panel menu, Reprint menu, Secure Print menu or Direct Print
menu.

Secure Print Choose the Secure Print menu.

+ Scroll backward through menus and the available options.

Enter numbers and increase the number.

- Scroll forward through menus and the available options.

Enter numbers and decrease the number.

Back Go back one level in the menu structure.

OK Choose the control panel menu.

Set the chosen menus and settings.

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Go 3

You can pause printing by pressing Go. Pressing Go again restarts the print job. During a pause, the printer
is offline.

Pressing Go allows you to choose the displayed option in the last menu level. After changing a setting, the
printer returns to the Ready state.

If Data remains in the printer memory, pressing Go will print that remaining data.

You can clear some error indications by pressing Go. Follow the control panel instructions or see
Troubleshooting on page 142 to clear all other errors.

You can switch to Reprint mode by pressing Go and holding it down for about 4 seconds. (For details, see
Reprinting documents on page 79.

Note

• The options you have chosen are shown with an asterisk 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 LCD.

• If the printer is in Pause mode and you do not want to print the data left, press Cancel. Once the job has been canceled, the printer will return to the Ready state.

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Cancel 3

You can cancel the processing or printing of data by pressing Cancel. The LCD shows Cancel Printing.
until the job is canceled. To delete all jobs, press Cancel for about 4 seconds until the LCD shows
Cancel All Jobs and then release it.

After canceling the job, the printer returns to the Ready state.
Pressing Cancel will exit the control panel menu and return the printer to the Ready state.

Secure Print 3

If you want to print a secure data protected by a password, press Secure Print. For details, see Printing
Secure data on page 80

+ or - button 3

Moving through menus on the LCD 3

Pressing + or - when the printer is in the Ready state, takes it offline and the LCD will show the control panel
menu.

Press to scroll through the menus and options. Press the button until you see the setting you want.

Entering numbers 3

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

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Back 3

Pressing Back when the printer is in the Ready state takes it offline, and the LCD will show the control panel
menu.

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

Back also allows you to choose the previous digit while setting numbers.

When you choose a setting and it does not have an asterisk (OK was not pressed), Back allows you to return
to the previous menu level with the original setting unchanged.

OK 3

Pressing OK when the printer is in the Ready state takes it offline, and the LCD will show the control panel
menu.

Pressing OK allows you to choose the displayed menu or option. After changing a setting, the LCD shows
Accepted and then the printer returns to the previous menu level.

Note

The options you have chosen are shown with an asterisk 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 LCD.

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LEDs 3

The LEDs are lights which show the printer status.

Data LED (Green)

LED indication Meaning

On Data is in the printer memory.

Blinking Receiving or processing data.

Off No remaining data in the memory.

Error LED (Orange)

LED indication Meaning

Blinking There is a problem with the printer.

Off There is no problem with the printer.

LCD 3

The LCD shows the current printer status. When you use the buttons on the control panel, the LCD will
change.
If there are any problems, the LCD will show the 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
LCD messages on page 143.)

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Control Panel

Back light (HL-3070CW only) 3

Light Meaning

Off The printer is off or in sleep status.

Green (General, Error, Setting) Ready to print

Printing

Warming up

There is a problem with the printer.

Choosing a menu (Control panel menu, Reprint menu or Direct Print menu)

Pause

LCD messages 3

The message on the LCD shows the current printer status during normal operation.

Ready

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The mark indicates the wireless signal strength with four levels. ( means no signal, means weak,

means middle, and means strong.) (HL-3070CW only)

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

Cover is open

Next, the second message which shows information for clearing the error is displayed on the LCD message
as shown below.

Close the Top Co

Printer status messages 3

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

Printer Status Message Meaning

Cooling Down The printer is cooling down.

Cancel Printing Canceling the job.

Ignore Data Printer is ignoring data processed using the PS driver.

Pause The printer has suspended its operations. Press Go to start the printer again.

Please Wait The printer is warming up.

The printer is carrying out the calibration process.

Printing Printing.

Ready Ready to print.

Sleep In Sleep mode.

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Control Panel

Reprinting documents 3

Reprinting the last job 3

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

Note

• Reprint function is not available when Secure Function Lock 2.0 (HL-3070CW only) is On. For more
information about Secure Function Lock 2.0, see the Chapter 14 of the Network User’s Guide on the CD-
ROM we have supplied.

• If you want to cancel reprinting, press Cancel.

• If the printer does not have enough memory to spool the print job data, it will not print the document.

• Pressing + or - makes the number of reprint copies decrease or increase. You can choose between 1 and
999 Copies.

• If you wait 30 seconds to continue the control panel operation, the LCD leaves the Reprint setting
automatically.

• For more information about the settings in the printer driver, see Advanced tab on page 40.

• After turning the power switch off, the last job data will be deleted.

How to reprint the last job 3

Note

If you print with the Windows

®

printer driver we have supplied with the printer, the settings for Use Reprint
in the printer driver will take priority over the settings made on the control panel. (For more information,
see Use Reprint on page 43.)

a Make sure that the Reprint setting is On by using the buttons on the control panel to enter the General

Setup menu.

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b Press Go for about 4 seconds and release it. Make sure that the LCD shows the following message.

Reprint : Print

c Press + or - to choose Print. Press OK.

Reprint : Print

d Press + to enter the number of copies you want.

Copies =3

e Press OK or Go.

Printing

h

Reprint : Print

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Deleting the last job 3

Choose Delete in step c on How to reprint the last job on page 79.

Canceling the reprint job 3

If you want to cancel the current reprint job, press Cancel. Cancel also allows you to cancel a paused reprint
job.

Printing Secure data 3

Secure data 3

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). Secure data will be deleted after
printing once.

When the area to spool data is full, the LCD shows Out of Memory. Press Cancel to return the Ready state.

If you want to delete the spooled data, you can carry out this operation using the control panel or the web­based management application.

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Note

• The secure data will be deleted when the printer is turned off.

• If you wait 30 seconds to continue the control panel operation, the LCD leaves the Secure Print setting
automatically.

• For more information about the settings in the printer driver and how to create secure data, see Secure

®

Print on page 41 (For Windows

printer driver), Advanced options on page 50 (For Windows® BR-Script

printer driver) or Secure Print on page 58 (For Macintosh printer driver).

How to print Secure data 3

a Press Secure Print.
b Press + or - to choose the user name. Press OK.

XXXXXX

c Press + or - to choose the job. Press OK.

1.XXXXXX.doc

d Press + or - to enter your password. Press OK.

Password:XXXX

e Press + or - to choose Print. Press OK.

Print

f Press + or - to enter the number of copies you want.

Copies = 3

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g Press OK or Go.

Printing

h

Ready

Control Panel

Deleting secure data 3

Choose the user name and the job you want to delete in steps a to d, and then choose Delete (instead of
Print) in step e.

Canceling the secure data job (printing secure data) 3

If you want to cancel the current secure print job, press Cancel. Cancel also allows you to cancel a paused
secure print job.

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Control Panel

Using the control panel LCD menu 3

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

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

 When you press OK to choose a setting, Accepted appears on the LCD. After that, the LCD returns to

the previous menu level.

 When you press Go to choose a setting, Accepted appears on the LCD. After that, the LCD returns to

the Ready state.

 After changing the status or a setting, pressing Back before you press OK will cause the LCD to return to

the previous menu level with the original settings unchanged.

 There are two ways to input numbers. You can press + or - 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.

For example: If you want to choose the paper size for Tray 1, as follows. 3

a Press any of the Menu buttons (+, -, OK or Back) to take the printer offline.

Ready

Machine Info.

h

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b Press + or - to choose Paper Tray.

Paper Tray

c Press OK to move to the next menu level.

Manual Feed

d Press + or - to choose Tray1 Size.

Tray1 Size

e Press OK to move to the next menu level.

Any l

f Press + or - to choose the paper size.

A4

g Press OK or Go.

Accepted appears on the LCD.

Accepted

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Menu table 3

There are nine menus. For more information about the selections available in each menu, see the tables
below.

Note

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

• Standard paper tray: Tray1

• Manual feed slot: Manual Feed

Machine Info.

Submenu Menu Selections Options Descriptions

Print Settings Prints the Printer Settings page.

Print NetSetting Prints only the Network Settings page.

Test Print Prints the test page.

Demo Print Prints the demonstration sheet.

Print Font
(HL-3070CW only)

Serial No. Shows the printer serial number.

Version Main Version Shows the main firmware version.

Page Count Total Shows the current total printed pages.

Image Count Black(K) Shows the amount of images produced by the black

HP LaserJet Prints the font list and samples of HP LaserJet.

BR-Script 3 Prints the font list and samples of BR-Script.

Sub Version Shows the sub firmware version.

RAM Size Shows the size of memory in this printer.

Color Shows the current total colour printed pages.

Monochrome Shows the current total monochrome printed pages.

colour.

Cyan(C) Shows the amount of images produced by the cyan

colour.

Magenta(M) Shows the amount of images produced by the

magenta colour.

Yellow(Y) Shows the amount of images produced by the yellow

colour.

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The factory settings are shown in Bold with an asterisk.

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Control Panel

Machine Info. (continued)

Submenu Menu Selections Options Descriptions

Drum Count Black(K) Shows the current total pages printed for black drum

unit.

Cyan(C) Shows the current total pages printed for cyan drum

unit.

Magenta(M) Shows the current total pages printed for magenta

drum unit.

Yellow(Y) Shows the current total pages printed for yellow

drum unit.

Parts Life Drum Life Black(K) Shows the remaining life for the black drum unit.

Cyan(C) Shows the remaining life for the cyan drum unit.

Magenta(M) Shows the remaining life for the magenta drum unit.

Yellow(Y) Shows the remaining life for the yellow drum unit.

Belt Life Shows the remaining life for the belt unit.

PF Kit1 Life Shows the pages left to print with the PF kit 1.

Fuser Life Shows the pages left to print with the fuser unit.

Reset Parts Life

(Appears only when
replacement parts have
been changed)

Drum Unit Black(K) Resets the black drum unit life. Appears when you

replace the drum unit.

Cyan(C) Resets the cyan drum unit life. Appears when you

replace the drum unit.

Magenta(M) Resets the magenta drum unit life. Appears when

you replace the drum unit.

Yellow(Y) Resets the yellow drum unit life. Appears when you

replace the drum unit.

Belt Unit Resets the belt unit life. Appears when you replace

the belt unit.

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The factory settings are shown in Bold with an asterisk.

Paper Tray

Submenu Options Descriptions

Manual Feed Off*/On Chooses whether to feed paper manually.

Tray1 Size Any*/Letter/Legal/A4... Choose the size of paper you loaded in the

standard paper tray.

The factory settings are shown in Bold with an asterisk.

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Control Panel

General Setup

Submenu Menu Selections Options Descriptions

Local Language English*/Français... Changes the LCD language for your

country.

Ecology Sleep Time 0/1/2/3/4/5*...Min Sets the time to return to Power Save

mode.

Toner Save Off*/On Increases the page yield of the toner

cartridge.

Panel Control Button Repeat 0.1*/0.4/0.6/0.8/1.0/1.4

/1.8/2.0 Sec

Message Scroll Level 1*/Level

2.../Level 10

LCD Contrast -nnonn+ Adjusts the contrast of the LCD.

Auto Online On*/Off Return to Ready state automatically.

Setting Lock Off*/On Turns the lock panel settings On or

Reprint Off*/On Turns the reprint settings On or Off.

Interface Select Auto*/USB/

Auto IF Time 1/2/3/4/5*.../99 (sec) You need to set the time-out period

Input Buffer Level 1/2/3/4*.../7 Increases or decreases the input

Network Choose the interface you use.

Sets the time for the LCD message to
change when holding + or - at
intervals.

Sets the time in seconds that an LCD
message will scroll across the LCD.
From Level 1=0.2 sec to Level
10=2.0 sec.

Off using the password.

for the auto interface selection.

buffer capacity.

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The factory settings are shown in Bold with an asterisk.

Print Menu

Submenu Menu Selections Options Descriptions

Emulation
(HL-3070CW only)

Auto Continue Off*/On Choose whether to automatically

Output Color

(HL-3070CW only)

Media Type

(HL-3070CW only)

The factory settings are shown in Bold with an asterisk.

Auto*/HP LaserJet/
BR-Script 3

Auto*/Color/Mono Set the output colour.

Plain Paper*/Thick

Paper/Thicker Paper/Th
in Paper/Recycled
Paper/Bond Paper/Envel
opes/Env.Thick/Env.Thi
n/Hagaki/Label

Choose the emulation mode you use.

clear the removable error.

Sets the type of paper.

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Print Menu (continued)

Submenu Menu Selections Options Descriptions

Paper

(HL-3070CW only)

Copies

(HL-3070CW only)

Orientation

(HL-3070CW only)

Print Position X Offset -500/-499.../0*.../499/

Y Offset -50/-49.../0*.../499/

Auto FF

(HL-3070CW only)

Letter/Legal/A4*/
Executive/Com-10/DL/JI
SB5/B5/A5/A5 L/JIS B6/
B6/A6/Monarch/C5/A4 Lon
g/Folio/DL L/Hagaki

1*/2.../999 Sets the number of printed pages.

Portrait*/Landscape This printer can print pages in portrait

500Dots

500Dots

Off*/On Allows you to print the remaining

Sets the size of paper.

or landscape orientation.

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

Moves the print start position (at the
top-left corner of pages) vertically up
to -50 (up) to +500 (down) dots in
300 dpi.

data without pressing Go.

Control Panel

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The factory settings are shown in Bold with an asterisk.

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Print Menu (continued)

Submenu Menu Selections Options Descriptions

HP LaserJet

(HL-3070CW only)

BR-Script 3

(HL-3070CW only)

Font No. I000.../I059*.../I071

Font Pitch 0.44/10*.../99.99

Font Point 4.00/12*.../999.75

Symbol Set PC-8*... Sets the symbol set or the character

set.

Table Print Prints code table. If Change

Emulation appears on the LCD,
choose Auto or HP LaserJet in
Emulation of Print Menu.

(See page 85.)

Auto LF Off*/On ON: CR i CR+LF,OFF: CR i CR

Auto CR Off*/On ON: LFiLF+CR, FFiFF+CR, or VT i

VT+CR OFF: LF i LF, FF i FF, or VT
i VT

Auto WRAP Off*/On Chooses whether a line feed and

carriage return will happen when the
printer reaches the right margin.

Auto SKIP On*/Off Chooses 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 70

columns at 10 cpi.

Right Margin ## Sets the right margin at column 10 to

80 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 default
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
default setting is 0.5.

Lines #### Sets the number of lines on each

page from 5 to 128 lines.

Error Print On*/Off

CAPT Off*/On

Control Panel

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The factory settings are shown in Bold with an asterisk.

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Network for HL-3040CN users

Submenu Menu Selections Options Descriptions

TCP/IP Boot Method Auto*/Static/RARP/BOOTP

/DHCP

IP Address ###.###.###.###

(000.000.000.000)*

Subnet Mask ###.###.###.###

(000.000.000.000)*

Gateway ###.###.###.###

(000.000.000.000)*

IP Boot Tries ##### (3*)

APIPA On*/Off Automatically allocates the IP

IPv6 Off*/On

Ethernet Auto*/100B-FD/100B-HD/

10B-FD/10B-HD

Factory Reset Restores all network settings of the internal print server to the factory default.

Choose the IP method that best suits
your needs.

Enter the IP address.

1

Enter the Subnet mask.

1

Enter the Gateway address.

address from the link-local address

range.

1

Chooses Ethernet link mode.

Control Panel

3

The factory settings are shown in Bold with an asterisk.

1

On connectio n to the network, if the machine's 'Boot Method' is 'Auto' the machine will attempt to automatically set the IP address and Subnet
Mask from a boot serve r such as DHCP or BOOTP. If a boot serve r cannot be found, an APIPA IP address will be allocated, such as 169. 254.
[001-254]. [000-255]. If the 'Boot Method' of the machine is set to 'Static' you will need to manually enter an IP address from the machine's control
panel.

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Network for HL-3070CW users

Submenu 1 Submenu 2 Menu Selections Options Descriptions

Wired LAN TCP/IP Boot Method Auto*/Static/RARP/BOOTP

/DHCP

IP Address ###.###.###.###

(000.000.000.000)*

Subnet Mask ###.###.###.###

(000.000.000.000)*

Gateway ###.###.###.###

(000.000.000.000)*

IP Boot Tries ##### (3*)

APIPA On*/Off Automatically allocates the IP

IPv6 Off*/On

Ethernet Auto*/100B-FD/100B-HD/

10B-FD/10B-HD

Set to

Restores wired network settings of the internal print server to the factory default.

Default

Wired

On*/Off Chooses Ethernet link mode.

Enable

WLAN TCP/IP Boot Method Auto*/Static/RARP/BOOTP

/DHCP

IP Address ###.###.###.###

(000.000.000.000)*

Subnet Mask ###.###.###.###

(000.000.000.000)*

Gateway ###.###.###.###

(000.000.000.000)*

IP Boot Tries # (3*)

APIPA On*/Off Automatically allocates the IP

IPv6 Off*/On

SES/WPS/AO
SS

WPS w/PIN
Code

Choose the IP method that best
suits your needs.

Enter the IP address.

1

Enter the Subnet mask.

1

Enter the Gateway address.

address from the link-local

address range.

Chooses Ethernet link mode.

Choose the IP method that best
suits your needs.

Enter the IP address.

1

Enter the Subnet mask.

1

Enter the Gateway address.

address from the link-local

address range.

Control Panel

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1

1

The factory settings are shown in Bold with an asterisk.

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Network for HL-3070CW users (continued)

Submenu 1 Submenu 2 Menu Selections Options Descriptions

Status

Signal

Channel

Speed

SSID Shows SSID [uses a maximum

of 32 digits and characters 0-9,
a-z and A-Z in ASCII values]

Comm. Mode Ad-hoc*/Infrastructure Shows the current

Communication Mode.

Restores wired network settings
of the internal print server to the
factory default.

Off*/On Chooses Ethernet link mode.

Factory
Reset

WLAN
Status

(Appears only
when WLAN

Enable is
On.)

Set to
Default

WLAN
Enable

Restores all network settings of the internal print server to the factory default.

Control Panel

3

The factory settings are shown in Bold with an asterisk.

1

On connectio n to the network, if the machine's 'IP METHOD' is 'AUTO' the ma chine will attempt to automatically set the IP address and Subnet
Mask from a boot serve r such as DHCP or BOOTP. If a boot serve r cannot be found an APIPA IP address will be allocated, such as

169.254.[001-254].[000-255]. If the 'IP METHOD' of the machine is set to 'STATIC' you will need to manually enter an IP address from the
ma ch in e's co ntrol pa ne l.

Reset Menu

Display Shows Description

Reset Printer Resets the printer and restores all printer settings (including command settings) to settings

you have previously made with the control panel buttons.

Factory Reset Resets the printer and restores the printer settings (including command settings) to the

factory default settings.

The factory settings are shown in Bold with an asterisk.

Color Correction

Submenu Menu Selections Options Descriptions

Color Calibration Calibrate Carry out calibration to revise the

colours. (See Calibration
on page 96.)

Reset Set the calibration parameters back

to the default settings. (See
Calibration on page 96.)

The factory settings are shown in Bold with an asterisk.

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