User manual BROTHER HL-1430

[. . . ] Brother Laser Printer HL-1430 User's Guide For visually-impaired users Please see the two HTML files, index_win. html and index_mac. html, on the supplied CD-ROM. You can read them with Screen Reader `text-to-speech' software. You must set up the hardware and install the driver before you can use the printer. You can find a printed copy in the box or view it on the CD-ROM we have supplied. Please read this User's Guide thoroughly before you use the printer. [. . . ] in the General tab of the Brother HL-1430 series Properties screen. 1 2 1 2 Select the Paper Size, Multiple Page, Orientation and so on. Select the Paper Source and so on. DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 2 Advanced tab If you are using Windows NT® 4. 0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can access the Advanced tab by clicking Printing Preferences. . . in the General tab of the Brother HL-1430 series Properties screen. 1 2 3 4 5 Change the tab settings by clicking the following icons: 1 Print Quality 2 Duplex 3 Watermark 4 Page Setting 5 Device Options 2 - 3 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 1 Print Quality Select the resolution, toner save and print settings or gray printing setting. Resolution You can change the resolution as follows: 300 dpi 600 dpi Toner Save Mode You can save running costs by turning on the toner save mode, which reduces the print density. Print Setting (For Windows® 95/98/Me users only) You can manually change the brightness, contrast and other settings. 2 Duplex If you select the Duplex button, the dialog box for the manual duplex settings appears. Six types of manual duplex binding directions are available for each orientation. Watermark You can place a watermarked logo or text into your documents. When you use a bitmap file as a watermark, you can change the size of the watermark and place it anywhere you like on the page. When you use text as a watermark, you can change the font, darkness and angle settings. Page Setting You can change the print image scaling and select Mirror / Reverse print options. 3 4 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 4 5 Device Options You can set the following Printer Function modes in this tab: (You can jump to the page for each Printer Function by clicking the function name in the list below. ) Job Spooling Quick Print Setup Sleep Time Status Monitor Page Protection Print Date & Time 2 - 5 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE Job Spooling The printer saves data that you want reprinted. You can reprint a document without sending the data again from your PC. To reprint press and hold down the Control Panel button until all four LED's are lit and then release the Control Panel button. If you want to prevent other people from printing your data using the Reprint function, clear the Use Reprint check box in the job spooling settings. Quick Print Setup You can turn the Quick Print Setup function ON or OFF. This will then let you make changes to the settings of the following functions: Multiple Page Manual Duplex Toner Save Mode Paper Source Media Type Sleep Time When the printer does not receive data for a certain period of time (timeout), it enters sleep mode. When Intelligent Sleep Mode is selected, it is automatically adjusted to the most suitable time-out setting depending on the frequency of your printer use. While the printer is in sleep mode, all the LEDs are off, but the printer can still receive data from the computer. Receiving a print file or document automatically wakes up the printer to start printing. Status Monitor 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, go the Advanced tab, select Device options and then select Status monitor. Page Protection `Page Protection' refers to a setting that reserves additional memory for the creation of full page images. Selections are AUTO, OFF, LTR (Letter-size paper), A4 or LGL (legal-size-paper). [. . . ] You can use an acid paper check pen to distinguish acid paper from neutral paper. Print surface The characteristics may differ a little between the face side and reverse side of a sheet of paper. Usually, the opening side of the ream of paper package is the print side. Typically, the print side is indicated by an arrow. A - 3 APPENDIX Moisture content Moisture content is the amount of water left in the paper after manufacture. [. . . ]