User manual BROTHER HL-5130

[. . . ] Brother Laser Printer HL-5130 HL-5140 HL-5150D HL-5170DN User's Guide For visually-impaired users You can read this manual with Screen Reader `text-to-speech' software. You must set up the hardware and install the driver before you can use the printer. Please read this User's Guide thoroughly before you use the printer. Keep the CD-ROM in a convenient place so you can use it quickly if you need to. Please visit our web site at http://solutions. brother. com where you can get answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), Product Support and Technical Questions, and the latest Driver Updates and Utilities. Version 2 Laser printer HL-5100 series User's Guide Definitions of warnings, cautions, and notes We use the following terms throughout this User's Guide: You must follow these warnings to prevent possible personal injury. You must follow these instructions to make sure you use the printer properly and do not damage it. Remember these useful tips when you use the printer. I To use the printer safely After you have just used the printer, some parts inside the printer will be extremely hot. [. . . ] Receiving a print file or document automatically wakes up the printer to start printing. To turn sleep mode off, go to the Advanced tab, select Device Options and then select Sleep Time. Double click the word Sleep Time in the Sleep Time screen, this will allow the Sleep Time Off function to appear, click Sleep Time Off to stop the printer going into sleep mode. The Sleep Time Off function can be hidden by double clicking the word Sleep Time in the Sleep Time screen again. We recommend that you keep Sleep mode on to save power. 2 - 19 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE Software This section is for Windows®. Software for Networks This section is for HL-5170DN. BRAdmin Professional The BRAdmin Professional software is a utility for managing your Brother network enabled printers that are running under Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows NT® 4. 0 and Windows® 2000/XP. It allows you to easily configure and check the status of your printer on the network. Driver Deployment Wizard This installer includes the Windows® PCL driver and Brother network port driver (LPR and NetBIOS). The administrator should set up the IP address, Gateway and Subnet with BRAdmin Professional before using this software. If the administrator then installs the printer driver and port driver using this software, 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 PC. Web BRAdmin The Web BRAdmin software is designed to manage all LAN/WAN Brother network connected devices. By installing the Web BRAdmin server software on a computer running IIS*, Administrators with a Web browser can connect to the Web BRAdmin server, which then communicates with the device itself. Unlike the BRAdmin Professional software - which is designed for Windows® systems only - the Web BRAdmin server software can be accessed from any client computer with a web browser that supports Java 2. You can download the Web BRAdmin software from our web site at http://solutions. brother. com/webbradmin IIS* = Internet Information Server 4. 0 or 5. 0 Web BRAdmin and Internet Information Server 4. 0 is supported on the following operating systems: Windows NT® 4. 0 Server Web BRAdmin and Internet Information Server 5. 0 is supported on the following operating systems: Windows® 2000 Professional Windows® 2000 Server Windows® 2000 Advanced Server Windows® XP Professional DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 20 Automatic Emulation Selection This section is for HL-5150D and HL-5170DN. When the printer receives data from the computer, it automatically chooses the emulation mode. The printer can choose from the following combinations: Setting 1 (default) HP LaserJet BR-Script 3 EPSON FX-850 Setting 2 HP LaserJet BR-Script 3 IBM ProPrinter XL 2 - 21 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 3 Control panel This section refers to the four Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) (Toner, Drum, Paper, Status) and the two control panel buttons (Job Cancel, Go) on the control panel. Figure 3-1 The LED indications shown in the table below are used in the illustrations in this chapter. LED is off or or or or LED is on LED is blinking When the power switch is off or the printer is in Sleep mode, all the LEDs are off. CONTROL PANEL 3 - 1 LED Printer status Sleep mode The power switch is off or the printer is in Sleep mode. Pressing the Go button wakes up the printer from Sleep mode to Ready mode. Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-2 Warming up The printer is warming up. Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-3 Ready to print The printer is ready to print. Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-4 Receiving data The printer is either receiving data from the computer, processing data in memory or printing the data. Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-5 3 - 2 CONTROL PANEL LED Printer status Data remaining in memory Print data remains in the printer memory. If the Status LED is on for a long time and nothing has printed, press the Go button to print the remaining data. Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-6 Toner low Indicates that the toner cartridge is nearly empty. Purchase a new toner cartridge and have it ready for when Toner Empty is indicated. The Toner LED alternates turning on for 2 seconds and off for 3 seconds. Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-7 Toner Drum Paper Status Toner empty Replace the toner cartridge with a new one. See Replacing the toner cartridge on page 5-3. Figure 3-8 Drum unit near end of life The drum unit is near the end of its life. We recommend that you obtain a new drum unit to replace the current one. The Drum LED alternates turning on for 2 seconds and off for 3 seconds. Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-9 CONTROL PANEL 3 - 3 LED Printer status Paper jam Clear the paper jam. The printer will start printing again. Toner Drum Paper Status Figure 3-10 Duplex Size Error (For HL-5150D and HL-5170DN) Press the Go button. [. . . ] 4-1, 5-13, C-2 Accessories tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21 Maintenance (routine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13 Manual duplex printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-43 Manual feed tray 1-2, 1-12, 1-17, 1-25, 1-36, 1-44 Media specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2, A-2 Misfeed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 Multi-purpose tray (MP tray) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2, 1-5, 1-14, 1-20, 1-45, 6-5, 6-15 B BRAdmin Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20 Brother Solutions Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 BR-Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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