Brother HL-5240L manual

STEP1 STEP2 Setup is Complete! Quick Setup Guide How to use the printer, see the User’s Guide in the CD-ROM. Setting Up the Machine Installing the Printer Driver Laser Printer HL-5240 HL-5240L HL-5250DN Before you can use the prin ter, you must set up the ha rdware and install the driver. Please read this ‘Quick Setup Guide’ for proper set up[...]

1 Sym bo ls u sed in this guide Warning Elec tric al Haz ard Hot Sur face Cauti on Warnings te ll you what t o do to prev ent possi ble pers onal inj ury . Elect ric al Hazard i cons aler t you to a poss ible el ectri cal shock. Hot S urface i cons war n you not to t ouch machine parts that are hot . Cautions specif y proc edur es you m ust f ollo [...]

Tabl e of Con tent s 1 Sa fety Pre cauti on s ..... ... .. .. ..... .. ... .... ... .. ..... .. ... .... ... .. .. ..... ... .. ..... .. .. ..... ... .. ..... .. .. ... .... ... .. ..... .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. ... .... 2 Reg ulat ions .. .. ..... .. ... .... ... .. ..... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ..... .. ... .... ... .. ..... .. ... .... ... .. .[...]

Sa fe ty Pr ecau t io ns 2 To Use th e Pr in te r Sa fe ly Warni ng There are hi gh voltage ele ctrodes inside the printer. Befo re you clean the inside of the printer, make s ure that you have turned off the powe r switch an d un plugged t he printer from t he AC po wer ou tlet. D O NOT handle the plug with wet hands . Doing this might cause an el[...]

Safet y Preca ution s 3 Regula tions Fed eral Co mmunications Commi ssion (FCC ) D ecla ratio n of C onf ormi ty (For U SA ) dec lares, that the products compl y wi th Part 15 of t he FCC Rules. Operation is sub ject to the following t wo condi tions: (1) This d evice may not c ause harmful i nterference, a nd (2) this dev ice must accept any in te[...]

Safety Precautions 4 Laser S afety (1 10 to 120 v olt Mod el Only) This pr inter is certif ied as a Class 1 laser pr oduct under th e U.S. Departm ent of He alth and Hu man Service s (DHHS) Radiatio n Perfor mance S tandard accor ding to th e Radi atio n Cont rol for H ealt h and Safety Ac t of 1968. Thi s means that the prin ter does not prod uce [...]

Safet y Preca ution s 5 D isconnect device You must install this printer near a power o utlet that is eas ily accessible . In case of an em ergency, y ou must disc onnect the power cord f rom the p ower o utlet to shu t off t he power completely. C auti on for L AN co nne cti on (Fo r mode l H L-5250DN o nly) C onnect this product to a LAN c onnec [...]

Gett ing St arte d 6 1 1 Wh at is in t he b ox? Carton com ponents may vary from one country to another. Save all packing materials and the printer carton i n case for any reason you must ship your printer. 1 Front Cover Relea se Button 2 Control panel 3 Face-down out put t ray suppo rt f lap ( Supp ort f lap) 4 Fron t cover 5 Pape r tray 6 Power s[...]

Getti ng Sta rte d 7 2 Co nt rol p a nel For the details o f t he control panel, see Chapter 4 of the User’s Guide on the CD-ROM . 3 Pr i nt er LED I n di ca t ion s : Blink ing : ON : OF F 1 Th e LED wil l b link in a patt ern of O N for 2 seco nd s and t he n OFF f or 3 s eco nd s. 2 Th e LED wil l b link fa st. 1 Tone r LED indicat es whe n th[...]

Gett ing St arte d 8 4 Su pp lied C D-R OM You can find a variety o f information on the CD-ROM . Init ia l Se tup Instr uctio nal movie for print er setup. Install Printer Driver Install the printer dri ver. Install Other Driv er or Uti lities (For Window s ® users) Install optional drivers, utilities and Network mana gement tools (For HL-5250DN [...]

Setti ng Up the Ma ch ine 9 1 1 Put th e CD-ROM into the CD-ROM dri ve For Win dow s ® us er s Im prop er S et up DO NOT co nnect th e interface cable. Connecting the interfac e c able is done when installing the d rive r. 1 Put th e supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. Th e opening screen w ill appe ar automatical ly. Choose your printer model[...]

Set t ing Up th e Ma chi ne 10 STE P1 2 In stall t he dr um un i t and t on e r cartr idge assembly Im prop er S et up D O NOT conne ct the i nterface c able yet. 1 Press the front cover release button and open the fr o nt cover (1). 2 Unpack the drum unit and t oner cartridge assembly. 3 Rock it from side to side seve ral times to distribute the t[...]

Setti ng Up the Ma ch ine 11 3 Loa d p aper in th e pap e r tray 1 Pull the p aper tray comp letely out of t he printer. 2 While pressing the blue paper-guide release lever ( 1), slide the paper guides to f it the paper size. Make sure that the guides are firmly in the sl ots . Note Not applicable for E uropean c ountries For Legal size paper, p re[...]

Set t ing Up th e Ma chi ne 12 STE P1 4 Print a test page Im prop er S et up D O NOT conne ct the i nterface c able yet. 1 Make sure that the pri nter power switch is off. Connect the AC powe r cord to the p rinter. 2 Plug the AC po wer cord into an AC power outlet. Turn on t he printer power switch. 3 After the printer has finished warming up, the[...]

Windows ® Macintosh ® Insta lli ng the P rin ter Drive r 13 STEP2 Follow the i ns tructio ns on thi s page f or yo ur operat ing s yst em an d int erfac e cabl e. For the latest driver and to find the best soluti on for you r proble m or q uestio n, access t he Brother Solut ions Cent er dir ectly from the CD-ROM / Dri ver or v isit http: //sol u[...]

Installi ng t he Pri nter Dr iver 14 STE P2 Wi ndow s ® USB Window s ® 1 1 For USB inter f ace cable users ( Windows ® 98/Me/2000/XP o nly) Note If the Found N ew Hard ware Wi zard app ears on your PC, cl ick Cancel . Insta lli ng the driver and connecti ng the p rinter to y our PC 1 Make sure the USB i nterface cab le is NOT connected t o the p[...]

Installin g th e Pri nter Dr iver 15 Wi ndow s ® USB Window s ® Note If you want to register your product on-lin e, check On-Line R egistration . For W indo ws ® 98/Me us ers, the setup is now c om plete . Now go to For Windows ® 2000/X P users, go t o ‘Setting Your Printer a s the De fault Pr inter’. Setting your printer as the d efault pr[...]

Installi ng t he Pri nter Dr iver 16 STE P2 Wi ndow s ® Parall el Window s ® 2 For paral le l i nterface cab le users Note If the Found N ew Hard ware Wi zard app ears on your PC, cl ick Cancel . Co nn ecti ng the p rint er to y our PC and inst a lling the d river 1 Cli ck Insta ll Printer Dri ver on the Menu screen. 2 Cli ck Para llel cab le use[...]

Installin g th e Pri nter Dr iver 17 Wi ndow s ® Netwo rk Window s ® 3 For ne twork inter face cable user s (For HL-5250D N) Fo r Broth er P e er-t o- Peer n etw ork pri nt er us er s (LP R/Net BIOS ) Note • If you are going to con nec t the p rinter t o your network, we recomm end that you c ontact your system adm inistrator prior to in stalla[...]

Installi ng t he Pri nter Dr iver 18 STE P2 Wi ndow s ® Netwo rk Window s ® 8 For LPR Users: Choose Search the n etwork for d evices and choose from a list of discovered dev ices ( Recommende d) . Or enter your pri nter's IP address or its nod e na me. Click Ne xt . For NetBIOS Users: Choose Search the n etwork for d evices and choose from a[...]

Installin g th e Pri nter Dr iver 19 Wi ndow s ® Netwo rk Window s ® Fo r shar ed netw or k prin te r user s Note If you are going to con nect to a shared printer o n your network, we rec ommen d that you ask you r system administrat or about the q ueue or sha re name printer prio r to installati on. In stalling the driver and choosing the proper[...]

Installi ng t he Pri nter Dr iver 20 STE P2 Macint osh ® USB Ma ci nt os h ® 4 For USB inter f ace cable users For Mac OS ® X 10.2 .4 o r gre ate r us er s Co nn ecti ng the p rint er to y our M acint o sh ® and insta lling the d river 1 Cli ck Insta ll Printer Dri ver on the menu screen. 2 Cli ck USB cab le users and follow t he on-screen i ns[...]

Installin g th e Pri nter Dr iver 21 Macint osh ® USB Ma ci nt osh ® 9 Choose USB . 10 Choose the prope r printer, an d then click Ad d . For M ac OS ® 10.2 use rs: For M ac OS ® 10.3 use rs: For M ac OS ® 10.4 or greater use rs: 11 Click Prin ter Se tup U til ity , th en Quit Prin ter Setu p Util ity . The se tup is n ow co mpl ete .[...]

Installi ng t he Pri nter Dr iver 22 STE P2 Macint osh ® USB Ma ci nt os h ® For Mac OS ® 9.1 t o 9.2 us er s Co nn ecti ng the p rint er to y our M acint o sh ® and insta lling the d river 1 Put the s upplied CD-ROM i nto your CD-ROM drive. Double-click the Mac O S 9 fo lder. 2 Double-click y our languag e folde r. 3 Double-click the Printer D[...]

Installin g th e Pri nter Dr iver 23 Macint osh ® Net wo r k Ma ci nt osh ® 5 For ne twork inter face cable user s (For HL-5250D N) For Mac OS ® X 10.2 .4 o r g reate r us er s C onnecting the p rinter to you r Macinto sh ® and in stalling the d river 1 Cli ck Ins tall Printer Dri ver on the menu screen. 2 Cli ck Ne twork ca ble users and f oll[...]

Installi ng t he Pri nter Dr iver 24 STE P2 Macint osh ® Net wo r k Ma ci nt os h ® 10 Make the following selection. 11 Choose Brother HL-5250D N series, a nd then cl ic k Add . Go to Step 13 . 12 Choose Broth er HL-525 0DN serie s , and then cl ic k Add . Note If there is more than one o f t he same m odel printer (HL-5250DN) connec ted o n your[...]

Installin g th e Pri nter Dr iver 25 Macint osh ® Net wo r k Ma ci nt osh ® For Mac OS ® 9.1 t o 9.2 us er s C onnecting the p rinter to you r Macinto sh ® and in stalling the d river 1 Turn off t he printer power swit ch. 2 Connect the net work interface cab le to the printer, and t hen con nect it to a free port on your hub . 3 Turn on t he p[...]

For Network Users (For HL-52 50DN) 26 1 1 BRAdmin Professional configu ration utility (For Windows ® users) The BRA dmin Pr ofession al utilit y for Wi ndows ® is d esigned t o manag e your Brot her networ k connec ted devi ces in a Loc al Area Network (LA N) en vironment. For mor e infor mation on B RAdmin P rofess ional, vis it us at http://sol[...]

For Ne twork Users (F or HL-52 50DN) 27 2 BRA d min Lig ht con fig uratio n u tility (F or Ma c O S ® X users) The Bro ther BR Admin L ight sof tware is a Java™ applic ation that i s desig ned for the A pple M ac OS ® X env ironment. It s upports some of the f eatures of the Windows BRAdm in Profes sional software. For example, using the BRA dm[...]

For Ne twork U sers (For HL -525 0DN) 28 3 Web br owse r The B rother print server is equipped with a web server that a llows y ou to monitor its s tatus or c hange s ome of its con figuration settings , using HTTP (Hy per Text Trans fer Protocol). Note The User Name is ‘ admin ’ an d the default pas s w or d i s ‘ access ’. Y ou can use a [...]

Cons um able s a nd Opti ons 29 1 1 Options The print er h as t he foll owing optiona l a ccessor ies. Y ou c an expand the capa bilities of the pri n ter by adding these it ems . See Chapter 5 of t he Us er's G uide. 2 Co nsu mab le s W hen th e time comes to repl ace consum ables , an error will b e indicat ed by the LED’s on the control p[...]

Rep ack in g I nfor mati on 30 1 1 Sh ipm ent of the prin ter If for any reason you m ust ship your printer, carefully pac kage the printer to avoid any dam age during transit. We recomme nd that y ou save and use the original packagi ng. T he printer s hould a lso be adequat ely insured with the carrier. Caution W hen shipping the printer, the DRU[...]

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