Brother International HL 1850 Service Manual - Page 17

CHAPTER

1

GENERAL

USB

Interface

(for

Windows

®

98

/

2000/XP,

iMac

and

Power

Macintosh)

The

printer

can

be

connected

using

the

Universal

Serial

Bus

(USB)

interface to

a

PC

or

Mac

which

has

a

USB

interface.

Drivers

that

allow

you

to

use

the

USB

port

are

provided

on

the

CD-ROM

supplied

with

the

printer.

Popular

Printer

Emulation

Support

These

printers

support

the

following

printer

emulation

modes;

HP

LaserJet

(PCL6),

PostScript®

Level

3

language

emulation

(Brother

BR

-Script

Level

3),

Epson

FX-850

and

IBM

Proprinter

XL.

When

you

use

DOS

application

software

or

Windows®

version

3.0

or

earlier,

you

can

use

any

of

these

emulations

to

operate

the

HL

-1850/1870N

printers.

The

printers

also

support

auto

-

emulation

switching

between

HP,

Brother

BR

-Script

3

and

Epson

or

HP,

BR

-Script

3

and

IBM.

If

you

want

to

set

the

printer

emulation,

you

can

do

it

using

the

Remote

Printer

Console

Program.

High

Resolution

Control

&

Advanced

Photoscale

Technology

High

Resolution

Control

(HRC)

technology

provides

clear

and

crisp

printouts.

Use

this

function

to

get

smooth

text

print

quality.

Advanced

Photoscale

Technology

(APT)

enables

the

printer

to

print

graphics

in

256

grayscales,

producing

nearly

photographic

quality.

Use

this

function

when

you

want

to

print

photographic

images.

Environment

-Friendly

<Economy

Printing

Mode>

This

feature

will

cut

your

printing

cost

by

saving

toner.

It

is

useful

for

obtaining

draft

copies

for

proof-reading.

You

can

select

the

50%

toner

saving

economy

mode

through

the

Windows

®

printer

driver

supplied

with

your

printer.

<Sleep

Mode

(Power

Save

Mode)>

Sleep

mode

automatically

reduces

power

consumption

when

the

printer

is

not

in

use

for

a

certain

period

of

time.

The

printer

consumes

less

than

12W

when

in

sleep

mode.

<Low

Running

Cost>

Since

the

toner

cartridge

is

separate

from

the

drum

unit,

you

need

to

replace

only

the

toner

cartridge

after

printing

around

6,500

pages

at

5%

coverage

for

A4

paper

for

the

standard

cartridge,

which

is

both

cost

effective

and

ecologically

friendly.

Bar

Code

Print

The

printer

can

print

the

following

11

types

of

bar

codes;

•

Code

39

•

US-PostNet

.

EAN-8

•

Code

128

•

ISBN

.

EAN-13

•

Interleaved

2

of

5

•

UPC

-A

•

EAN-128

•

Codabar

•

UPC

-E

Network

Feature

(for

HL

-1870N

only)

The

Brother

printer

has

built

in

multi

protocol

network

capability

as

standard.

This

allows

multiple

host

computers

to

share

the

printer

on

a

10/100Mbit

Ethernet

network.

Any

users

can

print

their

jobs

as

if

the

printer

was

directly

connected

to

their

computer.

Users

on

Windows

®

95/98/Me,

Windows

®

NT,

Windows

®

2000/XP,

UNIX,

Novell,

Apple

Macintosh,

LAN

server

and

OS/2

Warp

server

computer

simultaneously

can

access

this

printer.

For

further

information,

see

the

Network

User's

Guide

supplied

with

the

printer.

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