IV
Table of Contents
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About this printer
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1-1
What is in the box?
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1-1
Interface cable
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1-1
Front view
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1-2
Back view
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1-3
Positioning the printer
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1-4
Power supply
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1-4
Environment
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1-4
What kind of paper can I use?
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1-5
Type and size of paper
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1-5
Recommended paper
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1-6
Printable area
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1-7
Printing methods
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1-8
Printing on plain paper
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1-8
Printing on plain paper from the paper tray
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1-8
Printing on plain paper from the manual feed tray (For HL-5130 and HL-5140)
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1-12
Printing on plain paper from the multi-purpose tray (MP tray) (For HL-5150D and HL-5170DN)
1-14
Printing on thicker paper and card stock
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1-17
Printing on thicker paper and card stock from the manual feed tray
(For HL-5130 and HL-5140)
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1-17
Printing on thicker paper and card stock from the multi-purpose tray (MP tray)
(For HL-5150D and HL-5170DN)
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1-20
Printing on envelopes
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1-24
Types of envelopes to avoid
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1-24
Printing on envelopes from the manual feed tray (For HL-5130 and HL-5140)
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1-25
Printing on envelopes from the MP tray (For HL-5150D and HL-5170DN)
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1-29
Printing on transparencies
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1-33
Printing on transparencies from the paper tray
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1-33
Printing on transparencies from the manual feed tray (For HL-5130 and HL-5140)
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1-36
Printing on transparencies from the MP tray (For HL-5150D and HL-5170DN)
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1-39
Duplex Printing
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1-43
Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper
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1-43
Printing on both sides of the paper (manual duplex printing)
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1-43
Manual duplex printing from the paper tray
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1-43
Manual duplex printing from the manual feed tray (For HL-5130 and HL-5140)
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1-44
Manual duplex printing from the multi-purpose tray (For HL-5150D and HL-5170DN)
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1-45
Printing on both sides of the paper (automatic duplex printing)
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1-47
Guidelines for automatic duplex printing
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1-47
2
Driver and software
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2-1
Printer driver
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2-1
For Windows
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95/98/Me, Windows NT
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4.0 and Windows
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2000/XP
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2-1
For Macintosh
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2-1
For Windows
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2-2
Features in the PCL printer driver
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2-2
Features in the PS printer driver
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2-11
For Macintosh
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2-17
Software
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2-20
Software for Networks
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2-20
BRAdmin Professional
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2-20
Driver Deployment Wizard
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2-20
Web BRAdmin
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2-20
Automatic Emulation Selection
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2-21