Driver And Software; Printer Driver - Brother HL-7050 Series User Manual

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Driver and software

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Printer driver

A printer driver is software that translates data from the format used
by a computer to the format that a particular printer needs. Typically,
this format is a printer command language or page description
language.
The printer drivers for the following operating systems are on the
CD-ROM that we have supplied. You can also download the latest
printer driver from the Brother Solutions Center at
http://solutions.brother.com
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Windows 95/98/Me
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Windows 2000
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Windows NT
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Windows XP
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Mac OS 8.6-9.2
*Use the LaserWriter 8 Driver that we have
supplied for your OS
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Mac OS X 10.1
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*Use the PostScript Driver that we have
supplied for your OS
If you want to print from a DOS application, see Chapter 6.
For more information about emulations, see Chapter 3.
When you print using a Network, you will need to have a
Network board installed. Please see Chapter 4.
2 - 1 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE
PCL Driver
(Hewlett-Packard
LaserJet compatible
4.0
BR-Script Driver
(Postscript
language emulation)
laser printer)
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BR-Script Driver
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(Postscript 3
language emulation)
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