Driver And Software; Printer Driver; Printing A Document - Brother HL-1200 User Manual

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Driver and Software

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 page description language (PDL).
The printer drivers for the supported versions of Windows
Macintosh it is on the Brother Solutions Center website at http://support.brother.com. Install the drivers by
following the steps in the Quick Setup Guide. The latest printer drivers for Windows
downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center website at:
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For Windows
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 Windows printer driver (the most suitable printer driver for this product)
For Macintosh
 Macintosh printer driver (the most suitable printer driver for this product)
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For Linux
 LPR printer driver
 CUPS printer driver
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For more information and to download the printer driver for Linux please visit your model page at http://support.brother.com or use the link on the
CD-ROM we have supplied.
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Depending on Linux distributions, the driver may not be available or it may be released after the initial release of your model.

Printing a document

When the machine receives data from your computer, it begins printing by picking up paper from the paper
tray. The paper tray can feed plain paper and recycled paper to the machine. (See Paper capacity of the
paper tray on page 2.)
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From your application, choose the Print command.
If any other printer drivers are installed on your computer, choose Brother HL-XXXX (Where XXXX is
your model name.) as your printer driver from the Print or Print Settings menu in your software
application, and then click OK or Print to begin printing.
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Your computer sends the data to the machine. The Ready LED ( ) will blink.
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When the machine finishes printing all the data, the Ready LED ( ) finishes blinking.
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is on the CD-ROM we have supplied and for
http://support.brother.com
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