Brother International HL 1270N - B/W Laser Printer driver and firmware
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Quick Setup Guide - English - Page 1
Laser Printer HL-1240/1250/1270N
Quick Setup Guide
Read this Setup Guide before you set up the printer. Before you can use the printer, you must set up the hardware and install the driver. t Identify the Operating System on your computer (Window® 3.1x,
95/98, NT® 4.0 or Macintosh) t Purchase the appropriate interface cable for your computer
(Parallel, USB or Network) t Follow the ...
Quick Setup Guide - English - Page 6
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2. After the printer driver has been installed, the HL-1240/1250/1270N window will appear. Follow the on-screen messages to complete the installation.
If your printer is connected using a parallel interface cable, the setup is now completed. If you want to connect your printer using a USB interface cable, see
'For Windows® users with USB only' later in these instructions.
When you want...
Quick Setup Guide - English - Page 9
Step 5 Install the printer driver from floppy disk
1. Turn on your PC power. If the "Add New Hardware Wizard" window appears, click the Cancel button.
2. Insert the floppy disk into the floppy disk drive. (For Windows® 3.1x users, please follow the instructions on the disk label.)
3. Click Start and select Run.
4. Type A:\SETUP and click the OK button. Follow the instructions on the screen...
Users Manual - English - Page 12
...; system using our installer program. The driver supports our unique compression mode to enhance the printing speed in Windows® applications and allows you to choose various printer settings including toner save mode, custom paper size, sleep mode, gray scale adjustment, resolution and many layout functions. You can easily set these print options through the Printer Setup Menu.
t Quick Print...
Users Manual - English - Page 14
.../ Web JetAdmin Compatible 2MB FLASH ROM. Use BRAdmin32 when upgrading print server software or BOOTP, TFTP PUT/GET or IPX for NETWARE
Windows 95/98 Peer to Peer printing software included as standard. Brother Card Monitor software included for easy macro/font management. Brother Internet Print (Printing via Email)
Network Print Configuration button Password protection for Management Access Factory...
Users Manual - English - Page 45
... also support a resolution of true 600 dpi and 1200 x 600 dpi under Windows ® 95/98, Windows® 3.1x and Windows NT® 4.0 with the supplied printer driver. We recommend that you expand the printer memory to avoid any memory full errors.
Note The printer has only one slot for a SIMM upgrade. If you want to increase your printer memory again after you have already installed...
Network Users Manual - English - Page 3
... server
2-10
Configuration of an OS/2 Server
2-11
Chapter 3
How to Configure Peer-to-Peer Printing for Windows
95/98
3-1
LPR method (TCP/IP)
3-1
Changing the IP Address using the BRAdmin32 application
3-2
Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software
3-3
Associating to the printer
3-5
Adding a Second Brother LPR Port
3-5
HP's JetAdmin compatible method (TCP/IP or IPX/SPX)
3-6
Network Users Manual - English - Page 36
... drag the Printer icon (not the Network Printer icon) onto the desktop.
2. The Create a Printer window should be open (if it is not, double click on the printer icon).
- Type in any name for the printer.
- Select the default printer driver. If the desired printer driver is not listed, click on the Install new Printer Driver button and add the driver.
- Choose the output port. IBM TCP...
Network Users Manual - English - Page 39
... the need for a central file server. There are two methods of printing to a Ethernet print server in a Windows 95/98 peer to peer network. One method uses the Brother LPR Port driver as described below. As the Brother print server is also compatible with HP's JetAdmin software, this compatibility allows you to use HP's peer to peer printing...
Network Users Manual - English - Page 43
... Yes and then select Finish. You have now finished installing the Brother Network Direct Print software.
Adding a Second Brother LPR Port
You do not re-run the install program to add a new Brother LPR port. Instead, press the Start button, select Settings, and open the Printers windows. Click on the icon of the printer that you wish to configure, select File form the...
Network Users Manual - English - Page 44
.... • HP JetAdmin (the latest version can be downloaded from the HP Web site).
1. Go to the Start button and choose Settings then select Printers. 2. Click on the Add Printer icon. 3. Click on Next. 4. Select Local printer and click on Next again.
Note The initial release of Windows 95/98 does not support printing from DOS applications (this...
Network Users Manual - English - Page 54
... send a print job to a Brother Printer at a remote location via the Internet. For example, a user on a PC in New York could print a document directly from his Microsoft Excel application program to a printer in Paris.
General Information
The BIP software is installed using a standard Windows 95/98/NT4.0 Installation Wizard. It creates a virtual port on the Windows 95/98/NT4.0 PC that...
Network Users Manual - English - Page 55
...; Installation of the BIP software on a Windows 95/98/NT4.0 PC at the local site.
This chapter assumes that you have already installed a Brother print server at the remote site with valid IP address. It also assumes that you have the capability of configuring E-mail services on your PC and E-mail server, or that you have access to a network...
Network Users Manual - English - Page 60
... it. Select the desired option and press Next. 18. Select the Brother Internet port (BIP...) and press Next.
16. Select the Brother Internet port (BIP...) and press Next. 17. Select the desired model of the remote printer (for example, Brother HL-series). If
necessary, click Have Disk to load the driver from the printer's installation diskette. Click Next when you are done. 18. If you...
Network Users Manual - English - Page 84
Configuring DLC on Windows NT
To use DLC on Windows NT, you must first install the DLC protocol. 1. Log into Windows NT with administrative privileges. Go to the NT Control Panel and double click on the Network icon. 2. On Windows NT 3.5x systems, select Add Software. On Windows NT 4.0 systems, click on the Protocol tab, and click Add. 3. Select DLC...
Network Users Manual - English - Page 98
... having trouble printing on a Windows 95/98 (or later) Peer-to-Peer network (LPR method), check the following: 1. Make sure that the Brother LPR Port driver is correctly installed and configured
according to the Windows 95/98 Peer-to-Peer chapters. You may find that during the installation of BLP software, the screen that prompts you for a Port name is not displayed...
Network Users Manual - English - Page 99
..., and the network adapter card driver. - Install the Latest HP JetAdmin software - Restart the system, and then add the HP JetAdmin service.
Windows 95/98/NT 4.0 Peer-to-Peer Print (NetBIOS) Troubleshooting
If you are having trouble printing on a Windows 95/98/NT 4.0 (or later) Peer-to-Peer network (NetBIOS), check the following: 1. Make sure that the Brother NetBIOS Port driver is securely...
Network Users Manual - English - Page 114
... in flash memory. This means that you can upgrade the firmware by downloading the appropriate update file. To get the latest firmware update, access the Brother WWW server on www.brother.com.
Note We recommend that you factory reset the print server if you upgrade to a later version of software. Instructions on how to perform a factory reset can be found in the quick setup guide that...
Network Users Manual - English - Page 117
... your /etc/services file and possibly in another configuration file, such as /etc/inetd.conf). Refer to your UNIX system documentation or man pages for additional information. Now log into the print server remote console using, and execute the following commands:
SET LOAD IP unixhost-ipaddress SET LOAD SOFTWARE "firmware.bin" SET LOAD ENABLE EXIT
where unixhost-ip address is the...
Network Users Manual - English - Page 119
... correctly entered all parameters and that your network connections are good. Then power the print server/printer off and then on again, enter the SET LOAD ENABLE command, and then type EXIT to exit the remote console and retry the download.
Reloading from a NetWare Server
To download from a NetWare server, first copy the load file e.g. Firmname.bin into the \login...