Brother 5450DN Printer User Manual


 
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1 Printing Methods 1
About this Machine....................................................................................................................................1
Front view and Back view....................................................................................................................1
Acceptable paper and other print media....................................................................................................2
Recommended paper and print media ................................................................................................2
Type and size of paper........................................................................................................................2
Handling and using special paper .......................................................................................................4
Unprintable area when printing from a computer ................................................................................7
Loading paper............................................................................................................................................8
Loading paper and print media............................................................................................................8
Loading paper in the standard paper tray and the optional lower tray ................................................8
Loading paper in the multi-purpose tray (MP tray) ............................................................................12
Duplex (2-sided) printing..........................................................................................................................18
Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper.............................................................................18
Automatic duplex printing ..................................................................................................................19
Manual duplex printing ......................................................................................................................21
2 Driver and Software 22
Printer driver............................................................................................................................................22
Printing a document...........................................................................................................................23
Printer driver settings.........................................................................................................................24
Windows
®
................................................................................................................................................25
Accessing the printer driver settings..................................................................................................25
Features in the Windows
®
printer driver............................................................................................26
Basic tab............................................................................................................................................26
Advanced tab.....................................................................................................................................31
Print Profiles tab................................................................................................................................39
Accessories tab .................................................................................................................................41
Support..............................................................................................................................................43
Features in the BR-Script3 printer driver (PostScript
®
3™ language emulation) .............................45
Uninstalling the printer driver.............................................................................................................51
Status Monitor ...................................................................................................................................52
Macintosh ................................................................................................................................................54
Features in the printer driver (Macintosh)..........................................................................................54
Choosing page setup options............................................................................................................54
Features in the BR-Script3 printer driver (PostScript
®
3™ language emulation) ............................63
Removing the printer driver ...............................................................................................................67
Status Monitor ...................................................................................................................................68
Software ..................................................................................................................................................70
Software for networks .......................................................................................................................70
Remote Printer Console (Windows
®
only) ........................................................................................70
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