Brother HL-7050 Printer 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 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
PCL Driver
(Hewlett-Packard
LaserJet compatible
laser printer)
BR-Script Driver
(Postscript
®
3
language emulation)
Windows
®
95/98/Me
Windows
®
2000
Windows NT
®
4.0
Windows
®
XP
BR-Script Driver
(Postscript
®
3
language emulation)
Mac
®
OS 8.6-9.2
*Use the LaserWriter 8 Driver that we have
supplied for your OS
Mac
®
OS X 10.1
*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.
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