Brother HL-6050DN - Manual (Page 51)

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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 version of Windows ® and Macintosh ® are on the CD-ROM that we
have supplied. You can also download the latest printer driver for all of the following operating systems
from the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com
You can see the operations and detailed information in the Install Software section of the supplied
CD-ROM.
For Windows ®
■ PCL (Hewlett-Packard LaserJet laser printer) compatible printer driver (Standard printer driver)
■ BR-Script (PostScript ® 3 TM language emulation) printer driver (PS printer driver)
For Macintosh ®
■ BR-Script (PostScript ® 3 TM language emulation) printer driver (PS printer driver)
For more information, see the Network User’s Guide on the CD-ROM.
For Linux
■ GDI printer driver
■ BR-Script (PostScript ® 3 TM language emulation) printer driver (PS printer driver)
Driver and software
Operating system PCL driver GDI driver BR-Script driver
(PS driver)
Windows ® 95/98/Me
Windows ® 2000/XP
Windows NT ® 4.0
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Mac OS ® 8.6 to 9.2
Mac OS ® X 10.1/10.2
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Linux (Mandrake 9.1, Red Hat 9.0,
SuSE Linux 8.2)
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