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Printer – Brother MFC-8500 User Manual

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P R I N T E R

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Printer

Emulation

Brother Printing System for Windows

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and

emulation mode of HP LaserJet IIP (PCL level 4)

Printer Driver

Windows

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95/98/98SE/Me/2000 and Windows

NT

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Workstation Version 4.0 driver supporting

Brother Native Compression mode and bi-
directional capability
Apple

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Macintosh

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QuickDraw

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Driver for OS

8.6/9.0/9.0.4/9.1

Interface

Bi-directional parallel (IEEE 1284);
USB (Universal Serial Bus) Interface

Memory Capacity

8 MB

Print Method

Electrophotography by semiconductor laser
beam scanning

Resolution

600 dots/inch

Print Quality

Normal printing mode
Economy printing mode (saves up to 50% of the
normal toner usage)

Print Speed

Up to 15 pages/minute (when loading letter size
or Letter paper from paper cassette)

Consumable Items

Toner cartridge Life Expectancy:

Up to 6,000 pages/high yield toner cartridges
Up to 3,000 pages/standard toner cartridges

(when printing letter size or A4 paper at 5%
print coverage)

Toner life expectancy will vary depending upon the type of average print job.

Drum Unit Life Expectancy: up to 20,000 pages

There are many factors that determine the actual drum life, such as a
temperature, humidity, type of paper, toner you use and number of pages per
print job.

True Type Fonts
on CD-ROM

35 TrueType compatible soft-fonts for
Windows

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on the on bundled CD-ROM