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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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