Action7-1: installation from cd-rom, Action 7-1: installation from cd-rom – Brother HL-1040 User Manual

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Action 7-1: Installation from CD-ROM

The supplied CD-ROM contains the following materials.

Printer Driver & TrueType fonts -

You need to configure your PC for the printer by installing the printer driver
and TrueType-compatible fonts. Printer driver & TrueType fonts can be installed either
from the CD-ROM or the floppy disks.

Soft PCL 5e ( Only for HL-820/1020/1040 ) -

To print the document at 600 dpi from the Windows DOS box you need to install this
utility.

Other useful utilities -

Several other useful utility software programs are available on the CD-ROM.

Documentation -

This Setup guide, the User’s Guide and an instructional video are available on the CD-
ROM. You can view the On-Line guides with the Adobe Acrobat reader software
included on the CD-ROM. The instruction video shows how to replace the
consumables etc.

If your PC does not have a CD-ROM drive, you can install the printer driver or RPC from the
supplied floppy disks. For the other software that is supplied on the CD-ROM, it is possible
to make disk sets from the CD-ROM if you can get access temporarily to a PC with CD-ROM
and Floppy disk drives.

For Windows 95/98/NT 4.0

1. Close all the applications running on your PC.
2. Insert the supplied compact disc into the CD-ROM drive.

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NOTE

Depending on the computer configuration, the installation program may automatically start.
In this case, skip the following steps 3 to 5.

3. Click

Start

4. Choose

Run

5. Type

D:\START32

(or the appropriate drive directory letter) in the command line box and

click

After the installer starts, simply follow the instructions that appear on the screen.

For Windows 3.1/3.11

1. Close all the applications running on your PC.
2. Insert the supplied compact disc into the CD-ROM drive.
3. In the

Windows Program Manager

screen, click the

File

menu.