Brother HL-5050 - Manual (Page 65)

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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 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
You can see the operations and detailed information in the Install Software section of the supplied
CD-ROM.
For Windows ® 95 and Windows NT ® 4.0 (HL-5040, HL-5050 and HL-5070N)
■ PCL (Hewlett-Packard LaserJet laser printer) compatible driver
■ BR-Script (PostScript ® 3 language emulation) driver (HL-5050 and HL-5070N)
For Windows ® 98/Me and Windows ® 2000/XP
■ PCL (Hewlett-Packard LaserJet laser printer) compatible driver
■ BR-Script (PostScript ® 3 language emulation) driver (HL-5050 and HL-5070N)
For Macintosh ®
■ Brother Laser driver for Macintosh
■ BR-Script (PostScript ® 3 language emulation) driver (for more information, see the Network
User’s Guide on the CD-ROM). (HL-5050 and HL-5070N)
Driver and software
PCL Driver PS Driver
Windows ® 95
Windows NT ® 4.0
L
(For HL-5040, HL-5050 and HL-5070N)
L
(For HL-5050 and HL-5070N)
Windows ® 98/Me
Windows ® 2000
Windows ® XP
L
L
(For HL-5050 and HL-5070N)
Macintosh ® OS 8.6 to 9.2
Macintosh ® OS X 10.1 to 10.2
L
L
(For HL-5050 and HL-5070N)