Brother HL-1240 User manual

LaserPrinterHL-1240/1250/1270N
Quick Setup Guide
ReadthisSetupGuidebeforeyousetuptheprinter.
Beforeyoucanusetheprinter,youmustsetupthehardwareandinstall
thedriver.
❏IdentifytheOperatingSystemonyourcomputer(Window®3.1x,
95/98,NT®4.0orMacintosh)
❏Purchasetheappropriateinterfacecableforyourcomputer
(Parallel,USBorNetwork)
❏Followtheinstructionsinthisguideforyouroperatingsystem
andcableinterface.
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Table of Contents
Carton Components
For Windows
®
users only
(Windows
®
3.1x, 95/98 or NT 4.0)
You can set up the printer easily by following the Initial Setup instructions on
the CD-ROM.
For Windows
®
users without CD-ROM drive only
(Windows
®
3.1x, 95/98)
If you don’t have a CD-ROM drive, follow the instructions in this section.
For Windows
®
users with USB only(Windows
®
98)
The steps in this section are essential for USB interface cable users.
For Macintosh users only
(iMac and Power Macintosh G3 with USB)
You can setup the printer by following the Initial Setup instructions on the
supplied CD-ROM
Troubleshooting
For Network users
See the Quick Network Setup Guide (HL-1270N only)

Carton Components
CartonComponentsmaydifferfromonecountrytoanother.Saveallpacking
materialsandtheprintercarton.Theyshouldbeusedwhenshippingtheprinter.
✒Note
SomeillustrationsarebasedontheHL-1240/1250printers.TheHL-1270Nprinter
hasaNetworkinterfacefittedinthebackpaneloftheprinter.
CD-ROMincludes:InitialSetupinstructions
Printerdriver
Fonts
User’sGuide
InstructionalVideo
NetworkUtilities
Floppydiskincludes:PrinterdriverforWindows®only
ACpowercord
Drumunitassembly
(withtonercartridgeincluded)
Floppydisk
Documents
CD-ROM
Printer

For Windows
®
users only (Windows
®
3.1x, 95/98
or NT
®
4.0)
You can set up the printer easily by following the Initial Setup instructions on the
CD-ROM.
Step 1 Insert the CD-ROM
1. Turn on your PC power. Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
The opening screen will appear automatically in Windows®95/98/NT®4.0.
If the screen does not appear, click Start and choose Run, enter the CD drive letter
and type START.EXE.
If you are using Windows®3.1x, click Run from the File Menu in Program
Manager, enter the CD drive letter and type START.EXE.
2. Click the model number of your
printer.

3. Select the language you want then
follow the instructions on the
screen.
Step 2 Initial Setup
1. Click the Initial Setup button.
2. You can view the Initial Setup
operations in the video movie.
3. Click the interface cable you are
going to use Parallel, USB or
Network.

Step3Installtheprinterdriver
1.IfyouclicktheNowbutton,you
caninstalltheprinterdriverand
Fontsimmediately.
2.Aftertheprinterdriverhasbeen
installed,theHL-1240/1250/1270N
windowwillappear.Followthe
on-screenmessagestocompletethe
installation.
Ifyourprinterisconnectedusingaparallelinterfacecable,thesetupisnow
completed.IfyouwanttoconnectyourprinterusingaUSBinterfacecable,see
‘ForWindows
®
userswithUSBonly’laterintheseinstructions.
Whenyouwanttoconnectyourprintertoanetwork,refertothe“QuickNetwork
SetupGuide”.

For Windows
®
users with no CD-ROM drive
only
(Windows
®
3.1x, 95/98)
Ifyoudon’thaveaCD-ROMdrive,followtheinstructionsinthissection.
Step1Installthedrumunitassembly
1. Openthefrontcover.
2. Unpackthedrumunitassembly.Rockitfromsidetoside5or6timesto
distributethetonerevenlyinsidethecartridge.
3. Installthedrumunitassemblyintotheprinter.
4. Pushitfullyintotheprinteruntilitsnapsintoplace.
5. Closethefrontcover.
Step2Loadpaperintothepapercassette
1. Pullthepapercassettecompletelyoutoftheprinter.
2. Slidethepaperwidthandlengthadjusterstothepapersizeyouwantuntilthey
snapintoaslot.
3. Loadpaperintothepapercassette.Checkthatthepaperisflatinthetray.
4. Re-installthepapercassetteintotheprinter.

Step 3 Print a test page
1. Make sure that the power switch is off. Connect the AC power cord to the
printer.
2. Plug theAC power cord into an AC outlet. Turn on the power switch.
3. After the printer has warmed up, the Ready LED stops blinking and stays lit.
4. Press the control panel button. The printer will print a test page. Check that
the test page has printed correctly.
Step 4 Connect the printer to your PC
1. Turn the printer power off.
2. Connect the parallel interface cable to your PC then connect it to the printer.
3. Use the clips on the printer connector to secure the parallel interface cable.
4. Turn on the printer power.

Step 5 Install the printer driver from floppy disk
1. Turn on your PC power. If the "Add
New Hardware Wizard" window
appears, click the Cancel button.
2. Insert the floppy disk into the floppy disk drive. (For Windows®3.1x users, please
follow the instructions on the disk label.)
3. Click Start and select Run.
4. Type A:\SETUP andclicktheOK
button. Follow the instructions on
the screen. The printer driver will
be installed and the setup will be
completed.

For Windows
®
users with USB only
(Windows
®
98)
The steps in this section are essential for USB interface cable users.
Step 1 to 3 Follow the CD-ROM instructions at the beginning of these instructions
Step 4 Install the USB driver
1. Make sure the printer power switch is on.
2. Connect the USB interface cable to your PC then connect it to the printer.
3. The "Add New Hardware Wizard"
window will appear. Click the Next
button.