Brother HL-730 User manual

Laser Printer HL-700 Series
Quick Setup Guide
Read this guidebook first to set up your printer and
prepare your computer for the printer.
Save all packing materials and outer carton.
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Action 1: Check the Supplied Items
After taking the printer out of the carton and removing the packing materials, make sure that
the following items are not damaged and none are missing:
• Printer • Paper support
• Drum unit assembly (with Toner cartridge
included)
• 3.5” floppy disks for Windows® printer driver and fonts
• Quick setup guide (this guidebook)
• User’s guide
• Plastic Bag
NOTE
The 3.5” floppy disks for the Macintosh printer driver may be included for some countries.
You will need to purchase an interface cable that matches the bi-directional IEEE 1284
compliant interface of your computer. If you do not know what cable you need, consult your
dealer.

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Action 2: Install the Toner Cartridge/Drum Unit
1Unpack the drum unit assembly with the
toner cartridge included. Gently rock it
from side to side five or six times ( ①) and
remove the tape on the toner cartridge lever
( ②).
CAUTION
Do not expose the drum unit to light for
longer than a few minutes, as this will
damage the drum.
CAUTION
Do not remove the starter sheet.
This sheet will be ejected while the printer
is warming-up after installing a new drum
unit. (See Action 5 Illustration 4)
2Open the top cover of the printer.
Make sure that the cover is correctly
latched open, indicated by a clink.
3Holding the drum by its handles, install it
into the printer.
Starter Sheet

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4Close the top cover.
See “CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE” in
the User’s Guide for more information
about replacement of the toner cartridge.

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Action 3: Load Paper into Your Printer
1Install the paper support onto the multi-
purpose sheet feeder.
2Open the multi-purpose sheet feeder cover.
3Load paper in the multi-purpose sheet
feeder.
NOTE
The feeder can hold up to 200 sheets of
plain paper or up to 10 envelopes.
Excessive sheets may cause paper jams.
Make sure that the paper is stacked below
the ▲mark.
4Move the paper guide to fit the paper width.
CAUTION
Failure to set the paper guide to the paper
width may cause paper skew and jam.

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5Close the multi-purpose sheet feeder cover.
6Open the output tray. ( ①)
Extend the extension support wire. ( ②)
The printer can handle paper within the following specifications:
Paper Type Paper Size
Cut sheets A4, Letter, Legal, B5, A5, 3”x 5”, Executive, Custom size
(70-216 x 127-356 mm)
Envelopes DL, C5, COM-10, Monarch, 9” x 12”
Post Card 70-216 x 127-356 mm
Organizer Day-Timer® J, K, L, M, 70-216 x 127-356 mm
Labels and
Transparencies 70-216 x 127-356 mm
See “CHAPTER 2 PAPER HANDLING” in the User’s Guide for more information.

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Action 4: Connect Your Printer to Your Computer
You must connect the printer to your computer with a suitable interface cable. Abi-directional
IEEE 1284 compliant parallel cable is used for this connection, unless you are using the
optional serial interface board.
1Make sure that the printer power switch is
off before connecting or disconnecting the
interface cable.
Also, make sure that the computer is turned
off.
2Connect the parallel interface cable to the
parallel interface port of the printer. ( ①)
Secure the connection with the wire clips.
( ②)
Connect the interface cable to the printer
port of the computer.
NOTE
The printer can also operate with an RS-232C/RS-422A serial interface by installing the
optional serial interface board. In some countries it might be pre-installed. For more
information, see “CHAPTER 4 OPTIONS” in the User’s Guide.
For the location of your computer’s parallel (or serial, if you are using the optional interface
board) printer port, refer to the User’s Guide of your computer.

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Action 5: Plug in and Turn on Your Printer
1Plug the power cord into the AC power
outlet.
NOTE
The shape of the power cord varies
according to the country of destination.
2Turn on the power switch that is located on
the left side of your printer.
3
Drum
Alarm
Ready
Paper
Data
Toner
Make sure that the READY lamp is lit after
the printer has warmed up (approximately
20 seconds).
4Make sure that the printer automatically
ejects the starter sheet while the printer is
warming-up immediately after installing a
new drum unit.
Starter Sheet

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Printing a Test Sample Page
We recommend that you print a test page. Refer to the instructions below.
NOTE
• The following test sample page operation will be invalid after the printer receives any data
from your computer.
• The test sample page can be printed by using the “Test Print Mode” procedure in Chapter 3
of the User’s Guide.
Press the control panel switch.
The printer will start printing a test sample
page.
NOTE
The HL-730 series printer can also print
settings, fonts, and hexadecimal values of
received data. For more information, see
“Test Print Mode” in Chapter 3 of the
User’s Guide.
NOTE
If the printer does not print a test sample page, see “CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING,
Q & A” of the User’s Guide. If you are still unable to print a test sample page after reviewing
the information in the User’s Guide, consult your dealer.
After printing the test sample page, you are ready to prepare your computer to work with the
printer. The software setup varies depending upon your computer and operating system. Refer
to the relevant following section:
Action 6-1: Prepare Windows 95 for the Printer
Action 6-2: Prepare Windows 3.1 for the Printer
Action 6-3: Prepare DOS for the Printer (Only for HL-730 series Users)
Action 6-4: Prepare Macintosh for the Printer (Only for HL-730 series Users)

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Action 6-1: Prepare Windows 95 for the Printer
You need to configure Windows 95 for the printer by installing the printer driver and
TrueType™-compatible fonts from the supplied disk into Windows 95.
1. Make sure that your printer is connected to your computer.
2. Turn on your printer.
3. Turn on your computer
and start Windows 95.
The screen shown on
the right appears.
NOTE
If Windows 95 does not recognize your printer;
1. Click the Start button and choose Run.
2. Insert the supplied disk for Windows into your floppy disk drive.
3. Type A:SETUP and click the OK button or press the Enter key.
After the installer starts, you may skip the following steps and simply follow the
instructions that appear on the screen.
4. Make sure that the second option “Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer”
is checked.
5. Click the OK button. The
screen shown on the right
appears.
6. Insert the supplied disk for Windows 95 into the floppy disk drive. In most cases, this will
be drive A.
NOTE
If you wish to install from a drive other than drive A, type the drive name in the “Copy
manufacturer’s files from” box on the screen.
7. Click the OK button.
8. Follow the instructions that appear on the screen.