Brother HS-5000 - Color Solid Ink Printer User manual

Color Printer HS-5000/5300
Quick Setup Guide
Read this guidebook first to set up your printer and
prepare your computer for the printer.
Save all packing materials and the outer carton.
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©1998Brother Industries Ltd. UD4654001 Printed in Japan

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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:
1Printer
2Wires attached to the printer-- A:Paper Support Wire, B: Output Wire
(HS-5300 has two paper support wires.)
35 sheets of transparencies
4Maintenance Cassette
5Cleaning Kit
6Ink Holders
7Power Cord (The shape of the Power Cord varies depending on the country.)
•3.5” floppy disks for DOS/Windows®printer driver and fonts
•Quick Setup guide (this guidebook)
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•User’s guide
2NOTE
You will need to purchase an interface cable that complies with the IEEE 1284 standard and
matches the interface of your computer. If you do not know what cable you need, consult your
dealer.

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Action 2: Install the Ink Cassette
Remove the tapes, and 2 pieces of
Styrofoam supporting the print head then
open the ink reservoir cover.
Hold the ink holder by the sides and insert it
into the top of the matching color ink
reservoir. Be sure to add the correct color
ink holder to the correct reservoir. The ink
holders are keyed to prevent incorrect
insertion of the ink holder. Do not force the
ink holder into the top of the ink reservoir.
2NOTE
Do not touch the surface of the ink blocks.
Push the center of the ink holder to drop the
ink blocks into the ink reservoir.
Install each color ink by using the same
procedure.
Close the ink reservoir cover.
Repeat steps 1 to 3 to add further holders of
ink blocks as required.
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Action 3: Install the Maintenance Cassette
Remove the sheet feeder from the printer.
2Slide the maintenance cassette into the right
hand side of the printer.
3Push it all the way in until it clicks fully into
position to avoid paper jams.
2NOTE
You need to remove two pieces of Styrofoam holding the print head down before turning the
printer ON. Do not throw away the Styrofoam, keep them for future re-packing.
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Action 4: Load Paper into Your Printer
Replace the sheet feeder onto the printer.
Insert the paper support wire into the holes
located at the top of the sheet feeder.
2Pull the sheet feeder cover forward.
3Load paper in the sheet feeder with the
printing surface face up.
2NOTE
The feeder can hold up to 200 sheets of
plain paper or up to 10envelopes. Excessive
sheets may cause paper jams. The paper
should be stacked below the tmark.
4Adjust the paper guide to the paper width.
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5Close the sheet feeder cover.
6Pull the output tray out from the bottom of
the printer and set the attached Output wire.
7Pull out the Output Tray and adjust the tray
position for the loaded paper as follows:
LGL: Legal paper
A4: A4 size paper
LTR: Letter paper
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The printer can handle paper that has the following specifications.
See “CHAPTER 2 PAPER HANDLING” in the User’s Guide for more detailed
information.
Feeder Paper Size Capacity
Manual
Feed A4, Letter, Legal, Custom size, Envelope (DL, COM-10,), C5,Transparencies (A4, Letter)
(70-229 x 127-356 mm, 2.75-9 x 5-14 inches
60 - 157 g/m2, 16 - 42 lbs)
sheet by sheet
First sheet
feeder A4, Letter, Legal, Custom size, Envelope (DL, COM-10, C5, Transparencies (A4, Letter)
(70-229 x 127-356 mm, 2.75-9 x 5-14 inches
60 - 157 g/m2, 16 - 42 lbs)
22 mm (0.87 inch)
200 sheets of 80g/m2
100 sheets of Legal size
10 envelopes,
50 transparencies
Second
sheet
feeder
(HS-5300
only)
A4, Letter, Legal, Custom size
(70-229 x 250-356 mm, 2.75-9 x 9.8-14 inches
60 - 135 g/m2, 16 - 36 lbs)
22 mm (0.87 inch)
200 sheets of 80g/m2
100 sheets of Legal size

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Action 5: Connect Your Printer and Computer
You must connect the printer to your computer using an interface cable. A parallel cable that is
compliant with IEEE 1284 should be used for this connection.
1Make sure that the power switch is turned
off before connecting or disconnecting the
interface cable.
Also, make sure that the computer is turned
off.
2NOTE
The shape of the power cord varies
depending on the country where the printer
was purchased.
2Connect the parallel interface cable to the
parallel interface port of the printer. ( ¬)
Secure the connection with the wire clips.
( -)
Connect the interface cable to the printer
port of your computer.
2NOTE
For the location of your computers parallel printer port, see your computers User’s Guide.
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Action 6: Plug in and Turn on Your Printer
1Plug the power cord into the printer inlet
and the AC power outlet.
2Turn on the Power button that is located
on the left hand side of your printer.
3Make sure that the Ready LED comes on
after the printer has warmed up (about 9
minutes).
CAUTION!
When moving the printer, only move it after waiting 30 minutes with the power off to allow
the printer to cool down and be careful not to tilt the printer. Moving the printer with ink
melted will cause severe damage to the Printer and will VOID THE WARRANTY.It
takes 30 minutes for the printer ink to become completely solid.