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Features in the printer driver (for Macintosh®)

This printer supports Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater.
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The screens in this section are from Mac OS® X 10.4. The screens on your Macintosh® will vary depending on your operating system.

Page Setup

You can set the Paper Size, Orientation and Scale.
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Copies & Pages

You can set the Copies and Pages.
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Cover Page (for Mac OS® X 10.4)

You can make the following cover page settings:
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Print Cover Page
If you want to add a cover page to your document, use this function.
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Cover Page Type
Choose a template for the cover page.
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Billing Info
If you want to add the billing information to the cover page, enter text in the Billing Info box.
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Layout

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Pages per Sheet
Choose how many pages will appear on each side of the paper.
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Layout Direction
When you specify the pages per sheet, you can also specify the direction of the layout.
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Border
If you want to add a border, use this function.
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Job Spooling

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The printer keeps the last print job sent to it in memory.
You can reprint a document without sending the data again from your computer (except for secure printing).
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Last Job Reprint: Reprint the last job
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Secure Print: Secure documents are documents that are password protected when they are sent to the printer. Only the people who know the password will be able to print them. Since the documents are secured at the printer, you must enter the password using the control panel of the machine to print them.
If you want to create a secure print job, check the Use Reprint box and then choose the Secure Print. Enter a user name, job name and password, then click Print. (For more information about the Reprint function, see Reprinting documents.)
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If you want to prevent other people from printing your data using the reprint function, uncheck the Use Reprint check box in the job spooling settings.
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Duplex Printing

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Use duplex unit (HL-4050CDN / HL-4070CDW only)
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For Mac OS® X 10.3 or greater
Select Layout.
Choose Long-edged binding or Short-edged binding in Two-Sided.
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For Mac OS® X 10.2
Select Duplex.
Check the Duplex check box. Choose Use Duplex Unit and then Choose Flip on Long Edge or Flip on Short Edge.
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Manual duplex (for Mac OS® X 10.3 or greater)
Select Paper Handling.
Choose Odd numbered pages and print, and then choose Even numbered pages and print.
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Print Settings

You can change settings by choosing a setting in the Print Settings list:
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Media Type
You can change the media type to one of the following:
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Plain Paper
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Thin Paper
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Thick Paper
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Thicker Paper
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Bond Paper
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Recycled Paper
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Envelopes
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Env. Thick
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Env. Thin
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Postcard
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Label
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Color/Mono
You can change the Color/Mono settings as follows:
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Color
When your document contains colour and you want to print it in colour, select this mode.
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Mono
Select this mode if your document has only black and grayscale text and/or objects. Mono mode makes the print processing speed faster than colour mode. If your document contains colour, selecting Mono mode prints your document in 256 levels of gray.
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Auto
The printer checks the content of your documents for colour. If colour is detected, it prints in colour. If no colour content is detected, it prints in monochrome. The total printing speed may become slower.
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If the Cyan, Magenta or Yellow toner runs out, choosing Mono will allow you to keep printing as long as the Black toner does not run out.
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Mirror Print
Check Mirror Print to reverse the data from left to right.
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Reverse Print
Check Reverse Print to reverse the data from up to down.
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Toner Save Mode
You can conserve toner using this feature. When you set Toner Save Mode to On, print appears lighter. The default setting is Off.
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We do not recommend Toner Save for printing Photo or Gray Scale images.
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Sleep Time
When the printer does not receive data for a certain period of time, it enters sleep mode. In sleep mode, the printer acts as though it were turned off. The default setting for timeout is 5 minutes. If you want to change the sleep time, choose Manual and then enter the time in the text box on the driver.
While the printer is in sleep mode, the LCD light is off, but the printer can still receive data. Receiving a print file or document or pressing one of the buttons will automatically wake up the printer to start printing
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Print Quality
You can change the print quality as follows:
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Normal
600 x 600 dpi. Recommended mode for ordinary printouts. Good print quality with reasonable printing speed.
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Fine
2400 dpi class. The finest print mode. Use this mode to print precise images such as photographs. Since the print data is much larger than in normal mode, processing time / data transfer time and printing time will be longer.
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Color Mode
You can change the colour mode as follows:
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Normal
This is the default colour mode.
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Vivid
The colour of all elements are adjusted to become a more vivid colour.
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Improve Gray Color
You can improve the image quality of shaded areas by ticking the Improve Gray Color check box.
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Enhance Black Printing
If a black graphic cannot be printed correctly, choose this setting.

Status Monitor (For Mac OS® X 10.3 or greater users)

This reports the printer status (any errors that may happen with the printer) when printing. If you would like to turn the status monitor on, run the Status Monitor (from the Macintosh HD (Startup Disk), choose Library, Printers, Brother, Utilities).
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