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.

The product names in this guidebook are trademarks or registered trade marks of each manufacturer. The specifications

are subject to change without notice.

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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.

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.

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