File name Service Manual Brother Laser Printer Technical Reference Guide.pdfBrother Laser Printer
Technical Reference Guide
HL-1050/1070/1250/1270N/1450/1470N
P2500/1660e/2060/2400C/2400Ce/3400CN/
1650/1670N/3260N/2460
First version August, 1999 Created for HL-1050/1070/1250/1270N/
1450/1470N/P2500/1660e/2060/2400C
Ver. A March, 2000 Revised for Addition of HL-2400Ce/3400CN
Ver. B March, 2001 Revised for Addition of HL-1650/1670N/3260N/2460
Ver. C October, 2001 Revised for Addition of HL-1450/1470N
Trademark acknowledgments
Brother is a registered trademark of Brother Industries Ltd.
PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Incorporated.
Epson is a registered trademark and FX-850 a trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation.
Hewlett Packard, HP, LaserJet and PCL are registered trademarks and LaserJet, HP-GL, and HP-GL/2 are
trademarks of Hewlett Packard Company.
IBM is a registered trademark and Proprinter XL is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
Microsoft, MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks.
Intellifont is a registered trademark of Agfa Corporation.
TrueType is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
All other brand and product names mentioned in this manual are registered trademarks or trademarks of respective
companies.
Compilation and Publication
Under the supervision of Brother Industries Ltd., this manual has been compiled and published, covering the latest
product's descriptions and specifications.
The contents of this manual and the specifications of this product are subjected to change without notice.
Brother reserves the right to make changes without notice in the specifications and materials contained herein and
shall not be responsible for any damages (including consequential) caused by reliance on the materials presented,
including but not limited to typographical and other errors relating to the publication.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
GLOSSARY
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1. ABOUT THE MANUAL----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3
2. AREAS OF USE------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4
CHAPTER 2 PCL
1. COMMAND LIST------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7
2. INTRODUCTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10
3. CONTROLLING THE PRINTER ---------------------------------------------------------------------11
4. JOB CONTROL -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15
5. USING FONTS-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------33
6. USING GRAPHICS--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------65
7. MACROS---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 