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Driver and Software

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Printer driver

A printer driver is software that translates data from the format used by a computer to the format that a particular printer needs. Typically, this format is page description language (PDL).

The printer drivers for the supported versions of Windows

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and Macintosh are on the CD-ROM we have supplied or on the Brother Solutions Center website at http://solutions.brother.com/. Install the drivers by following the steps in the Quick Setup Guide. The latest printer drivers can be downloaded from the Brother

Solutions Center website at:

http://solutions.brother.com/

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For Windows ®

 Windows

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printer driver (the most suitable printer driver for this product)

 BR-Script printer driver (PostScript

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Install the driver using the Custom Install from the CD-ROM.

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For Macintosh

 Macintosh printer driver (the most suitable printer driver for this product)

 BR-Script printer driver (PostScript ®

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For the installation instruction of the driver, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/.

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For Linux

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 LPR printer driver

 CUPS printer driver

For more information and to download the printer driver for Linux please visit your model page at http://solutions.brother.com/ or use the link on the CD-ROM we have supplied.

Depending on Linux distributions, the driver may not be available or it may be released after the initial release of your model.

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