Date:10/16/2006 ID:faq002206_000




Title:
What kind of printer driver can I use?

Description:

A Printer Driver is software that translates data from the format used by a computer into the format required by a particular printer, which is typically done using a printer command language or page description language.

 

The printer drivers for the following operating systems are on the supplied CD-ROM and our web site.

For Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows NT®4.0 ,Windows® 2000 and Windows® XP

  • PCL (Hewlett-Packard Laserjet laser printer) driver
  • BR-Script (PostScript Level3 language emulation) driver

 
PCL driver
PS driver
 Windows® 95/98/Me
Yes
Yes
 Windows® 2000
Yes
Yes
 Windows NT®4.0
Yes
Yes
 Windows® XP
Yes
Yes

 

 

For Macintosh®

  • BR-Script (PostScript Level3 language emulation) driver

   BR-Script Driver
(PostScript Level3 language emulation)
 Mac OS 8.6-9.2
 *Use the LaserWriter 8 Driver that we have supplied for your OS
Yes
 Mac OS X 10.1
 *Use the PostScript Driver that we have supplied for your OS
Yes

Note

    Get the latest version of the driver from our "Downloads".
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Related Models

HL-1850, HL-1870N, HL-5040, HL-5050, HL-5070N

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