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The Carbon copy function can be used to replace dot-matrix printers. As the print job is received by the printer, the carbon copy function takes the print data and automatically makes up to seven copies of it.

These seven copies can be printed from any of the paper input trays you may be using on your Brother HL-6050/5270DN/5280DW/5380DN printer.

The carbon copy function also allows you to select a different printing macro for each page. A Macro can change the appearance and design of a page. For example, if you wish the first page to include your company logo and some other special formatting, you can create a macro and apply that special design to the first page printed. If you then wish the second and other subsequent pages to have a different design, you can create different designs for each page.

Accessing the Carbon Copy Function

To access the Carbon copy function menu, do the following:

1. Press the "+" key until PRINT MENU is displayed
2. Press the "Set" key
3. Press the "+" key until CARBON MENU is displayed
4. Press the "Set" key and "CARBON COPY" is displayed

Using the Carbon Copy Function the first time

Follow the example below to learn how to use the Carbon Copy function:

1. Using the HL-6050/5270DN/5380DN printer driver start Microsoft Word. In the Word document go to the bottom of the page and type "Copy 1".
2. Click on "Print" and go into the "Advanced" tab of the printer driver and then click the "Device Options" icon.
3. Click the "Macro" button and the click the "Setting" button.
4. In the Macro ID field type "1" and type "test" as the macro name.
5. Click the "Save as Macro | to Printer Memory" option and click the "OK" button.
6. Click "OK" until you go back to the original Word Print Properties screen.
7. The printer will print a page which says:
   ***This page has been saved as Macro ID=1***
8. Now go back to Word and change the Word text to "Copy 2" and follow the steps from step 1, but at step 4 change the Macro ID to "2" and change the name to "test2". Then continue from steps 5 to 7.
   The printer should now have two macros in memory: Macro 1 and Macro 2
9. On the printer LCD panel press the "+" key until PRINT MENU is displayed.
10. Press the "Set" key.
11. Press the "+" key until CARBON MENU is displayed.
12. Press the "Set" key and "CARBON COPY" is displayed.
13. Press the "+" to display "COPIES" and press the "Set" key.
14. Press the "+" key to select "2" and press the "Set" key to accept the setting.
15. Press the "+" key to display "COPY1 TRAY" and press the "Set" key.
16. Press the "+" key to change the TRAY setting to whatever you like and press the "Set" key.
17. Press the "+" key to display "COPY 1 MACRO" and press the "Set" key.
18. Press the "+" to specify Macro ID 1 and press the "Set" key.
    You have now configured the printer to automatically print 2 copies of the document, the 1st copy of the document will be fed from the tray you specified in step 16 and the macro you specified in step 18 will be overlaid onto it.
19. Press the "+" key to move onto the COPY 2 TRAY and MACRO settings and make the relevant changes.
20. When you have finished, send a print job from a PC.

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