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What emulation modes does this printer support?

The Brother HL-7000 series printers support the following emulations:


HP LaserJet Mode:
These printers supports HP's PCL 6 language emulation.

BR-Script 3 Mode:
These printers support BR-Script level 3 which is a Postscript Level 3 language emulation.

For technical information about PostScript commands, see the following manuals:

  • Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript Language Reference Manual, 3rd Edition. Menlo Park: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., 1999.
  • Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript Language Program Design. Menlo Park: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., 1988.
  • Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript Language Reference Manual. Menlo Park: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., 1985.
  • Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook. Menlo Park: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., 1985.
  • Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript Language Reference Manual, third Edition. Addison-Wesley Longman, Inc., 1999.

HP-GL Mode:
These printers supports HP's HP-GL language emulation.

EPSON FX-850 and IBM Proprinter XL Mode:
These printers support the EPSON FX-850 and IBM Proprinter XL dot-matix language emulations.

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Related Models

HL-7050, HL-7050N

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