Product Spotlight > HL 5040 > FAQs

Brother has comprehensive help tools to help users find answers to any questions they may have relating to the operation of the HL-5040. These include online FAQ's which are available 24 hours 7 days a week on both our Corporate and Technical website.

To view the FAQ's for the HL-5040 please click on the links below:FAQ's from our Corporate website:
http://www.brother.com.au/ProductFAQs/default.asp

FAQ's from our Technical website
http://solutions.brother.com/hl5000/faq/index.html

To sample the top three questions for the HL-5040 please select one of the questions below:

• Can I print from DOS applications?
• What kind of barcodes can I print?
• How do I print a network configuration page?

Top Three Questions

1. Can I print from DOS applications?

To print from DOS, or any non-Windows application, your Brother device must emulate either PCL 4, 5, 6 and/or Brother's BR-Script (Postscript language emulation). Refer to the specification of your Brother device to see if it supports these emulations.

Your DOS software must also include a printer driver for one of the emulations listed above. For example if you own a Brother HL-1450 printer and you wish to print from a DOS application, look for a HP Laserjet III or Laserjet 4 driver within your DOS software. These drivers will enable you to print at up to 600 x 600 dpi.

If there is no Laserjet III or Laserjet 4 driver - or your Brother device does not support PCL 5 or PCL 6, look for a Laserjet II driver.

*Note:
A Laserjet II driver will print in 300 x 300 dpi only

If these drivers are not available, try looking for an Apple Laserwriter xxx driver (where xxx = plus or IINTX).
An Apple Laserwriter driver uses Postscript commands. Since many Brother devices emulate the Postscript language (this emulation is known as BR-Script), it is possible to use this driver.

*Note:
Your Brother device must support BR-Script or Postscript if you wish to use a Postscript driver such as the Apple Laserwriter driver.

Some Brother models also support Epson FX and IBM Pro Printer emulations. If your Brother device supports these additional emulations, it's possible to use Epson and IBM drivers from your DOS applications.

2. What kind of barcodes can I print?

The following bar codes are built into the Brother printer.

Code39
Interleaved 2 of 5
EAN-8
EAN-13
UPC-A
UPC-E
EAN-128
Codabar
FIM (US-PostNet)
ISBN
Code128

3. How do I print a network configuration page?

The Printer Settings Page lists all the current printer settings, including network settings.

To print the Printer Settings Page, make sure the printer is on-line and ready to print, then press the Go button three times.