Laser Printer HL-2460
For all users
Quick Setup Guide
Step 1 Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
Read the "Safety Sheet" first to ensure that you use this printer safely.
Read this "Quick Setup Guide" before you set up the printer.
Before you can use the printer, you must complete the hardware setup and install the
driver.
For Windows® users only
For Macintosh® with Network users only
Identify the operating system on your computer (Windows® 95 / 98 / Me, Windows
NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or Macintosh® OS versions 8.51, 8.6, 9.0 and 9.04).
An interface cable is not a standard accessory. Please purchase the appropriate
interface cable for the interface you intend to use (Parallel, USB or Network).
Follow the instructions in this guide for your operating system and interface.
Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
The opening screen will appear automatically.
Select the language you want.
Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
Double-click the Initial Setup icon.
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Carton components
Carton components may differ from one country to another.
Save all packing materials and the printer carton. They should be saved for re-use when shipping the printer.
Printer
CD-ROM
Documents
Click the Initial Setup icon.
You can view the Initial Setup instructions.
Select the language you want.
You can view the Initial Setup instructions.
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Step 2 Remove the protective parts.
Toner cartridge
AC power cord
Protective part
Top cover
Protective part
Protective part
LJ0463001 Printed in Japan
Paper cassette
What is included on the CD-ROM
You can get a variety of information from this CD-ROM.
Remove the protective part
from the paper exit of the
printer.
Open the top cover of the
printer.
Remove the protective part
from the printer.
Close the top cover of
the printer.
Pull out the paper cassette, and then
remove the protective part from the
cassette.
Re-install the paper cassette into
the printer.
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Initial Setup
Manual
See the complete setup
process from hardware
setup to driver installation
in a movie.
View and print the Printer
User's Guide, Network
User's Guide and other
documentation.
Step 3 Install the toner cartridge.
We recommend that you
follow these instructions
when you first setup the
printer.
Brother Solutions Center
Introduction to the Brother
user support web page.
You can easily access
Brother Solutions Center
and receive the latest
drivers and information for
this printer.
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Windows
45˚
45˚
Install Software (For
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Windows only)
You can install not only the
printer driver but also the
following utility items.
Open the top cover of the
printer.
Unpack the toner cartridge.
Rock it gently several times at a 45˚ angle.
Bend the tab up and down several times,
and then pull it out until the sealing tape
comes out all the way.
Install the toner cartridge firmly into the
printer.
Close the top cover of the
printer.
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Maintenance Tutorial
See the maintenance
videos for this printer.
We recommend that you
view the videos before
getting started.
For all users
-Printer Driver
-Automatic E-mail Printing
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Macintosh
For administrators
-BRAdmin Professional
-Network Printer Driver
Wizard
Step 4 Load paper in the paper cassette.
Universal guide
Up to here
Make Disk Sets (For
release button
Paper guide release lever
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Windows only)
-Network Print Software
-Storage Manager
-Analysis Tool
If you do not have a CD-
ROM drive, copy the
contents of the CD-ROM to
floppy disks.
BR-Script PPD Installer
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(For Macintosh with
Network only)
This printer supports
Macintosh OS versions
8.51, 8.6, 9.0 and 9.04.
Pull the paper cassette completely
out of the printer.
While pressing the paper guide release lever, slide the adjusters to fit the paper size.
Check that they fit correctly into the slots.
Load paper into the paper cassette.
Check that the paper is flat in the tray
and below the maximum paper mark.
Re-install the paper cassette into the
printer.
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Note: For Legal size paper, press the universal guide release button and pull out the
rear of the paper cassette.
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Windows® and Windows NT® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.
Macintosh® and iMac® are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
Continue to the reverse side.
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Unfold the tray
extension flap
Step 5 Print a test page.
REDAY
PRINTING
Data
Data
Back
Back
Note: When you are ready to set
the Control Panel message
language, refer to the Control
Panel section at the bottom of
this sheet.
Reprint
Job cancel
Reprint
Job cancel
Set
Go
Set
Go
ON OFF
ON OFF
Make sure that the printer power switch is off.
Connect the AC power cord to the printer.
Do NOT connect the interface cable.
Plug the AC power cord into an AC
outlet.
Turn the power switch on.
After the printer has finished warming up, the
READY message appears.
Press the Go switch. The printer prints a test page.
Check that the test page has printed correctly.
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Follow the instructions for your interface cable
and operating system.
For Parallel interface cable users (For Windows® users only)
Step 6 Connect the printer to your PC & Install the printer driver.
ON OFF
ON OFF
Note: If "Add New Hardware Wizard"
appears, click the Cancel button.
Click the Finish button.
The setup is now complete.
Click "Connect the interface cable and
install the printer driver / utilities."
Select the parallel interface
cable.
Turn the printer power switch off.
Connect the interface cable to your PC, and
then connect it to the printer.
Turn the printer power
switch on.
Click the Next button.
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For USB interface cable users (For Windows® users only)
For Macintosh® users
If you print from a Macintosh computer, you will have to connect it to the printer via a Network
(Brother recommends using the NC-4100h network board).
Step 6 Install the driver & Connect the printer to your PC.
For Network users
If you want to connect your printer using a Network cable, refer to the Quick Network Setup Guide.
After the administrator has made the required settings, install the driver referring to the "Installing the
Driver for Network users" section of the Quick Network Setup Guide.
Note: When "Add New Hardware Wizard"
appears on your PC, click the Cancel
button.
Click "Connect the interface cable
and install the printer driver /
utilities."
Select the USB cable.
Follow the on-screen
instructions.
Click the Next button.
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Note: Install the driver before you connect
the USB interface cable to the printer. If you
have already connected it, remove it.
Data LED : Orange
Control Panel
On
Data remains in the printer buffer.
Receiving or processing data.
No remaining data.
Blinking
Off
ON OFF
Switches
Go
Click the OK button.
Make sure the printer power switch is on.
Connect the USB interface cable to your PC, and then connect
it to the printer.
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Exit from the control panel menu, reprint settings and clear error messages.
Pause / Continue printing.
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Job Cancel
Reprint
Stop and cancel the printer operation in progress.
Select the reprint menu.
For Windows 98/Me users:The setup is now complete.
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For Windows 2000 users: Go to Step 7.
Move forward and backward through menus.
Move forward and backward through menus.
Menu
Set
Step 7 (For Windows® 2000 users only) Set up your PC printer port.
Select the control panel menu.
Data
Back
Set the selected menus and the settings.
Back
Go back one level in the menu structure.
Reprint
Job cancel
Language Setting (Default is English)
Set
Go
1. Select the SETUP mode by pressing the + switch, and then press the Set switch.
2. Check that the LANGUAGE message appears, and then press the Set switch.
3. Choose your language by pressing the + or - switch, and then press the Set switch. An asterisk mark ( ) appears at
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the end of the display.
(You can return to the READY status by pressing the Go switch.)
Note 1. A real time clock is built into this printer. Set the time referring to Chapter 3 of the User's Guide on the CD-ROM.
You need to set the time before you can use the log management and reprint functions.
2. Please enhance the RAMDISK size when you want to use the reprint functions without the optional HDD or
CompactFlash.
After your PC has restarted, click Start,
Setting and Printers.
Select the Brother HL-2460 series
(copy2) icon.
Click the File menu, and then select Set as Default printer.
The setup is now complete.
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For more information, see "CONTROL
PANEL" in Chapter 3 of the User's Guide on
the supplied CD-ROM.
See RAM expansion in Chapter 4 of the User's Guide.
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