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GT-3 Series GARMENT PRINTER For Macintosh Instruction Manual Please be sure to read this manual before using this product. Keep this manual in a safe place for the future use.
2-1. Installing printer driver onto your PC ............................2-1 2-2. Connecting the printer to your PC via a USB 2.0 cable ......................2-2 2-3. Connecting the printer to your PC via a LAN cable ........................ 2-4 3. Print data transmission by means of Brother GT-3 FileOutput...
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Before Using Your Printer for the First Time 1-2. Operating environment Compatible OS Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan Interface USB 2.0, LAN (10 BASE-T and 100 BASE-TX), USB flash memory (Please use a FAT32-formatted USB flash memory of which storage capacity is 32 GB or less.) Min.
PC via a LAN cable >>P.2-4". 2-1. Installing printer driver onto your PC To begin with, onto your PC, install the printer driver for file output, Brother GT-3 FileOutput. At this stage, do not connect the printer to your PC yet.
With the printer powered on, make a connection of USB 2.0 cable between the printer and your PC. From the Apple menu, open the [System Preferences] and click on the [Printers & Scanners]. After that, click the + button in the lower-left corner. Select the [Brother GT-3xx] first, then click on the [Select Software…] of [Use].
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Connection of printer with Macintosh PC (Apple Computer) Select the [Brother GT-3] and click on the [OK]. Then, click [Add]. In the [Default printer], select either [Brother GT-3xx] or [Brother GT-3 FileOutput]. This exits the setting for the USB connection.
Connection of printer with Macintosh PC (Apple Computer) 2-3. Connecting the printer to your PC via a LAN cable When you connect your PC to the printer via a LAN cable, make IP address setting for the printer from Windows PC by reference to Instruction Manual.
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Select the [Line Printer Daemon - LPD] of [Protocol]. In the [Queue], type in the word "BINARY_P1". Enter the name of the printer in the [Name]. Click on the [Select Software…] of [Use]. Select the [Brother GT-3] and click on the [OK]. Then, click [Add].
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Connection of printer with Macintosh PC (Apple Computer) Then, the current window goes back to the [Printers & Scanners] window into which the GT-3 printer (LAN) is added. In the [Default printer], select your desired GT-3 printer, as required. This exits the setting for the LAN connection.
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<TIPS> The procedures to output a file from the [Brother GT-3 FileOutput] are the same as those for Windows PC. For details, refer to the Instruction Manual. Transmission of print data Send such print data that has been saved using the [Brother GT-3 FileOutput] printer to the printer by performing the procedures mentioned below.