Brother HL-1060 Series manuel d'utilisation

I Please r ead this manual thor oughly befor e using the printer . Brother Laser Printer HL-1060 Series User’s Guide Keep this manual in a convenient place for quick and easy r efer ence at all times.[...]

II Shipment of the Printer If for any reason you must ship your printer , carefully package the printer to avoid any damage during transit. It is recommended that you save and use the original packaging. The printer should also be adequately insured with your carrier . W arning When shipping the printer , the DRUM UNIT assembly including the TONER [...]

i Laser Printer HL-1060 Series User ’ s Guide (For USA & CANADA Only) For technical and operational assistance, please call: In USA 1-800-276-7746 (outside California) 714-859-9700 Ext. 329 (within California) In CANADA 1-800-853-6660 514-685-6464 (within Montreal) If you have comments or suggestions, please write us at: In USA Printer Custom[...]

USER’S GU IDE ii T rademarks The Brother logo is a r e gistered t rademark of Brother Industri es, Ltd. Apple, th e Apple Logo, Apple T alk, and Macintosh are trademarks , r e gistered in the Uni ted States and other countries , an d T rue T ype is a trademark o f Apple Compute r , Inc. Epson is a r e gis tered trademark and FX-80 and F X-850 are[...]

iii Definitions of Warnings, Cautions, and Notes The following conventions are used in this U ser ’ s Guide: Warning Indicates warnings that must be observed to prevent possible personal injur y . Caution Indicates cautions that must be observed to use the printer properly or prevent damage to the printe r . ✒ Note Indicates notes and useful ti[...]

USER’S GU IDE iv T ABLE OF CONTENTS REGUL A TI ON S ..................................................................................................................vi CHAPTER 1 INT R ODUCT IO N .................................................................................... . 1–1 ABOUT TH E GUIDEBOOK S ....................................[...]

TABLE OF CO NTENTS v CHAPTER 5 MAINT E N ANC E ..................................................................................... . 5–1 REPL A CING THE T ONER C A R TRIDG E ....................................................................... . 5–1 REPL A CIN G THE D R UM UNI T ..............................................................[...]

USER’S GU IDE vi REGULA TIONS Federal Comm unications Commission Compliance Notice (For USA Onl y) This equipme nt has bee n tested and f ound to comply with the lim its for a C lass B digita l device, pursuant to Par t 15 of the FCC Rules. The se lim its are designe d to provide rea sonable protection against ha rmful interfere nce in a re siden[...]

REGULATIONS vii Radio Interference (220-240 V Model O nly) This prin ter com plie s w ith EN55022(CISPR Publi cation 22)/ Clas s B. Before this prod uct is used, ensure that you use a double-shielded cable with tw isted- pair conduct ors and th at it i s m arked “ IEEE 1284 com pliant ”. The cable m ust not exceed 1.8 m eters in leng th. Laser [...]

USER ’ S GUIDE v iii Declaration of Conformity (For Europe) We, Brother International Europe Ltd., Brother House 1 Tame Street, Guide Bridge, Audenshaw, Manchester M34 5JE, UK. declare that this product is in conformity with the following normative documents. Safety: EN 60950, EN 60825 EMC: EN 55022 Class B, EN 50082-1 following the provisions of[...]

REGULATIONS ix For Finland and Sweden LUOKAN 1 LASERLAITE KLASS 1 LASER APPARAT Varoitus! La itteen käyttä minen m uulla kuin täss ä käyttöohjee ssa m ainitulla ta valla sa attaa altistaa käyttäjän turva llisuusluokan 1 ylittä välle näkym ättömä lle lase rsäte ilylle. Varning – Om appar aten a nvänds på a nnat sä tt än i denna[...]

USER’S GU IDE x IMPOR T ANT - Wiring Infor mation (For U .K. only) If the powe r cord supplied w ith this printer is not suitable for your elect rical outle t, remove the pl u g from t h e mains cord and fi t an app r o priate t h ree pin p lug . If the repl acemen t plu g is intended to take a fuse then fit the sa me fuse a s the original. If a [...]

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 –1 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE GUIDEBOOKS Finding Out How to Use the Printer Y ou have two guidebooks for this printe r . Read each guidebook in the following order: 1 . Rea d the Quick Setup Guid e to set up you r printer and to ensure proper connection with your compute r . It also contains information for [...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 1 –2 ABOUT YOU R PRINTER Printer Overview Fig. 1-1 Front View ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Fig. 1-2 Rear View Optional Interface Port ( Serial Interfac e Board RS100M) Multi-Purpose Sheet Feeder 1 Control Panel Output Tray Extension Support Wire Paper Support Paper Guide Manual Feed Slot Top Cover Power Cord Parallel Interface Port P[...]

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 –3 System Requirements in the Brother Printing Solution for W indows Check the following system requirements to setup and operate the printer in the Brother Printing Solution fo r W indows environment: • IBM PC or compatible with 80486 SX or higher microprocessor • Parallel interface (or printer port) • 4 MB[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 1 –4 ❏ Remote Printe r Console P r ogram fo r DOS The utility program, Remote Printer Console (RPC), is available on a floppy disk supplied with your printe r . When you operate your computer in the DOS (Disk Operating System) environment, this program allows you to easily change the default settings of the printer such a[...]

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 –5 ❏ Environment-Friendly Economy Printing Mode This feature will cut your printing cost by saving toner . It is useful to obtain draft copies for proof-reading. Y ou can select from two economy modes—25% toner saving and 50% toner saving—through the W indows printer driver supplied with your printer . Sleep[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 1 –6 OPER A TING AN D S T ORAG E ENVIRONMENT Please take note of the following before using the printe r . Power Supply Use the printer within the specified power range. AC power: ±10% of the rated power voltage in your country Frequency: 50 Hz (22 0 V– 24 0 V) or 50/60 Hz ( 1 10–12 0 V) The power cord, including exten[...]

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 –7 Do not subject the printer to strong physical shocks or vibrations. Do not expose the printer to open flames or salty or corrosive gases. Do not place objects on top of the printer . Do not place the printer near an air conditioner . Keep the printer horizontal when carrying. Do not cover the slots in the top c[...]

CHAPTER 2 PAPER HANDLING CHAPTER 2 –1 CHAPTER 2 P APER HANDLING P APER SPECIFIC A TIONS The multi-purpose sheet feeders can handle paper that has the following specifications. ❏ Sheet Feeder 1 (Front) / Manual slot Pape r T ype Pape r Size Cut sheet A4, Lette r , Legal, B5 , A5, A6, Executive, Custom size (70-216 x 127-356 mm, 2.75-8.5 x 5-14 i[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 2 –2 Paper Capacity in Feeder Multi-purpose Sheet Feeder: Up to 22 mm (0.87 inch) in height (up to the mark) Approx. 200 sheets of 80 g/ m 2 (20 lb.) or 30 sheets of 158 g/m 2 (42 lb.) A4/Letter paper , or 10 envelopes Output T ray: Approx. 100 sheets of 80 g/ m 2 (20 lb.) A4/Letter paper Recommended paper Cut sheet: Xerox [...]

CHAPTER 2 PAPER HANDLING CHAPTER 2 –3 Remarks It is recommended that you test paper, especially special sizes and types of paper, on this printer before purchasing lar ge quantities. A void feeding labels with carrier sheets exposed (sheets with labels previously removed), or your printer will be damaged. A void using coated paper , such as vinyl[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 2 –4 The following types of envelopes are not recommended for use. • Damaged, curled, wrinkled, or irregularly shaped envelopes • Extremely shiny or highly textured envelopes • Envelopes with clasps • Envelopes with self-adhesive closures • Envelopes of baggy construction • Envelopes not sharply creased • Embo[...]

CHAPTER 2 PAPER HANDLING CHAPTER 2 –5 MU L TI-PURPOSE SHEET FEEDERS The printer has two multi-purpose sheet feeders that can feed plain pape r , envelopes, transparencies and o r ganizer pape r . T o use the multi-purpose sheet feeders, follow these steps: 1 . Make sure that you have selected the proper paper source, paper size and orientation. ?[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 2 –6 Loading Paper into the Feeder T o load paper into the feede r , follow these steps. ✒ Note This section describes loading paper into the front multi-purpose sheet feeder 1. Load paper into the rear sheet feeder 2 in the same way as described here. Remembe r , howeve r , that paper sizes vary for Feeder 1 and Feeder 2[...]

CHAPTER 2 PAPER HANDLING CHAPTER 2 –7 ✒ Note If you load envelopes in Feeder 1, make sure they are inserted in the direction shown on the previous page. ! Caution • If you print transpar encies, load them sheet by sheet. Failur e to do so may cause a double feed err or . • The feeder can hold up to 200 sheets of plain paper (80 g/m 2 , 20 l[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 2 –8 ✒ Note • If the multi-purpose sheet feeder runs out of paper when you try to print, th e Alarm and Paper lamps blink to alert you . Y ou have to load paper in the feeder and push the panel switch to cancel the alarm and continue printing. If paper jams in the printe r , th e Alarm and Paper lamp s also blink. If th[...]

CHAPTER 2 PAPER HANDLING CHAPTER 2 –9 T wo Side Printing (Manual Duplexing) The supplied printer driver fo r W indows 95 o r W indows 3.1 allows for manual duplex printing both with Feeder 1 and Feeder 2. For more information about settings, see the help text in the printer drive r . The printer prints all the even numbered pages on one side of t[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 2 –10 MANUA L FEED SLOT The front multi-purpose sheet feeder 1 also has a manual feed slot . Y ou can manually load pape r sheet by sheet from this slot . Y ou do not need to remove paper from the multi-purpose sheet feeder when using the manual feed slot. ❏ When you load one sheet of pape r manually: Y ou do no t need to[...]

CHAPTER 2 PAPER HANDLING CHAPTER 2 –11 ✒ Note • Insert paper firmly into the manual feed slot. • Be sure to load sheet by sheet when using the manual feed slot.[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 2 –12 OUTPUT TR A Y AND P APER SUPPORT WIRE The printer ejects paper with the printed surface face down into the output tray at the front of the printe r . When the output tray is closed, the ejected paper comes out sheet by sheet through the slit at the front . When you open th e tra y , sheets can be stacked on the tra y [...]

CHAPTER 3 CONTROL PANEL CHAPTER 3 –1 CHAPTER 3 CONTRO L P ANEL LAMPS AN D SWITCH Thi s section refers to th e following lamps and switc h on the printer control panel. Feeder Drum Alarm Ready Paper Data Toner 1 2 Feeder Drum Alarm Ready Paper Data Toner 1 2 Fig. 3-1 Lamps and Switch on Control Panel ✒ Note When the power switch is o f f or the [...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 3 –2 Data ( T oner) Lamp The Data lamp indicates the current status of the print data process. Lamp Printer status O f f ❍ The printer has no print data. Blinking ❍↔● The printer is receiving data from the computer or the printer is processing data in memor y . On ● Prin t data remains in th e printer memor y . If[...]

CHAPTER 3 CONTROL PANEL CHAPTER 3 –3 Alarm Lamp Th e Alarm lamp blinks to indicate a printer error status such as “Cover Open” and “Memory Full.” If any other error occurs, the printer indicates the error by blinking th e Alarm lamp with another lamp or by printing an error report. ✒ Note The Read y , Data and Drum lamps are used to ind[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 3 –4 ✒ Note • When the printer goes into sleep mode, the fan will not stop until the printer engine has cooled down. • Sleep mode allows the print engine to cool, so the temperature of your room and how long the printer has been in sleep mode a f fects the warm-up time . This warm-up time can take up to 30 seconds . T[...]

CHAPTER 3 CONTROL PANEL CHAPTER 3 –5 Control Features Set by the Brother Driver Page Protection If the printed images are too complex to print, the printer may print a partial image on the page. If this occurs, the printer has lost some print data and will indicate a “print overrun” error by printing an error report. The page protection featu[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 3 –6 APT (Advanced Photoscale T echnology) APT allows your printer to produce fine gray scales to improve the appearance of documents containing photographic images. Using this feature, the image is printed in 256 shades of gray at near photographic quality . This setting can be made by using the supplied W indows driver . [...]

CHAPTER 4 OPTIONS CHAPTER 4 –1 CHAPTER 4 OPTIONS SERIA L INTER F ACE BOARD RS100M T o connect the printer to a DOS computer with a serial interface or to an Apple Macintosh computer, yo u need to instal l the optional seria l interface board . When you have installe d the serial interface board, you can share the printer between two computers (tw[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 4 –2 If necessar y , select the interface type as follows: 1 . Make sure that the printer is in the o f f-line state. 2 . Select the RS-422A(Apple) or RS-232C(IBM) interface by changing th e serial interface slide switc h to the right fo r IBM(RS-232C) or to the left side for Apple(RS-422A). Fig. 4-1 Selecting the RS-422A ([...]

CHAPTER 4 OPTIONS CHAPTER 4 –3 If necessar y , set the serial interface parameters as follows: 1 . Make sure that the printer is in the o f f-line state. 2 . Se t the serial interface parameters by movin g up (on) or down (o f f) the selectors of the dual in-line package (DIP) switch. ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Fig. 4-2 Setting the Serial Interface Param[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 4 –4 T able 3: Parity Settings Selector 1 Selector 2 Parity On On Odd On O f f Even O f f — None ✒ Note • The factory settings are indicated in bold. • If the robust Xon setting is turned on with selector 8, the printer sends Xon signals at one second intervals to the connected computer until it receives data. I t i[...]

CHAPTER 4 OPTIONS CHAPTER 4 –5 Y ou can connect a parallel and a serial interface cable at the same time. The auto interface selection function allows you to share the printer with two computers. T o do this, connect the parallel interface cable and then connect the serial interface cable as follows: 1. Make sure that the power switch is turned o[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 4 –6 BR-SCRIPT 2 ROM BOARD BR-3000 The BR-Script 2 ROM board provides a PostScript Level 2 language emulation. Installing this ROM board in your printer allows your printer to print PostScript data. W ith a BR-Script 2 ROM board installed, the automatic emulation switching function will work among H P LaserJet 5 P , BR-Scri[...]

CHAPTER 4 OPTIONS CHAPTER 4 –7 ADDITIONA L MEMO R Y This printer has 2.0 MByte of standard memory and has one slot for optional additional memory . The memory can be expanded up to 34 MBytes by installing a commercially available single in-line memory module (SIMM). Additional memory is useful and may be necessary if you are using the optional BR[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 4 –8 The following type of SIMMs can be installed: • 1 MByte HIT ACHI HB56D25632B-6A, -7A • 2 MByte HIT ACHI HB56D51232B-6A, -7A • 4 MByte HIT ACHI HB56A132BV -7A, 7AL, -7B, -7BL • 8 MByte HIT ACHI HB56A232BT -7A, -7AL, -7B, -7BL • 16 MByte TOSHIBA THM324000BSG-70 • 32 MByte TOSHIBA THM328020BSG-70 This printer [...]

CHAPTER 4 OPTIONS CHAPTER 4 –9 2. Unscrew the four screws securing the rear plate of the main controller board and pull out the main controller board. Fig. 4-4 Remove the main controller board 3. Unpack the SIMM and hold it on its edge. ✒ Note Do not touch the memory chips and the surface of the main controller board. If static electricity coll[...]

CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE CHAPTER 5 –1 CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE REPLACING THE T ONER CARTRIDGE The printer can print approximately 2,200 pages with one toner cartridge. Whe n the toner cartridge is running low, the A larm and Data ( T oner) lamps blink once every 5 seconds to indicate toner lo w . ✒ Note • Actual page coun t will var y depending on [...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 5 –2 ! Caution Keep the drum unit level after r emoving the toner cartridge, to avoid possible toner spill or scatter . Follow these steps to replace the toner cartridge: 1. T urn of f the power switch. 2. Open the top cover . Remove the drum unit by holding each side of the drum and gently lifting the drum towards you (up [...]

CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE CHAPTER 5 –3 W arning After you have just used the printer , some internal parts of the printer ar e extr emely hot. When you open the top cover of the printer , never touch the shaded parts shown in the following illustration. High T emperatur e Fig. 5-3 Inside the Printer 3. Gently turn the lever on the toner cartridge for[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 5 –4 4. Remove the old toner cartridge from the drum unit by pulling it out gently. Fig. 5-5 Removing the Old Toner Cartridge ! Caution Handle the toner cartridge carefully . If toner scatters on your hands or clothes, wipe or wash it of f with cold water immediately . 5. Unpack the new toner cartridge, gently shake it five[...]

CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE CHAPTER 5 –5 6. Install the new toner cartridge into the right hand side of the drum unit. Make sure that the toner cartridge guide bar is exactly aligned with the guide slot in the drum unit to ensure that the toner cartridge and the drum unit fit together correctly . Fig. 5-7 Installing the Toner Cartridge into the Drum Un[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 5 –6 REPLACING THE DRUM UNIT Th e printer uses a drum unit to create the print images on pape r . If the Drum lamp is on, it indicates the drum unit is nearly at the end of its life . W e recommend you prepar e a ne w drum uni t to replac e the curren t one. Eve n if th e Drum lamp is on, you may b e able to continue to pri[...]

CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE CHAPTER 5 –7 Follow these steps to replace the drum unit: 1 . T urn o f f the power switch. 2 . Open the top cover and remove the old drum unit. Fig. 5-10 Removing the Drum Unit W arning Afte r you have just use d the printe r , some interna l parts of the printer a r e ext r emely hot . When you open the top cove r of the p[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 5 –8 Fig. 5-12 Removing the Toner Cartridge 4. Unpack the drum unit and gently shake it five or six times horizontally . Fig. 5-13 Shaking the Drum Unit ! Caution • Do not remove the starter sheet. Fig. 5-14 Do Not Remove the Starter Sheet • Only unpack a drum unit immediately before installing it into the printer . If [...]

CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE CHAPTER 5 –9 5 . Instal l the tone r cartridge into th e new drum unit . For more information, see “REPLACIN G THE T ONER CA R TRIDGE” in this chapte r . 6 . Install the new drum unit into the printe r . Fig. 5-15 Installing the Drum Unit 7 . Close the top cove r . 8 . T urn on the power switch . The printer automaticall[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 5 –10 ADJUSTING THE PRINT DENSITY The print density dial is located inside the printe r . Y ou can use it to adjust the amount of toner applied to the paper. When the toner cartridge and drum unit are replaced, or if the operating temperature and humidity are high or lo w , print conditions may change causing darker or ligh[...]

CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE CHAPTER 5 –11 CLEANING THE PRINTER Clean the printer exterior and interior periodically . If printed pages get stained with toner , clean the printer interior and drum unit. Cleaning the Printer Exterior Clean the printer exterior as follows: 1. T urn of f the power switch and unplug the power cord. W arning Ther e ar e high[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 5 –12 Cleaning the Printer Interior and Drum Unit Clean the printer interior and the drum unit as follows: 1. T urn of f the power switch and unplug the power cord. W arning Ther e ar e high voltage electr odes inside the printer . Befor e cleaning the printer , make sur e to turn off the power switch and unplug the power c[...]

CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE CHAPTER 5 –13 4 . Gently wipe the scanner window with a soft dry cloth. Fig. 5-22 Cleaning the Scanner Window ! Caution • Do not touch the scanner window with your finge r . • Do not wipe the scanner window with cleaning alcohol (isopropyl). 5 . T urn the drum unit upside down carefully. ! Caution Handle the drum unit ca[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 5 –14 6 . Clea n the primary corona wir e inside the drum uni t by gently sliding the tab to the right and left several times. Fig. 5-23 Cleaning the Primary Corona Wire 7 . Return the tab to the home position ( ▲ mark position) before reinstalling drum unit. ! Caution Be sure t o position th e tab a t the home position ,[...]

CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE CHAPTER 5 –15 Cleaning the Paper Feed Rollers Clean the paper feed rollers inside the multi-purpose sheet feeders with a clean cloth as shown below:. 1 . Cleaning the Feeder 1 paper feed rollers. Fig. 5-24 Cleaning the Feeder 1 Paper Feed Rollers 2 . Cleaning the Feeder 2 paper feed rollers. Fig. 5-25 Cleaning the Feeder 2 P[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 5 –16 RE-P ACKING THE PRINTER ! Caution Whenever you transport the printer , use the packing materials which are provided with your printer . Also, follow the steps below to re-pack the printer , or the printer may be damaged which will void the printer’s warranty . 1. T urn of f the power switch and unplug the printer fr[...]

CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE CHAPTER 5 –17 4. Place the drum unit assembly in the plastic bag and seal the bag completely . Fig. 5-27 Placing the Drum Unit in the Plastic Bag 5. Close the top cover , the extension wire, and the output tray . 6. W rap the printer in the plastic bag and place it in the original carton box with the original Styrofoam packi[...]

CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING CHAPTER 6 –1 CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING ALAR M INDIC A TIONS A T A GLANCE Operator Calls If a recoverable error occurs, the printer indicates an ‘operator call’ by blinking th e Alarm lamp and any of the following lamps. Find the error and take the proper action to correct it . The printer automatically recovers from [...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 6 –2 For errors shown belo w , the printer indicates an operator call by blinking th e Alarm lamp. If you use the printer with the supplie d W indows drive r , the status monitor will appear to indicate the error on your computer screen . The printer also prints some error messages on pape r . Er r or Action Cover Open Clos[...]

CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING CHAPTER 6 –3 Error Action Serial Interface Input Buf fer Overflow • Press the panel switch to resume printing. • Check the communication parameters such as the handshake protocols on both your computer and printer . • If the error occurs again, the interface hardware may be damaged. Consult your dealer . ✒ Note I[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 6 –4 Service Calls I f an unrecoverable error occurs, the printer indicates the need for a service call by lighting all the lamps an d then the following combination of lamps alternately: Service Call Fuser mal- function Laser BD malfunction Scanner malfunction ROM error Feeder ❍ ❍ ❍❍ Drum ● ❍ ●❍ Alarm ❍ ?[...]

CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING CHAPTER 6 –5 P APER JAMS Before you ca n clear a paper jam erro r , you nee d to find th e location o f the paper jam. Locate the position referring to the following figure. Fig. 6-1 Locating Paper Jam Position After locating the position, clear the jammed paper referring to the following descriptions. I f the jamme d pa[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 6 –6 ❏ Paper Jam in the Multi-Purpose Sheet Feeder If a paper jam has occurred inside the multi-purpose sheet feeder 1 or 2, pull the jammed paper upwards out of the feeder . Also, remove Feeder 1 and open the top cover to check that a torn piece of paper does not remain inside the printer: refer to the following sections[...]

CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING CHAPTER 6 –7 ❏ Paper Jam near the Drum Unit If a paper jam has occurred near the drum unit, open the top cover and remove the drum unit. ( ➀ ) Then, pull the jammed paper upwards slowly and out of the printer. ( ➁ ) Install the drum unit and close the top cover . Fig. 6-5 Paper Jam near the Drum Unit ❏ Paper Jam [...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 6 –8 ! Caution Do not pull jammed paper fr om the output tray . Be sure to open the top cover to remove the jam, or the fuser may get dirty with toner powder and may result in toner scatter on the next printed page or pages. Fig. 6-7 Do Not Pull the Jammed Paper from the Output Tray[...]

CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING CHAPTER 6 –9 Q & A This section contains questions and answers for using your printe r . If you have encountered a problem, fin d the questio n relating t o your proble m and take the steps recommended to correct the problem. Setting Up the Printer Hardware Question Recommendation The printer does not work . All lamp[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 6 –10 Setting Up the Printer for Windows Question Recommendation I cannot print from my application software. • Make sure the supplied W indows printer driver is installed and selected with your application software. • If you use the serial interface, make sure that the serial slide switch of the serial interface is in [...]

CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING CHAPTER 6 –11 Setting Up the Printer for DOS Question Recommendation I cannot print from my application software. • Check if the DOS application software interface settings match that of your printer: for example, if you are using a parallel printer cable, you would most likely set your DOS software printer port to LPT[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 6 –12 Setting Up the Printer for Apple Macintosh Computers When Using the Optional RS-100M Serial Interface Question Recommendation I cannot print from my application software. • Make sure that the supplied Macintosh printer driver is installed in the System Folder and it is selected with Choose r . • Check the PO R T s[...]

CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING CHAPTER 6 –13 Paper Handling Question Recommendation The printer does not load pape r . • Check to see if the “Paper Empty” message appears on your computer screen or th e Alarm and Paper lamps are blinking on the printer control panel. If so, the multi-purpose sheet feeder may be out of pape r or no t properly ins[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 6 –14 Printing Question Recommendation The printer prints unexpectedly or it prints garbage. • T urn on and o f f the printer or reset the printe r . • Make sure your application software is correctly set up to use this printer by checking the printer settings in your application software. • Check the printe r emulati[...]

CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING CHAPTER 6 –15 Print Quality ! Caution Y ou may clear a print quality problem by replacing the drum unit with a new one if the Drum lamp is on . The drum unit is at the end of its life. Question Recommendation Printouts are too dark or light. T ur n th e prin t densit y dia l counterclockwis e for lighter images and clock[...]

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 6 –16 Question Recommendation T oner scatters and stains the printed page. Fig. 6-11 Scattering Toner • If toner scatters over the whole printing surface, adjust the print density dial inside the printer counter clockwise. See “ADJUSTIN G THE PRIN T DENSITY” in Chapter 5. • Clea n the printe r interio r . Se e “Cl[...]

CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING CHAPTER 6 –17 Question Recommendation Printed pages are blurred at the center or either edge. Here come Pat-top ,he come. One thing I can tell you is you go to be free. Come together right now, over me. Here come Pat-top ,he come. One thing I can tell you is you go to be free. Come together right now, over me. Here come [...]

APPENDIX APPENDIX A –1 APPENDIX A PRINTER SPECIFIC A TIONS Printing Print Method Electrophotography by semiconductor laser beam scanning Laser W avelength: 780 nm Output: 5 m W max Resolution 1200 (H) x 600 (V) dots/inch (for W indows DIB graphics) 600 x 600 dots/inch (fo r W indows and DOS) 300 x 300 dots/inch (unde r Apple Macintosh using the o[...]

USER’S GUIDE APPENDIX A –2 Drum Unit: Life Expectancy : 20,000 pages at 20 pages per job 8,000 pages at 1 page per job NOTE : There are many factors that determine the actual drum life, such as temperature, humidit y , type of paper and toner that you use, the number of pages per print job, etc.. Functions Emulatio n Brother Printing Solution f[...]

APPENDIX APPENDIX A –3 Electrical and Mechanical Power Source U.S.A. and Canada: AC 1 10 to 12 0 V , 50 / 60 Hz Europe an d Australia: AC 220 to 24 0 V , 50 Hz Power Consumption Printing: 280 W or less Stand-by: 60 W or less Sleep: 1 3 W or less Noise Printing: 49 d B A or less Stand-by: 38 d B A or less T emperature Operating: 10 to 32.5°C (50 [...]

USER’S GUIDE APPENDIX A –4 P ARALLE L INTER F ACE SPECIFIC A TIONS ✒ Note T o ensure the highest quality performance, it is recommended that you use an IEEE 1284 compliant parallel cable between the printer and your compute r . Only IEEE 1284 cables support all of the advanced printing capabilities, such as bi-directional communication . Thes[...]

APPENDIX APPENDIX A –5 ✒ Note T o use bi-directional communication, an interface cable which has the pin connections above must be used. Pin 1 18 2 19 3 4 20 5 6 21 7 8 22 9 10 24 11 23 12 13 14 25 16 15 17 Shield Pin 1 19 2 20 3 21 4 22 5 23 6 24 7 25 8 26 9 27 10 28 11 29 12 17 13 15 14 30 31 33 32 34 36 35 18 16 Shield Fig. A-1 Parallel Inte[...]

USER’S GUIDE APPENDIX A –6 RESIDENT FONTS Bitmapped Fonts Thi s printer ha s the followin g bitmapped fonts . They ca n be use d in the HP LaserJet 5P, EPSON FX-850, and IBM Proprinter X L modes. They have the following characteristics. • Letter Gothic 16.66 Normal, Italic, Bold, BoldItalic (Portrait & Lanscape) • OCR-A(Portrait & L[...]

APPENDIX APPENDIX A –7 ■ The following scalable fonts can be used in the BR-Script mode. ( Only when you have installed the BR-Script 2 ROM board.) Atlanta Book (BookOblique, Demi, DemiOblique) BR Dingbats BR Symbol Brougham (Oblique, Bold, BoldOblique) Brussels Light (LightItalic, Demi, DemiItalic) Calgary MediumItalic Copenhagen Roman (Italic[...]

USER’S GUIDE APPENDIX A –8 SYMBOL SETS/ CHARACTER SETS OCR Symbol Sets When the OCR- A or OCR-B font is selected, the corresponding symbol set is always used. • OCR-A • OCR-B H P LaserJet 5P Mode • Roman 8 (8U) • ISO Latin1 (0N) • ISO Latin2 (2N) • ISO Latin5 (5N) • PC-8 (10U) • PC-8 D/N ( 1 1U) • PC-850 (12U) • PC-852 (17U)[...]

INDEX Index–1 INDEX A Alarm lam p .............................. . 3–3, 6–1 auto-emulation switchin g ................. . 1–4 B baud rat e ........................................... . 4–3 bitmapped fon t ................................ . A–6 BR-Script 2 ROM boar d .................. . 4–6 C character set.............................[...]

USER’S GUIDE Index-2 paper feed rolle r ............................. . 5–15 paper guid e ....................................... . 1–2 Paper lam p ................................ . 3–1, 6-1 paper stoppe r .................................... . 1–2 paper suppor t .................................... . 1–2 parallel interface pin assignm[...]