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... with volatile liquids such as thinner or benzine will damage the outside surface of the printer: • Make sure that contain ammonia. Doing this might cause the toner dust to local regulations. DO NOT use flammable substances or any type of the machine. CAUTION Cleaning the outside of... spray to clean up scattered toner. Cleaning with a dry, lint-free cloth and dispose of it according to ignite inside or outside of the printer. • DO NOT use a vacuum cleaner to clean the inside the vacuum cleaner, ...
... with volatile liquids such as thinner or benzine will damage the outside surface of the printer: • Make sure that contain ammonia. Doing this might cause the toner dust to local regulations. DO NOT use flammable substances or any type of the machine. CAUTION Cleaning the outside of... spray to clean up scattered toner. Cleaning with a dry, lint-free cloth and dispose of it according to ignite inside or outside of the printer. • DO NOT use a vacuum cleaner to clean the inside the vacuum cleaner, ...
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Toner cartridge ...61 Drum unit ...68 Cleaning ...73 Cleaning the outside of the printer...73 Cleaning the inside of Conformity ...121 vi for your safety ...120 EC Declaration of the printer...74 Cleaning the corona wire...77 6 Troubleshooting 79 Identifying your problem ...79 ...bar code control commands (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only) ...110 Print bar codes or expanded characters 110 B Appendix (for Europe and Other Countries) 117 Brother numbers ...117 Important information: regulations ...118 Radio interference (220 to 240 volt model only 118 International ENERGY STAR® Compliance...
Toner cartridge ...61 Drum unit ...68 Cleaning ...73 Cleaning the outside of the printer...73 Cleaning the inside of Conformity ...121 vi for your safety ...120 EC Declaration of the printer...74 Cleaning the corona wire...77 6 Troubleshooting 79 Identifying your problem ...79 ...bar code control commands (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only) ...110 Print bar codes or expanded characters 110 B Appendix (for Europe and Other Countries) 117 Brother numbers ...117 Important information: regulations ...118 Radio interference (220 to 240 volt model only 118 International ENERGY STAR® Compliance...
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...6 feet (2 meters). When you unpack the printer, make sure you use a USB cable, make sure that is in the box? When you use a USB 2.0 interface cable that you are not supported for Macintosh®. „ Network cable (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only) Use a straight-through Category5 (or ...greater) twisted-pair cable for the interface you have all of your computer and not to the USB port of the following parts. 1 1 Printer Quick Setup Guide CD-ROM Drum unit and starter toner cartridge assembly AC...
...6 feet (2 meters). When you unpack the printer, make sure you use a USB cable, make sure that is in the box? When you use a USB 2.0 interface cable that you are not supported for Macintosh®. „ Network cable (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only) Use a straight-through Category5 (or ...greater) twisted-pair cable for the interface you have all of your computer and not to the USB port of the following parts. 1 1 Printer Quick Setup Guide CD-ROM Drum unit and starter toner cartridge assembly AC...
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You can change the following printer settings when you print from your computer. „ Paper Size „ Multiple Page „ Orientation „ Copies „ Media Type „ Paper Source „ Resolution „ Toner Save Mode „ Print Setting „ Manual Duplex printing 1 „ Watermark 2 „ Scaling „ Job Spooling 2 „ ...„ Improve Print Output 1 These settings are not available with the Mac OS® 10.2.4. 2 These settings are not available with the Macintosh® printer driver. 3 These settings are not available with the HL-2140. Driver and Software 3 28
You can change the following printer settings when you print from your computer. „ Paper Size „ Multiple Page „ Orientation „ Copies „ Media Type „ Paper Source „ Resolution „ Toner Save Mode „ Print Setting „ Manual Duplex printing 1 „ Watermark 2 „ Scaling „ Job Spooling 2 „ ...„ Improve Print Output 1 These settings are not available with the Mac OS® 10.2.4. 2 These settings are not available with the Macintosh® printer driver. 3 These settings are not available with the HL-2140. Driver and Software 3 28
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... g/m2 to 95 g/m2 / 19 to the envelope correctly when Envelopes has been selected, choose Env. If the toner is crumpled when Envelopes has been selected, choose Env.Thin. Paper Source 3 You can use the following types of ...bond paper, choose Bond Paper. • When you put paper in your printer. For the best print quality, select the type of media in the manual feed slot. 31 Thick. Note The... printer automatically turns on the Manual Feed mode when you use . Thin Recycled Paper 3 Note &#...
... g/m2 to 95 g/m2 / 19 to the envelope correctly when Envelopes has been selected, choose Env. If the toner is crumpled when Envelopes has been selected, choose Env.Thin. Paper Source 3 You can use the following types of ...bond paper, choose Bond Paper. • When you put paper in your printer. For the best print quality, select the type of media in the manual feed slot. 31 Thick. Note The... printer automatically turns on the Manual Feed mode when you use . Thin Recycled Paper 3 Note &#...
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... seconds, a single copy will be 5 minutes. Click Off to the most suitable timeout setting depending on for power saving. „ Macro (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only) You can choose which will be hidden by clicking a tasktray icon. When you keep sleep mode on the frequency of a document as ...). This will automatically wake up in the quick print setting. • Multiple Page • Manual Duplex • Toner Save Mode • Paper Source • Media Type „ Sleep Time When the printer does not receive data for about 4 seconds until all the LEDs light up the...
... seconds, a single copy will be 5 minutes. Click Off to the most suitable timeout setting depending on for power saving. „ Macro (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only) You can choose which will be hidden by clicking a tasktray icon. When you keep sleep mode on the frequency of a document as ...). This will automatically wake up in the quick print setting. • Multiple Page • Manual Duplex • Toner Save Mode • Paper Source • Media Type „ Sleep Time When the printer does not receive data for about 4 seconds until all the LEDs light up the...
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... will print. 3 „ Density adjustment Increase or decrease the print density. We recommend that you change the printer driver setting in Media Type to a thin setting. • Improve Toner Fixing If you set the resolution to HQ 1200. „ Error Message Printout You can customize the information....132; Header-Footer Print When this feature is not available when you choose this setting, the toner fixing on paper may be improved. By clicking Setting, you can choose whether the printer reports problems by printing an error page. Selections are printing only a few pages, you do...
... will print. 3 „ Density adjustment Increase or decrease the print density. We recommend that you change the printer driver setting in Media Type to a thin setting. • Improve Toner Fixing If you set the resolution to HQ 1200. „ Error Message Printout You can customize the information....132; Header-Footer Print When this feature is not available when you choose this setting, the toner fixing on paper may be improved. By clicking Setting, you can choose whether the printer reports problems by printing an error page. Selections are printing only a few pages, you do...
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... Off. Driver and Software „ Toner Save Mode You can visit the Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) and our website for original/genuine Brother supplies by clicking the Support button. The default setting is a web site offering information about your printer. 42 Note • We do not recommend Toner Save Mode for printing Photo...
... Off. Driver and Software „ Toner Save Mode You can visit the Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) and our website for original/genuine Brother supplies by clicking the Support button. The default setting is a web site offering information about your printer. 42 Note • We do not recommend Toner Save Mode for printing Photo...
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... are printing only a few pages, you do not need to a thin setting. 3 • Improve Toner Fixing If you choose this setting, the toner fixing on , run the BrStatusMonitor.app (from the Macintosh HD (Startup Disk), choose Library, Printers, Brother, Utilities). 44 If you would like to improve a print quality problem. • Reduce Paper Curl...
... are printing only a few pages, you do not need to a thin setting. 3 • Improve Toner Fixing If you choose this setting, the toner fixing on , run the BrStatusMonitor.app (from the Macintosh HD (Startup Disk), choose Library, Printers, Brother, Utilities). 44 If you would like to improve a print quality problem. • Reduce Paper Curl...
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... button on the control panel. 1 Toner LED The Toner LED indicates when the Toner is low or at the end 4 of its life. 2 Drum LED 1 The Drum LED indicates when the Drum is nearing the end of its life. 2 3 Error LED 3 The Error LED indicates when the printer is in one of the following... LED will flash depending on . or or or LED is dimmed. LED is blinking. 48 or or LED is off. The LED is on the printer status. 4 Go button Wake-up / Error recovery / Form feed / Job Cancel / Reprint The LED indications shown in the table below are used in the illustrations...
... button on the control panel. 1 Toner LED The Toner LED indicates when the Toner is low or at the end 4 of its life. 2 Drum LED 1 The Drum LED indicates when the Drum is nearing the end of its life. 2 3 Error LED 3 The Error LED indicates when the printer is in one of the following... LED will flash depending on . or or or LED is dimmed. LED is blinking. 48 or or LED is off. The LED is on the printer status. 4 Go button Wake-up / Error recovery / Form feed / Job Cancel / Reprint The LED indications shown in the table below are used in the illustrations...
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... memory There is not installed correctly. Receiving data The printer is either receiving data from the computer, processing data in memory or printing the data. 4 Data remaining in the printer memory. Toner low Indicates that the toner cartridge is warming up The printer is nearly empty. LED Control Panel Printer status Warming up . Cooling down The...
... memory There is not installed correctly. Receiving data The printer is either receiving data from the computer, processing data in memory or printing the data. 4 Data remaining in the printer memory. Toner low Indicates that the toner cartridge is warming up The printer is nearly empty. LED Control Panel Printer status Warming up . Cooling down The...
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... below . 4 If you see the service call indication shown above, turn off the printer power switch, wait a few seconds, and then turn it on again. LED indications while pressing the Go button LEDs Toner Main PCB failure Fuser unit failure 1 Laser unit failure Main motor failure High voltage failure... off the power switch, and then turn it back on and try to your dealer or Brother Customer Service. 53 If the error occurs again, call your dealer or Brother Customer Service. Leave the printer for 10 minutes with the power on. Control Panel Service call indications 4 If there is ...
... below . 4 If you see the service call indication shown above, turn off the printer power switch, wait a few seconds, and then turn it on again. LED indications while pressing the Go button LEDs Toner Main PCB failure Fuser unit failure 1 Laser unit failure Main motor failure High voltage failure... off the power switch, and then turn it back on and try to your dealer or Brother Customer Service. 53 If the error occurs again, call your dealer or Brother Customer Service. Leave the printer for 10 minutes with the power on. Control Panel Service call indications 4 If there is ...
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...down the Go button as you are off the printer. Release the Go button. Control Panel Print a test page 4 You can use the Go button or the printer driver to print a test page. The printer will print a test page. c Hold down until the 4 Toner, Drum and Error LEDs light up. Using the... printer driver 4 If you turn on the power switch. Make sure that the front ...
...down the Go button as you are off the printer. Release the Go button. Control Panel Print a test page 4 You can use the Go button or the printer driver to print a test page. The printer will print a test page. c Hold down until the 4 Toner, Drum and Error LEDs light up. Using the... printer driver 4 If you turn on the power switch. Make sure that the front ...
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... using the control panel button or printer driver. c Hold down until the 4 Toner, Drum and Error LEDs light up. d Press the Go button twice. Using the Go button 4 a Turn off . Using the printer driver 4 If you are off the printer. Keep the Go button pressed down... Control Panel Print Fonts (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only) 4 You can print a list of the internal fonts using the Brother's Windows® printer driver, you can print a list of the internal fonts by clicking the Print Fonts button in . The printer will print a list of the internal fonts. Make sure that ...
... using the control panel button or printer driver. c Hold down until the 4 Toner, Drum and Error LEDs light up. d Press the Go button twice. Using the Go button 4 a Turn off . Using the printer driver 4 If you are off the printer. Keep the Go button pressed down... Control Panel Print Fonts (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only) 4 You can print a list of the internal fonts using the Brother's Windows® printer driver, you can print a list of the internal fonts by clicking the Print Fonts button in . The printer will print a list of the internal fonts. Make sure that ...
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... want to reset the print server back to its default settings (resetting all the LEDs light up . b Make sure that the Toner, Drum and Paper LEDs are off the printer. Release the Go button. Make sure that the front cover is closed and the power cord is plugged in. 4 c Hold ...down until the Toner, Drum and Error LEDs light up to indicate the print server has been reset to its default settings. 59 Control Panel Network default settings (HL-2150N / HL-2170W ...
... want to reset the print server back to its default settings (resetting all the LEDs light up . b Make sure that the Toner, Drum and Paper LEDs are off the printer. Release the Go button. Make sure that the front cover is closed and the power cord is plugged in. 4 c Hold ...down until the Toner, Drum and Error LEDs light up to indicate the print server has been reset to its default settings. 59 Control Panel Network default settings (HL-2150N / HL-2170W ...
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...unit on page 61. 5 Routine Maintenance 5 You will need to replace certain parts and clean the printer regularly. When you have just used the printer, some internal parts of the printer, DO NOT touch the shaded parts 5 shown in the illustration. WARNING When you replace certain parts... or clean the inside of the printer, remember the following: • If your clothes are smeared with toner, wipe off the toner with a dry...
...unit on page 61. 5 Routine Maintenance 5 You will need to replace certain parts and clean the printer regularly. When you have just used the printer, some internal parts of the printer, DO NOT touch the shaded parts 5 shown in the illustration. WARNING When you replace certain parts... or clean the inside of the printer, remember the following: • If your clothes are smeared with toner, wipe off the toner with a dry...
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... on for 2 seconds and off for lighter or darker printing, the amount of toner used varies according to unpack the toner cartridge until it ready before you put it into the printer. Buy a new toner cartridge and have it has reached the end of its life. cartridge yield is ... Letter-size single-sided pages. Routine Maintenance Toner cartridge 5 The life of the original toner cartridge that came with the printer may be either a starter 1, standard 2 or high yield 3 toner cartridge, and depends on the model and country you get a Toner Life End message. cartridge yield is declared ...
... on for 2 seconds and off for lighter or darker printing, the amount of toner used varies according to unpack the toner cartridge until it ready before you put it into the printer. Buy a new toner cartridge and have it has reached the end of its life. cartridge yield is ... Letter-size single-sided pages. Routine Maintenance Toner cartridge 5 The life of the original toner cartridge that came with the printer may be either a starter 1, standard 2 or high yield 3 toner cartridge, and depends on the model and country you get a Toner Life End message. cartridge yield is declared ...
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... cover. See Cleaning on . a Make sure that you clean the printer when you want to buy toner cartridges, call your dealer or Brother Customer Service. • We recommend that the printer is turned on page 73. When you replace the toner cartridge. Routine Maintenance 5 5 Replacing the toner cartridge 5 Note • To ensure high quality printing, we...
... cover. See Cleaning on . a Make sure that you clean the printer when you want to buy toner cartridges, call your dealer or Brother Customer Service. • We recommend that the printer is turned on page 73. When you replace the toner cartridge. Routine Maintenance 5 5 Replacing the toner cartridge 5 Note • To ensure high quality printing, we...
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To prevent damage to the printer from static electricity, DO NOT touch the electrodes shown in case you put the drum unit and toner cartridge assembly on a piece of disposable paper or cloth in the illustration. 5 c Push down the green lock lever and take the toner cartridge out of the drum unit. 63 Routine Maintenance CAUTION We recommend that you accidentally spill or scatter toner.
To prevent damage to the printer from static electricity, DO NOT touch the electrodes shown in case you put the drum unit and toner cartridge assembly on a piece of disposable paper or cloth in the illustration. 5 c Push down the green lock lever and take the toner cartridge out of the drum unit. 63 Routine Maintenance CAUTION We recommend that you accidentally spill or scatter toner.
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...the shaded parts shown in unsatisfactory print quality. To protect your printer. If toner cartridges are left unpacked for a long time the toner life will be damaged. To prevent any problem that is put it in the Brother machine may cause damage to the machine and/or may be ...the illustrations. 5 CAUTION For USA and Canada Brother strongly recommends that you have removed the protective cover. Put the toner cartridge in the drum unit immediately after you continue to use of potentially incompatible toner and/or cartridges in the printer. If an unpacked drum unit is caused ...
...the shaded parts shown in unsatisfactory print quality. To protect your printer. If toner cartridges are left unpacked for a long time the toner life will be damaged. To prevent any problem that is put it in the Brother machine may cause damage to the machine and/or may be ...the illustrations. 5 CAUTION For USA and Canada Brother strongly recommends that you have removed the protective cover. Put the toner cartridge in the drum unit immediately after you continue to use of potentially incompatible toner and/or cartridges in the printer. If an unpacked drum unit is caused ...
