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ii DO NOT handle the plug with wet hands. Safety precautions To use the printer safely WA RNING There are high voltage electrodes inside of the printer or replace parts, make sure that you have turned off the power switch and unplugged the printer from the AC power outlet. Wait until it has cooled down sufficiently before replacing consumable items. DO NOT remove or damage the caution label located on or around the fuser. Before you clean the inside the printer. The fuser unit becomes extremely hot during operation. Doing this might cause an electrical shock.
ii DO NOT handle the plug with wet hands. Safety precautions To use the printer safely WA RNING There are high voltage electrodes inside of the printer or replace parts, make sure that you have turned off the power switch and unplugged the printer from the AC power outlet. Wait until it has cooled down sufficiently before replacing consumable items. DO NOT remove or damage the caution label located on or around the fuser. Before you clean the inside the printer. The fuser unit becomes extremely hot during operation. Doing this might cause an electrical shock.
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...HL-4050CDN / HL-4070CDW only 92 SO-DI M M ...93 SO-DIMM types ...93 Installing extra memory ...94 6 Routine Maintenance 96 Replacing the consumable items...96 Toner cartridges ...98 Drum unit ...105 Belt unit...111 Waste toner box ...116 Cleaning ...122 Cleaning the outside of the printer... drum unit...132 Shipping the printer...134 Repacking Instructions ...134 7 Troubleshooting 142 Identifying your problem ...142 LCD messages ...143 vi Software for networks ...66 About emulation modes...67 Automatic emulation selection (HL-4050CDN / HL-4070CDW only 67 Automatic interface selection......
...HL-4050CDN / HL-4070CDW only 92 SO-DI M M ...93 SO-DIMM types ...93 Installing extra memory ...94 6 Routine Maintenance 96 Replacing the consumable items...96 Toner cartridges ...98 Drum unit ...105 Belt unit...111 Waste toner box ...116 Cleaning ...122 Cleaning the outside of the printer... drum unit...132 Shipping the printer...134 Repacking Instructions ...134 7 Troubleshooting 142 Identifying your problem ...142 LCD messages ...143 vi Software for networks ...66 About emulation modes...67 Automatic emulation selection (HL-4050CDN / HL-4070CDW only 67 Automatic interface selection......
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... Parts Life Reset Parts Life (Appears only when replacement parts have been changed) Menu Selections Drum Life Belt Life PF KitMP Life PF Kit1 Life PF Kit2 Life (HL-4050CDN/HL-4070CDW only) Fuser Life Laser Life Drum Unit Belt Unit PF KitMP PF Kit1 PF Kit2 (HL-4050CDN/HL-4070CDW only) Descriptions Shows the remaining life for...
... Parts Life Reset Parts Life (Appears only when replacement parts have been changed) Menu Selections Drum Life Belt Life PF KitMP Life PF Kit1 Life PF Kit2 Life (HL-4050CDN/HL-4070CDW only) Fuser Life Laser Life Drum Unit Belt Unit PF KitMP PF Kit1 PF Kit2 (HL-4050CDN/HL-4070CDW only) Descriptions Shows the remaining life for...
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...5% print coverage for CMYK each (A4 or Letter size). To avoid any inconvenience, you may want to replace the consumable items before the printer stops printing. These messages provide advanced warnings to buy spare consumable items before they run out. LCD messages Ready... K YMC Ready K YMC Ready K YMC Ready Consumable part Approximate life to replace Toner cartridge, Black 2,500 pages 1 2 3 5,000 pages 1 2 4 Toner ...
...5% print coverage for CMYK each (A4 or Letter size). To avoid any inconvenience, you may want to replace the consumable items before the printer stops printing. These messages provide advanced warnings to buy spare consumable items before they run out. LCD messages Ready... K YMC Ready K YMC Ready K YMC Ready Consumable part Approximate life to replace Toner cartridge, Black 2,500 pages 1 2 3 5,000 pages 1 2 4 Toner ...
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...cartridges and a waste toner box is in the Ready state. Frequency of replacement will continue printing when any of these messages appear on the upper row of the printable area using any color toner cartridge. Drum End Soon Drum Unit 17,000 pages 1 See page... 100,000 pages 1 Call your dealer or Brother Customer Service for CMYK each (A4 or Letter size). Note • Discard used consumable items according to replace each of consumable items and printer parts may be reduced. • The projected life for a replacement laser unit. Change PF Kit1,2 Paper feeding kit ...
...cartridges and a waste toner box is in the Ready state. Frequency of replacement will continue printing when any of these messages appear on the upper row of the printable area using any color toner cartridge. Drum End Soon Drum Unit 17,000 pages 1 See page... 100,000 pages 1 Call your dealer or Brother Customer Service for CMYK each (A4 or Letter size). Note • Discard used consumable items according to replace each of consumable items and printer parts may be reduced. • The projected life for a replacement laser unit. Change PF Kit1,2 Paper feeding kit ...
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...density setting. • Wait to unpack the toner cartridge until immediately before it into the printer. Replacing a toner cartridge 6 Note • To ensure high quality printing, we recommend that you clean the printer when you can print up to 300 additional pages (at 5% coverage) after the Toner...on the LCD will disappear. When you need to replace the toner cartridge with a new one before you use only genuine Brother toner cartridges. If the o indicator starts blinking, the printer has nearly run out of the LCD indicates which color you want to right. Toner Life End message ...
...density setting. • Wait to unpack the toner cartridge until immediately before it into the printer. Replacing a toner cartridge 6 Note • To ensure high quality printing, we recommend that you clean the printer when you can print up to 300 additional pages (at 5% coverage) after the Toner...on the LCD will disappear. When you need to replace the toner cartridge with a new one before you use only genuine Brother toner cartridges. If the o indicator starts blinking, the printer has nearly run out of the LCD indicates which color you want to right. Toner Life End message ...
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... NOT touch the shaded parts shown in the illustrations. 6 CA UTI ON For USA and Canada Brother strongly recommends that is put it in the printer. To protect your printer. Brother cannot guarantee this optimum performance if toner or toner cartridges of other specifications are designed to work to...damage is caused to use of using other part of this machine as a result may result in the Brother machine may be covered by the use only genuine Brother brand replacement toner cartridges. If an unpacked drum unit is caused by the warranty. 99 Our warranty coverage does ...
... NOT touch the shaded parts shown in the illustrations. 6 CA UTI ON For USA and Canada Brother strongly recommends that is put it in the printer. To protect your printer. Brother cannot guarantee this optimum performance if toner or toner cartridges of other specifications are designed to work to...damage is caused to use of using other part of this machine as a result may result in the Brother machine may be covered by the use only genuine Brother brand replacement toner cartridges. If an unpacked drum unit is caused by the warranty. 99 Our warranty coverage does ...
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...in the print quality. Because we have no control over the many factors that you replace the drum unit, clean the inside of the 6 printer itself. Drum End Soon message 6 Drum End Soon If the LCD shows Drum End... Soon, it may reduce not only the print quality but also the quality and life of the printer. (See Cleaning on . Every time you replace the drum unit with a new one before there is a noticeable deterioration in a clean, dustfree environment ... caused by your drum will be printed by the use only genuine Brother toner. Routine Maintenance Drum unit 6 Order No.
...in the print quality. Because we have no control over the many factors that you replace the drum unit, clean the inside of the 6 printer itself. Drum End Soon message 6 Drum End Soon If the LCD shows Drum End... Soon, it may reduce not only the print quality but also the quality and life of the printer. (See Cleaning on . Every time you replace the drum unit with a new one before there is a noticeable deterioration in a clean, dustfree environment ... caused by your drum will be printed by the use only genuine Brother toner. Routine Maintenance Drum unit 6 Order No.
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key to choose Reset Parts Life. key to choose Machine Info.. d Press OK, and then press the + key to the next menu level, and then press the + or - c Press OK to proceed to choose Drum Unit. e Press OK two times. 6 110 b Press the + or - Routine Maintenance When you replace the drum unit with a new one, you need to reset the drum counter by completing the following steps: a Turn the printer power switch back on.
key to choose Reset Parts Life. key to choose Machine Info.. d Press OK, and then press the + key to the next menu level, and then press the + or - c Press OK to proceed to choose Drum Unit. e Press OK two times. 6 110 b Press the + or - Routine Maintenance When you replace the drum unit with a new one, you need to reset the drum counter by completing the following steps: a Turn the printer power switch back on.
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BU-100CL Change Belt Unit message 6 When the belt unit runs out, the following message appears on the LCD. Replacing the belt unit 6 a Turn off the printer power switch. Press the front cover release button and then open the front cover. When you see this message, you touch it, it stops. 111... b Hold the green handle of the belt unit may void your warranty. If you must replace the belt unit: Change Belt...
BU-100CL Change Belt Unit message 6 When the belt unit runs out, the following message appears on the LCD. Replacing the belt unit 6 a Turn off the printer power switch. Press the front cover release button and then open the front cover. When you see this message, you touch it, it stops. 111... b Hold the green handle of the belt unit may void your warranty. If you must replace the belt unit: Change Belt...
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e Press OK two times. 6 115 c Press OK to proceed to choose Machine Info.. button to the next menu level, and then press the + or - d Press OK, and then press the + button to reset the belt unit counter by completing the following steps: a Turn the printer power switch back on. Routine Maintenance When you replace the belt unit with a new one, you need to choose Belt Unit. b Press the + or - button to choose Reset Parts Life.
e Press OK two times. 6 115 c Press OK to proceed to choose Machine Info.. button to the next menu level, and then press the + or - d Press OK, and then press the + button to reset the belt unit counter by completing the following steps: a Turn the printer power switch back on. Routine Maintenance When you replace the belt unit with a new one, you need to choose Belt Unit. b Press the + or - button to choose Reset Parts Life.
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... 20,000 pages at 5% coverage for CMYK each, you must replace the waste toner box: Waste Toner Full 6 WA RNING DO NOT reuse the waste toner box. It could explode. Replacing the waste toner box 6 a Turn off the printer power switch. The actual number of printed pages will vary depending ...on the LCD and the printer will stop printing. Be careful not to get into a fire. When you ...
... 20,000 pages at 5% coverage for CMYK each, you must replace the waste toner box: Waste Toner Full 6 WA RNING DO NOT reuse the waste toner box. It could explode. Replacing the waste toner box 6 a Turn off the printer power switch. The actual number of printed pages will vary depending ...on the LCD and the printer will stop printing. Be careful not to get into a fire. When you ...
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... or benzine will damage the surface of the printer. 122 DO NOT use cleaning materials that you replace the toner cartridge or the drum unit, make sure that contain ammonia. 6 DO NOT use flammable substances near the printer. Cleaning the outside and inside of the printer. Cleaning with a dry, lint-free cloth. a Turn off...
... or benzine will damage the surface of the printer. 122 DO NOT use cleaning materials that you replace the toner cartridge or the drum unit, make sure that contain ammonia. 6 DO NOT use flammable substances near the printer. Cleaning the outside and inside of the printer. Cleaning with a dry, lint-free cloth. a Turn off...
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... unit over by holding the green handle. c See the print sample to d in Replacing the drum unit on a clean, flat surface with a piece of disposable paper underneath it...of the drum you should clean the drum for cyan. The color of the spots is the color of the poor print. 132 See steps a to identify the color causing the problem. Make sure that the drum unit gears (1)... you have print quality problems, clean the drum unit as follows: a Pull the drum unit out from the printer and pull all the toner cartridge out from the drum unit. Routine Maintenance Cleaning the drum unit 6 If you...
... unit over by holding the green handle. c See the print sample to d in Replacing the drum unit on a clean, flat surface with a piece of disposable paper underneath it...of the drum you should clean the drum for cyan. The color of the spots is the color of the poor print. 132 See steps a to identify the color causing the problem. Make sure that the drum unit gears (1)... you have print quality problems, clean the drum unit as follows: a Pull the drum unit out from the printer and pull all the toner cartridge out from the drum unit. Routine Maintenance Cleaning the drum unit 6 If you...
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... paper tray: Tray1 • Multi-purpose tray: MP • Optional Lower tray(HL-4050CDN / HL-4070CDW only): Tray2 Error messages Error message A ction Access Error The USB device was removed while data was processing. If the printer is indicated on the second line of LCD. (See About paper on page 6.) ... paper from or Brother Customer Service. Low Temperature Allow the machine to warm up. Note The LCD names for 15 minutes with the power on page 147. Take out the toner cartridge that is indicated on again. If this error message appears again, replace the DIMM with...
... paper tray: Tray1 • Multi-purpose tray: MP • Optional Lower tray(HL-4050CDN / HL-4070CDW only): Tray2 Error messages Error message A ction Access Error The USB device was removed while data was processing. If the printer is indicated on the second line of LCD. (See About paper on page 6.) ... paper from or Brother Customer Service. Low Temperature Allow the machine to warm up. Note The LCD names for 15 minutes with the power on page 147. Take out the toner cartridge that is indicated on again. If this error message appears again, replace the DIMM with...
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... off the printer. Registration failed. Put in a new belt unit. (See Replacing the belt unit on page 111.) If the problem continues, call your dealer or Brother Customer Service. Maintenance messages Error message o o n o Change Belt Unit Change PF KitXX Drum End Soon Fuser Unit End Laser Unit End ...color toner is time to replace the toner cartridge. (See Replacing a toner cartridge on page 98.) Take out Tray2 and push it on again. When the toner becomes empty, the o indicator disappears completely. Replace the belt unit. It is time to replace the laser unit. It is time to replace ...
... off the printer. Registration failed. Put in a new belt unit. (See Replacing the belt unit on page 111.) If the problem continues, call your dealer or Brother Customer Service. Maintenance messages Error message o o n o Change Belt Unit Change PF KitXX Drum End Soon Fuser Unit End Laser Unit End ...color toner is time to replace the toner cartridge. (See Replacing a toner cartridge on page 98.) Take out Tray2 and push it on again. When the toner becomes empty, the o indicator disappears completely. Replace the belt unit. It is time to replace the laser unit. It is time to replace ...
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Troubleshooting Maintenance messages (continued) Error message Waste Toner Soon Meaning The waste toner box is almost full. If this does not clear the problem, call your dealer or a Brother Customer Service. 7 145 A ction Be ready to replace the waste toner box. (See Replacing the waste toner box on again. Wait a few seconds, then turn it on page 116.) Call service messages Call service message Print Unable ## A ction Turn off the printer.
Troubleshooting Maintenance messages (continued) Error message Waste Toner Soon Meaning The waste toner box is almost full. If this does not clear the problem, call your dealer or a Brother Customer Service. 7 145 A ction Be ready to replace the waste toner box. (See Replacing the waste toner box on again. Wait a few seconds, then turn it on page 116.) Call service messages Call service message Print Unable ## A ction Turn off the printer.
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...Cleaning the inside of the scanner windows on page 123.) Identify the missing color and put in a new drum unit. (See Replacing the drum unit on page 105.) Colors are installed properly. Make sure that the back cover is closed properly. ...Make sure that the recommended paper was used. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. Shake the toner cartridges gently. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. Check the interface cable or try the printer...
...Cleaning the inside of the scanner windows on page 123.) Identify the missing color and put in a new drum unit. (See Replacing the drum unit on page 105.) Colors are installed properly. Make sure that the back cover is closed properly. ...Make sure that the recommended paper was used. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. Shake the toner cartridges gently. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. Check the interface cable or try the printer...
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... in a new drum unit. (See Replacing the drum unit on page 105.) Colored lines across the page ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. Conditions such as high humidity can cause white spots or hollow print. (See Positioning the printer on page 5.) Completely blank or some...
... in a new drum unit. (See Replacing the drum unit on page 105.) Colored lines across the page ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. Conditions such as high humidity can cause white spots or hollow print. (See Positioning the printer on page 5.) Completely blank or some...
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...printer may not be able to reproduce the colors on your printouts is installed properly. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. Make sure that meets our specifications. (See About paper on page 6.) Identify the color causing the problem and put in a new toner cartridge. (See Replacing.... Make sure that the toner cartridges are different. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. Colors the printer can print and colors you expected All one color Check the printer's environment. Clean the drum unit. (See Cleaning the drum unit...
...printer may not be able to reproduce the colors on your printouts is installed properly. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. Make sure that meets our specifications. (See About paper on page 6.) Identify the color causing the problem and put in a new toner cartridge. (See Replacing.... Make sure that the toner cartridges are different. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. Colors the printer can print and colors you expected All one color Check the printer's environment. Clean the drum unit. (See Cleaning the drum unit...