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... Lower tray unit (LT-5300) ...56 DIMM ...57 DIMM types ...57 Installing extra memory ...58 Print server (NC-2100p) (For HL-5240 60 6 Routine Maintenance Replacing the consumable items...61 Consumables...61 Toner cartridge ...62 Drum unit ...68 Replacing periodic maintenance parts...72 Cleaning... printer...73 Cleaning the inside of the printer...74 Cleaning the corona wire...77 7 Troubleshooting Identifying your problem ...79 Error messages in the Status Monitor ...80 Error message printout ...82 Paper handling ...83 Paper jams and how to clear them ...84 Improving the print quality...91 Solving...
... Lower tray unit (LT-5300) ...56 DIMM ...57 DIMM types ...57 Installing extra memory ...58 Print server (NC-2100p) (For HL-5240 60 6 Routine Maintenance Replacing the consumable items...61 Consumables...61 Toner cartridge ...62 Drum unit ...68 Replacing periodic maintenance parts...72 Cleaning... printer...73 Cleaning the inside of the printer...74 Cleaning the corona wire...77 7 Troubleshooting Identifying your problem ...79 Error messages in the Status Monitor ...80 Error message printout ...82 Paper handling ...83 Paper jams and how to clear them ...84 Improving the print quality...91 Solving...
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Back view 1 2 3 1. About this Printer 8 7 6 5 4 1 Back cover 2 Duplex Tray (For HL-5250DN) 3 AC power connector 4 HL-5250DN: Network status LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) 5 HL-5250DN: 10/100BASE-TX port 6 USB interface connector 7 DIMM cover 8 Parallel interface connector Note The printer illustration is based on HL-5250DN. 3
Back view 1 2 3 1. About this Printer 8 7 6 5 4 1 Back cover 2 Duplex Tray (For HL-5250DN) 3 AC power connector 4 HL-5250DN: Network status LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) 5 HL-5250DN: 10/100BASE-TX port 6 USB interface connector 7 DIMM cover 8 Parallel interface connector Note The printer illustration is based on HL-5250DN. 3
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... Mode Duplex printing (Manual Duplex printing 1 3 / Duplex printing with Duplex tray 4) Watermark 1 3 Job Spooling 1 3 Quick Print Setup 1 3 Sleep Time Status Monitor 1 Macro 1 3 Administrator 1 2 3 Insert Command/File 1 2 3 Page Protection 1 3 Print Date & Time 1 3 Density adjustment 1 3 ... are not available with Windows NT® 4.0 and Windows® 2000/XP. 3 These settings are not available with Brother Laser driver and BR-Script printer driver for Macintosh®. 4 This setting is not available for...
... Mode Duplex printing (Manual Duplex printing 1 3 / Duplex printing with Duplex tray 4) Watermark 1 3 Job Spooling 1 3 Quick Print Setup 1 3 Sleep Time Status Monitor 1 Macro 1 3 Administrator 1 2 3 Insert Command/File 1 2 3 Page Protection 1 3 Print Date & Time 1 3 Density adjustment 1 3 ... are not available with Windows NT® 4.0 and Windows® 2000/XP. 3 These settings are not available with Brother Laser driver and BR-Script printer driver for Macintosh®. 4 This setting is not available for...
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Device Options 3. Driver and Software You can set the following in Printer Function: (You can jump to the page for each Printer Function by choosing the function name in the list below.) Job Spooling Quick Print Setup Sleep Time Status Monitor Macro Administrator (For Windows® 95/98/Me only) Insert Command/File (For Windows® 95/98/Me only) Page Protection Print Date & Time Density adjustment Error Message Printout Note The Printer Function list may vary depending on the model. 29
Device Options 3. Driver and Software You can set the following in Printer Function: (You can jump to the page for each Printer Function by choosing the function name in the list below.) Job Spooling Quick Print Setup Sleep Time Status Monitor Macro Administrator (For Windows® 95/98/Me only) Insert Command/File (For Windows® 95/98/Me only) Page Protection Print Date & Time Density adjustment Error Message Printout Note The Printer Function list may vary depending on the model. 29
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...Time. This will save a page of time, it in the job spooling settings. Quick Print Setup This feature allows you can turn the status monitor on or off . When you want to start printing. Click Off to the settings of the following functions: • Multiple Page • ...; Sleep Time When the printer does not receive data for a certain period of a document as though it down for the Status Monitor is in order (Toner, Drum, Paper, Status), and then release Go. If you choose Printer Default the timeout setting will appear. You can use . Driver and Software ...
...Time. This will save a page of time, it in the job spooling settings. Quick Print Setup This feature allows you can turn the status monitor on or off . When you want to start printing. Click Off to the settings of the following functions: • Multiple Page • ...; Sleep Time When the printer does not receive data for a certain period of a document as though it down for the Status Monitor is in order (Toner, Drum, Paper, Status), and then release Go. If you choose Printer Default the timeout setting will appear. You can use . Driver and Software ...
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... 3. Choose this mode for printing text and figures, such as though it enters sleep mode. Status Monitor (For Mac® X 10.2.4 or greater users) This reports the printer status (any errors that have continuous gradation. If you choose this setting for printing photographs that have less...printing text documents, the print speed will automatically wake up the printer to turn the status monitor on, run the BrStatusMonitor.app (from the Macintosh HD (Startup Disk), choose Library, Printers, Brother, Utilities). 39 Choose this mode for a certain period of time (timeout), it were...
... 3. Choose this mode for printing text and figures, such as though it enters sleep mode. Status Monitor (For Mac® X 10.2.4 or greater users) This reports the printer status (any errors that have continuous gradation. If you choose this setting for printing photographs that have less...printing text documents, the print speed will automatically wake up the printer to turn the status monitor on, run the BrStatusMonitor.app (from the Macintosh HD (Startup Disk), choose Library, Printers, Brother, Utilities). 39 Choose this mode for a certain period of time (timeout), it were...
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... Windows NT® 4.0 Server Web BRAdmin and Internet Information Service 5.0 are supported by e-mail to manage all LAN/WAN Brother network connected devices. If the administrator installs the printer driver and port driver using the BRAdmin Light software, you to easily configure... and check the status of the Windows® BRAdmin software. Driver Deployment Wizard (For Windows®) This installer includes the Windows® printer driver and Brother network port driver (LPR and NetBIOS). Driver and Software Software Software for networks (For HL-5250DN only) BRAdmin Professional...
... Windows NT® 4.0 Server Web BRAdmin and Internet Information Service 5.0 are supported by e-mail to manage all LAN/WAN Brother network connected devices. If the administrator installs the printer driver and port driver using the BRAdmin Light software, you to easily configure... and check the status of the Windows® BRAdmin software. Driver Deployment Wizard (For Windows®) This installer includes the Windows® printer driver and Brother network port driver (LPR and NetBIOS). Driver and Software Software Software for networks (For HL-5250DN only) BRAdmin Professional...
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or or or or LED is off . The LED indications shown in this chapter. Note When the power switch is on the control panel. LED is off or the printer is blinking. LED is in sleep mode, all the LEDs are used in the illustrations in the table below are off. 45 4 Control Panel LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) This section refers to the four LEDs Toner, Drum, Paper and Status, and two buttons Go and Job Cancel on .
or or or or LED is off . The LED indications shown in this chapter. Note When the power switch is on the control panel. LED is off or the printer is blinking. LED is in sleep mode, all the LEDs are used in the illustrations in the table below are off. 45 4 Control Panel LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) This section refers to the four LEDs Toner, Drum, Paper and Status, and two buttons Go and Job Cancel on .
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Warming up The printer is warming up the printer from the computer, processing data in sleep mode. Wait for a few seconds until inside of the printer has cooled down . Control Panel Printer status Sleep mode The power switch is off or the printer is either receiving data from sleep mode to ready mode. Pressing Go wakes up . Ready to print. Receiving data The printer is in memory or printing the data. 46 LED 4. Cooling down The printer is ready to print The printer is cooling down .
Warming up The printer is warming up the printer from the computer, processing data in sleep mode. Wait for a few seconds until inside of the printer has cooled down . Control Panel Printer status Sleep mode The power switch is off or the printer is either receiving data from sleep mode to ready mode. Pressing Go wakes up . Ready to print. Receiving data The printer is in memory or printing the data. 46 LED 4. Cooling down The printer is ready to print The printer is cooling down .
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... empty. The Toner LED will turn on for 2 seconds and off for when Toner life end is remaining print data in memory. Control Panel Printer status Data remaining in memory There is indicated. Cartridge position error The drum unit assembly is on for 2 seconds and off for a long time and nothing...
... empty. The Toner LED will turn on for 2 seconds and off for when Toner life end is remaining print data in memory. Control Panel Printer status Data remaining in memory There is indicated. Cartridge position error The drum unit assembly is on for 2 seconds and off for a long time and nothing...
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... cable connection between the PC and printer. Delete fonts or add more memory to use for Duplex (For HL-5250DN) Prees Go or Job Cancel. Front cover is A4, Letter or Legal. Control Panel Printer status No paper Put paper in . The paper size you selected in the current driver setting. LED 4. Print...
... cable connection between the PC and printer. Delete fonts or add more memory to use for Duplex (For HL-5250DN) Prees Go or Job Cancel. Front cover is A4, Letter or Legal. Control Panel Printer status No paper Put paper in . The paper size you selected in the current driver setting. LED 4. Print...
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...on , call is installed correctly. If you press Go and Job Cancel buttons together, the LEDs will show that a service call your dealer or Brother authorized service representative. 2 If this error occurs, turn off the power switch, wait a few seconds, and then turn it on again. If the... the user, the printer will light up all the LEDs as shown in the table below . Control Panel Service call your dealer or a Brother authorized service representative. LED indications while pressing Go and Job Cancel LEDs Toner Main PCB failure Fuser unit failure 1 Laser unit failure Main motor...
...on , call is installed correctly. If you press Go and Job Cancel buttons together, the LEDs will show that a service call your dealer or Brother authorized service representative. 2 If this error occurs, turn off the power switch, wait a few seconds, and then turn it on again. If the... the user, the printer will light up all the LEDs as shown in the table below . Control Panel Service call your dealer or a Brother authorized service representative. LED indications while pressing Go and Job Cancel LEDs Toner Main PCB failure Fuser unit failure 1 Laser unit failure Main motor...
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Note Make sure that the front cover is completely closed before you report a service call. 50 Control Panel Make a note of the indication and report the error status to your dealer or a Brother authorized service representative by referring to the above table. For example, the LED indication below shows a fuser unit failure. 4.
Note Make sure that the front cover is completely closed before you report a service call. 50 Control Panel Make a note of the indication and report the error status to your dealer or a Brother authorized service representative by referring to the above table. For example, the LED indication below shows a fuser unit failure. 4.
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... the printer is an error, the printer will recover automatically from some errors. The printer will print any remaining data in order (Toner, Drum, Paper, Status), and then release Go. Within 2 seconds press Go the number of times you press Job Cancel while printing, the printer will immediately stop printing and... an error is not automatically cleared, press Go to clear the error, and then continue to use the printer. Form feed If the yellow Status LED is on for about 4 seconds until all the LEDs light up and go to the Ready state. Error recovery If there is in...
... the printer is an error, the printer will recover automatically from some errors. The printer will print any remaining data in order (Toner, Drum, Paper, Status), and then release Go. Within 2 seconds press Go the number of times you press Job Cancel while printing, the printer will immediately stop printing and... an error is not automatically cleared, press Go to clear the error, and then continue to use the printer. Form feed If the yellow Status LED is on for about 4 seconds until all the LEDs light up and go to the Ready state. Error recovery If there is in...
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... Panel Print a test page You can use the Go button or the printer driver to print a test page. c Hold down Go as you are using Brother's Windows® printer driver, click the Print Test Page button in . Make sure that the front cover is closed and the power cord is plugged... in the General tab of the Windows® printer driver. 52 b Make sure that all the LEDs will light up, and then the Status LED will print a test page. d Press Go again. 4. The printer will turn on the power switch.
... Panel Print a test page You can use the Go button or the printer driver to print a test page. c Hold down Go as you are using Brother's Windows® printer driver, click the Print Test Page button in . Make sure that the front cover is closed and the power cord is plugged... in the General tab of the Windows® printer driver. 52 b Make sure that all the LEDs will light up, and then the Status LED will print a test page. d Press Go again. 4. The printer will turn on the power switch.
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... the printer driver If you are using the control panel button or printer driver. c Hold down Go as you can print a list of the internal fonts using Brother's Windows® printer driver, you turn off the printer. Control Panel Print Fonts You can print a list of the... internal fonts. Using the control panel button a Turn off . b Make sure that all the LEDs will light up, and then the Status LED will print a list of the internal fonts by ...
... the printer driver If you are using the control panel button or printer driver. c Hold down Go as you can print a list of the internal fonts using Brother's Windows® printer driver, you turn off the printer. Control Panel Print Fonts You can print a list of the... internal fonts. Using the control panel button a Turn off . b Make sure that all the LEDs will light up, and then the Status LED will print a list of the internal fonts by ...
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...LEDs have turned off . c Hold down Go as you turn off the printer. b Make sure that all the LEDs will light up , and then the Status LED will turn on APIPA, see the Network User's Guide. • You can also disable the APIPA protocol using a web browser, BRAdmin Professional, BRAdmin ...all the LEDs light up to indicate the print server has been reset to its default settings. Network default setting with APIPA protocol disabled (For HL-5250DN) If you want to reset the print server back to its default settings (resetting all the LEDs light up to indicate the print server has...
...LEDs have turned off . c Hold down Go as you turn off the printer. b Make sure that all the LEDs will light up , and then the Status LED will turn on APIPA, see the Network User's Guide. • You can also disable the APIPA protocol using a web browser, BRAdmin Professional, BRAdmin ...all the LEDs light up to indicate the print server has been reset to its default settings. Network default setting with APIPA protocol disabled (For HL-5250DN) If you want to reset the print server back to its default settings (resetting all the LEDs light up to indicate the print server has...
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... cord is connected properly and the printer is turned on page 97. 79 Printer does not print: If you need additional help, the Brother Solutions Center offers the latest FAQs and troubleshooting tips. 7 Troubleshooting You can correct most problems by yourself. Visit us at http://solutions...been chosen and is installed. The PC is blinking See LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) on page 45. Status Monitor Error Message appears See Error messages in the Status Monitor on page 80. Printer printed an Error Message See Error message printout on page 82. Paper handling...
... cord is connected properly and the printer is turned on page 97. 79 Printer does not print: If you need additional help, the Brother Solutions Center offers the latest FAQs and troubleshooting tips. 7 Troubleshooting You can correct most problems by yourself. Visit us at http://solutions...been chosen and is installed. The PC is blinking See LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) on page 45. Status Monitor Error Message appears See Error messages in the Status Monitor on page 80. Printer printed an Error Message See Error message printout on page 82. Paper handling...
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... The paper tray may be out of its life. If you use paper that meets Brother's recommended paper specifications. See Replacing the drum unit on page 84. Sometimes it is empty, put...the Advanced tab. If it is straight. Buy a new drum unit to remove the paper, turn the status monitor on page 5. Load the same size paper that you selected in the paper tray, ... See Device Options on page 63. Put the drum unit assembly back in the Status Monitor The Status Monitor will report problems with the printer. The paper size you selected in Tray 1/2/3 or ...
... The paper tray may be out of its life. If you use paper that meets Brother's recommended paper specifications. See Replacing the drum unit on page 84. Sometimes it is empty, put...the Advanced tab. If it is straight. Buy a new drum unit to remove the paper, turn the status monitor on page 5. Load the same size paper that you selected in the paper tray, ... See Device Options on page 63. Put the drum unit assembly back in the Status Monitor The Status Monitor will report problems with the printer. The paper size you selected in Tray 1/2/3 or ...
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... screen but they do not show up when it prints garbage data. We recommend that the printer cable is printed out. Turn off the Status Monitor in the Device Options tab in the Windows® printer driver. Press Go to print the remaining data in the printer memory. The...
... screen but they do not show up when it prints garbage data. We recommend that the printer cable is printed out. Turn off the Status Monitor in the Device Options tab in the Windows® printer driver. Press Go to print the remaining data in the printer memory. The...