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... the fuser. iii DO NOT use a vacuum cleaner to local regulations. Carefully clean the toner dust with volatile liquids such as thinner or benzine will damage the outside surface of the printer. • DO NOT use flammable substances or any type of spray to ignite inside or...NOT use cleaning materials that you have unplugged the printer from the AC power outlet. • Use neutral detergents. Cleaning with a dry, lint-free cloth and dispose of the machine. CAUTION Cleaning the outside of it according to clean up scattered toner. Doing this may cause a fire or electrical...
... the fuser. iii DO NOT use a vacuum cleaner to local regulations. Carefully clean the toner dust with volatile liquids such as thinner or benzine will damage the outside surface of the printer. • DO NOT use flammable substances or any type of spray to ignite inside or...NOT use cleaning materials that you have unplugged the printer from the AC power outlet. • Use neutral detergents. Cleaning with a dry, lint-free cloth and dispose of the machine. CAUTION Cleaning the outside of it according to clean up scattered toner. Doing this may cause a fire or electrical...
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Toner cartridge ...61 Drum unit ...68 Cleaning ...73 Cleaning the outside of the printer...73 Cleaning the inside of the printer...74 Cleaning the corona wire...77 6 Troubleshooting 79 Identifying your problem ...79 Error messages in the Status Monitor ...80 ......103 Important information for choosing your paper 104 Symbol and character sets (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only 107 How to 240 volt model only 118 Internal laser radiation ...119 IMPORTANT - for Europe and Other Countries) 117 Brother numbers ...117 Important information: regulations ...118 Radio interference (220 to 240...
Toner cartridge ...61 Drum unit ...68 Cleaning ...73 Cleaning the outside of the printer...73 Cleaning the inside of the printer...74 Cleaning the corona wire...77 6 Troubleshooting 79 Identifying your problem ...79 Error messages in the Status Monitor ...80 ......103 Important information for choosing your paper 104 Symbol and character sets (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only 107 How to 240 volt model only 118 Internal laser radiation ...119 IMPORTANT - for Europe and Other Countries) 117 Brother numbers ...117 Important information: regulations ...118 Radio interference (220 to 240...
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... parts. 1 1 Printer Quick Setup Guide CD-ROM Drum unit and starter toner cartridge assembly AC power cord Interface cable 1 The interface cable is no longer than 6 feet (2 meters). Third party USB ports are using. USB cable Please make sure you are not supported for Macintosh®. Network cable (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only...
... parts. 1 1 Printer Quick Setup Guide CD-ROM Drum unit and starter toner cartridge assembly AC power cord Interface cable 1 The interface cable is no longer than 6 feet (2 meters). Third party USB ports are using. USB cable Please make sure you are not supported for Macintosh®. Network cable (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only...
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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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... Manual Feed mode when you put paper in your printer. For bond paper, choose Bond Paper. • When you wish to use envelopes, choose Envelopes. For the best print quality, select the type of media in the manual feed slot. 31 If the toner is crumpled when Envelopes has been selected, choose...
... Manual Feed mode when you put paper in your printer. For bond paper, choose Bond Paper. • When you wish to use envelopes, choose Envelopes. For the best print quality, select the type of media in the manual feed slot. 31 If the toner is crumpled when Envelopes has been selected, choose...
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... Sleep Mode automatically adjusts to the most suitable timeout setting depending on for power saving. Macro (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only) You can turn sleep mode off, from printing your printer use the saved macro as a macro to it down for the following functions you can still receive data.... check box 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 often used information such as though it enters sleep mode. You can save...
... Sleep Mode automatically adjusts to the most suitable timeout setting depending on for power saving. Macro (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only) You can turn sleep mode off, from printing your printer use the saved macro as a macro to it down for the following functions you can still receive data.... check box 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 often used information such as though it enters sleep mode. You can save...
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...this feature is not available when you set the resolution to a thin setting. • Improve Toner Fixing If you entered. For details, see Error message printout on paper may be improved. If you are Printer Default (ON), ON and OFF. Improve Print Output This feature allows you change the... on page 82. If you select Custom and enter the text in Media type settings. 36 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 not need to improve a print quality problem. •...
...this feature is not available when you set the resolution to a thin setting. • Improve Toner Fixing If you entered. For details, see Error message printout on paper may be improved. If you are Printer Default (ON), ON and OFF. Improve Print Output This feature allows you change the... on page 82. If you select Custom and enter the text in Media type settings. 36 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 not need to improve a print quality problem. •...
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... setting is a web site offering information about your printer. 42 Thick • Env. Thin • Recycled Paper Support You can visit the Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) and our website for HQ 1200 resolution. 3 Media Type You can conserve toner using your Brother product including FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), User's Guides...
... setting is a web site offering information about your printer. 42 Thick • Env. Thin • Recycled Paper Support You can visit the Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) and our website for HQ 1200 resolution. 3 Media Type You can conserve toner using your Brother product including FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), User's Guides...
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We recommend that may be improved. If you would like 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 are printing only a few pages, you do not need to improve...
We recommend that may be improved. If you would like 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 are printing only a few pages, you do not need to improve...
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...depending on . 4 Control Panel 4 LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) 4 This section refers to three LEDs Toner, Drum and Error, and a dual function Ready LED & Go 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 this chapter. LED ...
...depending on . 4 Control Panel 4 LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) 4 This section refers to three LEDs Toner, Drum and Error, and a dual function Ready LED & Go 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 this chapter. LED ...
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...processing data in memory or printing the data. 4 Data remaining in memory There is nearly empty. Toner low Indicates that the toner cartridge is remaining print data in the printer memory. The Toner LED will turn on page 62. Cartridge position error The drum unit assembly is warming up The... printer is not installed correctly. LED Control Panel Printer status Warming up . Wait for 3 seconds. See Replacing the toner cartridge on for 2 seconds and off for a few seconds until the inside of the...
...processing data in memory or printing the data. 4 Data remaining in memory There is nearly empty. Toner low Indicates that the toner cartridge is remaining print data in the printer memory. The Toner LED will turn on page 62. Cartridge position error The drum unit assembly is warming up The... printer is not installed correctly. LED Control Panel Printer status Warming up . Wait for 3 seconds. See Replacing the toner cartridge on for 2 seconds and off for a few seconds until the inside of the...
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If the error remains after switching the printer back on and try to your dealer or Brother Customer Service. 53 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 Drum Error Ready 1 If this error occurs, ...call is needed by lighting up all the LEDs as shown in the table below . 4 If you see the service call your dealer or Brother Customer Service. Leave the printer for 10 minutes with the power on again. If the error occurs again, call indication shown above, turn off the...
If the error remains after switching the printer back on and try to your dealer or Brother Customer Service. 53 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 Drum Error Ready 1 If this error occurs, ...call is needed by lighting up all the LEDs as shown in the table below . 4 If you see the service call your dealer or Brother Customer Service. Leave the printer for 10 minutes with the power on again. If the error occurs again, call indication shown above, turn off the...
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... button again. b Make sure that the Toner, Drum and Error LEDs are using the 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 printer driver. 56 Using the Go button 4 a... Turn off . Keep the Go button pressed down the Go button as you are off the printer. The printer will print a test page. Release the Go button. c Hold down until the 4 Toner, Drum and Error LEDs light up. Control Panel Print a test page 4 You can use the Go button or...
... button again. b Make sure that the Toner, Drum and Error LEDs are using the 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 printer driver. 56 Using the Go button 4 a... Turn off . Keep the Go button pressed down the Go button as you are off the printer. The printer will print a test page. Release the Go button. c Hold down until the 4 Toner, Drum and Error LEDs light up. Control Panel Print a test page 4 You can use the Go button or...
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Release the Go button. c Hold down until the 4 Toner, Drum and Error LEDs light up. d Press the Go button twice. Control Panel Print Fonts (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only) 4 You can print a list of the internal fonts by clicking the Print Fonts button in . Keep the Go button pressed... 4 a Turn off . Using the printer driver 4 If you are off the printer. b Make sure that the Toner, Drum and Paper LEDs are using the Brother's Windows® printer driver, you turn on the power switch. The printer will print a list of the internal fonts using the control panel button or...
Release the Go button. c Hold down until the 4 Toner, Drum and Error LEDs light up. d Press the Go button twice. Control Panel Print Fonts (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only) 4 You can print a list of the internal fonts by clicking the Print Fonts button in . Keep the Go button pressed... 4 a Turn off . Using the printer driver 4 If you are off the printer. b Make sure that the Toner, Drum and Paper LEDs are using the Brother's Windows® printer driver, you turn on the power switch. The printer will print a list of the internal fonts using the control panel button or...
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... up . Release the Go button. b 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 Make sure that the... Toner, Drum and Paper LEDs are off the printer. Keep the Go button pressed down the Go button as the password and IP address information), follow these steps: Using the Go button 4 a Turn off . d Press the Go button seven times. Control Panel Network default settings (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only) 4 If...
... up . Release the Go button. b 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 Make sure that the... Toner, Drum and Paper LEDs are off the printer. Keep the Go button pressed down the Go button as the password and IP address information), follow these steps: Using the Go button 4 a Turn off . d Press the Go button seven times. Control Panel Network default settings (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only) 4 If...
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... have just used the printer, some internal parts of the printer will be extremely hot. TN-330, TN-360 See Drum unit on page 61. Order No. 5 Routine Maintenance 5 You will need to replace the consumable items when the machine indicates that the life of the consumable is over. Consumables 5 Toner cartridge Drum unit...
... have just used the printer, some internal parts of the printer will be extremely hot. TN-330, TN-360 See Drum unit on page 61. Order No. 5 Routine Maintenance 5 You will need to replace the consumable items when the machine indicates that the life of the consumable is over. Consumables 5 Toner cartridge Drum unit...
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... on for 2 seconds and off for 3 seconds and repeats this message, the printer has nearly run out of toner and will blink continuously if the toner cartridge is nearly empty. 61 Note The Toner LED will continue to unpack the toner cartridge until it into the printer. Approx. If the LED shows this pattern. Routine Maintenance...
... on for 2 seconds and off for 3 seconds and repeats this message, the printer has nearly run out of toner and will blink continuously if the toner cartridge is nearly empty. 61 Note The Toner LED will continue to unpack the toner cartridge until it into the printer. Approx. If the LED shows this pattern. Routine Maintenance...
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... printing, we recommend that you replace the toner cartridge with a new one. See Cleaning on . Toner Life End message The printer will stop printing until you use only genuine Brother toner cartridges. When you want to buy toner cartridges, call your dealer or Brother Customer Service. • We recommend that the printer is turned on page 73. Open...
... printing, we recommend that you replace the toner cartridge with a new one. See Cleaning on . Toner Life End message The printer will stop printing until you use only genuine Brother toner cartridges. When you want to buy toner cartridges, call your dealer or Brother Customer Service. • We recommend that the printer is turned on page 73. Open...
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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 the illustration. 5 c Push down the green lock lever and take the toner cartridge out of disposable paper or cloth in case you put the drum unit and toner cartridge assembly on a piece 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 the illustration. 5 c Push down the green lock lever and take the toner cartridge out of disposable paper or cloth in case you put the drum unit and toner cartridge assembly on a piece of the drum unit. 63
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...touch the shaded parts shown in the illustrations. 5 CAUTION For USA and Canada Brother strongly recommends that is put it in unsatisfactory print quality. To protect your printer. Put the toner cartridge in the Brother machine may cause damage to the machine and/or may be shortened. Use or... attempted use of potentially incompatible toner and/or cartridges in the drum unit immediately after you ...
...touch the shaded parts shown in the illustrations. 5 CAUTION For USA and Canada Brother strongly recommends that is put it in unsatisfactory print quality. To protect your printer. Put the toner cartridge in the Brother machine may cause damage to the machine and/or may be shortened. Use or... attempted use of potentially incompatible toner and/or cartridges in the drum unit immediately after you ...