Page 7: Important - For Your Safety Disconnect device You must install this printer near a power outlet that is easily accessible. In case of an emergency, you must disconnect the power cord from the power outlet to shut off the power completely. Page 8: Wiring Information For Uk Wiring information for UK If the mains plug that is supplied with this printer is not suitable for your plug socket, remove the plug from the mains lead and fit an appropriate three-pin plug.
If the replacement plug needs a fuse, fit the same fuse as the original. The contents of this manual and the specifications of this product are subject to change without notice.
Page 10 Manufacturer Brother Industries Ltd. Page Table Of Contents Printer driver Page 12 Service call indications When you unpack the printer, check to see that you have all of the following parts. Components may differ from one country to another.
The power cord may be slightly different than the one in the figure above, depending on which country the printer was bought in. Page Positioning The Printer mm 4 in. Do not put the printer in direct sunlight. If you have to put it near a window, use a blind or a heavy curtain to protect the printer from direct sunlight.
Type and size of paper The printer loads paper from the installed paper tray or manual feed slot. The names for the paper trays in the printer driver and this Guide are as follows: Paper tray Manual feed slot While looking at this page on the PDF, you can jump to the page for each printing method by clicking in the table. Caution Do not use ink jet paper, or it may cause a paper jam and damage your printer.
To help you choose which paper to use with this printer, see Important information for choosing your paper on page A Page Printable Area Printable area When using Brother GDI printer driver emulation, the edges of the paper that cannot be printed on are shown below.
Portrait Letter 4. Page Printing Methods What kind of paper can I use? Page 21 While pressing the blue paper-guide release lever, slide the paper guides to fit the paper size. Check that the guides are firmly in the slots. Put paper in the tray. Check that the paper is flat in the tray at all four corners. Page 22 Put the paper tray firmly back in the printer. Check that it is inserted fully into the printer. Pull up the support flap to prevent paper from sliding off the top output tray.
Page 24 Using both hands, insert into the paper into the manual feed slot until the front edge of the paper touches the paper feed roller. Hold the paper in this position until the printer automatically feeds the paper in for a short distance, and then let go of the paper. Page 25 Do not put more than one piece of paper in the manual feed slot at any one time, or it may cause a jam. After the printed page comes out of the printer, put in the next sheet of paper as in Step 4 above.
Repeat for each page that you want to print. Page Printing On Thicker Paper And Card Stock Printing on thicker paper and card stock When the rear cover is lifted up, the printer has a straight paper path from the manual feed slot to the back of the printer. Use this paper feed and output method when you want to print on thicker paper or card stock. Page 27 Using both hands, insert the paper into the manual feed slot until the front edge of the paper touches the paper feed roller.
Page 28 Do not put more than one piece of paper in the manual feed slot at any one time, or it may cause a jam. After the printed page comes out of the printer, put in the next sheet of paper as in Step 5 above.
Page Printing On Envelopes The envelope should lie flat and not be of baggy or flimsy construction. You should buy quality envelopes from a supplier who understands that you will be using the envelopes in a laser printer. Before you print a lot of envelopes, test one to make sure that the print results are what you want. Page Printing On Envelopes From The Manual Feed Slot Printing on envelopes from the manual feed slot When the rear cover is lifted up, the printer has a straight paper path from the manual feed slot to the back of the printer.
Use this paper feed and output method when you want to print envelopes. Page 31 Using both hands put the envelope in the manual feed slot until the front edge of the envelope touches the paper feed roller. Hold the envelope in this position until the printer automatically feeds it in for a short distance, and then let go of the envelope. Page 32 Put the envelope in the manual feed slot with the side to be printed face up. After the printed envelope comes out of the printer, the printer will wait until you put in the next envelope.
Repeat Step 5 for each envelope you want to print. Page Printing On Transparencies You can print on transparencies from the paper tray, manual feed slot. Printing on transparencies from the paper tray Do not put more than 10 transparencies in the paper tray. Page 34 Put transparencies in the tray. Check that the transparencies are flat and below the maximum paper mark. Do not put more than 10 transparencies in the tray at any one time, or it may cause a jam.
Page 35 Put the paper tray firmly back in the printer. Pull out the support flap to prevent transparencies from sliding off the top output tray. Send the print data to the printer. Caution Remove each transparency immediately. Page Printing On Transparencies From The Manual Feed Slot Printing on transparencies from the manual feed slot When the rear cover is lifted up, the printer has a straight paper path from the manual feed slot to the back of the printer.
Page 37 Using both hands put the transparency in the manual feed slot until its front edge touches the paper feed roller.
Hold the transparency in this position until the printer automatically feeds it in for a short distance, and then let go of the transparency.
Page 38 Do not put more than one transparency in the manual feed slot at any one time, or it may cause a jam. After the printed transparency comes out of the printer, put in the next transparency as described in Step 5 above.
Repeat for each transparency that you want to print After you finish the print job, close the rear cover. The printer will automatically print all the even-numbered pages on one side of the paper first. Page 40 blank side face down. Follow the instructions on the computer screen. The printer will now automatically print all the odd-numbered pages on the other side of the paper.
Using both hands put the paper in the manual feed slot with the side to be printed on first facing up. Page 42 Place the paper with the side that is going to be printed on the blank side face up. Repeat Step 3 until you have printed all the odd-numbered pages on the other side of the paper. If you print 10 pages on 5 sheets of paper, it will print page 2 then page 1 on the first sheet of paper.
Page Driver And Software Driver and software Printer driver A printer driver is software that translates data from the format used by a computer to the format that a particular printer needs.
Typically, this format is a printer command language or page description language. Page For Windows Operating System. Select the Paper Source and so on. Page 47 Print Quality Select the resolution, toner save and print settings or gray printing setting. Resolution You can change the resolution as follows: dpi dpi Toner Save Mode You can save running costs by turning on the toner save mode, which reduces the print density.
Print Setting For Windows You can manually change the brightness, contrast and other settings. Page 48 Device Options You can set the following Printer Function modes in this tab: You can jump to the page for each Printer Function by clicking the function name in the list below. Page 49 Mode is selected, it is automatically adjusted to the most suitable time-out setting depending on the frequency of your printer use.
While the printer is in sleep mode, all the LEDs are off, but the printer can still receive data from the computer. Receiving a print file or document automatically wakes up the printer to start printing. Page 50 When you install some options, you can add it and select its settings in the Accessories tab as follows.
You can manually add and remove the options for any optional unit device that is installed on the printer. Tray settings will match the installed options.
Paper Source Setting This feature recognizes the paper size in each paper tray. You can check the current driver settings. The LED indications shown in the table below are used in the illustrations in this chapter. When the power switch is off or the printer is in Sleep mode, all the LEDs are off. Pressing the Control panel button wakes up the printer from Sleep mode to Ready mode. Ready to print The printer is ready to print.
Pressing Control panel button wakes up the printer to Ready mode. Page 56 Printer status Data remaining in memory Print data remains in the printer memory. If the Data LED is on for a long time and nothing has printed, press the Control panel button to print the remaining Drum data. Ready Paper Page 57 Clear the paper jam. See Paper jams and how to clear them on page If the printer does not start printing, press the Control panel button.
No paper Put paper in the printer. See Printing on plain paper on page Then press the Control panel button.
Misfeed Put the paper back in properly, and then press the Control panel button. Page Service Call Indications Service call indications If there is an error that cannot be corrected, the printer will show that a service call is needed by lighting up all the LEDs and then alternating the following combination as shown in Table 1: LED indications when the service error occurs on page Page 59 Alarm Data Make a note of the indication and report the error status to your dealer or a Brother authorized service center by referring to the above table.
Make sure that the front cover is fully closed before you report a service call. Page Control Panel Buttons Wake-up If the printer is in Sleep mode, press the Control panel button to wake the printer up and go to the Ready state.
It will take up to 25 seconds for the printer to reach the Ready state. Using Control panel button Turn off the printer. Make sure that the front cover is closed and the power cord is plugged in.
Connects to the PC parallel port and connects to the Centronics parallel port on the printer. Allows a printer to communicate with an infrared-equipped portable computer. Transmission range: 1 cm 3.
Page Routine Maintenance Routine maintenance You will need to replace certain parts and clean the printer on a regular basis. You can see how to replace the toner cartridge. Page Toner Cartridge If you change the print density setting for lighter or darker printing, the amount of toner that is used will change. Wait to unpack the toner cartridge until immediately before you install it in the printer. Buy a new toner cartridge and have it ready before you get a Toner Empty message.
Page Toner Empty Message Toner Empty message If the LED shows the message below, the printer has run out of toner or the toner is not evenly distributed inside the cartridge. Replacing the toner cartridge To make sure you get high quality print, use quality toner cartridges. When you want to buy toner cartridges, call the dealer you bought the printer from.
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