Error Message Printouts - Brother 1240 Service Manual

CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING
3.2

Error Message Printouts

The printer will report problems by printing an error message as defined in the following table.
Take the corrective actions for the error message the Printout reports.
Error Message
MEMORY FULL
PRINT OVERRUN
RESOLUTION
ADAPTED
(The printer has printed
the document at a
reduced resolution.)
SERIAL INTERFACE
FRAMING ERROR
(HL-1250 only)
SERIAL INTERFACE
PARITY ERROR
(HL-1250 only)
SERIAL INTERFACE
OVERRUN ERROR
(HL-1250 only)
SERIAL INTERFACE
INPUT BUFFER
OVERFLOW
(HL-1250 only)
*NOTE:
The communication parameter settings are printed on the Print Configuration sheet. For
details on how to print the Print Configuration sheet, see
Appendix
(1) Press the panel button to print the data remaining in the
(2) Reduce the complexity of the document.
(3) (For HL-1250/1270N only) Expand the printer memory by
(1) Press the panel button to print the data remaining in the
(2) Reduce the complexity of the document or reduce the print
(3) (For HL-1250/1270N only) Expand the printer memory by
(4) (For HL-1250/1270N only) Change the following settings in
(1) Reduce the complexity of the document before printing to
(2) (For HL-1250/1270N only) Expand the printer memory by
(1) Press the panel button to resume printing.
(2) Check the communication parameter settings* such as baud
(1) Press the panel button to resume printing.
(2) Check the communication parameter settings* such as bit
(1) Press the panel button to resume printing.
(2) If the error occurs again, the RS-100M interface hardware
(1) Press the panel button to resume printing.
(2) Check the communication parameter settings* such as the
(3) If the error occurs again, the RS-100M interface hardware
4.
printer.
adding a commercially available SIMM.
printer.
resolution.
adding a commercially available SIMM. Set page protection
to ON by using the supplied Windows driver or RPC
program.
the supplied Windows driver and try again. The best
combination of settings below will vary depending on the
document.
Graphics Mode / True Type mode / Use Printer
TrueType Fonts
prevent automatic reduction of the resolution.
adding a commercially available SIMM.
rate and stop bit on both the PC and printer are the same.
length and parity on both the PC and printer are the same.
may be damaged. Replace the RS-100M.
handshake protocols on both the PC and printer are the
same.
may be damaged. Replace the RS-100M.
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Remedy
Section 1 'Print Configuration' in