Brother HL-1660E User Manual page 100

If you turn the printer off or remove the flash memory card or the
HDD card while data is being written onto or deleted from the card, all
the data on the card may be lost.
If the write protect switch of the flash memory card or the HDD card is
on, this mode menu does not appear.
Be sure to install a commercial flash memory card or HDD card in the
upper card slot of the printer. For installation,
CARTRIDGE/CARD, FLASH MEMORY/HDD CARD" in Chapter 5.
When you are in this mode menu, you can save macros and fonts in the
installed flash memory card or the HDD card.
The sub-setting menus displayed in this mode menu vary according to the
state of the installed card.
When the installed card is not formatted:
When you enter this mode menu with the flash memory card or the HDD
card installed but not formatted by this printer, you must first format the
card.
Display Message
FORMAT CARD
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When the display shows "FORMAT CARD," press the SET switch to
format the installed card.
After the printer finishes formatting the card, you exit to the "CARD
OPERATION" menu.
Notes
If the card is formatted, data that has been previously written is erased.
It takes ten or more seconds to format a 2-Mbyte flash memory card or
HDD card. The more the capacity of the card, the longer time it takes
to format the card.
CHAPTER 4 CONTROL PANEL
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Card Operation
Format a new flash memory card or HDD
card.
Exit to CARD OPERATION
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