Error Messages In The Status Monitor - Brother HL 1240 - B/W Laser Printer Service Manual

CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING
3. ERROR MESSAGES
3.1

Error Messages in the Status Monitor

The status monitor will report problems with the printer as defined in the following table. Take
the corrective actions for the error message the status monitor reports.
Error Message
COVER OPEN
NO PAPER or
MISFEED
PAPER JAM
TONER LOW
TONER EMPTY
PRINT OVERRUN
MEMORY FULL
RESOLUTION
ADAPTED
(The printer has printed
the document at a
reduced resolution.)
Close the front cover.
If the front cover is half-opened, the error may not be cleared even
after closing it. In that case, open the cover once and close it
again.
(1) Load paper into the paper cassette properly.
(2) If paper is empty, load a new stack of paper into the cassette.
(3) Check that paper in the cassette is straight. If it is curled,
straighten it before printing. Sometimes it is helpful to remove
the paper, turn the stack over and put it back into the paper
cassette.
(4) Reduce the amount of paper in the cassette. Keep paper
loads below 27mm in depth.
(5) Check that the paper is a specified type of paper.
Clear the jammed paper inside the printer. Press the panel button
if the printer does not automatically resume printing.
Indicates that the toner cartridge is nearly empty. Purchase a new
toner cartridge in order to be ready for when the 'toner empty'
message is indicated.
Replace the toner cartridge with a new one.
(1) Press the panel button to print the data remaining in the
printer.
(2) Reduce the complexity of the document or reduce the print
resolution.
(3) (For HL-1250 only) Expand the printer memory by adding a
commercially available SIMM. Set page protection to ON by
using the supplied Windows
(4) (For HL-1250 only) Change the following settings in the
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supplied Windows
combination of settings below will vary depending on the
document.
Graphics Mode / True Type mode / Use Printer
TrueType Fonts
(1) Press the panel button to print the data remaining in the
printer.
(2) Reduce the complexity of the document.
(3) (For HL-1250 only) Expand the printer memory by adding a
commercially available SIMM.
(1) Reduce the complexity of the document before printing to
prevent automatic reduction of the resolution.
(2) (For HL-1250 only) Expand the printer memory by adding a
commercially available SIMM.
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