Brother MFC5100C Service Manual page 152

Messages on the LCD
LOW TEMPERATURE
Room temperature is below
spec.
NEAR EMPTY CYAN
NEAR EMPTY MGENT
NEAR EMPTY YELLW
NEAR EMPTY BLACK
PAPER JAM
Open cover, then remove
jammed paper.
(These messages appear alternately.)
PC BUSY OR FAIL
Check PC cable, then press
STOP KEY.
(These messages appear alternately.)
PLS OPEN COVER
SCAN LAMP WARMUP
SCANNER ERROR
If only an alarm beep is heard without any message on the LCD when the equipment is turned on,
then the ROM or RAM will be defective.
The temperature inside the machine is too low.
The ink empty sensor detects that the ink cartridge (cyan,
magenta, yellow, or black) is near empty.
Even if any of these messages is displayed, color printing is still
possible.
The registration sensor detects that a paper jam has occurred.
After connected with the host computer, the equipment has
received no response from the computer. (A communications
error has occurred.)
To display the relating detailed error code, use maintenance-
mode function code 82. (Refer to CHAPTER 5, Subsection
5.3.18.)
If this message appears, open and close the scanner unit. The
message may disappear if opening/closing the scanner unit
removes the error. If the error persists, the "MACHINE ERROR
X X" will appear instead of this message.
After the fluorescent lamp in the CCD unit had been OFF, the
scanning operation got started. Until the fluorescent lamp
becomes stabilized in lighting, the scanning operation will be
delayed.
In the scanning compensation data list printed by the
maintenance-mode function code 05 (refer to CHAPTER 5,
Subsection 5.3.2), fifty percent or more of the white level data
is faulty.
(This message may appear only in the maintenance mode)
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Probable Cause