Brother HL-1240, Service Manual

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APPENDIX
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APPENDIX 4. HOW TO KNOW DRUM UNIT LIFE & PAGE COUNTER
If you want to know the drum unit life or the number of printed pages, you should print out the
Print Configuration page.
NOTE:
The page counter, drum counter and drum unit life bar are NOT printed on the Print
Configuration page for some models. For those models, use the Printer Information tool
which indicates the page counter, etc. on the PC screen, referring to
Section 3 ‘Printer
Information’ in APPENDIX 5 .
1. Print Configuration
(1) Turn on the power switch of the printer while pressing the printer control panel button.
(2) Release the panel button when the Drum LED comes on.
(3) Press the panel button again and release it when the Ready LED comes on.
(4) Print the Print Configuration page.
The page counter and drum counter are printed at the right upper in Print Configuration.
(Refer to the figure below.) Note that he drum counter is an actual page counter after a new
drum unit is replaced, and may be different from the drum unit life shown in the drum life bar.
For details, see
Section 2 ‘How to Read the Drum Unit Life’ .
<Sample - HL-1240 for Europe>
Fig. A-1
NOTE:
The descriptions printed in Print Configuration vary depending on the printer models or
countries.
Page counter and
drum counter are
printed here.