Brother HL-1240, Service Manual

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APPENDIX
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4. How to Read the Maintenance Information
The maintenance information such as the frequency of consumable parts replacement or
paper jam is known from the 17-digit numbers shown in the lower line on the right below the
drum unit life bar.
NOTE:
The 17-digit numbers is also shown in the Printer Information dialog box which is one of the
self-diagnostics tools. For details, refer to
Section 3 ‘Printer Information’ in APPENDIX 5 .
To obtain the maintenance information, you need to implement the Maintenance Information
utility which supplied on Service Databank by following the steps below;
1) Download the Maintenance
Information utility from the
Printer Utility DB in Service
Databank.
2) Open the utility, then select
‘Decode the 4-byte data’ in
the menu.
Fig. A-3
3) Enter the 8-digit numbers of
the 17-digit.
4) Click the OK button.
Fig. A-4
5) The dialog box shown at the
right will appear and show
the frequencies of drum unit
change, toner cartridge
change and paper jam.
Fig. A-5