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CHAPTER 2 SETTING UP THE PRINTER

2–19

6. Press the

Set

button.

The printer starts printing the selected test pattern or list. When the
printer finishes printing, it automatically exits to the off-line state.

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TEST PRINT

PRINT CONFIGURAITION(1/2)

(LJ):HP LaserJet 4 (BS):BR-Script 2 (GL):HP-GL

(FX):EPSON FX-850 (PR):IBMProprinterXL

PAGE COUNTER = 682

RAM SIZE = 10Mbyte

USER SETTINGS SETTING1 SETTING2

< EMULATION >

EMULATION AUTO LaserJet4 AUTO LaserJet4 AUTO LaserJet4

AUTO TIME OUT (S) 5 5 5

EPSON/IBM EPSON EPSON EPSON

KEEP PCL OFF OFF OFF

< MODE >

- INTERFACE MODE -

I/F PARALLEL <- <-

AUTO TIME OUT (S) 5 <- <-

PRL SETTING

HIGH SPEED ON <- <-

BI-DIR ON <- <-

RS-232C SETTING

BaundRate (BAUD) 9600 <- <-

CodeType (bits) 8 <- <-

Parity NONE <- <-

Stop Bit (bits) 1 <- <-

Xon/Xoff ON <- <-

DTR(ER) ON <- <-

Robust Xon OFF <- <-

- FORMAT MODE -

ORIENTATION PORTRAIT <- <-

AUTO MODE

(LJ)

AUTO LF OFF OFF OFF

AUTO CR OFF OFF OFF

AUTO WRAP OFF OFF OFF

AUTO SKIP ON ON ON

(FX)

AUTO LF OFF OFF OFF

AUTO MASK OFF OFF OFF

(PR)

AUTO LF OFF OFF OFF

AUTO CR OFF OFF OFF

AUTO MASK OFF OFF OFF

PAGE FORMAT MODE

X OFFSET (dots) 0 <- <-

Y OFFSET (dots) 0 <- <-

PAPER A4 A4 A4

(LJ)

LEFT M (C) 0 0 0

RIGHT M (C) 78 78 78

TOP M (") 0.5 0.5 0.5

BOTTOM M (") 0.5 0.5 0.5

LINES (L) 64 64 64

(FX)

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RIGHT M (C) 80 80 80

TOP M (") .33 .33 .33

BOTTOM M (") .33 .33 .33

LINES (L) 66 66 66

(PR)

LEFT M (C) 0 0 0

RIGHT M (C) 80 80 80

TOP M (") .33 .33 .33

BOTTOM M (") .33 .33 .33

LINES (L) 66 66 66

- RESOLUTION MODE -

RESOLUTION (DPI) 600 <- <-

HRC MEDIUM <- <-

TEST PRINT

PRINT CONFIG

PORTRAIT LIST

INTERNAL FONT

NUMBER SYMBOL SET

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ID:Symbol Set ID

PRINT FONTS I

Fig. 2-22 Test Pattern, Setting List, and Font List

*The test pattern, setting list and font list above might be changed without notice.

Summary of Contents for HL-2400C Series

Page 1: ...SERVICE MANUAL MODEL HL 2400C R COLOR LASER PRINTER Jan 98 54S002BE0 ...

Page 2: ...SERVICE MANUAL MODEL HL 2400C R COLOR LASER PRINTER ...

Page 3: ...stered in the United States and other countries and True Type is a trademark of Apple computer Inc Epson is a registered trademark and FX 80 and FX 850 are trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation Hewlett Packard is a registered trademark and HP Laser Jet is a trademark of Hewlett Packard Company IBM IBM PC and Proprinter are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Micros...

Page 4: ...trical circuits and their timing information CHAPTER V CONTROL PANEL OPERATION Operation and setting procedures on the control panel CHAPTER VI PERIODIC MAINTENANCE Description of periodic maintenance parts and procedures for periodic replacement and cleaning CHAPTER VII DISASSEMBLY Procedures for replacement of the mechanical system parts CHAPTER VIII TROUBLESHOOTING Description of error messages...

Page 5: ...ltitude II 8 CHAPTER III INSTALLATION III 1 1 CONDITIONS REQUIRED FOR INSTALLATION III 1 1 1 Environmental Conditions III 1 1 2 Basic Layout of Printer Set up Location III 1 2 UNPACKING III 2 2 1 Unpacking of Printer III 2 2 2 Unpack the Starter Kit III 4 3 INSTALLATION WORK III 5 3 1 Install the OPC Belt Cartridge III 5 3 2 Install the Toner Cartridge to the Printer III 6 3 3 Install the Oil Bott...

Page 6: ... Mode V 10 3 ENGINE CONTROLLER MODE V 11 3 1 Configuration of Operational Mode V 11 3 2 Operation of Normal Mode V 13 3 3 Service Mode V 19 3 4 Adjustment Work Procedures V 39 CHAPTER VI PERIODIC MAINTENANCE VI 1 1 GENERAL VI 1 1 1 Handling Precautions VI 1 1 2 Periodic Maintenance Cleaning VI 4 1 3 Periodic Maintenance Parts and Maintenance Cycle VI 15 2 PERIODIC MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES VI 18 2 1 ...

Page 7: ...e Printer VII 17 4 3 Left Side of the Printer VII 26 4 4 Paper Exit Unit VII 33 4 5 Front of the Printer VII 38 4 6 Rear of the Printer VII 40 4 7 Fusing Unit VII 44 CHAPTER VIII TROUBLESHOOTING VIII 1 1 OUTLINE OF TROUBLESHOOTING VIII 2 2 OPERATOR CALL VIII 3 2 1 Video Controller Mode VIII 3 2 2 Engine Controller Mode VIII 6 3 PAPER TRANSPORT ERROR VIII 8 3 1 Feed Jam VIII 8 3 2 Inner Jam VIII 9 ...

Page 8: ...l covers the laser beam cannot escape from the machine during any phase of user operation FDA REGULATIONS FOR 110 120 V MODEL ONLY U S Food and Drug Administration FDA has implemented regulations for laser products manufactured on and after August 2 1976 Compliance is mandatory for products marketed in the United States One of the following labels on the back of the printer indicates compliance wi...

Page 9: ...d near the scanner unit 5mW 780nm 800nm DANGER INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN AVOID DIRECT EXPOSURE TO BEAM VORSICHT UNSICHTBARE LASERSTRAHLUNG WENN ABDECKUNG GEÖFFNET UND SICHERHEITSVERRIEGELUNG ÜBERBRÜCKT NICHT DEM STRAHL AUSSETZEN DANGER RAYON LASER INVISIBLE LORS DE L OUVER TURE EVITER L EXPOSITION DIRECTE PELIGRO RADIACION LASER INVISIBLE AL ABRIR EVITAR LA EXPOSICION DIRECTA AL HAZ MAS ...

Page 10: ...e of the potential of human injuries Follow the recommended precautions and safety operation practices Understanding Signal Words DANGER is used to indicate the presence of a hazard which will cause severe human injuries or a fatal accident if the warning is ignored WARNING is used to indicate the presence of a hazard or unsafe practices which may cause severe human injuries or a fatal accident if...

Page 11: ... filter must be replaced with a new filter periodically in accordance with the manual supplied with the printer WARNING HOT SURFACE The Fusing Unit reaches a temperature of approx 160 C and adjacent parts are also very hot When you need to change the cleaning pad or remove jammed paper wait about 20 minutes after opening the paper exit unit to allow the unit to cool down CAUTION ROTATING PARTS Be ...

Page 12: ...oping unit carefully so as not to spill the toner CAUTION POWER CORDS PLUGS This printer is equipped with a 3 wire power cord fitted with a 3 pronged plug bi polar plug with grounding for the user s safety Use these power cords in conjunction with a properly grounded electrical outlet to avoid an electrical shock CAUTION SAFETY INTERLOCK The front cover paper exit unit and transfer unit of this pr...

Page 13: ...ERED BY ONE OR MORE FOLLOWING PATENTS U 5 2 4 9 2 L 7 H 1 1 1 1 0 1 MADE IN JAPAN CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT APPAREIL Å LASER DE CLASSE 1 LASER KLASSE 1 PRODUKT MANUFACTURED BROTHER INDUSTRIES LTD 15 1 Naeshiro cho Mizuho ku Nagoya 467 Japan This product complies with FDA radiation performance standards 21 CFR Subchapter J This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the f...

Page 14: ...hen shipping the printer remove the toner cartridges the OPC belt cartridge and the waste toner pack from the printer to prevent toner spill in the printer or damage of the toner cartridge and the OPC belt cartridge When shipping the printer remove the oil bottle and the fuser cleaner from the fusing unit After removing the oil bottle be sure to remove the oil remaining in the fusing unit with the...

Page 15: ...CHAPTER I PRODUCT OUTLINE ...

Page 16: ...CONTENTS CHAPTER I PRODUCT OUTLINE I 1 1 FEATURES I 1 2 PARTS NAMES FUNCTIONS I 4 3 INTERNAL STRUCTURE I 6 4 DESCRIPTION OF CONTROL PANEL I 7 4 1 Video Controller Mode I 7 4 2 Engine Controller Mode I 7 ...

Page 17: ...raphic quality This mode is effective when printing photographic images Maintenance Free Toner Cartridge A toner cartridge can print up to 10 000 Black and 6 000 Cyan Magenta and Yellow single sided pages at 5 coverage The one piece easy to replace toner cartridges do not require difficult maintenance Universal Media Cassette This printer loads paper automatically from the media cassette Since the...

Page 18: ...ped fonts The fonts that can be used vary according to the current emulation mode CCITT G3 G4 Since the printer supports the CCITT G3 G4 format in addition to HP compatible formats it can quickly receive and print data compressed in this format Lock Panel If the panel button settings have been changed the printer may not work as expected It is possible for the administrator of the printer to lock ...

Page 19: ...ype III cards 1 slot available The following cards can be installed PCMCIA compatible flash memory card HDD card PCMCIA Fax Modem card Saving User Settings It is possible to operate the printer differently from other users with the panel button settings Two sets of user settings can be stored ...

Page 20: ...I 4 2 PARTS NAMES FUNCTIONS Front View Fig 1 1 Rear View Fig 1 2 1 Top Cover 2 Control Panel 4 Power Button 3 Front Cover Media cassette 7 Controller Box 5 Power Inlet 6 Rear Access Cover ...

Page 21: ...o act as a front enclosure opened when replacing a toner cartridge or waste toner pack 4 Power Button To operate power on and off to the printer Push for On Off operation 5 Power Inlet To connect a power supply cable 6 Rear Access Cover To act as a rear enclosure opened when clearing an internal jam or doing maintenance work 7 Controller Box Space where the main video controller PCB is installed ...

Page 22: ... Drum Forms color images combining the toner images from the OPC belt on the drum 7 Paper Discharger Emits a corona charge for separating the paper from the transfer drum 8 Transfer Roller Transfer the toner image on the transfer drum to the paper 9 Media Cassette Feeds paper automatically 10 Paper Pick up Roller Feeds paper automatically from the paper cassette 11 Scanner Unit Generates a laser b...

Page 23: ...ideo Controller Mode when the power is turned on by pressing the power button The Video Controller Mode supplies the general test printing and setting functions and some of the maintenance operations If further engine settings are required use the Engine Controller Mode 4 2 Engine Controller Mode The printer goes into the Engine Controller Mode when power is turned on by pressing the power button ...

Page 24: ...Line Toner K C M Y Feeder Orientation 1 9 4 5 10 13 12 2 3 6 11 7 8 Fig 1 4 No LED Button Name 1 LCD 16 character by 2 lines 2 Ready LED 3 On Line LED 4 Data LED 5 Select button 6 Form Feed Feeder button 7 Alarm LED 8 Mode Emulation button 9 Font Economy button 10 Test button 11 Continue Shift button 12 Set Copy button 13 Reset button ...

Page 25: ...CHAPTER II SPECIFICATIONS ...

Page 26: ...2 3 Electrical and Mechanical II 3 2 4 Paper Specification II 4 2 4 1 Printable Media Cassette Capacity II 4 2 4 2 Printed Output II 5 2 4 3 Recommended Paper Specifications II 5 2 4 4 Effective Printing Area II 5 2 4 5 Paper Feed Jam Rate II 7 3 ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION II 8 3 1 Ambient Temperature Humidity Altitude II 8 ...

Page 27: ...Voltage V Frequency Hz Input Current A Power Cord Piece US Canada 120 50 60 8 1 Europe 220 240 50 60 4 1 For the model for Europe the power supply cable depends on the country as follows Figure Rating Approval Agency Applicable Area A 250VAC 6A VDE DEMKO SEV Europe Continent B BS UK Figure A For Europe Sample 2 5m Figure B For UK 2 5m Note For details of other power supply cables refer to the part...

Page 28: ...ding A4 Letter size paper by face down print delivery from standard upper cassette feed Print media Toner in a single color single component cartridge Life Expectancy 10 000 single sided pages cartridge Black 6 000 single sided pages cartridge Cyan Magenta Yellow Note These figures are based on an average of 5 coverage of the printable area for one color using laser paper The frequency of replacem...

Page 29: ...y or HDD cards Control panel 8 buttons 4 LEDs and a 16 column x 2 lines liquid crystal display Diagnostics Self diagnostic program 2 3 Electrical and Mechanical Power source U S A and Canada AC 120V 50 60Hz Europe and Australia AC 220 to 240V 50 60Hz Power consumption Printing 450W or less Standing by 150W or less Sleep 25W or less Noise Printing 55dB A or less Standing by 48dB A or less Temperatu...

Page 30: ...7mm Plain paper 250 sheets of 75g m2 20lb paper Envelopes 15 sheets Transparency 50 sheets Label 80 sheets 5 Setting method Pull the media cassette out of the printer toward you insert the paper into the cassette after aligning the top edge of the sheets then push the cassette back into its original position Paper Source Printable Media Size Plain paper A4 Letter B5 Executive The Standard Media Ca...

Page 31: ...µ m 95 6 Smoothness Bekk seconds 90 20 Stiffness Clark 100 15 Brightness 85 2 Surface Resistance Ω 10 10 10 11 Grain Direction Long Measurement Condition 17 5 27 0 C 50 70 RH Note Keep the paper sealed in the bag as supplied and do not open the paper bag until the paper is required for use 2 4 4 Effective Printing Area 1 Printable area A E C E B D F F The effective printing area means the area wit...

Page 32: ...ts 173 54mm 6 82 2 049 dots 248 5mm 9 78 2 935 dots B5 ISO 176 0mm 6 93 2 078 dots 250 0mm 9 84 2 952 dots 167 54mm 6 59 1 978 dots 241 5mm 9 5 2 852 dots Executive 184 2mm 7 25 2 175 dots 266 7mm 10 5 3 150 dots 175 74mm 6 91 2 075 dots 258 3mm 10 17 3 050 dots COM 10 104 8mm 4 125 1 237 dots 241 3mm 9 5 2 850 dots 96 34mm 3 785 1 137 dots 232 8mm 9 16 2 750 dots D L 110 1mm 4 33 1 299 dots 221mm...

Page 33: ...ental conditions Note These figures are based on the paper whose specification is recommended For the recommended specifications refer to Section 2 4 3 of this chapter Paper 5mm Other 10mm Paper 4mm Other 10mm 3mm 5mm 5mm 3mm Print guarantee area Print guarantee area Non guarantee area Non printable area Non printable area Non guarantee area 4mm 4mm 16mm 4mm 42mm 4mm COM10 68mm DL 40mm COM10 68mm ...

Page 34: ...C 20 80 RH See the figure below 10 0 17 5 20 27 30 32 5 40 20 60 70 80 40 Ambien Humidity RH Ambient Temperature C 50 2 Under Non Operational conditions 5 0 35 0 C 10 80 RH See the figure below 10 0 20 30 35 40 20 60 80 40 Ambient Humidity RH Ambient Temperature 5 30 10 C Recommended Condition 17 5 27 0 C 50 70 RH ...

Page 35: ... Temperature 35 C 40 C 95 F 104 F Low Temperature 10 C 0 C 14 F 32 F Humidity 10 90 RH Period of Storage One Year Other No Condensation Atmosphere 613 1 067hpa 460 880mmHg The period under the severe conditions should not be continuous and is assumed as an accumulation of intermittent time However an individual period of intermittent time under severe conditions should not be allowed to exceed 48 ...

Page 36: ...CHAPTER III INSTALLATION ...

Page 37: ...on III 1 2 UNPACKING III 2 2 1 Unpacking of Printer III 2 2 2 Unpack the Starter Kit III 4 3 INSTALLATION WORK III 5 3 1 Install the OPC Belt Cartridge III 5 3 2 Install the Toner Cartridge to the Printer III 6 3 3 Install the Oil Bottle and Fuser Cleaner III 7 3 4 Test Print III 8 3 4 1 Test Print III 8 3 4 2 On line Printing Video Controller Mode only III 10 ...

Page 38: ...on environment is within 10 C 32 5 C 20 80 RH and without any condensation c Where it is likely to be in a draft of cold air from an air conditioner or warm air from a heater or to receive direct radiant heat d Where it is likely to be excessively dusty or be subject to corrosive gases such as ammonia e Users should select a location with good ventilation and set the printer on a flat surface f Us...

Page 39: ...Printer Refer to Fig 3 2 on the next page 1 Remove the binding tape from the top of the package 2 Open the top of the package and take the starter kit out 3 Remove the upper packing 4 Take the customize kit out 5 Remove the plastic joints 4 locations 6 Lift the outer box up from around the printer 7 Take the power cable for US Canada only 8 Open up the vinyl bag enclosing the printer 9 Lift up the...

Page 40: ...g T Polyethylene Bag CL Polyethylene Bag OPC Polyethylene Bag OIL Outer Box Starter Kit Packing L Silica Gel ST Syringe Joint Outer Box Tape Cleaning Brush Silica Gel EN Power Cord Base Polyethylene Bag EN Upper Packing Polyethylene Bag ST Costomize Kit ...

Page 41: ...e Appearance Quantity 1 Toner Cartridge Y M C K 4 2 OPC Belt Cartridge 1 3 Oil Bottle 1 4 Fuser Cleaner 1 5 Syringe 1 PRECAUTION When shipping the printer remove the oil bottle and the fuser cleaner from the fusing unit After removing the oil bottle be sure to remove the oil remaining in the fusing unit with the supplied syringe Failure to do so will cause severe damage to the printer Y Yellow M M...

Page 42: ...ing the latches CAUTION When installing or removing the OPC belt be sure to open the front cover first Failure to do so will cause the OPC belt to be damaged due to contact with the toner cartridges Fig 3 3 2 Release the belt cartridge lock levers left right Fig 3 4 3 Pull and remove the tension release pins on both sides left right of the OPC belt cartridge 4 Remove the protective sheet from the ...

Page 43: ...ght Fig 3 7 3 2 Install the Toner Cartridges into the Printer 1 Rock each of the cartridges 3 to 4 times through 30o to the horizontal Fig 3 8 2 Remove the tape fixing the protective cover and remove the protective cover from the new toner cartridge Fig 3 9 3 Install the new toner cartridge along the guide into the printer Fig 3 10 30o 30o Protective cover ...

Page 44: ...Install the Oil Bottle and Fuser Cleaner 1 Pull out and remove the orange protective parts fitted between the rollers of the fusing unit Fig 3 12 2 Install the oil bottle into the fusing unit Fig 3 13 3 Install the fuser cleaner into the fusing unit 4 Secure the oil bottle and the fuser cleaner with the retainer lock levers 5 Close the top cover Fig 3 14 Orange protective part Retainer lock lever ...

Page 45: ... printer 3 Insert the plug of the power cable into the power outlet 4 Press the power button and confirm that the SELF TEST LCD panel screen is displayed during printer initialization The printer checks the RAM size and then goes into warming up mode 04 SELF TEST RAM SIZE 16 M 5 The Ready LED lights within 210 seconds maximum before which the screen shown on the right appears on the control panel ...

Page 46: ...e use the following procedures to identify the problem if the test print is incorrect 11 Press and hold down the Mode Set and buttons and press the power button to go into the Engine Controller Mode The Ready LED lights within 210 seconds maximum when the screen a on the right appears on the control panel display a 00 READY U L 12 Press the Select key then the screen b on the right appears on the ...

Page 47: ...inting by the test print modes proceed with normal On Line Printing according to the following procedures Since this service manual does not refer to the interface connection or operation of the host computer read the printer User s Guide and any manuals detailing the operation procedure of the host computer before starting normal On Line Printing 1 Connect the interface cable to the host computer...

Page 48: ...CHAPTER IV STRUCTURE OF SYSTEM COMPONENTS ...

Page 49: ...V 10 1 2 Scanning System IV 21 1 3 Paper Transportation System IV 23 1 4 Fusing Unit IV 25 2 STRUCTURE OF THE CONTROL SYSTEM IV 27 2 1 Basic Structure IV 27 2 1 1 Electrical System and Functions IV 27 2 2 Control System IV 36 2 2 1 Control of the Print Process IV 36 2 3 Main PCB Video Controller PCB IV 46 2 3 1 Outline IV 46 2 3 2 Circuit IV 47 2 4 Power Supply Unit IV 58 2 5 High Voltage Power Su...

Page 50: ...arger Part Cleaner Part 2 Scanning System The scanning system consists of the following 2 two functional parts which form an electrostatic latent image on the OPC Belt by scanning it with a laser beam Scanner Unit Scanner Motor SCM 3 Transfer System The transfer system consists of the following 3 three functional parts and transfers the toner image formed on the transfer drum onto the page Transfe...

Page 51: ... Lamp Discharge Charge Exposure Development Paper Feed Media Cassette DC Charger Scanner Unit LD SCM I F Controller MCTL I F Control Sequence Control Laser Control Second Transfer Drum Cleaning Operation First Transfer Paper Pick up Roller Cleaning K Y M C Fig 4 1 Transfer Drum OPC Belt Registrater Roller MM Main Motor DM Develope Motor ...

Page 52: ...ive process C BL BK GR M R Y Y Yellow M Magenta C Cyan R Red GR Green BL Blue BK Black Fig 4 2 2 Basic Color Printing Process a The printer has a Toner Cartridge of each color yellow magenta cyan and black as shown in Fig 4 3 b The toner image developed using the primary colors is transferred to the transfer drum for the printed color combination as shown in Fig 4 4 a c The toner image formed on t...

Page 53: ...Fig 4 3 Y Y Y M M M C C Y Y Y C C C Transfer Drum b M M M Y Y Y C C C C C Y Y Y Paper C Paper Red Green Cyan Toner R C GR a First Transfer b Second Transfer C Fusing a Fig 4 4 OPC Belt Toner Cartridge Transfer Drum ...

Page 54: ...r layer of an insulator material PET Mylar and an aluminum deposit layer in between The OPC belt is located as shown in Fig 4 5 as the main part of the print system K Y M C Fig 4 5 Fig 4 6 OPC Belt Cartridge Toner Cartridge OPC Belt Transfer Drum Scanner Unit Electrode Photoconductor OPC Aluminum deposit layer Insulator Material ...

Page 55: ... 1 to 6 are required to form a full 24 bit color image on the transfer drum only one cycle of actions 7 8 and 9 is required to transfer the image to the paper from the transfer drum ready for fixing by actions 10 and 11 1 2 4 Transfer Drum First Transfer OPC Belt 3 Transfer Drum 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Print System Transfer System K Y M C K Y M C K Y M C K Y M C Transport System Exposing Charging OPC Belt...

Page 56: ... 8 Transfer Roller Transferring 9 Paper Discharger Discharges the Paper 10 Drum Cleaner Cleans the Drum 11 Fusing Unit Fusing 12 Paper Exit Unit Exits the Paper 13 Register Roller Paper Alignment K Y M C Fig 4 8 11 Fusing Unit 10 Drum Cleaner 4 OPC Belt Cartridge 3 Toner Cartridge K Y M C 2 Scanner Unit Media Cassette 1 Charger 7 Cleaning Blade 6 Erase Lamp Paper Pick up Roller 5 Transfer Drum 8 T...

Page 57: ...oner cartridges is biased to DBV V by the power supply DBV iv The frame potential of the transfer drum is GND Paper Discharger ACHV Transfer Roller THV THV Fuser Unit Transfer Drum Paper Cleaning Burush FCBV OPC Belt Erase Lamp Cleaning Blade CHV ZDV Charger Po Scannerl Unit CBV Y Develop M C K Toner Cartridge Toner DBV Cleaning Unit Fig 4 9 No Function Power Supply P S P S Name Approx Output Volt...

Page 58: ...difference of potential between VR V the latent image and DBV V and a visible toner image is formed as the result v Negatively charged toner on the OPC belt moves to the transfer drum surface in the transfer process because the GND potential of the transfer drum is greater than VR V of the OPC belt vi The OPC belt is discharged by the erase lamp 2 3 4 5 OV Transfer Drum Toner CBV OPC Belt CBV VO V...

Page 59: ...se corona wire and grid iii The charger unit charges the OPC belt surface to the potential V0 V with the corona charge iv The charger unit has the grid controlled to the constant voltage ZD V for even charging 2 Process of Charging Refer to Fig 4 12 i The status of the OPC belt surface before charging is CBV V ii The charger unit charges the OPC belt surface evenly to V0 V by generating a negative...

Page 60: ... the lens and reflective mirror to form an electrostatic latent image 2 Process of Exposing Refer to Fig 4 13 i The OPC belt surface has been charged to the potential Vo V in the charging process ii The laser light is scanned at right angles to the forward direction of the OPC belt iii High speed switching of the laser is made according to the transmitted image data iv The charge of the areas radi...

Page 61: ...rtridge Developing is processed by this roller contacting the OPC belt surface ii The developer roller has been biased to the potential DBV V Fig 4 15 describes the relationship established between the potential of the toner the potential V0 V at the non exposed area of OPC belt and the potential VR V on the exposed area of the OPC belt iii Developing is processed by the toner adhering to the OPC ...

Page 62: ...IV 13 CBV DBV Fig 4 15 Y M C K Fig 4 16 Developer roller Toner OPC Belt Toner M Exposing Developing ...

Page 63: ...drum 1 Structure of the Transfer Drum Refer to Fig 4 8 i The drum is located as shown in Fig 4 8 ii Material of the drum is aluminum iii Semiconductor rubber is used to provide the drum surface as shown in Fig 4 17 iv The transfer drum rotates by contacting and synchronizing with the OPC belt Fig 4 17 Transfer Drum Aluminum Rubber ...

Page 64: ...o the transfer drum due to the difference of potential between the OPC belt and the transfer drum iv Toner that has been developed by each color in sequence is moved from the OPC belt onto the transfer drum and the color toner images overlap on the transfer drum v Upon completion of the drum transfer process the complete toner image is transferred onto paper in the paper transfer process Fig 4 18 ...

Page 65: ...s located as shown in Fig 4 8 ii The light source of the erase lamp is 24 light emitting diodes LEDs 2 Process of Discharging Refer to Fig 4 19 i Though the toner image was transferred to the transfer drum in the drum transfer process there is still a residual charge on the OPC belt ii The residual charge VR on the OPC belt is discharged by the radiation of the erase lamp light prior to cleaning t...

Page 66: ...he OPC belt cartridge as shown in Fig 4 8 2 Process of Belt Cleaning Refer to Fig 4 20 There is residual toner on the OPC belt as it has not been completely transferred in the drum transfer process Residual toner is mechanically scavenged by the blade edge The scavenged residual toner is collected in the waste toner pack by the waste toner feeder Fig 4 20 Belt cleaning Blade Belt discharging Erase...

Page 67: ...ller and transfer drum 2 Second Transfer Process Refer to Fig 4 21 i Paper is transported and is synchronized with the transfer drum ii The transfer roller operates and is synchronized with the transported paper and is in contact with the transfer drum through the transported paper iii The transported paper passes between the transfer roller and transfer drum At this time the positive high voltage...

Page 68: ...he AC charger unit consists of the case and a charger wire iii A high alternating voltage VAC is fed to the AC charger unit 2 Process of Paper Discharging Refer to Fig 4 22 i The paper adheres to the transfer drum in the transfer process ii The paper is neutralized discharged in terms of any electrical charge by the alternate voltage generated by the discharger iii Paper is separated from the tran...

Page 69: ...ing brush 2 Process of Belt Cleaning Refer to Fig 4 23 i There is residual toner on the surface of the transfer drum after the paper transfer process ii The Drum cleaning brush is positively self biased and so the negatively charged residual toner is removed from the surface of the transfer drum onto the drum cleaning brush iii The Drum cleaning roller has been biased to the positive voltage FCBV ...

Page 70: ...fer to Fig 4 24 The scanner unit is located as shown in Fig 4 8 The scanner unit consists of the following parts Laser Unit Light emitting source incorporating a laser diode Cylinder Lens Condenser for the laser beam Polygon Mirror Hexahedral mirror for scanning the laser beam F θ Lens Focus lens for the laser beam Scanner Motor Motor to rotate the polygon mirror Mirror Reflecting mirror for the l...

Page 71: ...on of the Scanner Unit is as follows Item Specifications Rated Output of Laser Diode 5mW Wave Length of Laser Beam Approx 785nm Scanning Density 600dpi Scanning Width 220mm Scanner Motor speed 23 936rpm Number of Polygon Mirror Faces 6 ...

Page 72: ...ansportation system consists of the following parts Media Cassette Case to accommodate paper to be fed automatically Paper Pick up Roller Roller to feed sheets of paper one by one preventing multi feed Register Roller Roller to transport papers synchronized with the transfer drum Transfer System Print processing part consisting of transfer drum and transfer roller to transfer the toner image onto ...

Page 73: ...IV 24 5 4 3 2 1 8 7 6 Media Cassette Paper Discharger Unit Paper Pick up Roller Fusing Unit Register Roller Paper Exit Unit Transfer Part Paper Exit Roller Fig 4 25 ...

Page 74: ...he paper 1 Structure The fusing unit consists of the following component parts Refer to Fig 4 26 Back up Roller is a pressure roller and incorporates a heater lamp Fuser Roller incorporates a heater lamp Fusing Heaters halogen lamps to heat the rollers Thermal Fuse prevent the fuser roller from being excessively heated up Thermistor is a sensor to detect the temperature of the fuser roller s surfa...

Page 75: ...back up roller Each roller is heated up to approx 140 C and receives approximately 156N pressure from the opposite heat roller When the paper carrying the toner images passes between the two heat rollers the toner images are melted and fused on the transported paper The paper carrying the fused image is separated from the heat rollers and ejected from the printer M Y C M Y a Before Fusing M R GR b...

Page 76: ...o the paper exit Laser Output Control To automatically control the laser output Fuser Temperature Control To control the fixer heater so that the temperature of the fuser roller and back up roller will be correct Toner Sensing Control To control the sensing of the toner empty status Interface Control Video Signal To process the input and output signals to and from the external controller host Cont...

Page 77: ...ol Toner Empty Sensing Control Control Panel Control Error Processing Program Oil Sensor Fusing Unit DC Power Supply Unit High Voltage Unit Interlock Switches Paper Empty Sensor Paper Feeding Sensor Paper Size Sensor Paper Exit Sensor OHP Sensor Main Motor Toner Empty Sensor Drum Jam Sensor Cleaning Roller Sensor I F Controller Video Controller MCTL Engine Controller Fig 4 28 ...

Page 78: ...PCB To display the printer s operation status and support the control panel switches 4 LDU PCB To control the drive and output to the laser diode in the scanner unit 5 PDU PCB To sense the emission of the laser diode and the beam position in the scanner unit 6 Erase Lamp To discharge the OPC belt with the LEDs 7 IOD1 PCB To send the signals from the sensors to the MCTL PCB and to drive the outputs...

Page 79: ...IV 30 Fig 4 29 9 Power Supply LVPS PCB 10 High voltage Power Supply HVU PCB 1 Video Controller PCB 4 LDU 2 Engine Controller MCTL PCB 7 IOD1 PCB 8 IOD2 PCB 6 Erase Lamp 3 Control Panel PCB 5 PDU ...

Page 80: ...or SCM To scan the laser beam 4 Ozone Fan Motor OZFAN To exhaust the ozone from the printer charger unit 5 Heater Fan Motor HTFAN To exhaust the heat of the fusing unit 6 Controller Fan Motor CTLFAN To exhaust the heat of the power supply unit and Interface Controller Fig 4 30 4 Ozone Fan 5 Heater Fan 3 Scanner Motor Front cover SW 2 DevelopingMotor 1 Main Motor Rear access cover SW 6 Controller F...

Page 81: ...ive the brush of the drum cleaner by coupling the cleaner clutch to the main gear unit at the correct timing for drum cleaning 5 8 Developer Clutch DVCL Y M C K To drive the magnetic roller of the desired color toner cartridge by coupling that toner cartridge to the developer gear unit during developing 9 Developer Solenoid Unit DVSOL To position the desired color toner cartridge in the developing...

Page 82: ... Fig 4 31 11 Drum Cleaner Solenoid 1 Paper Feed Clutch 2 Registration Clutch 10 Transfer Solenoid 4 Cleaner Clutch 3 Fuser Clutch 9 Developer Solenoid Unit 5 Developer Clutch C 6 Developer Clutch M 7 Developer Clutch Y 8 Developer Clutch K ...

Page 83: ...n OHP 7 Drum Jam Sensor DPJ Photo sensor to detect if paper is wound around the transfer drum 8 Drum Encoder Sensor EN Photo sensor to detect rotation of the transfer drum 9 Belt Sensor PBS Photo sensor to detect the home position of the OPC belt 10 Toner Empty Sensor TPD TTR Photo sensor to detect if the toner is empty for each toner cartridge 11 Waste Toner Sensor WTS Photo sensor to detect if t...

Page 84: ... 6 OHP Sensor 8 Drum Encoder Sensor 9 Belt Sensor 5 Oil Sensor 13 CleaningRollerSensor 14 Temperature Sensor Thermistor to detect 7 Drum Jam Sensor 11 Waste Toner Sensor 1 Paper Size Sensor 4 Paper Empty Sensor 10 Toner Empty Sensor 12 Developing PhotoSensor ...

Page 85: ...er Motor LDU PD Laser Control CPU Sequence Control Temperature Control Toner Empty Sensing Control Control Panel Control Error Processing Program Oil Sensor Fusing Unit DC Power Supply Unit High Voltage Unit Interlock Switches Paper Feeding Sensor Paper Size Sensor Paper Exit Sensor OHP Sensor Main Motor Paper Empty Sensor Drum Paper Jam Sensor Cleaning Roller Sensor I F Controller Video Controlle...

Page 86: ...rol To detect the toner empty status of each toner cartridge 4 Control Panel Control To control the control panel indications and the operational signals 5 Error Processing Control To sense errors occurring in the printer and control the stop procedures 6 Interface Control To control the receipt and transmission of the interface signals from the external controller 7 Laser Control To control laser...

Page 87: ...rol circuit switches the laser diode according to the video signal data 2 The radiated laser beam is sensed by the photo detector PD and the signal is fed back to the output control circuit 3 The output control circuit controls the laser output to make the level constant by comparing the laser output with the feed back value transmitted from the output sensing circuit 4 The scanning laser beam is ...

Page 88: ...IV 39 OPC Belt Scaner Motor Laser PD BDT LDC PCB Synchronizie Control Circuit Beam Scanning Control Circuit Frequency Control Circuit MCTL PCB PRINT Signal VIDEO Signal Fig 4 34 ...

Page 89: ...t becomes hotter than the set temperature within the fixing unit GA CPU Process circuit to control the temperature signal micro computer CM1 Sensor circuit for temperature signal for ACOFF signal CM2 Sensor circuit for temperature signal for HON signal CM3 Sensor circuit for temperature signal for processing Q Sensor circuit for shut down by the thermistor for THERR signal HR Heat lamp for the hea...

Page 90: ...IV 41 THERR ACOFF HON GA CPU Q CM1 CM2 CM3 AD ACOFF P HON N RY 1 RY 1 FLS PC Fusing Unit TFU 1 TFU 2 BR HR Fig 4 35 Basic Structure of Fuser Control ...

Page 91: ... break down When the thermal fuse melts the printer will stop operating Safety Control by Temperature Control Signal H0 When the THERR signal is input the control panel indicates H0 and the printer will stop operating H2 If the temperature of the fixing unit does not reach the required point T1 after a certain time the control panel indicates H2 and the printer will stop operating H3 If the Heater...

Page 92: ...re image data in a buffer The video data signals of the input image data switches the semiconductor laser diode to form a print image b Interface Connection Host System Main PCB Video Controller DC Power Supply Engine Controller Operator Panel Fig 4 36 The interface connector of this laser printer is connected to the host system as shown in Fig 4 36 ...

Page 93: ...de Table 4 1 Interface Circuit No Interface Circuit Signal Name 1 150 M5M34050 VIDEO N VIDEO P 2 M5M34050 HSYNC N HSYNC P 3 5V 22 GND 0 01 F 220 330 GND PRREQ N COMMAND N ID1 N ID2 N 4 5V 3 3K SN7406 VSYNC N IREADY N STATUS N KEY STATUS N ...

Page 94: ... N 10A RET GND 10B Reserve 11A HSYNC P 11B HSYNC N 12A ID2 N 12B Reserve 13A RET GND 13B VSYNC N 14A RET GND 14B Reserve 15A RET GND 15B STATUS 16A RET GND 16B IREADY N 17A RET GND 17B Reserve 18A RET GND 18B COMMAND 19A RET GND 19B PRREQ N 20A RET GND 20B Reserve 21A ID1 N 21B Reserve 22A RET GND 22B KEY_STATUS N 23A Reserve 23B Reserve 24A Reserve 24B Reserve 25A RET GND 25B Reserve 26A RET GND ...

Page 95: ...LCD messages light the LEDs and display the button status etc The power for the Main PCB is supplied from the engine through the engine interface connector Main PCB Block Diagram MIO BOARD MIO RELAY CONNECTOR PCB Flash ROM 8M x2 2MB x2Banks MASK ROM 32M mask x2 8MB EDO DRAM 16M x8 16MB EEPROM X24C04 4kbit SIMM 72pin 3Slots EDO or Fast Page 96MB max CDCC I F RS 232C I F PCMCIA x2 ENGINE I F Main PC...

Page 96: ...upports Software 3 ROM block The ROM stores the CPU control program and font data ROMs used are an 8Mbytes masked ROM and a 2 Mbytes flash ROM which can be rewritten on the board Masked ROM Access time less than 120nsec Appearance 42 pin DIP Flash ROM Model name MBM29F800T 120 manufactured Fujitsu Access time less than 120nsec Appearance 48 pin TSOP 4 DRAM block DRAMs are used for the receiving bu...

Page 97: ...AL 8B 8BL MITSUBISHI MH1M32ADJ 7 8 8MB HITACHI HB56A232BT 7A 7AL 7B 7BL MITSUBISHI MH1M32ADJ 7 8 16MB TOSHIBA THM324000BSG 60 70 80 32MB TOSHIBA THM328020BSG 60 70 80 Any combination of SIMM size can be installed into any slot in any order Note Fast page type and EDO type can be used together although it is not recommended 6 External interface block Centronics Interface RS 232C Interface PCMCIA In...

Page 98: ...VIDEO P VIDEO P 210s MAX 0 1sec MIN 15sec MAX 15us MIN 10ms MAX 1 0sec MAX 3 0sec MAX for Continuous Printing K data C data M data Y data 3 75s 417 781us 1st line 2nd line Last line 1dot 56 296ns Fig 4 38 The COMMAND signal and STATUS signal are the signals that are used to transfer the data between the controller and the engine which perform as a half duplex asynchronous serial communication Refe...

Page 99: ...s Frame format one 1 start bit eight 8 data bits Start bit side is LSB Parity bit is MSB one 1 odd parity bit one 1 stop bit The video controller has to send an Initialize Command to the engine controller after power on in order to establish communication The power for the Main PCB is supplied through the engine interface connector ...

Page 100: ...Appendix 1 Main PCB Circuit Diagram 1 7 CODE UK391301 B48K299CIR 1 7 NAME IV 51 ...

Page 101: ...Appendix 2 Main PCB Circuit Diagram 2 7 CODE UK391302 B48K299CIR 2 7 NAME IV 52 ...

Page 102: ...Appendix 3 Main PCB Circuit Diagram 3 7 CODE UK391303 B48K299CIR 3 7 NAME IV 53 ...

Page 103: ...Appendix 4 Main PCB Circuit Diagram 4 7 CODE UK391304 B48K299CIR 4 7 NAME IV 54 ...

Page 104: ...Appendix 5 Main PCB Circuit Diagram 5 7 CODE UK391305 B48K299CIR 5 7 NAME IV 55 ...

Page 105: ...Appendix 6 Main PCB Circuit Diagram 6 7 CODE UK391306 B48K299CIR 6 7 NAME IV 56 ...

Page 106: ...Appendix 7 Main PCB Circuit Diagram 7 7 CODE UK391307 B48K299CIR 7 7 NAME IV 57 ...

Page 107: ...V 1R 4 8 5 3V 7 5A For control of the laser 5V 2 For control of the interface 24V 1 24V 4 5A For control of printer charging HP HN 120V 8A For USA 220V 5A For Europe For connection of the fuser heater HP For connection of the fuser heater HN 2 Layout of Connector Pin Assignment See Fig 4 40 on the following page ...

Page 108: ...IV 59 Inret Black White Black White PC Pin N L HN HP ACN2 ACN1 ACN3 1 1 1 Main SW Fig 4 40 Layout of Connector Pin Assignment Power Supply Unit ...

Page 109: ...D Signal Ground 5V type ground 1 5V 2 5v 2 Output 9 5V 1R 5Vthroughtherelaywhen 24V 1isshutdown 2 5V 2 5v 2 Output 10 ACOFF P ACForcedShut Down Signal Pull uprequired 3 SGND Signal Ground 5V type ground 11 HON N Heater On Signal Pull up required 4 SGND Signal Ground 5V type ground 12 Test I2 Terminal for Dielectric Strength Test 13 24V 1 24VOutputcorresponding toDoorSwitch 14 Test O2 Terminal for ...

Page 110: ...ging CHV 4 6KV HVRD6190 619V 2 First Transfer CBV 200V 900V 3 Developing Y M DBV A 200V 400V Bias C K DBV B 200V 400V 4 Second Transfer THV 400V 3 000V 5 Transfer Roller Cleaning THV 600V 6 Paper Discharging ACV 4 9KV DCV 200V 7 Drum Cleaning FCBV 200V 1 500V 2 Layout of Connector Pin Assignment See Fig 4 41 on the following page ...

Page 111: ...IV 62 Layout of Connector Pin Assignment High Voltage Power Supply Unit MODEL CHV THV AC THV FCBV BCN2 ACOUT High Voltage DBV K DBV Y DBV M DBV C CBV CHVOUT 18 17 2 1 BON1 1 4 Fig 4 41 ...

Page 112: ...r Check 4 PGND PGND 4 FUCHKGND GND 5 ACVON N AC Output ON Signal 6 PWMON N PWM Control ON Signal 7 CHVON ON CHV Output ON Signal 8 CHVERR CHV ERROR Sensor Signal 9 CBVPWM N CBV PWM Control Signal 10 THVRON N THV ON Signal 11 DBVYMPWM N DBV PWM Control Signal 12 THVPWM N THV PWM Control ON Signal 13 DBVCKPWM N CBV PWM Control Signal 14 THV 1 Transfer Voltage Select Signal 15 FCBVPWM N FCBV PWM Cont...

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Page 114: ...GND 20 PGND 21 PGND 22 PGND 2 DCN14 IOD1 PCB High Voltage Unit 18 pins Pin No Signal Pin No Signal 1 24v 1 2 PGND 3 FUCHK 4 PGND 5 ACVON N 6 PWMON N 7 CHVON N 8 CHVERR 9 CBVPWM N 10 THVRON N 11 DBV MC PWM N 12 THVPWM N 13 DBV KY PWM N 14 THV I 15 FCBVPWM N 16 TH1 17 NC 18 TH2 3 DCN3 For Factory Use Only 4 pins Pin No Signal 1 TESTO1 2 TESTI1 3 TESTO2 4 TESTI1 4 DCN4 IOD1 Interlock Switch Pin No Si...

Page 115: ...LON P 32 DBV KY PWM N 33 FBSLON P 34 FCBVPWM N 35 FBCLON P 36 THVRON N 37 SPSLLON P 38 THVPWM N 39 PKCLLON P 40 THV I 41 ELON P 42 TH2 43 PBSEN N 44 TH1 45 HPSEN N 46 OILLES P 47 CTFANON P 48 TMASEN1 49 HTFANON P 50 TMASEN2 6 DCN9 IOD1 PCB IOD2 PCB 14 pins 7 DCN5 IOD1 UpperPaperEmptySensor Pin No Signal IOD1 Paper Feeding Sensor 1 FBCLON P IOD1 Drum Encoder Sensor 2 FBSLON P Pin No Signal 3 TRSLON...

Page 116: ...K 13 OHPSENL Pin No Signal 14 PSL4 1 TLES K P 15 SGND 2 TLES Y P 16 SGND 3 TLES M P 17 OCST N 4 TLES C P 18 NC 5 TLES G 6 SGND 12 DCN10 IOD1PCB PaperExitSensor 7 LEDON P IOD1PCB HeaterFan 8 TLESCHK Pin No Signal 9 SGND 1 5v 1 10 24v 1 2 PT2 N 11 ELON N 3 SGND 4 HTFANON P 10 DCN13 IOD1 PCB Controller Fan 5 PGND Pin No Signal 6 HTFANERR 1 CTFANON P 2 PGND 13 DCN11 IOD1PCB BeltSensor 3 CTFANERR IOD1P...

Page 117: ... PKCLUON P Pin No Signal 17 RECLON P 1 24v 1 18 SPSLUON P 2 NC 19 OZFANON P 3 FUCLON N 20 FUCLON P 21 ECN11 IOD2 Cleaner Clutch 15 ECN17 IOD2 Developer Clutch Y Pin No Signal Pin No Signal 1 24v 1 1 24v 1 2 NC 2 NC 3 FBCLON N 3 DCL Y ON N 22 ECN6 IOD2 Ozone Fan 16 ECN16 IOD2 DeveloperClutch M Pin No Signal Pin No Signal 1 OZFANON P 1 24v 1 2 PGND 2 NC 3 OZFANERR 3 DCL M ON N 23 ECN7 IOD2 Registrat...

Page 118: ...Pin No Signal 27 ECN5 IOD2 Paper Feeding Clutch 1 ACOUT HP Pin No Signal 2 FUCHKGND 1 24v 1 3 TH2 2 NC 4 ACOUT HN 3 PKCLUON N 5 FUCHK 6 TH1 28 ECN12 IOD2 Main Motor Pin No Signal 34 BCN2 High Voltage Unit Fusing 1 MMRDY N Unit 4 pins 2 MMON N Pin No Signal 3 MMCLK 1 TH1 4 PGND 2 TH2 5 24v 1 3 FUCHK 6 SGND 4 FUCHKGND 7 5v 1 8 MMENC 35 DCN15 IOD1 CleaningRollerSensor 9 MMREV N Pin No Signal 1 5v 1 2...

Page 119: ... MCTL LDU 20 pins Pin No Signal 1 5v R 2 LDREF2 3 LDREF3 4 5v 1 5 LDREF1 6 LDREF0 7 LREADY 8 LCONT2 9 LCONT1 10 VIDEO P 11 VIDEO N 12 BDT P 13 BDT N 14 SGND 15 SGND 16 SCMCLK 17 SCMRDY N 18 SCMON N 19 PGND 20 24v 1 ...

Page 120: ...CHAPTER V CONTROL PANEL OPERATION ...

Page 121: ... 6 Test Print Mode V 10 2 7 NVRAM Reset Mode V 10 3 ENGINE CONTROLLER MODE V 11 3 1 Configuration of Operational Mode V 11 3 2 Operation of Normal Mode V 13 3 3 Service Mode V 19 3 4 Adjustment Work Procedures V 39 3 4 1 Adjustment of Top and Left Margin V 39 3 4 2 Setting of Engine NVRAM Data V 40 3 4 3 Confirmation and Setting of Total Number of Printouts V 41 3 4 4 Setting of Number of Images f...

Page 122: ...eset Mode Set Continue On Line Toner K C M Y Feeder Orientation 1 9 4 5 10 13 12 2 3 6 11 7 8 Fig 5 1 No LED Button Name 1 LCD 16 character by 2 lines 2 Ready LED 3 On Line LED 4 Data LED 5 Sel button 6 Form Feed Feeder button 7 Alarm LED 8 Mode Emulation button 9 Font Economy button 10 Test button 11 Continue Shift button 12 Set Copy button 13 Reset button ...

Page 123: ...d these checks should be carried out This mode provides performance tests for the engine LCD control panel buttons and various sensors 3 DRAM Test Mode This mode is provided to test the memory and any installed SIMM s on the main video controller PCB 4 Program Version Display Mode This mode displays the firmware version of the video controller and engine controller 5 Test Print Mode This mode allo...

Page 124: ...OMY T O N E R S A V E M O D E 4 Select the toner save mode or the power save mode using the scroll buttons or by pressing the Shift and Economy buttons again Then press the Set button 5 Select the setting ON OFF with the scroll buttons then press the Set button 6 When turning on the power save mode the display shows the next sub setting menu as follows POWER SAVE ON T I M E O U T 3 0 m 7 You need ...

Page 125: ... CARD2 R W TEST Check delete import export read write on Card 2 ID MIO TEST Checks that the installed MIO card is initialized Procedure Note If any errors occur during the following procedures an error message appears By pressing the Continue button it is possible to proceed with the tests 1 Install flash memory cards 1 2 and an MIO card into the printer 2 Turn on the power while holding down the ...

Page 126: ...nds Open the cover Install the toner cartridge Close the cover and wait for 20 seconds D Corresponding sensor code A Front Cover B Top Cover C Rear Cover Transfer Unit D Toner Cartridge K E Toner Cartridge C F Toner Cartridge M G Toner Cartridge Y H OPC Belt Cartridge I Fuser Cleaner J Fusing Unit K Waste Toner L Upper Cassette M Lower Cassette N Upper Cassette Paper O Lower Cassette Paper P Upper...

Page 127: ... installed TRAY 1 SIZE ERR The paper size is other than A4 or Letter size 9 Press the Continue button to implement the TRAY 2 CHECK TRAY 2 CHK START TRAY 2 A4 TRAY 2 A4 A4 size cassette is installed TRAY 2 LETTER Letter size cassette is installed TRAY 2 NO The lower cassette is not installed TRAY 2 SIZE ERR The paper size is other than A4 or Letter size 10 Press the Continue button to implement th...

Page 128: ... button to implement the MIO CHECK MIO CHECK START MIO OK MIO OK The MIO card works correctly MIO ERROR The MIO card has a problem NO MIO BOARD The MIO card is not installed 13 Press the Continue button to exit the Line Test Mode The printer is reset as follows RAM SIZE 16M Now initializing LJ WAIT 001P T1 LJ READY 001P T1 14 Turn off the power When this messages is displayed the printer may be tu...

Page 129: ...EL iii Select the DRAM ADDRESS menu using the scroll buttons iv Whenever the Set button is pressed the LCD will display the DRAM error address on the main PCB Slot 1 Slot 2 and Slot 3 in turn 6 If a SIMM DRAM has an error replace the SIMM corresponding to the above memory map information If the DRAM on the main PCB has an error replace referring to the table below Lower order address DRAM chip to ...

Page 130: ...econd of the program is displayed PROG XX XX XX 4 Press the Continue button Year Month Date of the font data is displayed FONT XXXX XX XX 5 Press the Continue button Hour Minute Second of the font data is displayed FONT XX XX XX 6 Press the Continue button The version of the program and font data is displayed VERSION X XX 7 Press the Continue button The version of the engine firmware is displayed ...

Page 131: ... the following menu displays appears LCD Display Check item TEST PRN A H Halftone reproduction TEST PTN G H Line reproduction TEST PTN K2 Color reproduction registration and jitter TEST PTN STRIPE Fusing 2 7 NVRAM Reset Mode This mode forces the NVRAM value of the video controller to be reset to the factory settings Procedure 1 While holding down the Set button turn on the power 2 Hold down the Se...

Page 132: ...button under the Engine Controller Mode the printer goes into the Engine Normal Mode This mode provides functions to indicate the operation status of the printer and also messages relating to normal operations which the operator is controlling Note Be sure to remove the main PCB before the printer goes into the Engine Normal Mode If you fail to do so the printer goes into the sleep mode 2 Service ...

Page 133: ...FU UNIT ALIGN FUSER CL ROLLER ALIGN BELT CG 17 MEDIA JAM CLOSE PANEL FRONT 18 CLOSE PANEL TOP CLOSE TR UNIT 19 SLEEP MODE 20 SERVICE CALL Ready LED ON Service Mode 31 TEST PRINT On Line LED OFF 32 NEXT CARE INFO 33 CASSETTE TYPE 34 TOTAL PAGE 35 EACH IMAGE 36 CLEAR CARE 37 MEDIA MODE 39 FACTORY MODE 40 DP CHECK 41 BD CHECK 42 FU CHECK 43 MARGIN ADJUST 44 LIFE PERIOD SET 45 NVRAM TUNE UP LP TUNE UP...

Page 134: ...intenance work Operation Procedures 1 Press the power button to turn on the printer while holding down the Mode Set and buttons Refer to Fig 5 1 2 Press the On Line button so that the printer is on line and the Ready LED starts to flash 3 The Ready LED lights approximately 250 seconds after power on and the printer is ready to print Normal Mode See Table 5 2 for details of indications available in...

Page 135: ...riodical replacement parts will be indicated if they have reached their life or should be replaced now If no periodical replacement is required there will be no indication in the LCD For details of the periodical replacement parts see 36 CLEAR CARE in the next section 01 01 WAIT 1 U 2 L 3 4 The Ready LED is lit The engine is in the process of warming up For messages 1 2 3 and 4 that appear on the ...

Page 136: ...follows UPP Upper Cassette LOW Lower Cassette Replenish the empty cassette with paper Press the Form Feed button if the media needs to be changed 12 NO TRAY 12 NO TRAY 1 4 The engine is idling The Ready LED is lit 1 Paper feeder without the paper cassette is indicated as follows UPP Upper Cassette LOW Lower Cassette Install the applicable media cassette to the paper feeder indicated on the LCD 13 ...

Page 137: ...a new one This message will be automatically cleared by opening closing the front cover while replacing the waste toner pack The message can also be cleared by pressing the Font button 15 MISPRINT 15 MISPRINT 6 4 The engine is idling The Ready LED is lit 6 The type of misprint error is indicated as follows NOPQR No PRREQ N signal is available PAPER No paper is available in the feeder while executi...

Page 138: ...ated as follows Y Yellow M Magenta C Cyan K Black Reinstall the toner cartridge correctly This message will be automatically cleared by opening closing the front cover 16 4 16 ALIGN BELT CG 4 The engine is stopped The Ready LED is lit The OPC belt cartridge is not installed Reconfirm the installation status of the OPC belt cartridge This message will be automatically cleared by opening closing eit...

Page 139: ...is open Reconfirm the installation status of the transfer unit This message can be cleared by opening and closing the rear access cover 19 SLEEP MODE 19 SLEEP MODE 4 The engine is idling The Ready LED is lit This mode is cleared by sending a WAKE UP command EC24 from the video controller The printer is ready to print after the warming up process of the engine 20 SERVICE CALL 20 SERVICE CALL 9 The ...

Page 140: ... buttons and turn the printer Power on 2 Using the Font Continue Set and buttons select the mode necessary for the maintenance work from the test list shown in Table 5 2 How to designate the necessary mode 1 Press the Set or button so that service modes a b and c show up in sequence to be selected 2 After selecting the desired mode execute the selected mode by pressing the Continue button 3 Press ...

Page 141: ...hen press the Select button c d 4 After completion of the warming up process the desired pattern of the selected color will be continuously printed d 5 Print operation is suspended by pressing the Font button d e If it is desired to return to the previous screen message press the Font button one more time e d 6 If it is desired to return to On line mode press the On Line button f g SERVICE MODE TE...

Page 142: ... the information 2 Fuser Cleaner FC 7 OPC Belt Cartridge BL 8 Fusing Unit FU 9 Replacement Kit 120K 120K b 3 After selecting the code press the Continue button Then the number of images or printouts corresponding to the selected code is displayed b c through f 4 Screen c through f can be cleared by pressing the Font button f e d c b Press the Font button one more time at screen b to return to the ...

Page 143: ...ess the Font button to exit the mode from screen b b c SERVICE MODE CASSETTE TYPE 33 CASSETTE TYPE TYPE A B C a b c SERVICE MODE CASSETTE TYPE 34 TOTAL PAGE The total number of printouts can be confirmed Procedure Description of Procedures LCD Message 1 Press the Continue button after selecting Screen a TOTAL PAGE mode a b 2 A 6 digit number is displayed This number represents the total number of ...

Page 144: ...ess the Continue button b c 3 The number of images created in the selected color is displayed Ex Yellow c 4 Press the Font button to exit this mode from screen c c d 5 Using the Set or button select another color and then press the Continue button to confirm the number of images created in that color 6 Press the Font button to return to the Service mode d e SERVICE MODE EACH IMAGE 35 IMAGE OF 35 I...

Page 145: ...ge 1 Press the Continue button after selecting Screen a CLEAR CARE mode a b 2 Using the Set or button move the cursor to select the applicable CARE code and then press the Continue button b c 3 To clear the counter in CLEAR CARE use the Set or button to select YES and then press the Continue button Fuser cleaner c g OPC belt cartridge d Fusing Unit e 120K replacement kit f 6 Press the Font button ...

Page 146: ...tances Procedure Description of Procedures LCD Message 1 Press the Continue button after selecting Screen a MEDIA MANAGE a b 2 Select DEFIANCE and then press the Continue button if the OHP sensor signal should be ignored b c In normal operation the mode is preset to MANAGE SERVICE MODE MEDIA MANAGE 37 MEDIA MANAGE MANAGE DEFIANCE a b c SERVICE MODE DP CHECK ...

Page 147: ...ou have the information available to reset the Page and Image counters to the correct values See 34 TOTAL PAGES and 35 EACH IMAGE for information on how to get the readings before starting working with these functions Basic Configuration 39 FACTORY MODE 40 DP CHECK 41 BD CHECK 42 FU CHECK 43 MARGIN ADJUST 44 LIFE PERIOD SET 45 NVRAM TUNE UP 46 NVRAM INITIAL 47 TOTAL PAGE SET 48 EACH IMAGE SET ...

Page 148: ...ontinue button b c 3 The selected color toner cartridge starts to drive If no error occurs in driving the message GOOD is displayed in the LCD otherwise FAIL c Toner cartridge drive will automatically stop after 60 seconds c d 4 Press the Font button to stop the DP CHECK mode d Press the Font button one more time to return to screen a d e 39 FACTORY MODE DP CHECK 40 DP CHECK 40 DP CHECK Y GOOD a b...

Page 149: ... the Font button to exit the BD CHECK mode b d 39 FACTORY MODE BD CHECK 41 BD CHECK 41 BD CHECK GOOD a b c d 39 FACTORY MODE DP CHECK FAIL 42 FU CHECK Availability of oil in the fusing unit can be checked Procedure Description of Procedures LCD Message 1 Press the Continue button after selecting screen a FU CHECK a 2 The fusing unit starts the heat up process and checks the availability of fuser o...

Page 150: ...up to 3 5mm left and right in 0 5mm steps from the reference value 0 Using the Set or button select the amount of adjustment by selecting a number displayed in screen c or d The amount of adjustment selected will be displayed at the upper right corner of Screen c or d After confirming the desired amount of adjustment is displayed press the Continue button to set the adjustment 4 Press the Font but...

Page 151: ...9 120K Replacement Kit f 3 Use the Set or button to select the desired digit Use the Continue button to input a new value to the selected blinking digit Upon completion of inputting the values to be set use the Set or button to select SET on the LCD and then press the Continue button to register the set value 4 Press the Font button to complete the setting work g 5 Press the Font button one more t...

Page 152: ...stand the effects of making adjustments to the various charge voltages in the HVPSU This mode consists of following 5 five subordinate modes Configuration of NVRAM TUNE UP Factory Setting 45 NVRAM TUNE UP 45 1 LP TUNE UP 3 45 2 THV TUNE UP 0 45 3 DBV TUNE UP 0 45 4 CBV TUNE UP 0 45 5 FBV TUNE UP 0 Note After performing NVRAM INITIAL in the next section be sure to set the LP TUNE UP value to 3 ...

Page 153: ...NE UP Code 1 press the Continue button b c 3 After selecting the color to be adjusted press the Continue button Ex Yellow c d 4 The adjustment value can be adjusted in 8 steps between the 4 and 4 After selecting the required number press the Continue button d 5 Press the Font button to finish the adjustment for yellow d e Repeat steps 3 to 5 if adjustment work is required for another color 6 Press...

Page 154: ...NVM TUNE UP a b 2 After selecting THV TUNE UP Code 2 press the Continue button b c 3 After selecting the media to be adjusted press the Continue button Ex PPC c d 4 Adjustment can be made in 8 steps between 4 and 4 After selecting a given number press the Continue button d 5 Press the Font button to finish the adjustment for PPC d e Repeat steps 3 to 5 for other media such as OHP or Labels 6 Press...

Page 155: ...Code 3 press the Continue button b c 3 After selecting the color to be adjusted press the Continue button Ex Magenta c d 4 The adjustment value can be adjusted in 8 steps between 4 and 4 After selecting a given number press the Continue button d 5 Press the Font button to finish the adjustment work for Magenta d e Repeat steps 3 to 5 for each color 6 Press the Font button to finish the DBV adjustm...

Page 156: ... of Procedures LCD Message 1 Press the Continue button after selecting Screen a NVM TUNE UP a b 2 After selecting CBV TUNE UP Code 5 press the Continue button b c 3 The adjustment value can be adjusted in 8 steps between 4 and 4 After selecting a given number press the Continue button c 4 Press the Font button to finish the adjustment work for CBV c d 39 FACTORY MODE NVM TUNE UP 45 NVM TUNE UP 45 ...

Page 157: ...iption of Procedures LCD Message 1 Press the Continue button after selecting Screen a NVM TUNE UP a b 2 After selecting FBV TUNE UP Code 6 press the Continue button b c 3 The adjustment value can be adjusted in 8 steps between 4 and 4 After selecting a given number press the Continue button c 4 Press the Font button to finish the adjustment work for FBV c d 39 FACTORY MODE NVM TUNE UP 45 NVM TUNE ...

Page 158: ...or the RAM data setting information refer to Section 3 4 5 Initial Setting of NVRAM in this chapter 39 FACTORY MODE NVM TUNE UP 46 NVRAM INITIAL a b c YES NO 39 FACTORY MODE DP CHECK 47 TOTAL PAGE SET This mode can reset the number of total pages in the NVRAM whenever NVRAM INITIAL has been executed or the MCTL PCB is replaced Note Do not perform this mode other than when replacing the MCTL PCB De...

Page 159: ...AGE SET a b 2 Select the desired color to reset in EACH IMAGE SET b c 3 Use the Set or button to select the desired digit Use the Continue button to input values to the selected blinking digit Upon completing the input of the values use the Set or button to select SET on the LCD and then press the select button to store the set value c d 4 Press the Font button to exit the EACH IMAGE SET mode 39 F...

Page 160: ... will be required Adjustment Method 1 Execute GRID PRINT in Service Mode 2 Measure the position A and B of top margin Leading edge A B 2 Specification Value 4 5 1 5mm 3 Measure the position C and D of left margin Left edge C D 2 Specification Value 3 5 1 5mm 4 If the specification value is not met implement the adjustment i Execute 43 MARGIN ADJUST in the FACTORY MODE 5 After adjustment execute GR...

Page 161: ...he procedures set out in Section 2 3 Service Mode in this chapter 2 Select RAM TUNE UP mode 3 Select the desired TUNE UP mode 4 Adjust the preset value to the appropriate value step 5 Carry out a test print to confirm the print quality Subject TUNE UP Mode Mode Subject of Adjustment Purpose LP TUNE UP Adjustment of laser power Optical density THV TUNE UP Adjustment of transfer voltage Transfer eff...

Page 162: ...setting execute 34 TOTAL PAGE to confirm that the desired number of printouts in now set 3 4 4 Setting of Number of Images for Each Color The number of printouts for each color 4 colors is stored in the RAM Confirmation and setting of the number of images for each color can be carried out on the control panel Purpose Number of images for each color will be reset when changing the MCTL PCB or execu...

Page 163: ...fault in ordinary case 43 MARGIN ADJUST Left Margin Set Value Default in ordinary case 44 LIFE PERIOD SET Life Period Set Value Default in ordinary case 45 LP TUNE UP Adjustment Value 3 in ordinary case 45 THV TUNE UP Adjustment Value 0 in ordinary case 45 DBV TUNE UP Adjustment Value 0 in ordinary case 45 CBV TUNE UP Adjustment Value 0 in ordinary case 45 FBV TUNE UP Adjustment Value 0 in ordinar...

Page 164: ...CHAPTER VI PERIODIC MAINTENANCE ...

Page 165: ...I 10 1 2 6 Cleaning the OPC Belt Cartridge VI 11 1 2 7 Cleaning the Transfer Drum VI 12 1 2 8 Cleaning the Dustproof Glass in the Scanner Unit VI 13 1 2 9 Cleaning the Printer Interior VI 14 1 3 Periodic Maintenance Parts and Maintenance Cycle VI 15 2 PERIODIC MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES VI 18 2 1 OPC Belt Cartridge Replacement VI 18 2 2 Fusing Unit Replacement VI 20 2 3 Transfer Roller Replacement VI ...

Page 166: ... unplug the power cable from the power outlet before commencing any work 3 Whenever any parts are replaced confirm that all the removed and replaced parts are re installed correctly prior to testing the printer 4 Read carefully and take note of any precaution or warning labels affixed to any parts 5 Unless otherwise specified follow exactly the reverse order of the disassembly procedures for re as...

Page 167: ...t shank 2 For M4 4 Slotted Screwdriver 1 For slotted head screw M3 5 Slotted Screwdriver 2 For slotted head screw M4 M5 6 Long Nose Pliers For general use 7 Pincette For general use 8 Precision Driver Set 1 6 For general use 9 Pliers for C Ring C Ring 10 Ruler 150mm For general use 11 Slide Caliper For general use 12 Digital Meter For general use 13 Handy Type Cleaner unique for toner For cleaning...

Page 168: ...oner Cartridge C 1 piece Test Print 4 Toner Cartridge K 1 piece Test Print 5 Fuser Cleaner Oil Bottle 1 piece Test Print 6 OPC Belt Cartridge 1 piece Test Print 7 Recommended Paper A4 or letter 5 sheets Test Print 8 Recommended Paper Transparency 2 sheets Test Print 9 Cotton Cloth 10 15 pcs Cleaning 10 Cotton Swab 10 15 pcs Cleaning 11 Grease 10 gram M G PS265 12 Vinyl Bag 2 bags Disposal M G stan...

Page 169: ...Guide 3 Paper Exit Roller 4 Transfer Roller 5 Paper Discharger 6 OPC Belt Cartridge 7 Transfer Drum 8 Dustproof Glass of the Scanner Unit 9 Printer Interior WARNING Before starting any maintenance work make sure you have unplugged the power cable from the power outlet There is a risk of electric shock working on the printer with the power connected ...

Page 170: ...en the top cover 2 Clean the paper exit roller using a dry cloth 1 2 3 20K prints 4 Transfer Roller 1 Open the transfer unit 2 Clean roller and surrounding area using a dry cloth 1 2 4 Defective image Smeared paper Periodic maintenance 5 Paper Discharging Roller 1 Open the transfer unit 2 Remove the paper discharger unit 3 Clean the corona wire and case using a cotton swab 1 2 5 Defective image Pa...

Page 171: ...y cloth and swab clean the dirt from the dust proof glass 1 2 8 Defective image Periodic maintenance 9 Printer Interior Unit 1 Remove the toner cartridges and OPC belt cartridge 2 Clean the printer s base using a toner vacuum cleaner and dry cloth 1 2 9 Defective image Periodic maintenance Note 1 If a periodic maintenance agreement has been made checks will be made at every periodic maintenance se...

Page 172: ...re Cotton cloth 2 3 pieces Cleaning Procedure 1 Turn off the power supply and unplug the power cable 2 Open the rear access cover transfer unit 3 Using a cotton cloth clean the register roller incorporated in the transfer unit to remove the paper dust Fig 6 1 CAUTION NEVER use alcohol or similar solvents for cleaning the register roller Transfer Unit Register Roller ...

Page 173: ...sing a dry cotton cloth clean the paper guide to remove paper dust Fig 6 2 1 2 3 Cleaning the Paper Exit Roller The paper exit roller should be cleaned according to the periodic maintenance cleaning cycle set out in Table 6 3 Tools to Prepare Cotton cloth 2 3 pieces Cleaning Procedure 1 Turn off the power supply and unplug the power cable 2 Open the top cover paper exit unit 3 Using a dry cotton c...

Page 174: ...t in Table 6 3 Tools to Prepare Cotton cloth 2 3 pieces Cleaning Procedure 1 Turn off the power supply and unplug the power cable 2 Open the rear access cover transfer unit 3 Using a cotton cloth clean the transfer roller Fig 6 4 CAUTION NEVER use alcohol or similar solvents for cleaning the transfer roller Transfer Unit Transfer Roller ...

Page 175: ...the power cable 2 Open the transfer unit 3 Remove the paper discharger unit Fig 6 5 Fig 6 5 4 Clean the discharger case housing with a cotton cloth 5 Clean the corona wire and the inside of the charger case with a cotton swab Fig 6 6 6 Re install the charger unit into the transfer unit Fig 6 6 CAUTION Do not break the vinyl string on top of the case when cleaning the discharger unit Do not break t...

Page 176: ...s 2 Cleaning brush supplied with the printer Cleaning Procedure 1 Turn off the power supply 2 Open the top cover and the front cover 3 Release the belt cartridge lock levers to pull out the OPC belt cartridge 4 Clean the OPC belt cartridge i Remove any toner on the corona wire with the brush supplied with the printer Fig 6 7 ii Clean the OPC belt cartridge case with a cotton cloth Fig 6 7 CAUTION ...

Page 177: ...eces Cleaning Procedure 1 Turn off the power supply 2 Open the rear access cover 3 Clean the surface of the transfer drum with a dry or damp cotton cloth Fig 6 8 CAUTION Be sure to dry the transfer drum completely after cleaning it with a damp cotton cloth Do not clean the transfer drum by using solvent Do not touch the transfer drum surface with bare hands or scratch it Transfer Drum ...

Page 178: ... and the front cover 3 Remove the toner cartridges and the OPC belt cartridge 4 Remove the dust proof glass from the scanner unit 5 Clean the surface of the dustproof glass with a cotton swab 6 Replace the dustproof glass by aligning the marks on the scanner unit and the dustproof glass ensuring it is locked correctly into place and cannot move CAUTION NEVER use alcohol or similar solvents for cle...

Page 179: ...over 2 Remove the toner cartridges and the OPC belt cartridge 3 Vacuum up toner scattered on the bottom of printer interior with a vacuum cleaner designed to handle toner particles 4 Clean the printer interior with a cotton cloth and swab 5 Replace the removed items CAUTION Be sure not to contact the nozzle of the vacuum cleaner with the terminals of the interor Failure to do so will cause damage ...

Page 180: ...VI 15 1 3 Periodic Maintenance Parts and Maintenance Cycle Maintenance Work should be implemented according to the Periodic Maintenance Parts and Maintenance Cycle set out in Table 6 4 ...

Page 181: ...K prints 3 Transfer Roller 3 UH3480001 Transfers the toner image from the transfer drum onto the transported paper 2 3 120K prints 4 Paper Discharger Unit 3 UH3481001 Separates paper from the transfer drum 2 4 120K prints 5 Drum Cleaner 3 UH3483001 Cleans residual toner from the transfer drum 2 5 120K prints 6 Ozone Filter 3 UH1945001 Absorbs ozone 2 6 Every 12 months 7 Paper Feeding Roller Separa...

Page 182: ...rum UH3510001 After completing maintenance work clear the message displayed on the control panel Refer to the list below LCD Maintenance Message Consumables LCD Operator Call Message Consumables Toner nearly empty K C M Y Toner cartridge Black TONER EMPTY K COLOR Toner cartridge Black Toner nearly empty K C M Y Toner cartridge Cyan Magenta or Yellow TONER EMPTY CMY COLOR Toner cartridge Cyan Magen...

Page 183: ...t the part life 2 1 OPC Belt Cartridge Replacement Criterion of Replacement The OPC belt cartridge should be replaced with a new one at 50 000 images or 12 months whichever comes first When time is due for replacement of the OPC belt cartridge the following message appears on the control panel LJ READY 001P T1 REPLACE OPC BELT PRECAUTION Do not directly touch the OPC belt surface with bare hands o...

Page 184: ... into the guides at both sides in the printer Fig 6 13 Fig 6 13 7 Set the belt cartridge lock levers at both sides left and right 8 Close the top cover and the front cover 9 Press the power button to turn on the printer 10 The printer starts the warming up process 11 When the printer has completed warming up press the Reset button while holding down the Shift button and select RESET PARTS LIFE and...

Page 185: ... the replacement work that the fusing unit and its surrounding area are well cooled down otherwise you may get burned Necessary Tools and Replacement Materials 1 Two or three pieces of cotton cloth for cleaning 2 Fusing Unit one unit Work Procedure Sequence of Disassembling 1 After turning off the printer unplug the power cable from the power outlet 2 Open the top cover 3 Open the rear access cove...

Page 186: ...using unit in place lightly press down the unit to firmly connect to the connector on the base Fig 6 17 ii Tighten the securing screws while pressing down the fusing unit Check the metal hook of the screw at the left hand secures the fusing unit correctly iii Close the rear cover and top cover Fig 6 17 PRECAUTION When replacing the fusing unit take time and great care to complete the job properly ...

Page 187: ...nsfer efficiency declining due to deterioration of the transfer roller Necessary Tools and Replacement Materials 1 Two or three pieces of cotton cloth for cleaning 2 Transfer roller one unit Work Procedures Sequence of Disassembling 1 After turning off the printer unplug the power cable from the power outlet 2 Open the rear access cover Fig 6 18 Fig 6 18 Sequence of Replacement 1 Lift the transfer...

Page 188: ...w transfer roller into the printer 4 Fix the transfer roller with the lock lever Fig 6 20 Sequence of Assembling 1 Close the rear access cover 2 Plug the power cable into the power outlet and turn on the printer 3 Upon completion of the warming up process Press the Reset button while holding down the Shift button and select RESET PARTS LIFE and then TRANSFER ROLLER Tab ...

Page 189: ...rol panel LJ READY 001P T1 REPLACE 120K KIT Purpose of Replacement To prevent the discharging efficiency from declining due to deterioration of the paper discharger unit PRECAUTION Do not touch the corona wire of the paper discharger unit Necessary Tools and Replacement Materials 1 Two or three pieces of cotton cloth for cleaning 2 Paper discharger one unit Work Procedures Sequence of Disassemblin...

Page 190: ...e paper discharger unit is mounted Fig 6 23 3 Install the new paper discharger unit into the transfer unit Fig 6 23 Sequence of Assembling 1 Close the rear access cover 2 Plug the power cable into the printer and turn on the printer 3 Upon completion of the warming up process Press the Reset button while holding down the Shift button and select RESET PARTS LIFE and then 120K KIT Lever Paper Discha...

Page 191: ...ning efficiency from declining due to deterioration of the drum cleaner PRECAUTION When installing the drum cleaner firstly locate the bearing and the bias pole into the contacts Reconfirm this connection prior to testing the printer Necessary Tools and Replacement Materials 1 Two or three pieces of cotton cloth for cleaning 2 Drum cleaner one unit Work Procedure Sequence of Disassembling 1 Turn o...

Page 192: ...leaner into the printer Fig 6 26 CAUTION When installing the drum cleaner be sure to put it into the printer correctly indicated by a click Sequence of Assembling 1 Install the cleaner cover 2 Close the top cover 3 Press the power button to turn on the printer 4 Upon completion of the warming up process Press the Reset button while holding down the Shift button and select RESET PARTS LIFE and then...

Page 193: ...should be replaced with a new filter every 12 months otherwise it may cause an offensive smell Necessary Tools and Replacement Materials No special tools and equipment are necessary for the replacement of the ozone filter Work Procedure 1 Remove the ozone filter case provided at the rear of the side cover R 2 Remove the ozone filter from the ozone filter case 3 Install a new ozone filter to the fi...

Page 194: ...KIT They also should be replaced when paper feed jams occur Work Procedure 1 Whenever paper feed jams occur confirm the cause by following the information in Section 3 of Chapter VIII 2 If the paper jam still occurs replace the paper feeding roller and separator pad referring to Section 4 6 5 of Chapter VII Fig 6 28 CAUTION This is one of the periodic replacement items not customer service It shou...

Page 195: ... when an image failure occurs due to transfer drum damage Work Procedure 1 Whenever an image failure occurs confirm the cause by following the information in Section 5 of Chapter VIII 2 If the image failure still occurs replace the transfer drum referring to Section 4 2 11 of Chapter VII Fig 6 29 CAUTION This is one of the periodic replacement items not customer service It should be implemented up...

Page 196: ...CHAPTER VII DISASSEMBLY ...

Page 197: ...ain Motor MM VII 11 4 1 9 Paper Feeding Clutch PCLU VII 12 4 1 10 Developer Clutch K Y M C VII 12 4 1 11 Developer Drive Unit VII 13 4 1 12 Drum Cleaner Solenoid FBSOL VII 13 4 1 13 Main Gear Unit VII 14 4 1 14 Transfer Solenoid TRSOL VII 14 4 1 15 Ozone Fan OZFAN VII 15 4 1 16 Toner Sensor Assembly TPD VII 15 4 1 17 Waste Toner Sensor WTS VII 16 4 2 Top of the Printer VII 17 4 2 1 Upper Side Cove...

Page 198: ... U VII 33 4 4 2 Top Cover Paper Exit Cover Fuser Fan FUFAN VII 33 4 4 3 Cleaning Roller Sensor CRS VII 36 4 4 4 Discharger Brush VII 36 4 4 5 Paper Exit Roller VII 37 4 4 6 Paper Exit Sensor PT2 VII 37 4 5 Front of the Printer VII 38 4 5 1 Front Cover Unit VII 38 4 5 2 Scanner Unit Scanner Motor inclusive VII 39 4 6 Rear of the Printer VII 40 4 6 1 Rear Access Cover L Transfer Unit VII 40 4 6 2 Tr...

Page 199: ...ews removed during replacement of maintenance parts is noted and the correct screws are used during re assembly See Table 7 1 7 Do not use any solvent such as alcohol for the maintenance of this printer 8 Confirm that all the parts and covers are installed or assembled correctly before starting the test run after replacement of maintenance parts 9 The re assembly order is the reverse of the dis as...

Page 200: ... S tight screw ST 6mm Used for steel parts fitted to steel plates M4X6 Cross recessed head tapping screw Pan head M4 6mm Used for frame and GND SP3 Unique screw for heater connector M3 10mm 4 10 Used for the fusing unit connector F4X6 Cross recessed head screw with flange F4 6mm Used for the fusing unit FST3X10 Cross recessed head S tight screw with flange FST 10mm Used for the fusing unit M2X10 C...

Page 201: ...5 Top Cover Paper Exit Unit 4 4 2 Power Button Front Cover Front Cover Unit 4 5 1 Media Cassette Base Cover R 4 1 2 Side Cover R 4 1 1 Cleaner Cover 4 2 9 Upper Side Cover LU 4 2 1 Side Cover L 4 2 3 Controller Box Base Cover L 4 2 4 Rear Cover U 4 4 1 Rear Access Cover L 4 6 1 Rear Cover R 4 3 7 ...

Page 202: ... 2 2 Erase Lamp 4 2 12 Ozone Fan 4 1 15 High Voltage Power Supply HVU PCB 4 3 2 Main Motor 4 1 8 DC Power Supply LVPS PCB 4 3 8 Developer Drive Motor 4 1 7 MCTL PCB 4 3 1 Fuser Fan 4 4 2 IOD1 PCB 4 2 6 Control Fan 4 2 7 IOD2 PCB 4 1 6 Scanner Motor 4 5 2 Video Controller PCB ...

Page 203: ...leaner Solenoid 4 1 12 Fuser Clutch 4 1 4 Drum Cleaner Clutch 4 1 5 Transfer Solenoid 4 1 14 Registration Clutch 4 1 3 Paper Feeding Clutch 4 1 9 Developer Clutch K Developer Clutch Y Developer Clutch M Developer Clutch C Developer Solenoids 4 1 10 ...

Page 204: ...itch Top 4 2 8 Oil Sensor 4 2 14 Cleaning Roller Sensor 4 4 3 Drum Jam Sensor 4 2 13 Paper Size Sensor 4 3 8 Waste Toner Sensor 4 1 17 OHP Sensor 4 6 5 Paper Feeding Sensor 4 6 6 Paper Empty Sensor 4 6 5 Interlock Switch Front 4 2 15 Developing Photo Sensor Belt Sensor 4 2 10 Interlock Switch Rear 4 3 3 Drum Encoder Sensor 4 3 4 ...

Page 205: ... Feeder Unit Belt Sensor PBS 4 2 10 3 LEFT SIDE MCTL PCB 4 3 1 High Voltage Unit 4 3 2 4 3 6 Power Supply Unit 4 3 7 Paper Size Sensor PSU Toner Sensor TTR 4 3 8 4 3 9 Top Cover Fuser Fan 4 4 2 Paper Exit Sensor PT2 4 4 3 Transfer Roller Register Roller 4 6 2 4 6 3 7 FUSING UNIT Fusing Unit Lamp 4 7 1 IOD1 PCB 4 2 6 Base Cover L 4 2 4 5 FRONT Front Cover Unit 4 5 1 Side Cover R 1 RIGHT SIDE 4 1 1 ...

Page 206: ...ver R 1 Remove the set screw BT4X8 1 pc of side cover R at the rear of the printer Fig 7 7 2 Slide the side cover R in the direction of the arrows as shown in Fig 7 8 3 Remove the side cover R by releasing the two hooks Fig 7 8 Side Cover R Front Cover Unit Side Cover R Hook ...

Page 207: ...ase plate Ensure that projecting part of the base cover R goes into the hole in the base plate bottom 4 1 3 Registration Clutch RECL 1 Remove the connector 1 pc from the IOD2 PCB 2 Remove the outer plastic C ring from the shaft 3 Pull out the registration clutch from the shaft 4 1 4 Fuser Clutch FUCL 1 Remove the connector 1 pc from the IOD2 PCB 2 Remove the outer plastic C ring from the shaft 3 P...

Page 208: ...the IOD2 PCB 2 Remove the set screws ST3X6 2 pcs from the IOD2 PCB base 3 Remove the IOD2 PCB with base from the main body PRECAUTION When handling the IOD2 PCB take care not to cause electrostatic damage to the PCB Fig 7 11 C ring C ring C ring Registration clutch Fuser clutch Cleaner clutch IOD2 PCB ...

Page 209: ...pcs holding the developer drive motor to the developer drive unit 3 Remove the developer drive motor Fig 7 12 4 1 8 Main Motor MM 1 Remove the connector 1 pc from the main motor PCB 2 Remove the screws ST3X6 4 pcs holding the main motor to the mounting plate 3 Remove the main motor from the mounting plate 4 Remove the screws ST3X6 3 pcs holding the mounting plate 5 Remove the mounting plate Fig 7 ...

Page 210: ...he shaft 2 Remove the paper feeding clutch from the shaft Fig 7 14 4 1 10 Developer Clutch K Y M C 1 Remove the outer plastic C ring of each developer clutch from the shaft 2 Pull out the developer clutch from the shaft Fig 7 15 Paper Feeding Clutch C ring Developer Clutch C ring ...

Page 211: ...e 4 Remove the set screws ST3X6 4 pcs from the developer drive unit 5 Remove the developer drive unit Fig 7 16 4 1 12 Drum Cleaner Solenoid FBSOL 1 Remove the set screws ST3X6 2 pcs from the drum cleaner solenoid 2 Remove the drum cleaner solenoid Fig 7 17 Developer Drive Unit Harness guide Drum Cleaner Solenoid ...

Page 212: ...p of the gear unit plate 6 Remove the main gear unit from the frame Fig 7 18 Note The black plastic cap covers the thread of the screw marked Be sure not to lose the cap when removing the screw 4 1 14 Transfer Solenoid TRSOL 1 Remove the set screws ST3X6 2 pcs from the transfer solenoid 2 Open the rear access cover 3 Remove the transfer solenoid Fig 7 19 Note The black plastic cap covers the threa...

Page 213: ... the fan case Fig 7 21 Fig 7 20 Fig 7 21 4 1 16 Toner Sensor Assembly TPD 1 Remove the set screws ST3X6 3 pcs from the toner sensor PCB 2 Disconnect the connector to the toner sensor PCB Note If the optional lower tray unit is fitted remove the left hand screw of the front cross rail to release the media cassette guide Fig 7 22 Ozone Fan Fan case Toner Sensor TPD ...

Page 214: ...e screws 2 pcs from the bottle holder and waste toner sensor assembly 3 Disconnect the connector from the waste toner sensor 4 Remove the sensor assembly with the bottle holder 5 Remove the waste toner sensor by removing the hooked pawl Fig 7 23 Bottle holder Waste Toner Sensor ...

Page 215: ...e top cover 2 Remove the set screw BT4X8 securing the side cover LU 3 Press the exterior of the side cover inwards L and unlock the hooks three locations from the side cover LU Fig 7 25 Fig 7 24 PUSH Fig 7 25 hook Side Cover L Upper Side Cover LU Upper Side Cover LU ...

Page 216: ...remove the panel shield plate PCB and LCD from the panel case assembly Fig 7 26 4 2 3 Side Cover L 1 Remove the set screw BT4X8 2 pcs of side cover L 2 Remove the side cover L Slowly pull up the side cover L and release the hook from the front of the Upper cover Fig 7 27 Control Panel Cover L Panel Case Assembly Panel case Panel top cover LCD PCB Panel PCB Panel shield plate Connector Hook Disconn...

Page 217: ...leading edge of the base cover L into the hook provided at the bottom left and right of the base plate Ensure that the projecting part of the base cover L goes into the hole in the base plate bottom 4 2 5 Upper Cover 1 Open the front cover and release the belt cartridge lock levers 2 Remove the side cover R 3 Remove the set screws BT4X8 2 pcs securing the upper cover Top X 1 and Right hand side X ...

Page 218: ...B 4 Remove the IOD1 PCB Fig 7 30 PRECAUTION When handling the IOD1 PCB take care that no damage is caused due to electrostatic charges 4 2 7 Control Fan CTFAN 1 Remove the set screw BT3X8 2 pcs and washer holding the fan and interlock assembly Fig 7 31 2 Remove the fan and interlock assembly 3 Remove the fan motor from the fan case after releasing the fan cover plastic clips Fig 7 32 Fig 7 31 Fig ...

Page 219: ... safety item after installation confirm that the switch operates correctly Fig 7 33 4 2 9 Drum Cleaner 1 Push the two hooks on the cleaner cover rearward to release them and remove the cleaner cover 2 Remove the drum cleaner by pushing the handle backwards until it releases from the contacts at the left and right hand ends then lift out the drum cleaner assembly Fig 7 34 Control fan case Interlock...

Page 220: ...ing it with paper 3 Push the transfer drum up and forwards from the transfer unit side Refer to Fig 7 36 4 Release the transfer drum from the shaft supports 5 Pull up and remove the transfer drum from the top of the printer Note For easier removal push the drum upwards and diagonally forwards When re assembling the transfer drum slide the drum shaft between the metal plates and ensure the drum is ...

Page 221: ...VII 23 Fig 7 36 4 2 12 Erase Lamp 1 Disconnect the harness 1 pc connected to the erase lamp 2 Remove the erase lamp from the holder Fig 7 37 Transfer Drum Holder Harness Erase Lamp ...

Page 222: ...r to the right to release the catches 2 Disconnect the drum jam sensor connector 3 Remove the drum jam sensor Fig 7 38 4 2 14 Oil Sensor OIL 1 Remove the set screw ST3X6 2 pcs from the oil sensor 2 Disconnect the oil sensor connector 3 Remove the oil sensor assembly Fig 7 39 Cover F Drum Jam Sensor Oil Sensor Assembly ...

Page 223: ...r to remove the switch assembly from the stay U 2 Remove the connector 3 Remove the interlock switch from the switch case Fig 7 40 CAUTION Since the interlock switch is an important safety item after installation confirm that the switch operates correctly Interlock Switch Switch case Stay U ...

Page 224: ...ield cover B Slide the cover upwards and remove it 4 Disconnect all the harness connectors 5 pcs connected to the MCTL PCB 5 Remove the set screws ST3X6 4 pcs from the MCTL PCB 6 Remove the MCTL PCB PRECAUTION Read the internal RAM counter information from the MCTL PCB prior to replacing the MCTL PCB When handling the MCTL PCB ensure that no damage is caused due to electrostatic charges Fig 7 41 S...

Page 225: ...rom shield case A assembly 3 Remove the fan duct from the power supply Fig 7 43 4 Disconnect all the harnesses 5 pcs connected to the high voltage unit 5 Remove the set screws ST3X6 1 pc and BT3X8 6 pcs from the high voltage power supply unit 6 Remove the high voltage power supply unit Main PCB guide rail upper Shield case A Fan duct ...

Page 226: ... power to the unit only after having refitted and secured side cover L 4 3 3 Interlock Switch Rear 1 Remove the set screws ST3X6 2 pcs from the transfer electrode base 2 Remove the transfer electrode base from the frame 3 Disconnect the harness 1 pc connected to the interlock switch 4 Remove the interlock switch from the transfer electrode base Fig 7 45 CAUTION Since the interlock switch is an imp...

Page 227: ...sor 3 Remove the encoder sensor from the sensor holder Fig 7 46 4 3 5 Fuser Connector 1 Remove the PN PH connectors connected to the DC power supply unit 2 Remove the shoulder screws SP3 2 pcs from the fuser connector 3 Remove the fuser connector The set screw of the fuser connector is unique Fig 7 47 Fuser Connector Drum Encoder Sensor ...

Page 228: ...o the power supply unit 2 Remove the power switch key 3 Remove the set screws ST3X6 2 pcs holding the power switch and metal bracket to the printer 4 Remove the power switch and metal switch bracket 5 Remove the set screws ST3X6 2 pcs holding the power switch to the switch bracket 6 Remove the power switch Fig 7 49 Metal switch bracket Power switch key Power switch Rear Cover R ...

Page 229: ...rom the power supply unit frame 10 Remove the power supply unit complete with the frame Fig 7 51 WARNING The earthing wire is very important for the safety of users Upon replacement of the power supply unit confirm that the earthing wire green and yellow color is securely connected to the connector the shakeproof washer is fitted and the screw is tightly fastened Power outlet Power Supply Unit ...

Page 230: ...plastic catches 4 pcs 4 Remove the paper size sensor connector 5 Remove the media cassette guide L assembly from the frame 6 Remove the set screws BT3X8 2 pcs holding the paper size sensor to the cassette guide L 7 Remove the paper size sensor Fig 7 52 Note When assembling the media cassette guide be sure to correctly locate the front catch and other 4 catches 4 3 9 Toner Sensor TTR 1 Remove the s...

Page 231: ...r Paper Exit Cover Fuser Fan FUFAN 1 Remove the set screws BT4X8 2 pcs that act as the paper exit unit hinges 2 Remove the set screw ST3X6 1 pc of the inner cover R and remove the inner cover R 3 Disconnect the 3 cable joint connectors in the cover assembly 4 Remove the paper exit unit from the printer 5 Remove the arm edge cover Fig 7 55 Rear Cover R Rear Cover U Arm edge cover Inner cover R Pape...

Page 232: ...L and spring Fig 7 56 7 Press the sides of the fan case to release the fan motor assembly from the paper exit guide unit 8 Remove the fuser fan motor from the case Fig 7 57 Paper exit inner cover Release arm Fan case Hook L Fuser Fan Motor Spring Hook R Paper exit guide unit Top Cover Paper Exit Cover ...

Page 233: ...itted facing in the correct direction on the release arm The two hook assembly sliders are of different widths to ensure correct assembly Refer to Fig 7 59 below Fig 7 59 When refitting the paper exit inner cover fit it onto the top cover while holding the release arm in position with a screw driver for easier and correct assembly Spring Hook L Hook R Paper exit guide unit Top Cover Paper Exit Cov...

Page 234: ... the paper exit guide paper exit stay Fig 7 60 4 4 4 Discharger Brush 1 Remove the set screws BT4X6 2 pcs from the discharger brush 2 Remove the discharger brush and the plastic retainer PRECAUTION Do not deform the fur brush of the discharger brush Fig 7 61 Cleaning Roller Sensor Discharger Brush Plastic retainer Paper exit guide Paper exit guide ...

Page 235: ...he shaft support at both sides 3 Remove the paper exit roller from the paper exit guide Fig 7 62 4 4 6 Paper Exit Sensor PT2 1 Disconnect the harnesses connected to the paper exit sensor 2 Remove the paper exit sensor from the paper exit guide Fig 4 63 Paper Exit Sensor Paper Exit Roller Paper exit guide Paper exit guide ...

Page 236: ...ove the front inner cover 7 Disconnect all the harnesses 4 pcs connected to the developer position sensor and developer solenoids 8 Remove the set screws ST3X6 2 pcs from the front hinge L 9 Remove the front hinge L from the frame 10 Sliding the front cover unit to the right release the hinge pin at the right hand side 11 Remove the set screws BT4X8 4 pcs to remove the front cover from the assembl...

Page 237: ...s ST3X6 3 pcs from the scanner unit 5 Disconnect the harness connector 1 pc from the scanner unit 6 Remove the scanner unit from the printer Fig 7 66 WARNING There is a class IIIb laser within the scanner unit Do not attempt to disassemble the laser The scanner unit is replaced as a complete unit No adjustment is required to the replacement scanner unit Confirm that all the covers have been correc...

Page 238: ...he metal retaining plate 5 Remove the support shaft from the installation hole at the right hand side while lifting the unit slightly Fig 7 67 6 Remove the transfer unit with the rear access cover 7 Remove the set screws ST3X8 4 pcs from the transfer unit 8 Remove the transfer unit from the rear access cover Fig 7 68 Note When reassembling the transfer unit install the support shaft into the right...

Page 239: ...ve the transfer roller 3 Remove the transfer roller Fig 7 69 4 6 3 Register Roller 1 Remove the roller fixing C rings from both ends of the roller 2 Remove the gear from the shaft left hand side 3 Remove the plastic bushes at both ends 4 Remove the shaft support from the frame while pressing down on the pressure roller to release the pressure from the register roller 5 Remove the register roller F...

Page 240: ...uide UR 5 Remove the paper guide UR 6 Disconnect the harnesses 2 pcs connected to the OHP sensor and paper empty sensor 7 Remove the paper feed roller by pushing it to the right viewed from the rear of the printer Fig 7 71 8 Pull up and remove the separator pad Fig 7 72 PRECAUTION Do not touch the surface of the paper feed roller and separator pad Paper Feeding Roller Paper guide UR Paper guide L ...

Page 241: ...the OHP sensor from the paper guide assembly UR 3 Remove the paper empty sensor PE from the paper guide assembly UR Fig 7 73 4 6 6 Paper Feeding Sensor PT1 1 Remove the paper feeding sensor from the stay feeder 2 Disconnect the connector on the paper feeding sensor Fig 7 74 Paper Empty Sensor OHP Sensor Paper guide assembly UR Paper Feeding Sensor ...

Page 242: ...g hot areas The fusing unit contains silicone oil Take care not to spill the silicone oil especially on the floor as the floor will become very slippery and dangerous 4 7 1 Fusing Heater Lamp 1 Remove the set screw ST3X6 1 pc from the F cover L 2 Remove the set screw ST3X6 1 pc from the F cover R Fig 7 75 3 Pull the F terminal L of the fuser roller side toward you and release the fusing heater lam...

Page 243: ...e fuser roller and the back up roller The wattage is marked on the insulator of the lamp electrode Fuser roller 400W Length 342mm Back up roller 300W Length 332mm Note When installing the new fusing unit into the printer you have to wait approximately for 30 minutes after the unit is installed to allow the fusing oil to circulate in the unit Fuser Lamp 300W Terminal L Fuser roller Fuser Lamp 400W ...

Page 244: ...CHAPTER VIII TROUBLESHOOTING ...

Page 245: ...III 3 2 1 Video Controller Mode VIII 3 2 2 Engine Controller Mode VIII 6 3 PAPER TRANSPORT ERROR VIII 8 3 1 Feed Jam VIII 8 3 2 Inner Jam VIII 9 3 3 Outer Jam VIII 9 3 4 Others VIII 9 4 SERVICE CALL VIII 10 4 1 Video Controller Mode VIII 11 4 2 Engine Controller Mode VIII 13 5 IMAGE FAILURE VIII 41 ...

Page 246: ...roller itself use the Engine Controller Mode information as it may be easy to understand the cause of the problem because the Engine Controller mode can separate the problem in the video controller from the printing operations The error messages used in the Video Controller Mode basically contain the same ones that are used in the Engine Controller Mode All error status messages are displayed in t...

Page 247: ...ion 5 Turn on the power while holding down the Mode Set and buttons after turning off the main switch Turn on the power after turning off the printer Section 2 2 Is power supply operating normally Check power cable Section 4 2 Section 4 1 Yes Enter the Engine Controller Mode Problem Repeat No Yes Engine Controller Mode Video Controller Mode ...

Page 248: ...ver is open Close the front cover 12 COVER OPEN TOP The top cover is open Close the top cover 12 COVER OPEN REAR The rear access cover is open Close the rear access cover 13 JAM XXXXXX Paper jam in the printer XXXXXX is DRUM FEEDER INSIDE REAR Remove the jammed paper from the indicated area 14 NO CARTRIDGE XXXX COLOR No toner cartridge in the printer Install the requested toner cartridge XX NO CAS...

Page 249: ...SER UNIT Fusing unit not installed Remove fusing unit and then refit it Confirm correctly installed and clamped 27 NO OPC BC OPC belt cartridge not installed Remove the OPC belt cartridge and then refit it Confirm correctly installed and locked 28 NO FC ROLLER Fuser cleaner not installed Remove fuser cleaner and then refit it Confirm correctly installed and clamped 72 CHANGE FILTER Change the ozon...

Page 250: ...er Wait a few seconds then turn it on again Reduce the input buffer size Turn off KEEP PCL Add SIMM memory with printer power off Download font and the fonts saved in the HDD card might cause the error for these occupy the same work area as the RAM Memory expansion is recommended in that case 40 LINE ERROR Error in the communications circuit When the serial interface is used check the communicatio...

Page 251: ...de The Ready LED is lit and applicable messages appear on the liquid crystal display LCD in the following cases 1 Consumables require to be replenished 2 Waste toner pack is full of waste toner 3 Paper jam 4 Periodic maintenance 5 Maintenance work being incomplete The above cases are not regarded as a breakdown and should be treated in accordance with Table 8 2 Table 8 2 Display Message Meaning Co...

Page 252: ...ve paper jammed at feeding entrance 17 MEDIA JAM INNER Paper jam inside printer Open the transfer unit and remove paper jammed inside 17 MEDIA JAM OUTER Paper jam at paper exit area Open the transfer unit paper exit unit and remove paper jammed inside 17 MEDIA JAM DRUM Paper jam wound around the transfer drum Open the transfer unit and remove the OPC belt cartridge Remove the paper jam by unwindin...

Page 253: ...n place NO Set the paper in the correct place Media Cassette 5 Is the end plate properly set up NO Set the end plate to meet the paper size 6 Is the paper stacked above the line on the paper guide YES Stack the paper below the line 7 Is there paper dust around the paper guide YES Clean the paper guide with a cotton cloth Pick up Roller 8 Is the print paper caught in the paper feeding part YES Remo...

Page 254: ... unit installed in place NO Install the fusing unit firmly in place Fusing Unit 7 Is there any paper trapped between the rollers YES Remove the trapped paper 8 Is there fuser oil still in the oil bottle NO Replace the existing oil bottle with a new one 3 3 Outer Jam Table 8 3 3 Problem Item Step Check Item Result Action Print Paper 1 Is the print paper a recommended paper NO Use a recommended pape...

Page 255: ...printer stops If errors or failures repeat even after resetting the power button confirm the error code and then call your Service provider Error occurs Confirm the error message Reset the power button Error occurs again Call the maintenance company for service Since this is a temporary error you may use the printer without corrective action NO YES ...

Page 256: ...ideo controller PCB 99 SERVICE 4 Instruction bus error Replace with a new main video controller PCB 99 SERVICE 5 Data bus error Replace with a new main video controller PCB 99 SERVICE 6 Privileged instruction Replace with a new main video controller PCB 99 SERVICE 8 Illegal instruction Replace with a new main video controller PCB 99 SERVICE 9 No fpu Replace with a new main video controller PCB Tab...

Page 257: ...9 Belt Sensor Error 99 SERVICE EL Erase Lamp Error 99 SERVICE F0 Control Fan Error 99 SERVICE F2 Ozone Fan 1 Error 99 SERVICE F4 Fuser Fan Error 99 SERVICE F5 Charging HV DC High Voltage Error 99 SERVICE H0 Fuser Thermistor Error 99 SERVICE H2 Fusing Temperature Error Warming up Time Error 99 SERVICE H3 Fusing Temperature 3 Error Heater Continuous ON Time Error 99 SERVICE H4 Fusing Temperature 4 E...

Page 258: ...rror E2 Main Motor Error E3 Transfer Drum Rotational Error E4 Toner Sensor PCB Error E5 Transfer Roller Solenoid Error E6 Brush Cleaner Solenoid Error E7 Brush Cleaner Clutch Error E8 Fusing Unit Clutch error E9 Belt Sensor Error EL Erase Lamp Error F0 Control Fan Error F2 Ozone Fan 1 Error F4 Fuser Fan Error F5 Charging HV DC High Voltage Error H0 Fuser Thermistor Error H2 Fusing Temperature Erro...

Page 259: ...3 Error Clearance Procedure 3 Replace the failed MCTL PCB with a new one Clearance Method C4 Hard Error of MCTL Control Circuit 1 Failure of MCTL PCB 1 Turn off and on the power switch 2 Replace the failed MCTL PCB with a new MCTL PCB Does the error repeat after turning the power switch off and on The printer is OK NO Replace the failed MCTL PCB with a new one C4 YES YES YES Chart 8 4 Troubleshoot...

Page 260: ... of Error 1 Power Feeding Failure 2 MM Failure 3 MM Input Circuit Failure 1 Implement the same clearance procedures employed for E2 error Note MM stands for OPC Belt Drive Main Motor Clearance Method C7 Implement the same clearance procedures employed for E2 error ...

Page 261: ...lace current MCTL PCB with a new one Finished Is D1 Error cleared Replace IOD2 PCB with a new one Replace the clutch DCLY with a new one Is D1 Error cleared YES YES NO YES YES Re check from beginning of section NO NO Connect the harness NO 24V IOD2 ECN1 ECN17 1 3 ECN2 5 8 12 1 Does the voltage drop between ECN17 3 and ECN2 8 Does the voltage jump between ECN1 1 and ECN2 12 MCTL 12CN 1 24V 1 PGND S...

Page 262: ...e current MCTL PCB with a one Is D2 Error cleared Replace IOD2 PCB with a new one Replace the clutch DCLM with a new one Is D2 Error cleared YES YES NO YES YES NO Connect the connector properly NO NO YES 24V Does the voltage drop Does the voltage jump between ECN16 3 and ECN2 8 between ECN1 2 and ECN2 12 IOD2 ECN1 ECN16 1 3 ECN2 5 8 12 2 MCTL 12CN 2 24V 1 PGND SGND 24V 1 DCL M ON N DCLM DCL M ON P...

Page 263: ... MCTL PCB with a new one Is D3 Error cleared Replace IOD2 PCB with a new one Replace the clutch DCLC with a new clutch Is D3 Error cleared YES YES NO YES YES NO NO Connect the harness NO 24V Does the voltage drop Does the voltage jump between ECN14 3 and ECN2 8 between ECN1 3 and ECN2 12 IOD2 ECN1 ECN14 1 3 ECN2 5 8 12 3 MCTL 12CN 3 24V 1 PGND SGND 24V 1 DCL C ON P DCLC DCL Y ON P Re check from be...

Page 264: ...L PCB with a new one Is D4 Error cleared Replace IOD2 PCB with a new one Replace the clutch DCLK with a new clutch Is D4 Error cleared YES YES NO YES YES NO NO Connect the harness NO YES 24V MCTL 12CN 4 DCL Y ON P IOD2 ECN1 ECN13 1 3 ECN2 5 8 12 PGND SGND 24V 1 4 Does the voltage drop Does the voltage jump between ECN13 3 and ECN2 8 between ECN1 4 and ECN2 12 24V 1 DCL Y ON P DCLY Check the Connec...

Page 265: ... MCTL PCB with a new one Finished Is D5 Error cleared Replace IOD2 PCB with a new one Replace the front cover unit with a new one Is D5 Error cleared YES YES NO YES YES NO NO Connect the harness NO NO 24V MCTC 12CN 5 PSL YM ON P IOD2 ECN1 ECN3 PSL YM 24V 1 PSL YM ON N 10 11 ECN2 5 8 12 PGND SGND 24V 1 5 Does the voltage drop between ECN3 11 and ECN2 8 Does the voltage jump between ECN1 5 and ECN2 ...

Page 266: ... MCTL PCB with a new one Is D6 Error cleared Replace IOD2 PCB with a new one Replace the front cover unit with a new one Is D6 Error cleared YES YES NO YES YES Finished NO NO Connect the harness NO NO 24V MCTC 12CN 6 PSL YM ON P IOD2 ECN1 ECN3 PSL KC 24V 1 PSL YM ON N 12 13 ECN2 5 8 12 PGND SGND 24V 1 6 Does the voltage drop between ECN3 13 and ECN2 8 between ECN1 6 and ECN2 12 Does the voltage ju...

Page 267: ...ween DM1 6 and 7 ECN15 6 and 7 ECN2 11 and 12 Replace the IOD2 PCB Is E1 error cleared Is E1 error cleared Finished Replace the toner cartridge Is the noise cleared Replace developer gear unit and motor Connect the connectors properly Is E1 error cleared Replace the developer motor Replace the MCTL PCB MCTL 12CN 11 12 DMCLK DMON N IOD2 11 12 ECN1 ECN2 ECN 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 LVPS IOD1 DCN9 5 8 11...

Page 268: ...2 Is E2 error cleared Is E2 error cleared Finished Replace the belt cartridge Is E2 error cleared Replace the fuser unit Replace developer gear unit and motor Is E2 error cleared Replace the main motor Replace the MCTL PCB MCTL 12CN 7 8 9 10 MMCLK MMON N IOD2 ECN1 ECN2 ECN12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 IOD1 5 8 11 12 24V 1 PGND 5V 1 SGND MM1 MM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 YES YES NO YES YES YES YES NO NO NO NO NO Doe...

Page 269: ... Re install or replace the belt cartridge Is the encoder plate deformed Replace the transfer drum Connect them properly Is E3 error cleared Replace the drum HP sensor Replace the MCTL PCB MCTL 1LCN 45 HPSEN N IOD1 DCN5 DCN2 DCN1 1 2 3 LVPS 5V 1 SGND Relay connector YES NO YES YES YES NO NO NO Does the transfer drum rotate lightly 1 2 45 YES NO Is E3 error cleared Is the rotation torque excessive R...

Page 270: ...4V Is the signal voltage between DCN1 29 and 1 a trailing edge Is E4 error cleared Connect them properly Is E4 error cleared Replace the toner sensor PCB Replace the MCTL PCB MCTL 1ICN 1 29 SGND IOD1 DCN1 YES NO YES NO Is DCN7 of IOD1 properly connected to the toner sensor 1 29 YES YES Replace the IOD1 PCB 7 8 9 1 2 3 Toner Sensor P W B YES NO LEDON N 7 8 9 DCN7 LEDON P TLSCHK SGND 7 8 9 NO NO Fin...

Page 271: ...tage between ECN8 4 and ECN2 8 of IOD2 a trailing edge Is the voltage between ECN2 3 and 12 of IOD2 a trailing edge Is the voltage between ECN2 31 and 1 of IOD1 a rising edge Is E5 error cleared Is E5 error cleared Connect them properly Replace the IOD2 PCB Replace the MCTL PCB MCTL 11CN 1 31 SGND TRSLON P IOD1 DCN1 DCN9 3 8 12 IOD2 TRSL 3 8 12 YES YES YES NO YES NO NO 1 31 TRSLON N PGND SGND YES ...

Page 272: ... IOD2 a trailing edge Is the voltage between ECN2 2 and 12 of IOD2 a rising edge Is the voltage between ECN1 33 and 1 of IOD1 a rising edge Is E6 error cleared Is E6 error cleared Connect them properly Replace the IOD2 PCB Replace the MCTL PCB Finished MCTL 11CN 1 33 SGND FBSLON P IOD1 DCN1 DCN9 2 8 12 IOD2 FBSL 2 8 12 YES YES YES NO YES NO NO 1 33 FBSLON P PGND SGND YES Replace the transfer solen...

Page 273: ... of IOD2 a trailing edge Is the voltage between ECN2 1 and 12 of IOD2 a rising edge Is the voltage between ECN1 35 and 1 of IOD1 a rising edge Is E7 error cleared Finished Is E7 error cleared Connect them properly Replace the IOD2 PCB Replace the MCTL PCB MCTL 11CN 1 35 SGND FBCLON P IOD1 DCN1 DCN9 IOD2 FBCL 1 8 12 YES YES NO YES NO NO 1 35 FBCLON P PGND SGND YES Replace the cleaner clutch Replace...

Page 274: ...age between ECN9 3 and ECN2 8 of IOD2 a trailing edge Is the voltage between ECN1 20 and ECN2 12 of IOD2 a rising edge Is E8 error cleared Is E8 error cleared Connect them properly Replace the MCTL PCB Finished MCTL 12CN 20 FUCLON P IOD2 ECN1 ECN9 FUCL YES NO YES NO YES NO 20 24V 1 FUCLON N NO Replace the cleaner clutch FUCL Replace the IOD2 PCB YES YES NO 1 ECN2 5 8 12 PGND SGND 3 24V 1 Fuser Clu...

Page 275: ...1 Is the voltage 5V between DCN1 5 and 1 of IOD1 Is E9 error cleared Finished Replace the belt cartridge Is E9 error cleared Clean the belt Connect them properly Is E9 error cleared Replace the belt sensor P B S Replace the MCTL PCB Finished YES YES YES YES NO NO NO NO NO Is the belt sensor dirty NO NO YES Replace the IOD1 PCB Level the printer YES YES MCTL 11CN 1 5 SGND 5V 1 IOD1 DCN1 DCN11 P B S...

Page 276: ...n DCN7 11 and 9 a trailing edge Is the voltage between DCN1 41 and 2 of IOD2 a rising edge Is EL error cleared Finished Is EL error cleared Connect them properly Replace the MCTL PCB Finished MCTL 11CN 2 41 PGND ELON P IOD1 DCN1 DCN7 EL YES NO YES NO YES NO 2 41 24V 1 ELON N SGND NO Replace the LED PCB Replace the IOD1 PCB YES YES NO 10 11 9 Relay Connector Erase Lamp 1 2 1 2 Erase Lamp EL Check t...

Page 277: ... PCB Is the voltage between DCN13 1 and 2 a trailing edge Is the voltage between DCN1 47 and 1 a trailing edge Is F0 error cleared Finished Is F0 error cleared Connect them properly Replace the MCTL PCB MCTL 11CN 1 47 PGND CTFANON P IOD1 DCN1 DCN13 CTL FAN YES NO YES NO YES NO 1 47 CTFANON P PGND CTFANERR NO Replace the fan motor Replace the IOD1 PCB YES YES NO 1 2 3 Control Fan Check the voltage ...

Page 278: ...between ECN6 1 and 2 a rising edge Is the voltage between ECN1 19 and 2 a rising edge Is F2 error cleared Is F2 error cleared Connect them properly Replace the MCTL PCB MCTL 12CN 2 19 PGND OZFANON P IOD2 ECN1 ECN6 OZ FAN YES NO YES NO YES NO 2 19 OZFANON P PGND OZFANERR NO Replace the fan motor OZFAN Replace the IOD2 PCB YES YES NO 1 2 3 Ozone Fan Fan Motor OZFAN Check the voltage OZFANON P Finish...

Page 279: ...e between DCN10 4 and 5 a rising edge Is the voltage between DCN1 49 and 2 a rising edge Is F4 error cleared Is F4 error cleared Connect them properly Replace the MCTL PCB MCTL 11CN 2 49 PGND HTFANON P IOD1 DCN1 DCN10 HTFAN YES NO NO NO YES NO 12 49 HTFANON P PGND HTFANERR NO Replace the heater fan Replace the IOD1 PCB YES YES NO 4 5 6 Heater Fan Heater Fan HTFAN Check the voltage HTFANON P Finish...

Page 280: ...minal Is there any contract failure or short of CHV socket Is F5 error cleared Replace the charger unit or belt cartridge Re install the charger unit Replace the IOD1 or MCTL PCB MCTL IOD1 Charger Unit YES NO NO NO YES NO Correct the CHV contact Clean the socket part YES YES NO Replace the high voltage HVU Is F5 error cleared Is F5 error cleared YES YES YES NO NO HVU CHV DCN14 BCN1 24V 1 CHVN N CH...

Page 281: ...en the fusing unit and BCN2 of the high voltage unit HVU OK Replace the fusing unit Is H0 error cleared Is H0 error cleared Re install the fusing unit MCTL 11CN 42 44 TH1 TH2 IOD1 DCN1 DCN14 HVU YES NO YES 42 44 TH1 TH2 NO Replace the IOD1 or MCTL PCB BCN2 TH2 TH1 NO Replace the charger unit or belt cartridge Connect them properly 16 18 16 18 Fusing Unit Fuser Connector NO YES 1 2 3 4 H0 wire cut ...

Page 282: ... H2 H3 and H4 errors cleared Connect them properly NO NO NO YES Is the fuser connector damaged Is there any contact failure of the lamp holder YES NO Replace the fusing unit Is the fuser unit properly installed Is the heater wiring cut or damaged Replace the lamp and lamp holder NO Confirm the input voltage Confirm the rating and replace the fusing heater Replace the power supply unit LVPS Replace...

Page 283: ...CN properly connected Are the connector LCN1 and LCN of MCTL properly connected Replace the scanner unit Is L1 error cleared Is L1 error cleared Connect the connector properly MCTL LCN SGND BDT LDU PDCN LCN3 SM YES YES NO NO NO Replace the MCTL PCB PD LCN1 5V 1R Optical Unit SM YES 20 L1 Beam Detecting Error Finished ...

Page 284: ...connector LCN3 properly connected Replace the scanner unit Is L2 error cleared Is L2 error cleared Connect the connector properly MCTL SCMCLK LDU LCN3 SM YES YES NO NO NO Replace the MCTL PCB PD Scanner Unit SM YES 1 2 3 4 5 SCMRDY SCMON GND 24V 1 20 Finished ...

Page 285: ...ly connected Is the connector PDCN properly connected Replace the scanner unit Is LL error cleared Is LL error cleared Connect the connector properly MCTL LCN LDU PDCN LCN3 SM YES YES NO NO NO Replace the MCTL PCB or PD LCN1 Scanner Unit YES Are the connectors or LCN1 and LCN properly connected DC power supply LVPS 20 5 3 Finished ...

Page 286: ...5 IMAGE FAILURE VIII 41 1 2 3 5 4 6 8 7 9 a 9 b 10 11 12 13 14 ...

Page 287: ...VIII 42 15 a 15 b 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 25 23 26 24 28 29 27 Fig 8 2 244m m ...

Page 288: ...toner cartridge See Section 3 2 of Chapter III 2 Confirm if the developer bias pole is deformed or not 3 Replace the OPC belt cartridge See Section 2 1 of Chapter VI I 2 Missing Image at Edge Phenomenon There is missing or peeling toner found in the image at the edge as shown in print sample 2 of Fig 8 2 Main Causes 1 Too small toner mass and charging level in the developing process 2 The OPC belt...

Page 289: ...e with a new one See Section 2 1 of Chapter VI Note If the print mode is set to CAPT Color Advanced Photoscale Technology in the driver this problem might occur Change the mode setting to normal mode I 4 Ribbing Phenomenon Light print occurs on the right or left hand side of the image as shown in print sample 4 of Fig 8 2 Main Causes 1 Slight tilt on the surface of printer installation table Tilt ...

Page 290: ...t is not functioning 3 Fuser oil in the fusing unit is nearly running out 4 One side of the fusing unit is lifted up slightly Countermeasures 1 Use a recommended paper 2 Confirm if the transfer unit is properly installed to the paper discharger unit and functioning normally 2 1 Confirm the installation status 2 2 Clean the paper discharger unit or replace it with a new one See Section 1 2 5 and 2 ...

Page 291: ...lade fixing plate and the developer roller c Between the blade and the developer roller d 2 Foreign particles adhering to the toner cartridge s main blade of the color in question Fig 8 4 Countermeasures 1 Implement the test print 2 Confirm the color of the toner cartridge in question that has caused the white line 3 Remove the foreign particles adhering to the developer roller If foreign particle...

Page 292: ...er unit 3 Clean the dustproof glass See Section 1 2 8 of Chapter VI I 8 Vertical White Band Phenomenon White band appears in the vertical direction of printed image as shown in print sample 8 of Fig 8 2 Main Causes Silicone oil adhering to the transfer drum Fig 8 7 Countermeasures 1 Wipe off the oil adhering to the transfer unit and its perimeter 2 Replace the transfer drum with a new one See Sect...

Page 293: ...ace the OPC belt cartridge with a new one See Section 2 1 of Chapter VI 2 Clean the surface of the developer roller I 10 Vertical Line Phenomenon Vertical line appears in the printed image as shown in print sample 10 of Fig 8 2 Main Causes 1 Foreign particles dust etc adhering to the parts located around the transfer drum and consequently in contact with the toner image on the transfer drum 2 Dama...

Page 294: ... to the printer body 2 Installation location should be appropriate with no possibility of shock or vibration 3 Replace the scanner unit with a new one See Section 4 5 2 of Chapter VII I 12 Banding Phenomenon Banding line appears in the horizontal direction as shown in print sample 12 of Fig 8 2 Main Causes This is a transfer failure due to the shock caused when the OPC belt seam passes over the cl...

Page 295: ...e print by toner dropping within the printer engine as shown in print sample 14 of Fig 8 2 Main Causes 1 Toner drops onto the transfer drum due to the breakdown of the waste toner feeder 1 1 Mylar of the waste toner feeder is deformed 1 2 Waste toner is not properly collected by the waste toner feeder Fig 8 9 2 Toner adhering to the developer roller drops on the OPC belt Countermeasures 1 Check th...

Page 296: ...nd check the transfer drum 2 1 Lightly wipe off the foreign particles adhering to the transfer drum using a cotton cloth 2 2 Replace the damaged transfer drum with a new one See Section 4 2 11 of Chapter VII 3 Remove the toner cartridge 3 1 Clean the surface of the developer roller 3 2 Replace the toner cartridge with a new one 4 Replace the transfer unit with a new one See Section 4 6 1 of Chapte...

Page 297: ...easures 1 Reset the OPC belt cartridge properly 2 Replace the OPC belt cartridge with a new one See Section 2 1 of Chapter VI 3 Replace the drum cleaner with a new one I 18 Toner Streak Phenomenon Brush mark line of uneven scanning density is caused in the image as shown in print sample 18 of Fig 8 2 Main Causes 1 Main blade of the developer unit and the reset roller is not normal 2 Location of th...

Page 298: ...rly installed 3 Replace the DC high voltage unit with a new one See Section 4 3 2 of Chapter VII 4 Replace the toner cartridge with a new one 5 Replace the paper with new paper from a freshly opened ream I 20 Residual Image Phenomenon Image of the preceding page appears on every other page as shown in print sample 20 of Fig 8 2 Main Causes 1 Cleaning failure due to lifting of the cleaning brush of...

Page 299: ...t approximately for 30 minutes after the new unit is installed to allow the fusing oil to circulate in the new fusing unit I 22 Back Stain Phenomenon Back side of the print paper is stained as shown in print sample 22 of Fig 8 2 Main Causes Fusing unit 1 The cleaning pad of the fuser cleaner is stained 2 Silicone oil in the oil bottle is short 3 The fuser roller and back up roller are dirty Counte...

Page 300: ...w one See Section 4 1 14 of Chapter VII 3 Replace the OPC belt cartridge with a new one See Section 2 1 of Chapter VI 4 Replace the high voltage unit with a new one See Section 4 3 2 of Chapter VII I 24 Insufficient Fusing Phenomenon Printed image is partially missing as shown in print sample 24 of Fig 8 2 This proves that the fusing is insufficient Main Causes 1 Wrong selection of print media lab...

Page 301: ...dust between the cleaning blade and OPC belt referring to the figure below Fig 8 10 2 Replace the OPC belt cartridge with a new one I 26 Black Toner Light Phenomenon Black color of printed image is light as shown in print sample 26 of Fig 8 2 and the printer clatters at the same time Main Causes Black toner in the cartridge has solidified because the printer is used under high temperature circumst...

Page 302: ...orizontal Line 244mm from the Edge of Paper Phenomenon A horizontal line appears 244mm from the edge of the printed paper as shown in print sample 28 of Fig 8 2 Main Causes Vibration is caused when an OPC belt and the transfer drum contact Countermeasures Change the resolution to 600 dpi I 29 Vertical Lines on OHP Phenomenon Vertical lines appear when printing the OHP sheet as shown in print sampl...

Page 303: ...ember B February F June K October C March G July L November D April H August M December ID for production month of other parts than the printer 1 January 5 May 9 September 2 February 6 June X October 3 March 7 July Y November 4 April 8 August Z December 1 Printer X X X X X X L 7 S 1 1 1 1 0 1 Location MODEL NO MONTH YEAR FACTORY NO SERIAL NO Rear of the Printer ...

Page 304: ...r Cartridge 1 2 X X X X X X X X X X Location 3 OPC Belt Cartridge 1 2 X X X X Location 4 Fusing Unit XXXX 7 1 2 3 A MONTH SERIAL NO MONTH SERIAL NO REV A Z DATE VOLTAGE 100V 120V 240V YEAR MONTH YEAR YEAR PR98028 ...

Page 305: ...A 3 Location 5 Scanner Unit 7 1 2 3 A Location 6 Transfer Drum Hand writing X X X X X X 7 1 2 3 Location DATE DATE MONTH MONTH YEAR SERIAL NO REV A Z YEAR ...

Page 306: ...2 Developer Roller φ 18 mm 56 52 mm 3 Transfer Roller φ 20 mm 62 80 mm 4 Paper Pick up Roller φ 40 mm 125 60 mm 5 Transfer Drum φ 121 mm 379 94 mm 6 Back up Roller φ 32 mm 100 48 mm 7 Fuser Roller φ 32 mm 100 48 mm 8 Drum Cleaner φ 25 mm 78 50 mm 9 Cleaning Roller φ 18 mm 56 52 mm 10 Register Roller φ 13 5 mm 42 39 mm 11 Paper Exit Roller φ 16 mm 50 24 mm ...

Page 307: ...ore unpacking 1 After unpacking 2 Toner cartridge all colors 3 years 1 year OPC belt cartridge 3 years 1 year Fuser cleaner N A N A Note 1 It means that the consumable life is 1 year if it is stored for 2 years 2 Even though shelf life is one year after unpacking the consumable life will be getting less than one year if it is stored more than 2 years before unpacking ...

Page 308: ...ion None 5 OPC Belt Cartridge Life 50 000 images Condition Above figure varies depending on pages job Refer to the list below Pages per job 1 page 2 pages 3 pages 4 pages 5 pages 6 pages Life 20 000 22 000 24 000 29 000 31 000 34 000 Pages per job 7 page 8 pages 9 pages 10 pages 25 pages Life 36 000 37 000 39 000 40 000 50 000 5 Cleaning Roller Life 12 000 pages Condition Above figure varies depen...

Page 309: ...n 32 Modified by the addtional life deleted figure 40 000 39 990 2 10 pages 1 No change 2 10 pages 1 10 pages 0 Figure from Total page 34 Total page counter life 10 20 3 No change 20 3 Clear care 36 40 000 40 020 3 Add 20 pages 1 Print 10 pages by 5 coverage 2 Print 10 pages by 50 coverage Add figure of Total pages 34 ...

Page 310: ...NIT LP7 50 000P FU UNIT LP8 60 100P 120K KIT LP9 120 000P 3 When you have recorded all the values above initialize the data in the NV RAM on the MCTL PCB or replace the MCTL PCB After initializing all the data in the NV RAM on the MCTL PCB or replacing the MCTL PCB all the original counter values for the cleaning roller OPC belt cartridge fusing unit and 120K kit should be re entered as below The ...

Page 311: ... is as follows IY IM IC IK NC7 LP7 348 353 365 439 49 135 40 000 348 353 365 439 9 135 Change the value of IK from 439 to 8 069 so that the formula works out 348 353 365 8 069 9 135 Then enter each value for IY 348 IM 353 IC 365 and IK 8 069 in the EACH IMAGE SET counter in FACTORY MODE ii Perform CLEAR CARE 7 Refer to 36 CLEAR CARE in page V 24 of Chapter V iii Check that the value of NEXT CARE i...

Page 312: ...EAR CARE 9 Refer to 36 CLEAR CARE in page V 24 of Chapter V iii Check that the value of NEXT CARE is reset correctly i e NC9 120 000P 8 Re enter the original TOTAL PAGE T value in TOTAL PAGE SET in FACTORY MODE i e T 412P 9 Re enter the original EACH IMAGE IY IM IC IK values in EACH IMAGE SET in FACTORY MODE i e IY 348P IM 353P IC 365P IK 439P 10 Ensure that the values in the LIFE PERIOD SET count...

Page 313: ...arter kit packing CAUTION If you do not have the original protective cover cover each toner cartridge with bubble sheet to protect the developer roller If you do not have the original starter kit packing pack each toner cartridge firmly with bubble sheet and put them into the outer carton 6 2 OPC Belt Cartridge 1 Open the top cover and remove the OPC belt cartridge from the printer 2 Open the shut...

Page 314: ...ess cover and slacken the fusing unit securing screws 2 pcs 2 Holding the handles at both ends of the fusing unit and remove the fusing unit from the printer 3 Remove the oil bottle and the fuser cleaner from the fusing unit and put each of them into the polyethylene bag CAUTION Pack the oil bottle in the polyethylene bag and seal it firmly Failure to do so will cause oil spill during shipping and...

Page 315: ...e pack and cover the hole of the waste toner pack firmly with gummed paper tape 3 Put the waste toner pack into the polyethylene bag and seal it firmly 6 5 Cleaning Clean the following areas with a vacuum cleaner to remove toner 1 Around the waste toner pack Waste toner feeder tube i Remove the one screw of side cover R at the rear of the printer to remove the side cover R ii Vacuum toner from the...

Page 316: ...gure as shown on the right iv Reassemble the waste toner feeder unit control fan upper cover side cover L and upper side cover v Re install the drum cleaner and cleaner cover CAUTION Be sure not to damage the surface of the transfer drum with a vacuum cleaner when cleaning the areas around the transfer drum Be sure not to contact the nozzle of the vacuum cleaner with the terminals of the interior ...

Page 317: ... and top cover 2 Check the following items are packed in the starter kit packing Four toner cartridges K Y M C OPC belt cartridge Oil bottle Fuser cleaner Refer to the figure as shown on the right 3 Put the printer into the polyethylene bag 4 Pack the printer the starter kit packing the waste toner pack and power cable in the carton using the original packing material 5 Seal the outer carton firml...

Page 318: ...A 16 6 Fix the four joints then band the carton with two plastic bands Joint Joint Band ...

Page 319: ...size TRAY 2 SETTING Shows current Tray 2 size if installed PCMCIA 1 TEST Test PCMCIA card if installed Flash card only not ATA card PCMCIA 2 TEST Test PCMCIA card if installed Flash card only not ATA card MIO TEST Test MIO card if installed exit to ONLINE DRAM CHECK START DRAM test mode exit to ONLINE NV RAM CLEAR SURE SET ELSE NV RAM clear exit to ONLINE ROM RAM WAIT SET CARD CART SEL ROM RAM wai...

Page 320: ...ress the Continue key to exit to ONLINE 3 Go off line and press the following keys simultaneously MODE FORM FEED CONTINUE LINE TEST LCD TEST All LCD segments turned ON SWITCH TEST Press switches to check operation on LCD SENSOR TEST Test all sensors RAM SIZE Shows installed RAM size TRAY 1 SETTING Shows current Tray 1 size TRAY 2 SETTING Shows current Tray 2 size PCMCIA 1 TEST Test PCMCIA slot 1 i...

Page 321: ...M EPSON W BOLD ON Enable bold in double strike printing mode in IBM EPSON DLFNT Bd It DLFNT Bd It YES Enable bold and italic from the downloaded fonts DLFNT Bd It NO Disable bold and italic from the downloaded fonts B PROD ON OFF B PROD ON Enable bold and italic from the bit map fonts B PROD OFF Disable bold and italic from the bit map fonts CONDENSE SELECT CONDENSE 16 66 Set condensed print to 16...

Page 322: ...ALABLE FONT SCAL F NORMAL Select scalable font for all fonts SCAL F ALL SIZE FX XL SCALABLE ITALIC Make Italic fonts from scalable fonts ITA OBLIQUE Use internal Italic fonts ITA ITALIC SEL exit FONT PAPER TRAY SIZE DEF PAPER LT USA CANADA only DEF PAPER A4 Other countries PARALLEL MENU PARALLEL TIMING BUSY timing CDCC PSW L CDCC PSW H STB ACK DELAY ACK timing CDCC BSSL H CDCC BSSL L INPUT PRIME O...

Page 323: ... ITALIANO REPRINT ON OFF REPRINT JOB Reprint job by form feed key press enabled REPRINT OFF Reprint by form feed key press disabled REPRINT ON Reprint page by form feed key press enabled ROM DATE DISPLAY press SET key Display the rom date prog date press CONTINUE key prog time font date font time version EngVer LDA VX X DRAM CHECK START DRAM OK DRAM check mode Press Continue key Exits to ONLINE DR...

Page 324: ...AT PS APPLE TALK PS Emulation will be changed to PS when Appletalk is used APPLE TALK AUTO Emulation will stay in Auto when Appletalk is used FLASH CARD CHECK CARD 1 Flash rom card test modes CARD 2 exit FLASH CARD CHECK 2 CARD 1 CARD 2 exit PS BINARY SELECT PS BINARY ASCII Default CTRL T CTRL C etc are effective PS BINARY BIN Binary data can be printed CTRL T is not effective PS QUOTE BINARY PS Q...

Page 325: ...menu 4 Go off line and press the following keys simultaneously CONT SEL TEST PATTERN A H Test pattern print select G H K2 STRIPE exit TRAY COMMAND MODE TRAY COM NORM LJ4 compatible TRAY COM SPEC LJ3 compatible PRINT BLANK PAGE Prints 5 blank pages FONT SELECT ALL SETTINGS WITHOUT DESCRIPTIONS ARE DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY IN THE PAPER TRAY SIZE DOCUMENT PARALLEL MENU A 23 ...

Page 326: ... BINARY PS APT MODE PS IMAGE MASK PS CEIL MODE PS STATUS ECHO PROTECT OFF MODE PRO OFF AUTO Virtual page protect process PRO OFF NORMAL Controlled as open menu HP ESC E COMMAND HP ESC E RESET Normal reset HP ESC E F F FormFeed only PS 300 RESO NO IF 2M FORCE COPY PAGES COPY PAGES ON COPY PAGES OFF A 24 ...

Page 327: ...T NORMAL RESET JOB NV RAM CLEAR TEST MENU LINE TEST ENGINE TEST SINGLE TEST PRINT REPEAT TEST PRINT DRAM CHECK START DRAM ADDRESS FLASH CARD CHECK FLASH CARD CHK2 exit TEST MENU exit MENU Exit the hidden function menu A 25 ...

Page 328: ...OPC belt cartridge may be shortened 1 Turn ON the power switch of the printer 2 After the printer has initialized open the front cover and then the top cover of the printer and pull up the OPC belt cartridge from the printer 3 Measure the gap on the OPC belt cartridge shown in the figure below If the gap is in the range of 5 2 mm the printer is installed correctly PR99010 OPC Belt Cartridge 5 2 mm...

Page 329: ... as shown in the figures below the printer is approximately 9mm out of level from one side to the other i Is the printer inclined because the table the printer is installed on is unlevel ii Is the printer inclined because the table surface the printer is installed on is not strong enough PR99010 Level 1 Level 1 ...

Page 330: ...thing stuck to the printer base 5 After checking these items initialize the printer again opening closing the top cover automatically initializes the OPC belt cartridge and measure the gap on the OPC belt cartridge again If the gap is in the range of 5 2 mm the printer is installed correctly Refer to the figure for Step 3 PR99010 1 Level ...

Page 331: ...ze the printer again and then measure the gap on the OPC belt cartridge If the gap is in the range of 5 2 mm the printer is installed correctly Note Place the book or other object 1 cm thick under the printer metal frame as shown in the figures above Even if the Lower Tray unit is installed onto the printer the book should be positioned in the same position If you have a spirit level put it on the...

Page 332: ...i Brother Color Laser Printer HL 2400C series USER S GUIDE ...

Page 333: ...d in this user s guide are registered trademarks or trademarks of respective companies Compilation and Publication Under the supervision of Brother Industries Ltd this manual has been compiled and published covering the latest product descriptions and specifications The contents of this manual and the specifications of this product are subject to change without notice Brother reserves the right to...

Page 334: ...er for your password Our BBS supports modem speeds up to 14 400 8 bits no parity 1 stop bit Fax Back System Brother Customer Service has installed an easy to use Fax Back System so you can get instant answers to common technical questions and product information for all Brother products This is available 24 hours a day 7 days a week You can use the system to send the information to any fax machine...

Page 335: ...er properly or prevent damage to the printer Note Indicates notes and useful tips to remember when using the printer To Use the Printer Safely Warning This printer is heavy and weighs approximately 36kg 79 37lbs When you move or lift this printer be sure at least 2 people lift it together Warning The Fusing unit is extremely hot during operation Wait approximately 30 minutes before exchanging cons...

Page 336: ...Pack into a fire Consumables are flammable under certain conditions Warning Do not look at the laser beam light directly It might cause damage to your eyesight Warning Do not run the printer with the Top Cover Front Cover and Rear Access Covers open Warning Be sure to turn off the printer before you exchange consumables Warning Do not put anything on the printer Warning If you spill the fuser oil ...

Page 337: ...the printer flat and remove the Toner Cartridges Waste Toner Pack Oil Bottle and Fusing Unit first so that they will not spill Damage caused by failure to remove the supplies will void your warranty Caution Do not touch the rollers of the Fusing unit If you do it might cause print quality reduction Fig 0 2 Fusing unit Rollers ...

Page 338: ...oving the Protective Parts 2 4 Installing the OPC Belt Cartridge 2 5 Installing the Toner Cartridges 2 7 Installing the Oil Bottle and the Fuser Cleaner 2 9 Loading Paper in the Media Cassette 2 11 Connecting the Printer to Your Computer 2 14 Turning the Printer On 2 16 Plugging in the Power Cord and Turn the Printer On 2 16 Printing the Test Patterns or Lists 2 18 Installing the Printer Driver 2 ...

Page 339: ...Panel Buttons 3 6 Printer Settings 3 7 User Settings 3 7 Factory Settings 3 7 PAPER HANDLING 3 8 Print Media 3 8 Paper Size 3 8 Recommended Paper 3 9 Printable Area 3 10 Using Envelopes 3 11 Cassette Feed 3 13 Manual Feed 3 14 CHAPTER 4 CONTROL PANEL 4 1 DISPLAY AND LEDS 4 1 Display 4 1 Printer Status Messages on the upper row 4 2 About Maintenance Messages 4 4 LEDs 4 5 READY 4 5 DATA 4 5 ALARM 4 ...

Page 340: ...AUTO MODE 4 22 PAGE FORMAT MODE 4 23 COLOR MODE 4 26 GRAPHICS MODE 4 27 RESOLUTION MODE 4 29 PAGE PROTECTION 4 32 CARD OPERATION 4 33 ADVANCED MODE 4 41 NETWORK MODE 4 41 ERROR PRINT 4 43 CONTINUE MODE 4 44 SCALABLE FONT 4 44 INPUT BUFFER 4 45 SAVE SETTINGS 4 46 PAGE COUNTER 4 46 EXIT MODE 4 46 FONT Button 4 47 Setting the Font and Symbol Set in the HP PCL5C Mode 4 47 Setting the Font and Characte...

Page 341: ...TER 5 MAINTENANCE 5 1 REPLACING THE CONSUMABLES 5 1 Toner Cartridges 5 3 Toner Nearly Empty Message 5 3 Toner Empty Message 5 3 Replacing the Toner Cartridges 5 4 Oil Bottle 5 6 Oil Bottle Low Message 5 6 Oil Bottle Empty Message 5 6 Replacing the Oil Bottle 5 6 Fuser Cleaner 5 9 Fuser Cleaner Message 5 9 Fuser Cleaner Change Message 5 9 Replacing the Fuser Cleaner 5 9 Waste Toner Pack 5 11 Waste ...

Page 342: ...rger 5 22 Replacing the Transfer Roller 5 24 CLEANING THE PRINTER 5 26 Cleaning the Printer Exterior 5 26 Periodical Printer Cleaning 5 27 REPACKING AND RELOCATING THE PRINTER 5 28 How to Repack the Printer 5 28 OPTIONS 5 29 Lower TrayUnit 5 29 Loading Paper from the Lower Media Cassette 5 29 Font Card Flash Memory HDD Card 5 31 Installing a Font Card Flash Memory Card and HDD Card 5 31 Selecting ...

Page 343: ...NTER SPECIFICATIONS A 1 Printing A 1 Functions A 2 Electrical and Mechanical A 3 PAPER SPECIFICATIONS A 4 INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS A 8 Bi directional Parallel Interface A 8 Interface Connector A 8 Pin Assignment A 8 Signal Description A 9 Parallel Cable Connection for IBM PC AT or Compatible Computers and IBM PS 2 Computers A 10 RS 232C Serial Interface A 11 Standard Specifications A 11 Interface ...

Page 344: ...nter s TrueType and Type 1 Font Compatible and Original Typefaces A 34 QUICK REFERENCE OF COMMANDS A 36 HP PCL Mode A 36 PCL Command Sets A 36 CCITT G3 G4 and TIFF A 51 Horizontal 1200 dpi Image Format Mode A 54 HP GL 2 Command Sets A 57 Printer Job Language Commands Syntax A 59 EPSON FX 850 Mode A 60 IBM Proprinter XL Mode A 63 HP GL Mode A 66 Bar Code Control A 68 Print Bar Codes or Expanded Cha...

Page 345: ...ed to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Important A shielded interface cable should be u...

Page 346: ...ion Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968 This means that the printer does not produce hazardous laser radiation Since radiation emitted inside the printer is completely confined within protective housings and external covers the laser beam cannot escape from the machine during any phase of user operation FDA Regulations 120 V model only U S Food and Drug Administration FDA has implemented reg...

Page 347: ...20 240 V model only This printer is a Class 1 laser product as defined in IEC 825 specifications The label shown below is attached in countries where required This printer has a Class 3B Laser Diode which emits invisible laser radiation in the Scanner Unit The Scanner Unit should not be opened under any circumstances Caution Use of controls adjustments or performance of procedures other than those...

Page 348: ...uipment operates satisfactorily does not imply that the power is grounded and that the installation is completely safe For your safety if in any doubt about the effective grounding of the power consult a qualified electrician Disconnect device This printer must be installed near a power outlet which is easily accessible In case of emergencies you must disconnect the power cord from the power outle...

Page 349: ...each of the three wires to the appropriate length If the construction of the plug permits leave the green and yellow wire longer than the others so that in the event that the cord is pulled out of the plug the green and yellow wire will be the last to disconnect Remove a short section of the coloured insulation to expose the wires The wire which is coloured green and yellow must be connected to th...

Page 350: ...rmative documents Safety EN 60950 EN 60825 EMC EN 55022 Class B EN 50082 1 following the provisions of the Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC and the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89 336 EEC as amended by 91 263 EEC and 92 31 EEC When used with the NC 2010h Ethernet interface card this product complies with EN 55022 Class A Issued by Brother International Europe Ltd European Technical Servi...

Page 351: ...s CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE provides guidance on how to maintain your printer CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING helps you troubleshoot the printer in case of problems APPENDICES contain detailed technical information on the printer as well as the character sets and a quick reference guide to the printer control commands INDEX provides an alphabetical list of the contents of this manual Notes When you read thi...

Page 352: ...ast Color Advanced Photoscale Technology CAPT This printer can print graphics in 256 shades for each color in HP color printer PCL5C emulation and BR Script level 2 producing nearly photographic quality This mode is effective when you print photographic images High Resolution Control HRC The High Resolution Control HRC technology provides clear and crisp printouts and improves even the 600 dpi res...

Page 353: ...parallel RS 232C serial or MIO interface depending on the interface port through which it receives data With this feature the printer can be connected to more than one computer Five Emulation Modes This printer can emulate the Hewlett Packard Color PCL 5C PCL6 in monochrome printing printers PostScript Level 2 language emulation Brother BR Script Level 2 printers the industry standard HP GL plotte...

Page 354: ...work as you expect If you are an administrator of this printer you can lock your settings to prevent changes from being made Power Save Mode This printer has a power saving mode As laser printers consume power to keep the fixing assembly at a high temperature this feature can save electricity when the printer is on but not being used The factory setting of the Power Save mode is ON so that it comp...

Page 355: ...rint the last print page PCMCIA Card Slot Printer has PCMCIA card slot TypeII 2slots TypeIII 1slot You can install a PCMCIA compatible flash memory card and HDD card Flash memory card You can store fonts macros logos and other print data HDD card You can store fonts macros logos and other print data Saving User Settings You can operate the printer differently from other users with your own panel b...

Page 356: ...d A commercial modular input output MIO compatible sharing network card gives you an additional interface port for attaching the printer to a network or sharing your printer with multiple computers Some models of this printer have an MIO Card for networking fitted as standard Flash Memory Card and HDD Card A commercial flash memory card or an HDD card can be installed You can store fonts macros lo...

Page 357: ...ithin the following ranges of temperature and humidity Ambient temperature 10 C to 32 5 C 50 F to 90 5 F Ambient humidity 20 to 80 without condensation Do not block the air exit on top of the printer Do not place objects on top of the printer especially on the air exit Ventilate the room where you use the printer Do not place the printer where it is exposed to direct sunlight Use a blind or a heav...

Page 358: ...itable spacing around the printer for operation and maintenance Front Rear Fig 1 1 Suitable Spacing around the Printer Note Ensure that there is enough space at the rear of the printer so that you can easily access the rear cover if a paper jam occurs ...

Page 359: ...acking the printer check to see that you have all of the following parts Fig 2 1 Components in the Printer Carton Caution The Toner Cartridges OPC Belt cartridge Oil Bottle and Fuser Cleaner are packed inside a separate carton as a starter kit Do not open them now Only open them immediately before you want to install them The OPC Belt Cartridge must not be exposed to light for a long time or damag...

Page 360: ...nding on the country where you purchased the printer Note You may have additional parts not listed above depending on which country you live in and theHL 2400C series model you have bought Note We recommend you keep a spare of the following consumables at all times because when the following consumables reach their life the printer stops printing Toner Cartridges TN 01BK TN 01C TN 01M TN 01Y Waste...

Page 361: ... SETTING UP THE PRINTER 2 3 General View Fig 2 2 Front View Fig 2 3 Rear View Control Panel Top Cover Front Cover Media Cassette Power Button Rear Side Cover Rear Access Cover Power Cord Connector Controller Box ...

Page 362: ...porarily place the printer where you can easily reach all sides Remove the protective parts that secure the printer against damage during transportation as shown below Note Keep all packing materials for transporting or storing the printer later 1 Remove the protective parts as shown below Fig 2 4 Removing the Protective Parts ...

Page 363: ...ause quality reduction Do not expose the OPC Belt to light more than 800 lux for more than approximately 2 minutes It might cause damage to the OPC Belt Cartridge and void its warranty 1 Open the Top Cover with the Front Cover open Fig 2 5 Open the Covers 2 Release both green Belt Cartridge Lock Levers by pulling them toward you Fig 2 6 Release the Levers ...

Page 364: ...eet from the OPC Belt Cartridge Fig 2 8 Remove the Protective Sheet 5 Insert the OPC Belt cartridge into the printer along the guide with the flat side facing toward you Fig 2 9 Insert the OPC Belt Cartridge 6 Lock the Belt Cartridge Lock Levers by pushing them backwards until you feel them click 7 Close the Top Cover ...

Page 365: ...s shipped with the printer contain only half the normal amount of toner 5 000 pages Black and 3 000 pages Cyan Magenta and Yellow To install the toner cartridges follow these steps 1 Open the Front Cover of the printer 2 After rocking each of the cartridges 3 to 4 times remove the orange Protective Cover of the Toner Cartridges Fig 2 10 Removing the Protective Cover 3 Install the 4 toner cartridge...

Page 366: ...Caution Do not stand the toner cartridge on its end or turn it upside down Install the toner cartridges immediately after you remove the protective part Do not touch the shaded part shown below Fig 2 12 Toner Cartridge ...

Page 367: ...Unit out to remove them Make sure that the Pressure Release Levers are locked Fig 2 13 Remove the Protective Parts 2 Install the Oil Bottle into the Fusing Unit with the label side facing the front of the printer Fig 2 14 Install the Oil Bottle Caution Do not spill the oil inside the printer If the oil does spill it might cause damage to the printer If you do spill any oil consult your dealer or o...

Page 368: ...aner into the Fusing Unit with the roller side facing toward you Fig 2 15 Install the Fuser Cleaner 4 Lock the Oil Bottle and the Fuser Cleaner with the Oil Bottle Lock Levers Fig 2 16 Lock the Oil Bottle Lock Levers 5 Close the Top Cover ...

Page 369: ...in Chapter 3 paper source available size available type and capacity Standard Media Cassette cut sheet Letter A4 B5 ISO B5 JIS Executive envelope COM 10 DL other size width 105 216mm 4 1 8 5 length 220 297mm 8 7 11 7 plain paper 250 envelope 15 OHP film 50 Up to approx 250 sheets of 75g m 2 20 lbs paper Optional Legal Cassette cut sheet Legal Letter A4 B5 ISO B5 JIS Executive envelope COM 10 DL ot...

Page 370: ... print menu you can change the paper size with the Mode button in the FORMAT MODE For paper size change information see MODE Button in Chapter 4 The paper size has been factory set to letter or A4 depending upon the final destination of the printer 120V model Letter size paper set 220 240V model A4 size paper set Small Size Setting See Control Panel in Chapter 4 Load paper into the Media Cassette ...

Page 371: ...e the guides Fig 2 18 Adjust the Paper Guides 3 Load paper into the Media Cassette Note Do not load more than 250 sheets of paper 75 g m2or 20 lbs in the cassette or paper jams may occur Paper 75 g m2 or 20 lbs should be loaded up to the lines on the sliding guide PAPER OHP FILM Fig 2 19 Paper Lines 4 Install the Media Cassette into the printer ...

Page 372: ...e same communications settings on both the printer and computer Since the automatic interface selection mode has been factory set with certain factory settings baud rate 9600 code type 8 bits parity none stop bit 1 Xon Xoff ON DTR ER ON and Robust Xon ON you may simply connect the interface cable if these are the same as the settings on your computer When necessary set the communications parameter...

Page 373: ... Printer and Computer 4 Connect the other end of the interface cable to the interface connector on your computer Be sure to secure the connection on the computer also Note When you connect to a network refer to the Network User s Guide Parallel Interface Port Secure connection with wire clips Serial Interface Port Secure connection with screws ...

Page 374: ...he AC voltage This printer should be operated at the specified voltage and frequency USA and Canada AC 120 V 50 60 Hz Europe Australia and others AC 220 to 240 V 50 60 Hz Since this printer must be electrically grounded the power cord should be connected to a grounded AC outlet The total length of the power cord including extension cords should not exceed 5 meters 16 4 feet Use of a longer power c...

Page 375: ...Chapter 6 The display shows several messages quickly at start up If the printer detects no errors it automatically goes on line and the message changes to show the current printer status and settings as shown below LJ READY 001P T1 AUTO K C M Y AUTO The auto emulation selection mode is set LJ The auto emulation selection is set and currently the HP PCL5C emulation is selected READY The printer is ...

Page 376: ... of the following selections To Print Out LCD Message in the Second Row the Demonstration Page DEMO PAGE the Test Pattern TEST PRINT the list of printer settings PRINT CONFIG the list of internal or resident fonts PRINT FONTS I the list of optional cartridge card fonts PRINT FONTS C the list of permanent download fonts PRINT FONTS P To exit from the test mode select exit Notes The messages PRINT F...

Page 377: ...FT M C 0 0 0 RIGHT M C 78 78 78 TOP M 0 5 0 5 0 5 BOTTOM M 0 5 0 5 0 5 LINES L 64 64 64 FX LEFT M C 0 0 0 RIGHT M C 80 80 80 TOP M 33 33 33 BOTTOM M 33 33 33 LINES L 66 66 66 PR LEFT M C 0 0 0 RIGHT M C 80 80 80 TOP M 33 33 33 BOTTOM M 33 33 33 LINES L 66 66 66 RESOLUTION MODE RESOLUTION DPI 600 HRC MEDIUM TEST PRINT PRINT CONFIG PORTRAIT LIST INTERNAL FONT NUMBER SYMBOL SET ID PITCH SIZE STYLE WE...

Page 378: ... more space is necessary for printing OS Windows 95 98 3 1x NT4 0 Note Use only a shielded Interface cable that is IEEE 1284 compliant and less than 1 8m 6 feet long Prepare Windows 95 98 for the Printer 1 Insert the supplied disk for Windows into your floppy disk drive 2 Click the START button and select Setting 3 Select Printers and double click Add Printer 4 Follow the instructions in Windows 9...

Page 379: ... under the 386Enh section If any bi directional parallel communications device driver has previously been installed it will be deactivated by this new driver If you want to use the driver that was previously installed you should re install your previous driver However re installing the previous driver will make the HL 2400C driver inactive The installer makes the installed printer driver the Windo...

Page 380: ...utton and select Setting 3 Select Printers and double click Add Printer 4 Follow the instructions in Windows NT 5 Click Have Disk Then browse and select Brother HL 2400C series 6 Follow the rest of the Windows NT instructions Notes For installation of other printer drivers and information on the latest printer drivers see http www brother com ...

Page 381: ...e the HP color printer emulation PCL5C mode automatically Since PCL5C mode takes the highest priority in the automatic emulation selection you can start using the printer as it is with the factory settings in most cases When the automatic emulation selection is active you can check the current emulation on the display When the printer is in ready print or wait states the display reads as follows E...

Page 382: ... EPSON or IBM emulation mode priority must be selected as the printer cannot distinguish between them Since the factory setting is the EPSON emulation mode you might need to select the IBM emulation mode with the Emulation button when you need to use this emulation Try this function with your application software or network server If the function does not work properly select the required emulatio...

Page 383: ...cations settings on both the printer and computer Since the automatic interface selection mode has been factory set with certain settings you may be able to simply connect the interface cable to the printer if your computer has the settings listed below Communications Parameters Factory Settings Baud rate data transfer speed 9600 Code type data length 8 bits Parity data error check None Stop bit d...

Page 384: ...ype parity stop bit Xon Xoff DTR ER and Robust Xon must be set for the serial interface Although they have been factory set as shown in the above table you may need to change them with the Mode button This function takes a few seconds to work If you want to speed up printing select the required interface manually with the Mode button If you constantly use only one interface we recommend that you s...

Page 385: ...age is English English German Spanish French Dutch Italian To change to another language 1 Turn off the printer 2 Hold down the Form Feed button and turn on the printer The message SELF TEST appears and then the message changes to LANG ENGLISH 3 Press the or button until your desired language appears on the display 4 Press the Set button to make the selected language messages effective An asterisk...

Page 386: ...ghts when the printer is in the on line state DATA Blinks when data is being received and lights when unprinted data remains in printer memory SEL Selects on line or off line state FORM FEED Prints out remaining data or reprints the same print job or page FEEDER Selects paper source and media type to be used ALARM Lights if any errors occur MODE Sets functions in various modes FONT Selects font an...

Page 387: ...mory you can store the panel button settings in the memory as User Settings They are recalled every time you turn on the printer In addition to the current settings you can save two more sets of User Settings with the Mode button and restore them with the Reset button The current settings are cleared after restoring one of the saved user settings Factory Settings The printer settings have been set...

Page 388: ...tte can hold up to 250 sheets of paper 75 g m2 or 20 lbs If you want to print on legal size paper you need to use this cassette Plain paper from 105 mm x 220 mm 4 1 x 8 7 to 216 mm x 355 6 mm 8 5 x 14 Weight 60 to 160 g m2 16 to 43 lbs Overhead projector OHP films up to 50 sheets can be loaded Envelopes of COM10 DL size The following are the specifications of paper suitable for this printer Item R...

Page 389: ... width 105 216mm 4 1 8 5 length 220 355 6mm 8 7 14 plain paper 250 envelope 15 OHP film 50 Up to approx 250 sheets of 75g m 2 20 lbs paper Recommended Paper The recommended paper type for this printer is Xerox 4024 20lb Letter Hammermill Laserprint or equivalent Note To get the best output quality and to avoid any damage use smooth white paper It is recommended that you test paper especially speci...

Page 390: ...e below shows the physically printable area and non guaranteed print area of various paper types with this printer Fig 3 2 Printable Area and Non Guaranteed Print Area Note If you use paper which is not a direct equivalent for the specified paper the life of the various consumables and parts may be reduced ...

Page 391: ...he following characteristics Glossy or shiny surfaces Protection cover on the envelopes adhesive parts Sealing flaps that have not been folded at purchase Sealing flaps as shown below Three or more layers of paper in the marked area Each side folded as shown below Fig 3 3 Envelope Information ...

Page 392: ...may cause paper jams Envelopes should consist of two layers of paper in the following marked area Fig 3 4 Envelopes Envelope joints that are sealed by the manufacturer should be secure All sides should be properly folded without any wrinkles or creases Print quality may vary between different style envelopes It may be necessary to test the envelopes you wish to use prior to purchasing large quanti...

Page 393: ...s change the paper size in the PAGE FORMAT MODE of the FORMAT MODE with the Mode button For paper size selection see MODE Button in Chapter 4 If you use pre printed paper in the cassettes please note that the paper should be loaded with the printed side face up and the top of the paper to the back of the cassette You can set the paper size for the Media Cassette with the Mode button in the PAGE FO...

Page 394: ...l feed command is selected the printer waits until you place the paper for printing in Tray 1 as in the usual manual feed mode operation T1 MANUAL FEED SIZE 2 Pull out Tray 1 and place the paper you are going to print into the tray It will be necessary to remove some or all of the paper stack first depending on the size of paper in the tray and the size of the paper you wish to print manually 3 Re...

Page 395: ...ine Data Feeder Sel FormFeed Fig 4 1 Display and LEDs Display The display usually shows the current printer status and emulation mode setting and toner status When you operate the control panel you can change settings interactively on the display When you turn the printer off line the display changes to show the currently selected emulation and informs you that you can make settings in the current...

Page 396: ...01P T1 The printer is printing by decreasing the resolution from 600 dpi to 300 dpi because of insufficient memory 02 WAIT 001P T1 The printer is warming up 04 SELF TEST The printer is performing self diagnosis 05 TEST PRINT The printer is printing the test pattern 06 DEMO PAGE The printer is printing the demonstration 06 PRINT CONFIG The printer is printing the list of the current printer setting...

Page 397: ... The printer is restoring itself to the user 2 SETTING 2 settings 09 RESET TO The printer is restoring itself to the FACTORY SETTINGS factory settings The message appears only momentarily Now initializing The printer is initializing the MIO card or initializing the printer for BR Script 2 emulation 09 RESET The printer has reset the Fuser Cleaner life FC ROLLER LIFE counter 09 RESET The printer ha...

Page 398: ... to it s end the following messages appear on the lower row of the LCD panel These messages will over write the Emulation Mode status information Maintenance Message Meaning K C M Y When the mark blinks the indicated color toner is nearly empty K Black C Cyan M Magenta Y Yellow When the toner becomes empty the indication disappears FUSER OIL LOW Oil in the Oil Bottle is nearly empty REPLACE FCR 1 ...

Page 399: ...ATA LED indication Meaning On Data remains in the printer buffer Pressing the Form Feed button prints the data and clears the buffer Blinking Receiving or processing data ALARM LED indication Meaning On Some problem has occurred in the printer ON LINE LED indication Meaning On The printer is on line and ready to print Off The printer is off line and stops printing ...

Page 400: ...his section SEL Button Pressing the Sel button changes the state of the printer between on line and off line When the printer is on line the On Line LED lights and the printer is ready to receive data from the computer When the printer is off line the On Line LED is off To receive data from the computer set the printer on line To operate the control panel buttons set the printer off line When you ...

Page 401: ...e will remain effective Pressing the Sel button will not cancel any setting SET Button Pressing the Set button allows you to select certain items on the display or make the displayed menu or setting effective The button also works as an execute button to perform the displayed function When you press the Set button the printer stores the settings you have selected into the memory as User Settings E...

Page 402: ...ers RESOLUTION MODE RESOLUTION MODE RESOLUTION MODE Set resolution HRC Set resolution HRC Set resolution HRC PAGE PROTECTION PAGE PROTECTION Protect data on a page Not available Protect data on a page CARD OPERATION CARD OPERATION CARD OPERATION Set a flash memory card or a HDD card in HP mode Set a flash memory card or a HDD card Set a flash memory card or a HDD card ADVANCED MODE ADVANCED MODE A...

Page 403: ...deType 8 bits 7 or 8 bits Parity NONE NONE EVEN or ODD Stop Bit 1 bits 1 or 2 stop bits Xon Xoff ON ON or OFF DTR ER ON ON or OFF Robust Xon OFF ON or OFF exit Exit to INTERFACE MODE I F EXPAND I O Available only when a commercial MIO card has been installed MIO Setting The settings available on the installed MIO card can appear under the sub setting menu exit Exit to INTERFACE MODE I F AUTO TIME ...

Page 404: ...T M 0C 0 to 126 columns RIGHT M 80C Letter Portrait 10 to 136 columns RIGHT M 78C A4 Portrait 10 to 136 columns TOP M 0 5 HP mode 0 0 33 0 5 1 0 1 5 or 2 0 0 8 4 12 7 25 4 38 1 or 50 8 mm BOTTOM M 0 5 HP mode 0 0 33 0 5 1 0 1 5 or 2 0 0 8 4 12 7 25 4 38 1 or 50 8 mm LINES 60L HP Letter Portrait 5 to 128 lines page LINES 64L HP A4 Portrait 5 to 128 lines page X OFFSET 0 500 left to 500 right dots Y...

Page 405: ...t FONT ID Set download font ID for saved font exit Exit to CARD 1 2 OPERATION DELETE MACRO ID Delete the selected macro DATA ID Delete the selected data FONT ID Delete the selected font FORMAT CARD Format the flash card SET DELETE ALL Execute formatting the card exit Exit to FORMAT CARD exit Exit to CARD 1 2 OPERATION ADVANCED MODE NETWORK MODE LOCK PANEL OFF ON or OFF PASS NO Enter pass number AU...

Page 406: ...UTION 600 300 or 600 dpi CAPT SETTING CAPT ON ON or OFF HRC SETTING HRC MEDIUM OFF LIGHT MEDIUM or DARK exit Exit to RESOLUTION MODE CARD OPERATION CARD1 2 When the commercial flash memory card or the HDD card has not been formatted CARD1 CARD2 exit FORMAT CARD Format the flash memory card or the HDD card exit Exit to CARD OPERATION CARD 1 2 CARD OPERATION CARD1 2 When the commercial flash memory ...

Page 407: ...PRESS OFF ON or OFF exit exit to NETWORK MODE ERROR PRINT ERROR PRINT OFF ON or OFF CONTINUE MODE CONTINUE MANUAL AUTO or MANUAL INPUT BUFFER Increase or decrease the input buffer capacity 15 levels SAVE SETTINGS SAVE SETTING 1 Save the current settings as 1 SAVE SETTING 2 Save the current settings as 2 exit exit to SAVE SETTING exit exit to ADVANCED MODE PAGE COUNTER COUNT 0g25 Shows the number o...

Page 408: ...mode GRAPHICS MODE PEN SETTING SETTING PEN1 PEN1 to 6 Set size and gray percentage for the selected pen SIZE 3 dots 1 to 10 dots pen size in dots is the selected pen number GRAY 100 15 30 45 75 90 or 100 is the selected pen number exit Exit to SETTING PEN1 6 exit Exit to GRAPHICS MODE CHARACTER SET STANDARD SET Standard character set ANSI ASCII See character setsin Appendix ALTERNATE SET Alternate...

Page 409: ...enu Sub Setting Menu Setting PAGE PROTECTION PROTECT AUTO AUTO OFF LETTER A4 or LEGAL exit Exit to CARD OPERATION CARD OPERATION Same as BR Script mode ADVANCED MODE Same as PCL5C mode PAGE COUNTER COUNT 0 Shows the number of printed pages exit MODE Exit MODE ...

Page 410: ...selected menu Mode Menu SET Setting Menu SET Sub Setting Menu Press the or button to select the setting on the display I F PARALLEL or I F RS 232C or I F OPTION or Press the Set button to make the selected setting effective When you see exit and press the Set button you can exit from the current level of menu to the next higher level of the menu 3 Advance to exit MODE and press the Set button to e...

Page 411: ...LLEL Parallel interface I F RS 232C Serial interface I F EXTEND I O Extended I O interface I F AUTO Auto interface selection Note The Extended I O interface is available only when a commercial MIO compatible sharing network card has been installed Some models come with the network card pre installed 4 Press the Set button to make the displayed selection effective An asterisk appears at the end of ...

Page 412: ...e Set button the display shows the next sub setting menu You need to set the time out for the auto interface selection from 1 to 99 seconds with the or button factory setting 5 seconds This time out is the duration during which the printer will not allow another automatic change to the interface Even if you choose the automatic interface selection you need to set the communications parameters for ...

Page 413: ...ed capabilities such as bi directional communication between the computer and printer and faster transmission of data you need a printer driver or software that supports these features Check with your software vendor to see if your software supports bi directional parallel features Serial Interface When you intend to use the serial interface be sure to select the same communications parameters on ...

Page 414: ...once when the printer status changes from off line to on line Extended I O Interface If you have installed a commercial modular input output MIO card in the printer you can select the extended I O interface in this mode If the installed MIO card requires any optional interface settings they appear under this menu Set them referring to the manual of the MIO card Note This setting appears only when ...

Page 415: ...lay Fig 4 4 Page Orientation When you enter the setting mode the display first shows the current orientation with an asterisk Press the or button until the desired orientation appears on the display Display Message Orientation ORI PORTRAIT Portrait ORI LANDSCAPE Landscape Press the Set button to make the displayed selection effective An asterisk appears at the end of the display for a short time T...

Page 416: ...ccur when the printer position reaches the right margin OFF No line feed and carriage return occur when the printer position reaches the right margin AUTO SKIP ON ON Form feed occurs when the printer position reaches the bottom margin OFF No form feed occurs when the printer position reaches the bottom margin AUTO MASK OFF ON The printer ignores the top and bottom margin settings you make with the...

Page 417: ...SON FX 850 IBM Proprinter XL AUTO LF O OFF O OFF O OFF AUTO CR O OFF X ON O OFF Note AUTO WRAP O OFF X ON X ON AUTO SKIP O ON AUTO MASK O OFF O OFF Note In the IBM emulation mode FF codes are always followed by a CR code PAGE FORMAT MODE Notes The settings in this mode menu vary as follows All settings are effective in the HP PCL5C EPSON FX 850 and IBM Proprinter XL modes The X and Y vertical and ...

Page 418: ... at a distance from the bottom edge of the paper 0 0 33 Non HP 0 5 HP 1 0 1 5 or 2 0 inches LINES 60L P Set the number of lines per page from 5 to 128 lines See List of Factory Settings in this chapter The letter P in the display messages indicates that the page orientation is portrait The letter L is displayed when it is landscape Display Message Page Format Mode Continued X OFFSET 0 Move the pri...

Page 419: ...he top and bottom margins have been factory set to 0 5 in the HP emulation mode and to 0 33 in the non HP emulation modes The setting margins are subject to the current page orientation The display shows the current orientation with P for portrait and L for landscape Images offset outside the print area are not printed About Right and Left Margins The settings range of the right and left margins a...

Page 420: ...er page in portrait orientation If the orientation is changed the line settings are restored to the factory settings in that orientation The following tables show the factory settings in each emulation mode In HP Mode In Non HP Modes Orientation Orientation Size Portrait Landscape Size Portrait Landscape Letter 60 lines 45 lines Letter 62 lines 47 lines A4 64 lines 43 lines A4 66 lines 45 lines Le...

Page 421: ...o not need to set them in this menu with the Mode button The software or command setting overrides the button setting Select the setting menu and enter the sub setting menu to make the settings as follows Pen Setting After you select the pen advance to the sub setting menu for size or gray percentage selection with the or button and enter the menu with the Set button Message appears on the lower r...

Page 422: ... with the or button and press the Set button Character Set Message on the lower row of the LCD panel standard character set STANDARD SET alternate character set ALTERNATE SET Character Sets in HP GL Emulation Mode ANSI ASCII Factory setting 9825 CHR SET FRENCH GERMAN SCANDINAVIAN SPANISH LATIN JIS ASCII ROMAN8 EXT ISO IRV ISO SWEDISH ISO SWEDISH N ISO NORWAY 1 ISO GERMAN ISO FRENCH ISO U K ISO ITA...

Page 423: ... dpi on this printer You can set the resolution in this mode according to your requirement The printer may not be able to print large files because of the resolution and the printer s memory The higher the resolution and thus the file size the more memory is required Display Message Resolution RESOLUTION 600 Set the resolution to 600 dpi Factory setting RESOLUTION 300 Set the resolution to 300 dpi...

Page 424: ...complex full color data without decreasing the resolution you should expand the memory capacity of the printer to 24 Mbytes or more CAPT Setting When you select CAPT SETTING you can use the Color Advanced Photoscale Technology CAPT This function offers photographic fine colour on graphics CAPT setting is available only in BR Script 2 mode and it requires 24 MB of RAM to enjoy CAPTs large and compl...

Page 425: ...s show jagged print with the high resolution control set to OFF on the left and clear and crisp print with the control set to MEDIUM on the right HRC OFF HRC MEDIUM Fig 4 5 High Resolution Control The high resolution control has been factory set to MEDIUM The LIGHT or DARK setting might be better depending on the selected print density Choose the best setting for clear and crisp printouts To check...

Page 426: ...aper Select the paper size for page protection Display Message Page Protection PROTECT AUTO Page protection on only when it is necessary Factory setting PROTECT LETTER Page protection on for letter size paper PROTECT A4 Page protection on for A4 size paper PROTECT LEGAL Page protection on for legal size paper PROTECT OFF Page protection off To protect pages you need the memory capacity as shown in...

Page 427: ...data on the card may be lost If the write protect button of the flash memory card or HDD card is on this mode menu does not appear An HDD card will only fit into slot 2 Be sure to install a commercial flash memory card or HDD card in the correct card slot of the printer 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 m...

Page 428: ...time it takes to format the card When the installed flash memory card or HDD card is formatted When you enter this mode menu with a formatted flash memory card or HDD card installed the display shows the following menus Display Message Card Operation CARD 1 Select Card 1 CARD 2 Select Card 2 After you have selected the card the display shows the following messages Display Message Flash Operation E...

Page 429: ...ect the setting menu and enter the sub setting menu to change the settings as follows Execute Data Note This menu appears only when data has been saved on the card When you select EXECUTE DATA you can execute any of the data saved in the SAVE DATA mode When you enter this sub setting menu with the Set button the printer prompts you to select the ID of the data Select the ID with the or button and ...

Page 430: ...ownload font This menu appears only in the HP PCL5C emulation mode Note If the capacity of the card becomes low while macros and fonts are being saved the display shows the CARD FULL error message and they cannot be saved Use a new card or delete unnecessary macros and fonts from the card The CARD LIST displays the contents and the used capacity Save Data You can send data and save it on the card ...

Page 431: ...ill then save the received data with the selected ID onto the card Notes When you see an asterisk on the display the ID number has been used for other data or a macro If you select the used ID number the old data or macro is erased and replaced with the new data Once the data is saved you can execute it with EXECUTE DATA or with a data execution command The data saved in the SAVE DATA mode cannot ...

Page 432: ...cted ID Note When you see an asterisk on the display the ID number has been used for another font If you select the used ID number the old font is erased and replaced with the new one Whatever font you have selected with the Font button the printer saves the font as a bitmapped font as long as the print size is no more than 24 point so that the printer can print it faster than when they are not sa...

Page 433: ...he list before you enter this menu You need to select the font in this menu using the same number you see on the list If you have downloaded a font into the printer memory you can save it on the flash memory card or HDD card The printer prompts you to select the download font ID that you can find from the font list Press the or button to move the cursor to the ID and select it with the Set button ...

Page 434: ...ID data FONT ID Delete the selected ID font FORMAT CARD Format the flash memory card or HDD card Macro When you press the Set button at MACRO ID the cursor moves to the ID number The printer prompts you to select the ID number of the macro to be deleted Select the ID number with the or button and press the Set button so that the printer deletes the selected macro Data When you press the Set button...

Page 435: ... off auto form feed FF SUPPRESS OFF Turns on or off the form feed suppress function Lock panel If someone other than you has changed the panel button settings and you do not know about it the printer may not print as you expected or it may not print at all To cope with this problem you can lock or unlock the panel buttons with your pass number as follows Display Message Lock Panel LOCK OFF Unlock ...

Page 436: ...hapter 4 The auto form feed mode you can set in this menu allows you to print out the remaining data without pressing the Form Feed button You can turn on or off the auto form feed in this mode menu as follows Display Message Auto Form Feed AUTO FF OFF Turn off the auto form feed You need to press the Form Feed button every time data remains in the printer s memory Factory setting AUTO FF ON Turn ...

Page 437: ...nting blank pages When the printer is used in a network environment it may deliberately print a blank page at the end of each print job When you turn on this function the printer does not print blank pages ERROR PRINT Note The setting in this mode menu is effective only in the BR Script 2 mode It does not appear in any other emulation modes You can turn on or off the error print in this mode Displ...

Page 438: ...tion programs may not be able to handle them correctly When the HP PCL5C emulation mode has been selected the printer may print a different font rather than the font you have selected with your program or the font selection command To cope with this font problem you can restrict the font selection by this command as follows Display Message Scalable Font FONT ALL All scalable fonts of this printer ...

Page 439: ... in Mbytes The capacity can be set to 15 levels Factory setting After you change the input buffer capacity make sure you press the Set button be sure to turn off the printer and then turn it on again The setting takes effect the next time you turn on the printer Notes The set capacity is not changed even if the emulation mode is changed The actual capacity of the input buffer varies according to t...

Page 440: ...ettings as No 2 in the printer s memory If you want to check the user settings you can print out a list of the settings with the Test button See TEST Button in Chapter 4 Note No user settings have been factory set PAGE COUNTER You can check the total number of printed pages with this mode When you enter this mode the display shows the number for a short time and automatically moves to exit MODE me...

Page 441: ...ly selects the font that has exactly the same or similar characteristics as those you set through the software or with a command If the installed font cartridge card happens to have a font of similar characteristics the printer will print with an unexpected font You can store the fonts you require on a flash memory card or HDD card only in the HP PCL5C mode or BR Script 2 mode when one is installe...

Page 442: ...button until the desired font source appears on the display Display Message Font Source INTERNAL FONT Internal font of the printer CARD1 FONT Optional card font in slot 1 CARD2 FONT Optional card font in slot 2 PERMANENT FONT Permanent download font defined in the HP emulation mode Since these steps instruct you how to select the standard font select the INTERNAL FONT message Notes When you select...

Page 443: ...t setting menu Go to step 8 If you select resident scalable fonts or optional scalable fonts the display shows the font style setting menu and then changes to the font size menu Press the or button until the desired style appears on the display Display Message Font Style Lt Light Reg Regular Roman Book or Antique Bd Bold or Demi Xb Extrabold It Italic or Oblique Note The style indication appears a...

Page 444: ...al part of the number Press the or button until the desired decimal number appears on the display Press the Set button to make the displayed selection effective The display then shows the symbol set setting menu 8 Press the Set button When you enter the symbol set setting mode the display first shows the current symbol set with an asterisk 9 Press the or button until the desired symbol set appears...

Page 445: ...ne 2 Press the Font button The display shows the font setting menu You can skip the font setting menu and advance to the character set setting menu with the or button 3 Press the Set button When you enter the SELECT FONT menu you can select the internal font optional slot font or permanent download font Press the or button until the desired font source appears on the display Display Message Font S...

Page 446: ...tton in this chapter or Selecting the Optional Fonts in Chapter 5 4 Press the Set button When you enter the font setting mode the display first shows the current font with an asterisk 5 Press the or button until the desired font appears on the display See List of Fonts 6 Press the Set button to make the displayed selection effective The steps you follow vary according to the font type scalable or ...

Page 447: ...splays show PITCH to simplify instructions PITCH 10 00 Press the or button until the desired font size appears on the display Press the Set button to make the displayed selection effective Then the blinking cursor moves to the decimal part of the number Press the or button until the desired decimal number appears on the display Press the Set button to make the displayed selection effective The dis...

Page 448: ...en the display shows the next menu 10 Press the Set button to start printing the code table of the selected font or press the or button to skip this menu Then the display shows the exit menu 11 Press the Set button to exit from the setting mode The printer returns to the off line state ...

Page 449: ...see OKLAHOMA Scalable Oklahoma CONNECTICUT Scalable Connecticut CLEVELAND Cd Scalable Cleveland Condensed PcBRUSSELS Scalable PC Brussels UTAH Scalable Utah UTAH CONDENSED Scalable Utah Condensed AntiqueOAKLAND Scalable Antique Oakland GUATEMALA Scalable Guatemala Antique MARYLAND Scalable Maryland ALASKA Scalable Alaska HELSINKI Scalable Helsinki BR SYMBOL Scalable BR Symbol TENNESSEE Scalable Te...

Page 450: ...II PC 1004 UK ASCII II WINDOWS LATIN1 FRENCH II WINDOWS LATIN2 DUTCH WINDOWS LATIN5 SOUTH AFRICAN WINDOWS BALTIC PC 8 DESKTOP PC 8 D N PS TEXT PC 850 VENTURA INTL PC 852 VENTURA US PC 860 MS PUBLISHING PC 863 MATH 8 PC 865 PS MATH PC 8 TURKISH VENTURA MATH PI FONT LEGAL ISO 2 IRV ISO 4 UK ISO 6 ASCII ISO10 SWE FIN ISO11 SWEDISH ISO14 JISASCII ISO15 ITALIAN ISO16 POR ISO17 SPANISH ISO21 GERMAN ISO2...

Page 451: ...Chapter 4 Reprint Function You can reprint the last print job without sending it from the computer again When you press the Form Feed button with the Data LED off the printer reprints the pages of the last print job You can use this function in order to recover printing when a paper jam has occurred After printing is finished set the printer off line and press the Form Feed button once so that the...

Page 452: ... Mode button Since the CONTINUE mode has been factory set to MANUAL you need to press the Continue button to recover from a printer error message If you set the mode to AUTO the printer attempts to resume the operation without pressing the Continue button For further information see CONTINUE MODE in Chapter 4 Note The Continue button is not a cure all The printer cannot recover from some errors Ta...

Page 453: ...ionMode K Y M C Toner Ready Alarm Emulation Economy Test Shift Copy Reset On Line Data Feeder Fig 4 8 Buttons in SHIFT Mode Note The factory settings are printed in bold in this section SHIFT Button When you hold the Shift button down with the printer off line you can change settings with the panel buttons in SHIFT mode Since the shift state is not locked you need to hold it down and press the but...

Page 454: ...e appears on the display Display Message Emulation Mode AUTO Auto Emulation Selection HP PCL5C HP PCL5C BR Script 2 BR Script level 2 mode HP GL HP GL Plotter Mode EPSON FX 850 EPSON FX 850 IBMProprinterXL IBM Proprinter XL 4 Press the Set button to make the displayed selection effective When you select any specific emulation mode other than AUTO an asterisk appears at the end of the display for a...

Page 455: ...ep them you can turn it on If the function is turned on the downloaded macros and fonts are kept in the printer s memory until the printer is turned off so that they are not cleared by changing the emulation to BR Script 2 mode Note The KEEP PCL function reserves free space in the printer s memory and may cause a memory full error If a memory full error occurs expand the memory capacity or turn of...

Page 456: ...al manuals Adobe Systems Incorporated PostScript Language Reference Manual 2nd Edition Menlo Park Addison Wesley Publishing Company Inc 1990 Adobe Systems Incorporated PostScript Language Program Design Menlo Park Addison Wesley Publishing Company Inc 1988 Adobe Systems Incorporated PostScript Language Reference Manual Menlo Park Addison Wesley Publishing Company Inc 1985 Adobe Systems Incorporate...

Page 457: ...ory setting POWER SAVE OFF Turn off the power save mode The fixing assembly of the print engine is always powered on to keep its temperature at the specified level When you turn on the power save mode with the Set button the display shows the next sub setting menu You need to set the time out for the power save mode from 1 to 99 minutes with the or button factory setting 60 minutes The time out is...

Page 458: ...the Shift button and press the Feeder button You will then enter the setting mode where you change the feeder manual feed mode etc FEEDER To select the feeder follow these steps 1 Press the Sel button to set the printer off line 2 Hold down the Shift button and press the Feeder button When you enter the setting mode the display first shows the current feeder setting with the asterisk 3 Press the o...

Page 459: ... to the other paper source to feed paper It prevents a different size of paper from being printed by mistake If you have the same size of paper loaded but of different type i e FORM A in Tray 1 Form B in Tray 2 it is recommended to change the feeder setting from AUTO to Tray 1 This setting will allow the printer to pause when a paper empty condition occurs allowing you to load the correct type of ...

Page 460: ...n asterisk 2 Press the or button to select regular thick paper or transparency then press the Set button to make the setting effective Note Please do not forget to change the setting back to regular after you have printed on your special media with the setting changed SMALL SIZE This printer can detect the size of paper in the trays automatically If there is no paper loaded as specified by the use...

Page 461: ...r all of the set of pages or copies may not be printed To set the number of copies follow these steps 1 Press the Sel button to set the printer off line 2 Hold down the Shift button and press the Copy button When you enter the setting mode the display first shows the current setting with the asterisk 3 Press the or button until the desired number appears on the display Display Message of Copies to...

Page 462: ...display shows the first reset mode item 3 Press the or button until the desired reset mode appears on the display Display Message Reset Mode RESET PRINTER Resets the printer and restores all printer settings including command settings to settings you have previously made with the panel buttons RESET SETTING 1 Resets the printer and restores all RESET SETTING 2 printer settings including command se...

Page 463: ...ner Paper discharger Transfer Roller The reset item is selected according to the Maintenance message that shows the currently recommended maintenance part to replace Press Set to reset the parts life List of Factory Settings The following table shows the factory settings made before shipment Notes The settings are subject to the emulation mode Effective modes are indicated in parentheses in the fo...

Page 464: ...ate 9600 Code Type CodeType 8 bits Parity Parity NONE Stop Bit Stop Bit 1 bits Xon Xoff Xon Xoff ON DTR ER DTR ER ON Robust Xon Robust Xon OFF FORMAT MODE ORIENTATION Except for BR Script 2 ORI PORTRAIT AUTO MODE HP PCL5C AUTO LF OFF AUTO CR OFF AUTO WRAP OFF AUTO SKIP ON AUTO MODE EPSON AUTO LF OFF AUTO CR ON No indication AUTO WRAP ON No indication AUTO MASK OFF AUTO MODE IBM AUTO LF OFF AUTO CR...

Page 465: ...R Landscape 0 LEGAL Landscape 0 A4 Landscape 0 A5 Landscape 0 A6 Landscape 0 B5 Landscape 0 JIS B5 Landscape 0 EXE Landscape 0 COM10 Landscape 0 DL Landscape RIGHT M 80 LETTER Portrait 80 LEGAL Portrait 78 A4 Portrait 78 A5 Portrait 64 B5 Portrait 67 JIS B5 Portrait 67 EXE Portrait 36 COM10 Portrait 38 DL Portrait 106 LETTER Landscape 136 LEGAL Landscape 113 A4 Landscape 113 A5 Landscape 113 A6 La...

Page 466: ...ETTER PORTRAIT 80 LEGAL PORTRAIT 66 A4 PORTRAIT 66 A6 PORTRAIT 55 B5 Portrait 56 JIS B5 Portrait 59 EXE Portrait 53 COM10 Portrait 47 DL Portrait 47 LETTER LANDSCAPE 47 LEGAL LANDSCAPE 45 A4 LANDSCAPE 45 A5 LANDSCAPE 37 B5 Landscape 38 JIS B5 Landscape 39 EXE Landscape 20 COM10 Landscape 21 DL Landscape X OFFSET X OFFSET 0 Y OFFSET Y OFFSET 0 COLOR MODE COLOR PRINT COLOR PRINT ON FORMAT MODE BR Sc...

Page 467: ...IME WAIT TIME 5s FF SUPPRESS FF SUPPRESS OFF ERROR PRINT BR Script2 ERROR PRINT OFF CONTINUE MODE CONTINUE MANUAL SCALABLE FONT HP EPSON IBM FONT ALL For any interfaces INPUT BUFFER PAGE COUNTER 0 FONT HP PRIMARY FONT SELECT FONT BROUGHAM SYMBOL SET PC 8 SECONDARY FONT SELECT FONT BROUGHAM SYMBOL SET PC 8 FONT EPSON FONT BROUGHAM CHARACTER SET US ASCII FONT IBM FONT BROUGHAM CHARACTER SET PC 8 EMU...

Page 468: ...E MODE TONER SAVE OFF POWER SAVE MODE POWER SAVE ON For POWER SAVE ON TIME OUT TIME OUT 30m FEEDER FEEDER FEEDER AUTO For FEEDER AUTO AUTO T1 T2 MANUAL MODE MANUAL MODE OFF MEDIA TYPE REGULAR SMALL SIZE SIZE ISO B5 COPY COPY PAGES 1 LANGUAGE FORM FEED POWER ON LANG ENGLISH ...

Page 469: ...e the display shows the first test mode item 3 Press the or button until the desired test mode appears on the display Display Message Test Mode DEMO PAGE Prints out the demonstration TEST PRINT Performs the printer test and prints out the test pattern PRINT CONFIG Prints out the list of panel button settings you have configured for the printer as user settings PRINT FONTS I Prints out the list of ...

Page 470: ...acters are already downloaded into the printer memory as permanent download fonts you can print out the list of them For further information see FONT Button in Chapter 4 and Technical Reference Manual that is optionally available 4 Press the Set button to make the displayed selection effective The printer prints out the test patterns or lists according to the selected test mode Note The printed li...

Page 471: ...Hold down the Shift button and press the Reset button The display will show RESET PRINTER 3 Press the Set button with the RESET PRINTER selected 3 Hold down the Continue Shift button The printer checks the Continue Shift button at the end of self test or printer reset If the button is held down the printer enters the hex dump mode and goes on line The display will show the message HEX DUMP MODE an...

Page 472: ...8 To exit from the hex dump mode follow these basic steps 1 Press the Sel button to set the printer off line 2 Reset the printer with the Reset button Or turn off the printer wait for a few seconds and turn it on again ...

Page 473: ...Cyan Magenta or Yellow 6 000 pages 1 See 5 3 TN 01C TN 01M TN 01Y 22 WASTE TONER Waste Toner Pack 12 000 images 1 4 See 5 11 WT 1CL 23 OIL EMPTY Oil Bottle 12 000 pages See 5 6 FO 1CL 24 CHANGE FCR Fuser Cleaner 12 000 pages See 5 9 FO 1CL CR 1CL The following are Maintenance Messages and appear on the lower row of the LCD in OnLine mode These messages prompt you to replace each of the consumables...

Page 474: ...Cyan and Magenta toner cartridges are nearly empty the indication will be blinking K C M Y If the Cyan and Magenta toner cartridges are empty the indication will have disappeared 3 As for how to replace the Paper Feeding Roller the Separator Pad and the Transfer Drum consult your local dealer retailer 4 Definition of pages actual output page number Definition of images if the image on a page conta...

Page 475: ...Nearly Empty Message Check printed pages page counter and display messages periodically If the indication starts blinking the printer has nearly run out of toner or the toner is not evenly distributed inside the cartridge K C M Y K stands for Black C stands for Cyan M stands for Magenta and Y stands for Yellow Although you can print approximately 300 Black 500 Cyan Magenta and Yellow additional pa...

Page 476: ...sult the dealer where you purchased the printer To replace the toner cartridge s follow these steps 1 Open the Front Cover 2 Remove the Toner Cartridge s which has run out of toner 3 After rocking each new Toner Cartridge 3 to 4 times remove the orange protective cover of the new Toner Cartridge Fig 5 1 Remove the Protective Cover 4 Insert the new Toner Cartridge s making sure to insert the correc...

Page 477: ... Close the Front Cover Caution Do not stand the toner cartridge on its end or turn it upside down Install the toner cartidges immediately after you remove the protective part Do not touch the shaded part Fig 5 2 Toner Cartridges ...

Page 478: ...inting When you see this message you need to replace the Oil Bottle with a new one 23 OIL EMPTY Warning The Fusing unit and the parts around it are HOT Be sure to wait about 30 minutes before you start replacing the Oil Bottle If you touch the HOT parts you might get injured Caution Be careful not to spill the oil inside the printer It might cause damage to the printer and void your warranty If yo...

Page 479: ... 4 Take the empty Oil Bottle from the Fusing Unit Place a sheet of paper under the Oil Bottle so that the oil will not spill into the printer and remove the bottle towards the right hand side of the printer Be careful not to spill oil inside the printer It might cause damage to the printer Fig 5 4 Take the Oil Bottle out ...

Page 480: ... new Oil Bottle onto the Fusing unit with the label side facing the front of the printer Fig 5 5 Install the Oil Bottle 6 Lock the Oil Bottle Lock Levers securely 7 Close the Top Cover 8 Press the Power button to turn the printer On ...

Page 481: ...u need to replace the Fuser Cleaner 24 CHANGE FCR Replacing the Fuser Cleaner Warning The Fusing unit and the parts around it are HOT Be sure to wait about 30 minutes before you start replacing the Fuser Cleaner If you touch the HOT parts you might get injured 1 Press the Power button to turn the printer off and wait until it cools down for approximately 30 minutes 2 Open the Top cover 3 Release t...

Page 482: ...ock the Fuser Cleaner with the Oil Bottle Lock Levers 7 Close the Top Cover 8 Press the Power button and turn the printer on 9 Press the Sel button and make the printer Off Line 10 Press the Reset button while holding down the Shift button 11 When you see RESET PRINTER on the LCD panel press the UP or DOWN button and select RESET PARTS LIFE Press the Set button and select FC ROLLER with the UP or ...

Page 483: ... printing When you see this message you need to replace the Waste Toner Pack 22 WASTE TONER Caution Do not re use the Waste Toner Pack Replacing the Waste Toner Pack Warning Do not put the Waste Toner Pack containing toner into a fire It might cause an explosion Be careful not to spill the toner Do not inhale the toner or allow it to get into your eyes Caution Be careful when you handle the Waste ...

Page 484: ...he Waste Toner Pack out 3 Peel off the sealing sticker on the left hand side of the Waste Toner Pack Seal the hole of the Waste Toner Pack with the sealing sticker When you throw the used Waste Toner Pack away put it in the plastic bag which is enclosed in the Waste Toner Pack carton Fig 5 10 Seal the Sealing Sticker 4 Insert the new Waste Toner Pack into the Waste Toner Pack Holder 5 Close the Fr...

Page 485: ... not expose the OPC Belt Cartridge to light more than 800 lux for more than 2 minutes If you do it might cause reduction of print quality Be sure to open the printer Front Cover when you handle the OPC Belt Cartridge Damage caused by improper handling of the OPC Belt Cartridge may void your warranty Replacing the OPC Belt Cartridge 1 Press the Power button and turn the printer off 2 Open the Front...

Page 486: ...he OPC Belt Cartridge out 5 Remove the Tension Release Pins from the new OPC Belt Cartridge Fig 5 13 Remove the Tension Release Pins 6 Remove the protective sheet of the new OPC Belt Cartridge Do not touch the green part of the OPC Belt Cartridge Fig 5 14 Remove the Protective Sheet ...

Page 487: ... the cartridge into the printer 9 Close the Front Cover and the Top Cover 10 Press the Power button and turn the printer on 11 Press the Sel button and make the printer Off Line 12 Press the Reset button while holding down the Shift button 13 When you see RESET PRINTER on the LCD panel press the UP or DOWN button and select RESET PARTS LIFE Press the Set button and select OPC BELT with the UP or D...

Page 488: ...ight cause a noticeable smell of Ozone Replacing the Ozone Filter 1 Slide and remove the Rear Side Cover Take the Ozone Filter Case out which is located inside the Rear Side Cover Fig 5 16 Take the Ozone Filter Case out 2 Remove the Ozone Filter Case from the Ozone Filter Cover Fig 5 17 Remove the Ozone Filter 3 Insert the new Ozone Filter Case into the Ozone Filter Cover 4 Slide the Rear Side Cov...

Page 489: ...k it has cooled down before you start replacing the Fusing unit If you touch the HOT parts you might get injured Replacing the Fusing Unit 1 Press the Power button and turn the printer off and unplug the printer Wait for 30 minutes or until the printer has cooled down 2 Open the Top cover and the Rear Access Cover 3 Unscrew the screws on both sides inside the Rear Access Cover and release the meta...

Page 490: ...the printer by holding the handles on both sides Fig 5 19 Take out the Fusing Unit from the Printer Caution When taking the Fusing unit out of the printer be sure to keep the Fusing Unit flat so that oil will not be spilt 5 Remove the Oil Bottle and the Fuser Cleaner from the Fusing Unit 6 Install the new Fusing Unit into the printer Insert the Fusing unit fully down into the correct position Fig ...

Page 491: ... Oil Bottle Lock Levers Be careful not to spill oil inside the printer It might cause damage to the printer 10 Press the Power button and turn the printer on 11 Press the Sel button and make the printer Off Line 12 Press the Reset button while holding down the Shift button 13 When you see RESET PRINTER on the LCD panel press the UP or DOWN button and select RESET PARTS LIFE Press the Set button an...

Page 492: ... the Transfer Drum consult your local dealer retailer We recommend you to consult the dealer where you purchased the printer when you see following message on the LCD panel REPLACE 120K KIT Drum Cleaner Caution The axis holder and bias element must be connected to install the Drum Cleaner Be sure to check the connection before you start replacement Replacing the Drum Cleaner 1 Press the Power butt...

Page 493: ...on top of the Drum Cleaner Push the knob forward first and pull to remove the Drum Cleaner Fig 5 24 Take the Drum Cleaner out 5 Install the new Drum Cleaner into the printer by adjusting the guides and pushing till it clicks Fig 5 25 Install the New Drum Cleaner 6 Refit the Drum Cover and close the Top Cover ...

Page 494: ...5 26 Charging Wire Replacing the Paper Discharger 1 Open the Rear Access Cover 2 Remove the Paper Discharger from the Transfer Unit by sliding it to the right a little bit Hold the right hand side of the Discharging Unit and pull to remove it Fig 5 27 Remove the Paper Discharger ...

Page 495: ...CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE 5 23 3 Install the new Paper Discharger into theTransfer Unit Fig 5 28 Install the Paper Discharger ...

Page 496: ...fer Roller Lock Lever Lift the Lever to release the Transfer roller Fig 5 29 Release the Lock Lever 2 Take the Transfer Roller out of the printer by pulling the right hand side up Then slide the Transfer roller to the right to remove it Fig 5 30 Take the Transfer Roller out ...

Page 497: ... Roller with the Transfer Roller Lock Levers 5 Close the Rear Access Cover 6 Plug in the printer and press the Power button to turn the printer on 7 Press the Sel button and make the printer Off Line 8 Press the Reset button while holding down the Shift button 9 When you see RESET PRINTER on the LCD panel press the UP or DOWN button and select RESET PARTS LIFE Press the Set button and select 120K ...

Page 498: ...1 Turn off the printer and unplug the power cord 2 Remove the Media Cassette 3 Wipe the printer body with a soft cloth to remove dust from it Dip the cloth in water and wring it out thoroughly for cleaning Note Use water for cleaning Cleaning with volatile liquids such as thinner or benzine damages the surface of the printer Do not use cleaning materials that contain ammonia It might damage the pr...

Page 499: ...with a dry cloth Clean the Paper Guide and Registration Roller to prevent paper mis picking Fig 5 33 1 Paper Guide and Registration Roller Clean the Exit Roller after opening the Top Cover slightly This will help to prevent paper jams at the paper exit or dirt appearing on the printed paper Fig 5 33 2 Top cover and Exit Roller ...

Page 500: ...y Oil from the Fusing unit after removing the Oil bottle from it Before you move the printer be sure to remove the Fusing Unit remove the Oil Bottle from the Fusing Unit and then remove the remaining oil in the Fusing Unit using the Oil Syringe Discard the oil according to local regulations Fig 5 33 3 Removing the Oil How to Repack the Printer 1 Press Power button and unplug the printer 2 Remove t...

Page 501: ...g This printer is heavy and weighs approximately 36kg 79 37lbs When you move or lift this printer be sure at least 2 people lift it together so that you will not hurt your back Be sure to lift the printer using the handholds which are located at the four corners at the bottom of the printer so that the printer will not trap your hands Caution When you move or lift this printer be sure to keep the ...

Page 502: ...tom of the printer Check to see if the alignment pins locate correctly into the printer 3 Insert the Metal Parts into both sides of the Lower Tray Unit from above and secure with the screws Fig 5 35 Insert the Metal Parts and Secure with the Screws 4 Insert the connection cable to the printer s connector Fig 5 36 Insert the Connection Cable 5 Fit the covers on both sides of the Lower Tray Unit Fig...

Page 503: ...N in Chapter 4 Notes Do not install or remove cards with the printer power on or you may lose all data from the card or may seriously damage the card For more information about the cards consult the dealer where you purchased the printer For the latest information http www brother com Follow these steps to install or remove a cartridge card 1 Make sure that the printer is turned off If the printer...

Page 504: ...MD AMC010CFLKA 4 Mbyte AMD AMC004DFLKA 8 Mbyte AMD AMC008DFLKA 20 Mbyte AMD AMC020DFLKA 2 85 Mbyte SanDisk PCMCA PC Card ATA The following type of HDD card can be installed 170 Mbyte Intégral Peripherals Inc VIPER 170E Fig 5 38 Installing or Removing the Card Notes There might be some HDD cards which will not work with this printer For more information about the cards consult the dealer where you ...

Page 505: ... select the fonts through your software or with a command note the following You do not need to be concerned about the Font button setting The software or command setting overrides the button setting Be sure to install the font card that has your desired fonts The printer automatically selects the font that has exactly the same or similar characteristics as those you set through the software or wi...

Page 506: ...ulations Europe When you install the NC 2010h Ethernet interface card this printer complies with EN 55022 Class A Warning In a domestic environment the printer used with an NC 2010h Network card may cause radio interference in which cause the user may be required to take adequate measures This printer has a modular input output MIO interface slot on the rear panel This slot allows you to install a...

Page 507: ...crews on the card 6 Retain the cover plate and two screws removed in 2 in case you want to remove the MIO card later Fig 5 40 Installing the MIO Card RAM Expansion This printer has 16 Mbytes or 32 Mbytes of memory standard depending on the printer model and 3 slots for optional expansion memory The memory can be expanded up to 112 Mbytes by installing commercially available single in line memory m...

Page 508: ...y NONE EDO RAM can be used Notes There might be some SIMMs which will not work with this printer For more information about the cards consult the dealer where you purchased the printer For the latest information http www brother com There are 40 bit output SIMMs for workstations Such SIMMs do not fit this printer For SIMMs and installation consult the dealer where you purchased the printer Note Th...

Page 509: ...by its edge Caution Do not touch the memory chips and the surface of the main controller board If static electricity collects it may damage these electrical parts 4 Install the SIMM into the slot and push gently until it clicks into place Fig 5 42 Install the SIMM 5 Install as many SIMMs as you need Set the SIMM into the slot at an angle Push the top of the SIMM gently towards the vertical until i...

Page 510: ...he upper sockets 6 Install the main controller board into the printer by sliding it into the guide rails Fig 5 43 Install the Main Controller board 7 Secure the main controller board with the two screws 8 Reconnect the interface cable printer cable from your computer Plug the power cord into the AC outlet and turn the printer on 9 To check whether the SIMM has installed correctly you may perform a...

Page 511: ...ars Load a stack of paper into the cassette 12 COVER OPEN FRONT The Front cover of the printer is open Close the Front cover 12 COVER OPEN TOP The Top cover of the printer is open Close the Top cover 12 COVER OPEN REAR The Rear Access cover of the printer is open Close the Rear Access cover 13 JAM XXXXXX Paper is jammed in the printer XXXXXX is DRUM FEEDER INSIDE REAR Remove the jammed paper from ...

Page 512: ...d was removed while the printer is on line Turn off the printer install the card and turn on the printer The Continue button will allow you to temporarily ignore this message 22 WASTE TONER The Waste Toner Pack is full Replace the Waste Toner Pack with a new one 23 OIL EMPTY The Oil in the Oil Bottle is empty Replace the Oil Bottle with a new one 24 CHANGE FCR It is time to replace the Fuser Clean...

Page 513: ...R It is time to replace the Cleaning Roller Replace the Cleaning Roller REPLACE OPC BELT It is time to replace the OPC Belt Cartridge Replace the OPC Belt Cartridge REPLACE FUSER It is time to replace the Fixing Unit Replace the Fixing Unit REPLACE 120K KIT It is time to replace the Drum Cleaner Paper Discharger and Transfer Roller Replace the Drum Cleaner Paper Discharger and Transfer Roller ...

Page 514: ...off KEEP PCL Add SIMM memory with printer power off Download font and the fonts saved in the HDD card might cause the error for these occupy the same work area as the RAM Memory expansion is recommended in that case 40 LINE ERROR Error in the communications circuit When the serial interface is used check the communications parameters such as baud rate code type parity and handshake protocols When ...

Page 515: ... a new card If the same error occurs consult your dealer or service personnel 45 MIO ERROR Error in communication with the MIO card Install the MIO card correctly 47 CARD1 2 R ERROR Card in slot 1 or 2 read error Use a new card If the same error occurs consult your dealer or service personnel IGNORE DATA BR Script 2 mode only Data is ignored because of an error in the PostScript language program P...

Page 516: ... RAM error Turn off the printer Wait a few seconds then turn it on again 99 SERVICE C4 Engine controller error Turn off the printer Wait a few seconds then turn it on again 99 SERVICE C7 Process timing clock error Turn off the printer Wait a few seconds then turn it on again 99 SERVICE D1 Y switching clutch error Turn off the printer Wait a few seconds then turn it on again 99 SERVICE D2 M switchi...

Page 517: ...E E3 Drum error Turn off the printer Wait a few seconds then turn it on again 99 SERVICE E4 Toner empty sensor error Turn off the printer Wait a few seconds then turn it on again 99 SERVICE E5 Transfer Roller solenoid error Turn off the printer Wait a few seconds then turn it on again 99 SERVICE E6 Drum cleaning solenoid error Turn off the printer Wait a few seconds then turn it on again 99 SERVIC...

Page 518: ...n 99 SERVICE H2 Fuser temperature error Warming up time error Turn off the printer Wait 15 minutes then turn it on again 99 SERVICE H3 Fuser temperature error On time error Turn off the printer Wait 15 minutes then turn it on again 99 SERVICE H4 Fuser temperature error Off time error Turn off the printer Wait 15 minutes then turn it on again 99 SERVICE L1 Beam detector error Turn off the printer W...

Page 519: ... and check the paper quality About the Adjustment Lever If paper is misfeeding or doublefeeding frequently set the adjustment lever according to the table below Recommended Paper Size I Backwards letter legal A4 B5 ISO JIS Executive and A5 II Forwards COM10 C5 and DL Legal Cassette only If CHECK TRAY is shown when the Media Cassette is filled with paper check the adjustment lever and adjust it to ...

Page 520: ... The message prompts you to execute a form feed and print out the remaining data Press the Set button to continue Paper Jam at Paper Exit 13 JAM REAR If paper has passed behind the Rear Access Cover and a paper jam has occurred at the paper exit follow the steps below 1 Open the Top Cover and release the Pressure Release Lever Fig 6 2 Paper Jam at Paper Exit 2 Open the Rear Access Cover and remove...

Page 521: ...a paper jam occurs at the Fusing Roller follow the steps to remove the jammed paper in the same way as for Paper Jam at Paper Exit Otherwise follow the steps below Warning The Fusing Roller is extremely hot during operation Remove the paper carefully 1 Open the Rear Access Cover 2 Remove the jammed paper by holding it with both hands and pulling it slowly towards you Fig 6 4 Paper Jam Inside 3 Clo...

Page 522: ...care not to stain your hands and clothes with toner Wash toner stains immediately with cold water Never touch the transfer roller Paper Jam in the Media Cassette 13 JAM TRAYS If a paper jam occurs inside the Media Cassette follow these steps 1 Pull out the Media Cassette 2 Remove the jammed paper Fig 6 5 Paper Jam at Media Cassette 3 Install the Media Cassette Caution Do not pull out the upper Med...

Page 523: ... printer is Online All of the protective parts have been removed All the covers on the printer are closed The toner cartridges are installed properly The toner empty message is not displayed on the LCD If one or more are on replace the toner cartridges The interface cable is securely connected between the printer and computer The Alarm LED is blinking If the LED is blinking refer to the Operator C...

Page 524: ...ter and try to print again If the Alarm LED is off wait a short while and then click on the Retry button on the PC screen dialog box Check to see if the printer is On line Computer indicates Paper Empty Paper is empty Load paper in the Feeder and push the On Line button to recover from the error status Computer indicates Off Line Press the On Line button to make the printer ready Computer indicate...

Page 525: ...ment setup menu of your software Refer to your applications manual for further information What paper can I use See Paper Handling in Chapter 3 for detailed paper specifications How can I clear paper jams See PAPER JAMS section in this chapter The printer loads more than one sheet at a time Check to see if The paper loaded is all the same type Paper that meets the specifications is loaded Papers w...

Page 526: ...will hang up Close applications you are not using and try again My headers or footers appear when I view my document on screen but do not show up when I print them Most laser printers have a restricted area that cannot be printed on Adjust the top and bottom margins in your document to allow for this Printing takes too long When you print color graphic images there is a large amount of data and th...

Page 527: ...UVWXYZ 0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1 Check the specified paper is used 2 Check the problem is solved after change to fresh unpacked paper 3 Check the rear access cover is closed correctly 4 Shake the toner cartridges gently White vertical streaks or bands ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCD...

Page 528: ... spots or hollow print ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1 Check the problem is solved after change to fresh unpacked paper 2 Check the specified paper is used 3 Check the ro...

Page 529: ... belt cartridge Dirt on back of paper ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789...

Page 530: ...lace the OPC belt cartridge Wrinkle ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1 Check the problem is solved after changing to recommended type of paper 2 Check the rear access cover ...

Page 531: ...ected correctly Poor fixing Wait for a while and try again Poor fixing when printed on thick paper Set the printer to thick paper mode through the control panel or the printer driver Blurred vertical band and spots of colour ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789 abcdefg...

Page 532: ...USER S GUIDE 6 22 Caution Operation of the printer outside the specifications shall be deemed abuse and all repairs thereafter shall be the sole liability of the end user purchaser ...

Page 533: ...tter size in monochrome 4 pages per minute A4 Letter size in full color Warm Up Max 3 5 minutes at 20 C 68 F First Print Monochrome 19 seconds or less Full Color 30 seconds or less A4 Letter size by face down print delivery from standard upper cassette feed Print Media Toner in a single color single component cartridge Life Expectancy 10 000 Black 6 000 Cyan Magenata and Yellow single sided pages ...

Page 534: ...tomatic interface selection among bi directional parallel RS 232C serial and MIO interface RAM Standard mode 16 Mbyte Network model 32 Mbyte expandable to 112 Mbytes with SIMMs The standard memory fitted can vary depending on the printer model and country Card Slots 2 slots for PCMCIA Type I II 1 card slot PCMCIA Type III Compatible for FLASH Memory or HDD cards Control Panel 8 switches 4 lamps an...

Page 535: ... dB A or less Temperature Operating 10 to 32 5 C 50 F to 90 5 F Non operational 5 to 35 C 41 F to 95 F Storage 0 to 35 C 38 F to 95 F Humidity Operating 20 to 80 without condensation Storage 20 to 80 without condensation Dimensions W x H x D 500 x 388 x 490 mm 19 5 x 15 3 x 19 3 inches 500 x 488 x 490 mm 19 5 x 19 2 x 19 1 inches with an optional lower tray unit fitted Weight Approx 32 kg 70 5 lbs...

Page 536: ...ray 1 Plain paper of letter A4 ISO B5 JIS B5 and Executive sizes 100 x 210 mm to 216 x 297 mm 3 9 x 8 2 to 8 5 x 11 7 60 to 160 g m2 16 to 43 lbs Envelopes of COM10 and DL sizes Transparencies label stocks Optional lower tray Tray 2 Plain paper of letter A4 ISO B5 JIS B5 and Executive sizes 100 x 210 mm to 216 x 297 mm 3 9 x 8 2 to 8 5 x 11 7 60 to 160 g m2 16 to 43 lbs Transparencies label stocks...

Page 537: ...e of a recommended type for laser printers will ensure optimum printing For detailed information on the specification or purchase please contact your nearest authorized sales representative or the place of purchase PAPER The printer is designed to work well with most types of xerographic and bond paper However some paper variables may have an effect on print quality or handling reliability Always ...

Page 538: ...VICE AGREEMENTS ENVELOPES Most envelopes will perform acceptably on your printer However some envelopes will have feeding and print quality problems because of their construction A suitable envelope should have edges with a straight well creased folds and should not have more than two thickness of paper along the lead edge The envelope should lie flat and not have baggy or flimsy construction Purc...

Page 539: ...terial is more stable at the high temperatures in the fusing unit Adhesives should not come in contact with any part of the printer because the label stock may stick to the drum or rollers and cause jams and print quality problems No adhesive should be exposed between the labels Labels should be arranged so that they cover the entire page with the only exposed spaces being lengthwise down the shee...

Page 540: ... 21 19 Fig A 1 Parallel Interface Connector Pin Assignment Pin No Signal Pin No Signal 1 DATA STROBE 19 Twisted pair ground 2 DATA 0 20 Twisted pair ground 3 DATA 1 21 Twisted pair ground 4 DATA 2 22 Twisted pair ground 5 DATA 3 23 Twisted pair ground 6 DATA 4 24 Twisted pair ground 7 DATA 5 25 Twisted pair ground 8 DATA 6 26 Twisted pair ground 9 DATA 7 27 Twisted pair ground 10 ACKNLG 28 Twisted...

Page 541: ...high The signal becomes high under data receiving off line or error states 12 PE OUT This signal becomes high when a paper empty state is detected 13 SLCT OUT This signal becomes high when the printer is selected and low when it is deselected 14 AUTO FEED IN This signal is used only for the bi directional interface 31 INPUT PRIME IN This signal is used only for the bi directional interface 32 FAUL...

Page 542: ...omputers and IBM PS 2 Computers Signal Printer Pin No Computer Pin No DATA STROBE 1 1 DATA 0 2 2 DATA 1 3 3 DATA 2 4 4 DATA 3 5 5 DATA 4 6 6 DATA 5 7 7 DATA 6 8 8 DATA 7 9 9 ACKNLG 10 10 BUSY 11 11 PE 12 12 SLCT 13 13 AUTO FEED 14 14 GND 19 30 18 25 FAULT 32 15 SLCT IN 36 17 ...

Page 543: ...or 8 bits 5 Parity Odd even or none 6 Stop bit 1 or 2 stop bits 7 Protocol Xon Xoff or DTR Interface Connectors A shielded cable should be used 13 10 7 4 1 25 21 18 14 Fig A 2 Serial Interface Connector Pin Assignment Pin No Signal IN OUT Printer Controller Pin No Signal IN OUT Printer Controller 1 FG 14 NC 2 SD 15 NC 3 RD 16 NC 4 RS 17 NC 5 NC 18 NC 6 DR 19 NC 7 SG 20 ER 8 NC 21 NC 9 NC 22 NC 10 ...

Page 544: ... RD IN Receive Data Receives data transmitted from the computer RS OUT Request To Send SPACE level when the printer is ready to send data to the computer DR IN Data Set Ready When DSR is at SPACE level data can be accepted SG Signal Ground ER OUT Data Terminal Ready MARK level when the printer is Busy ...

Page 545: ...ort use a cable with the following pin configurations Printer Male Computer Female SD 2 2 RD RD 3 3 SD DR DSR 6 4 ER DTR SG 7 5 SG ER DTR 20 6 8 DR DSR CS CTS DB 25 Serial Connection When you use a computer with a 25 pin serial port use a cable with the following pin configurations Printer Male Computer Female FG 1 1 FG SD 2 3 RD RD 3 2 SD DR DSR 6 20 ER DTR SG 7 7 SG ER DTR 20 5 6 CS CTS DR DSR N...

Page 546: ...50 and IBM Proprinter XL emulation modes See FONT Switch in Chapter 4 When you have selected the HP GL emulation mode you can select the standard or alternate character set with the MODE switch See GRAPHICS MODE in Chapter 4 OCR Symbol Sets When the OCR A or OCR B font is selected the corresponding symbol set is always used OCR A OCR B ...

Page 547: ...APPENDICES A 15 HP PCL Mode Roman 8 8U ISO Latin1 0N ISO Latin2 2N ISO Latin5 5N ...

Page 548: ...USER S GUIDE A 16 PC 8 10U PC 8 D N 11U PC 850 12U PC 852 17U ...

Page 549: ...APPENDICES A 17 PC 8 Turkish 9T Windows Latin1 19U Windows Latin2 9E Windows Latin5 5T ...

Page 550: ...USER S GUIDE A 18 Legal 1U Ventura Math 6M Ventura Intl 13J Ventura US 14J ...

Page 551: ...APPENDICES A 19 PS Math 5M PS Text 10J Math 8 8M Pi Font 15U ...

Page 552: ...USER S GUIDE A 20 MS Publishing 6J Windows 3 0 9U Desktop 7J MC Text 12J ...

Page 553: ...which characters are to be replaced in the Roman 8 character set For other characters see the Roman 8 character set SYMBOL SET 23 24 40 5B 5C 5D 5E 60 7B 7C 7D 7E ISO 2 IRV ISO 4 UK ISO 6 ASCII ISO10 SWE FIN ISO11 Swedish ISO14 JISASCII ISO15 Italian ISO16 POR ISO17 Spanish ISO21 German ISO25 French ISO57 Chinese ISO60 NOR v1 ISO61 NOR v2 ISO69 French ISO84 POR ISO85 Spanish HP German HP Spanish ...

Page 554: ...top of the table are hexadecimal code values with which characters are to be replaced in the US ASCII character set For other characters see the US ASCII character set CHARACTER SET 23 24 40 5B 5C 5D 5E 60 7B 7C 7D 7E German UK ASCII I French I Danish I Italy Spanish Swedish Japanese Norwegian Danish II UK ASCII II French II Dutch South African ...

Page 555: ...APPENDICES A 23 PC 8 PC 8 D N PC 850 PC 852 ...

Page 556: ...USER S GUIDE A 24 PC 860 PC 863 PC 865 PC 8 Turkish ...

Page 557: ...APPENDICES A 25 IBM Mode PC 8 PC 8 D N PC 850 PC 852 ...

Page 558: ...USER S GUIDE A 26 PC 860 PC 863 PC 865 PC 8 Turkish ...

Page 559: ...APPENDICES A 27 HP GL Mode ANSI ASCII 9825 CHR SET ...

Page 560: ...USER S GUIDE A 28 FRENCH GERMAN SCANDINAVIAN SPANISH LATIN JIS ASCII ...

Page 561: ...APPENDICES A 29 ROMAN8 EXT ISO IRV ISO SWEDISH ISO SWEDISH N ...

Page 562: ...USER S GUIDE A 30 ISO NORWAY 1 ISO GERMAN ISO FRENCH ISO U K ...

Page 563: ...APPENDICES A 31 ISO ITALIAN ISO SPANISH ISO PORTUGUESE ISO NORWAY 2 ...

Page 564: ...n5 7J DeskTop 9J PC 1004 OS 2 10J PS Text 13J Ventura International 14J Ventura US 6J Microsoft Publishing 8M Math 8 5M PS Math 6M Ventura Math 15U PI Font 1U Legal 1E ISO 4 United Kingdom 0U ISO 6 ASCII 2U ISO 2 IRV 0S ISO 11 Swedish names 0I ISO 15 Italian 1S HP Spanish 2S ISO 17 Spanish 3S ISO 10 Swedish 4S ISO 16 Portuguese 5S ISO 84 Portuguese 6S ISO 85 Spanish 0G HP German 1G ISO 21 German 0...

Page 565: ...national 14J Ventura US 6J Microsoft Publishing 8M Math 8 5M PS Math 6M Ventura Math 15U PI Font 1U Legal 1E ISO 4 United Kingdom 0U ISO 6 ASCII 2U ISO 2 IRV 0S ISO 11 Swedish names 0I ISO 15 Italian 1S HP Spanish 2S ISO 17 Spanish 3S ISO 10 Swedish 4S ISO 16 Portuguese 5S ISO 84 Portuguese 6S ISO 85 Spanish 0G HP German 1G ISO 21 German 0D ISO 60 Norwegian 1 1D ISO 61 Norwegian 2 0F ISO 25 French...

Page 566: ...1 Latin5 7J DeskTop 9J PC 1004 OS 2 10J PS Text 13J Ventura International 14J Ventura US 6J Microsoft Publishing 8M Math 8 5M PS Math 6M Ventura Math 15U PI Font 1U Legal 1E ISO 4 United Kingdom 0U ISO 6 ASCII 2U ISO 2 IRV 0S ISO 11 Swedish names 0I ISO 15 Italian 1S HP Spanish 2S ISO 17 Spanish 3S ISO 10 Swedish 4S ISO 16 Portuguese 5S ISO 84 Portuguese 6S ISO 85 Spanish 0G HP German 1G ISO 21 Ge...

Page 567: ...ional 14J Ventura US 6J Microsoft Publishing 8M Math 8 5M PS Math 6M Ventura Math 15U PI Font 1U Legal 1E ISO 4 United Kingdom 0U ISO 6 ASCII 2U ISO 2 IRV 0S ISO 11 Swedish names 0I ISO 15 Italian 1S HP Spanish 2S ISO 17 Spanish 3S ISO 10 Swedish 4S ISO 16 Portuguese 5S ISO 84 Portuguese 6S ISO 85 Spanish 0G HP German 1G ISO 21 German 0D ISO 60 Norwegian 1 1D ISO 61 Norwegian 2 0F ISO 25 French 1F...

Page 568: ... 108 70 1B 26 6C 46 lines Left Margin ESC a L 27 38 97 76 1B 26 61 4C column Right Margin ESC a M 27 38 97 77 1B 26 61 4D column Clear Side Margin ESC 9 27 57 1B 39 Line Pitch ESC l C 27 38 108 67 1B 26 6C 43 48 inch Line Spacing ESC l D 27 38 108 68 1B 26 6C 44 1 line inch ESC l 1 D 27 38 108 49 68 1B 26 6C 31 44 2 lines inch ESC l 2 D 27 38 108 50 68 1B 26 6C 32 44 3 lines inch ESC l 3 D 27 38 1...

Page 569: ...7 38 97 67 1B 26 61 43 column Horizontal Position ESC a H 27 38 97 72 1B 26 61 48 decipoint Horizontal Position ESC p X 27 42 112 88 1B 2A 70 58 dot Vertical Position ESC a R 27 38 97 82 1B 26 61 52 line Vertical Position ESC a V 27 38 97 86 1B 26 61 56 decipoint Vertical Position ESC p Y 27 42 112 89 1B 2A 70 59 dot VECTOR GRAPHICS Enter HP GL 2 Mode Use Previous HP GL 2 ESC 0 B 27 37 48 66 1B 25...

Page 570: ...Encoded ESC b 1 M 27 42 98 49 77 1B 2A 62 31 4D Tagged Image File Format ESC b 2 M 27 42 98 50 77 1B 2A 62 32 4D Delta Row ESC b 3 M 27 42 98 51 77 1B 2A 62 33 4D Mode 5 ESC b 5 M 27 42 98 53 77 1B 2A 62 35 4D Mode 9 ESC b 9 M 27 42 98 57 77 1B 2A 62 39 4D CCITT G3 G4 original ESC b 1152 M 27 42 98 49 49 53 50 77 1B 2A 62 31 31 35 32 4D TIFF for 600 dpi only original ESC b 1024 M 27 42 98 49 48 50...

Page 571: ...A 74 30 4A Cluster Dither Monochrome ESC t 8 J 27 42 116 48 74 1B 2A 74 30 4A User defined Dither ESC t 9 J 27 42 116 48 74 1B 2A 74 30 4A User defined Dither Monochrome ESC t 10 J 27 42 116 48 74 1B 2A 74 30 4A Ordered Dither ESC t 11 J 27 42 116 48 74 1B 2A 74 30 4A Ordered Dither Monochrome ESC t 12 J 27 42 116 48 74 1B 2A 74 30 4A Noise Dither ESC t 13 J 27 42 116 48 74 1B 2A 74 30 4A Noise Di...

Page 572: ... 52 84 1B 2A 76 34 54 Brother defined Shading Pattern ESC v 130 T 27 42 118 49 51 48 84 1B 2A 76 31 33 30 54 64 steps original Select Source Transparency Mode Transparent ESC v 0 N 27 42 118 48 78 1B 2A 76 30 42 Opaque ESC v 1 N 27 42 118 49 78 1B 2A 76 31 42 Select Pattern Transparency Mode Transparent ESC v 0 O 27 42 118 48 79 1B 2A 76 30 43 Opaque ESC v 1 O 27 42 118 49 79 1B 2A 76 31 43 ...

Page 573: ...e below ID 2 Gray ESC c 2 G 27 42 99 50 71 1B 2A 63 32 47 10 Gray ESC c 10 G 27 42 99 49 48 71 1B 2A 63 31 30 47 15 Gray ESC c 15 G 27 42 99 49 53 71 1B 2A 63 31 35 47 30 Gray ESC c 30 G 27 42 99 51 48 71 1B 2A 63 33 30 47 45 Gray ESC c 45 G 27 42 99 52 53 71 1B 2A 63 34 35 47 70 Gray ESC c 70 G 27 42 99 55 48 71 1B 2A 63 37 30 47 90 Gray ESC c 90 G 27 42 99 57 48 71 1B 2A 63 39 30 47 100 Gray ESC...

Page 574: ...atched Fill ESC c 3 P 27 42 99 51 80 1B 2A 63 33 50 User defined ESC c 4 P 27 42 99 52 80 1B 2A 63 34 50 Current Pattern ESC c 5 P 27 42 99 53 80 1B 2A 63 35 50 Brother defined Shading Fill ESC c 130 P 27 42 99 49 51 48 80 1B 2A 63 31 33 30 50 64 steps original Define Pattern ESC c W 1B 2A 63 51 27 42 99 87 byte User defined Pattern Control Delete All ESC c 0 Q 1B 2A 63 30 51 27 42 99 48 81 Delete...

Page 575: ... c 5 F 27 42 99 53 70 1B 2A 63 35 46 Copy Assign ESC c 6 F 27 42 99 54 70 1B 2A 63 36 46 Download Font Flash Memory Card original Delete One from Card ESC c 1026 F 27 42 99 49 48 50 54 70 1B 2A 63 31 30 32 36 46 Delete All from Card ESC c 1028 F 27 42 99 49 48 50 56 70 1B 2A 63 31 30 32 38 46 Save Current Font into Card ESC c 1029 F 27 42 99 49 48 50 57 70 1B 2A 63 31 30 32 39 46 Set to Primary Fo...

Page 576: ...38 102 49 48 88 1B 26 66 31 30 58 Macro Card original Delete All Macros from Card ESC f 1030 X 27 38 102 49 48 51 48 88 1B 26 66 31 30 33 30 58 Delete Current Macro ESC f 1036 X 27 38 102 49 48 51 54 88 1B 26 66 31 30 33 36 58 from Card Save Current Macro into Card ESC f 1038 X 27 38 102 49 48 51 56 88 1B 26 66 31 30 33 38 58 STATUS READBACK Set Status Readback Location Type Invalid Location ESC s...

Page 577: ...D 27 38 100 51 68 1B 26 64 33 44 OFF ESC d 27 38 100 64 1B 26 64 40 Half Line Feed ESC 27 61 1B 3D Line Termination CR CR LF LF FF FF ESC k 0 G 27 38 107 48 71 1B 26 6B 30 47 CR CR LF LF LF FF FF ESC k 1 G 27 38 107 49 71 1B 26 6B 31 47 CR CR LF LF CR ESC k 2 G 27 38 107 50 71 1B 26 6B 32 47 FF FF CR CR CR LF LF LF CR ESC k 3 G 27 38 107 51 71 1B 26 6B 33 47 FF FF CR Print Orientation Portrait ESC...

Page 578: ...iginal Restore to Factory Settings ESC CR F D 27 13 70 68 1B 0D 46 44 Execute Card Data original Execute saved card data ESC CR E 27 13 33 69 1B 0D 21 45 FONT SELECTION Symbol Set ISO 60 Norwegian 1 ESC 0 D 27 40 48 68 1B 28 30 44 ISO 61 Norwegian 2 ESC 1 D 27 40 49 68 1B 28 31 44 ISO 4 United Kingdom ESC 1 E 27 40 49 69 1B 28 31 45 Windows 3 1 Latin1 ESC 9 E 27 40 57 69 1B 28 39 45 ISO 25 French ...

Page 579: ...7 40 49 55 85 1B 28 31 37 55 Windows 3 1 Latin1 ESC 19 U 27 40 49 57 85 1B 28 31 39 55 Character Set original ROMAN 8 ESC s 1 C 27 40 115 49 67 1B 28 73 31 43 US ASCII ESC s 2 C 27 40 115 50 67 1B 28 73 32 43 GERMAN ESC s 3 C 27 40 115 51 67 1B 28 73 33 43 UK ENGLISH ESC s 4 C 27 40 115 52 67 1B 28 73 34 43 FRENCH ESC s 5 C 27 40 115 53 67 1B 28 73 35 43 DUTCH ESC s 6 C 27 40 115 54 67 1B 28 73 36...

Page 580: ... s 24 S 27 40 115 50 52 83 1B 28 73 32 34 53 Outline ESC s 32 S 27 40 115 51 50 83 1B 28 73 33 32 53 Inline ESC s 64 S 27 40 115 54 52 83 1B 28 73 36 34 53 Shadowed ESC s 128 S 27 40 115 49 50 56 83 1B 28 73 31 32 38 53 Outline Shadowed ESC s 160 S 27 40 115 49 54 48 83 1B 28 73 31 36 30 53 Stroke Weight ESC s B 27 40 115 66 1B 28 73 42 Ultra Thin ESC s 7B 27 40 115 2D 55 66 1B 28 73 45 37 42 Extr...

Page 581: ...1 p v 1 s 3 b 4 1 1 3 T PC Brussels Light ESC s 1 p v 0 s 3 b 4 1 4 3 T PC Brussels Demi ESC s 1 p v 0 s 2 b 4 1 4 3 T PC Brussels LightItalic ESC s 1 p v 1 s 3 b 4 1 4 3 T PC Brussels DemiItalic ESC s 1 p v 1 s 2 b 4 1 4 3 T PC Tennessee Roman ESC s 1 p v 0 s 0 b 4 1 0 1 T PC Tennessee Bold ESC s 1 p v 0 s 3 b 4 1 0 1 T PC Tennessee Italic ESC s 1 p v 1 s 0 b 4 1 0 1 T PC Tennessee BoldItalic ESC...

Page 582: ...ic ESC s 1 p v 1 s 0 b 1 5 7 T Copenhagen BoldItalic ESC s 1 p v 1 s 3 b 1 5 7 T Portugal Roman ESC s 1 p v 0 s 0 b 1 5 8 T Portugal Bold ESC s 1 p v 0 s 3 b 1 5 8 T Portugal Italic ESC s 1 p v 1 s 0 b 1 5 8 T Portugal BoldItalic ESC s 1 p v 1 s 3 b 1 5 8 T Bitmapped Fonts LetterGothic16 66 ESC s 0 p 16 67 h 8 5 v 0 s 0 b 1 3 0 T OCR A ESC 0 O ESC s 0 p 10 h 12 v 0 s 0 b 1 0 4 T OCR B ESC 1 O ESC ...

Page 583: ...der size is 94 byte Both the header and the picture data are transferred by one transfer graphics data command ESC b W Normal PCL transfer graphics data command has a limitation of the data size and should not exceed 32767 Unlike other mode mode 1152 is special and this mode does not have 32767 byte size limitation Print model is not applied to this type of raster graphics The mode 1152 graphic da...

Page 584: ...Pixels line Same as 64 65 68 69 Lines picture If picture line count 3100 these 2 bytes become 1C 0C 70 71 Lines picture Same as 70 71 72 73 00 00 reserved 74 75 Photo metrics 00 00 data 0 white 01 00 data 0 black 76 77 02 00 reserved Endian format 78 79 Bit Fill Order 01 00 filled from MSB 02 00 filled from LSB 80 81 01 00 reserved 82 83 00 00 reserved min pixel value 84 85 01 00 reserved max pixe...

Page 585: ...pression tag Tag ID 259 The printer supports 1 2 3 4 and 32773 1 no compression Bits Sample 1 4 8 2 CCITT G3 MH Bits Sample 1 3 CCITT G3 MR Bits Sample 1 4 CCITT G4 Bits Sample 1 32773 Pack Bit Bits Sample 1 3 Sample pixel Tag ID 277 This value should be 1 This means the printer accepts only monochrome TIFF file 4 Bits Sample Tag ID 258 The printer supports 1 4 and 8 If you specify 4 or 8 and the ...

Page 586: ...dpi printing mode cannot be selected The PCL Mode set command for 1200 dpi Image Format is ESC b1027M The transfer raster data command ESC b W then transfers horizontal 1200 dpi data 1200 dpi Graphic Data Compression Format This compression format consists of blocks of data 64 dots down the page starting from the leading edge of the paper Ex If the graphic data extends over three bands as shown in...

Page 587: ...mpresses the original image data word by word 16 bits The compressed data consists of both horizontal compression which uses 16 bit 8 bit and 4 bit repeating patterns within 1 word or 2 words of data and vertical compression which indicates to repeat the same data as in the previous line with 1 word of data Non compressed data When the most significant bit in the first 2 bytes is 0 the printer goe...

Page 588: ...the 8 bit data to repeat 15 14 13 12 8 7 0 1 1 0 number of repeats data to repeat 8 bits 5 bits 4 bit repeating compression data When the most significant 3 bits in the first 2 bytes are in the order 1 0 1 the following 4 bits indicate 4 bit data to repeat The remaining 9 bits indicate the number of times to repeat the 16 bit 4 by 4 bits data 15 14 13 12 9 8 0 1 0 1 data to repeat number or repeat...

Page 589: ...end chord_angle BEZIER ABSOLUTE BZ x1_control_pt y1_control_pt x2_control_pt y2_control_pt x3_control_pt y3_control_pt params parms BEZIER RELATIVE BR x1_control_pt_increments y1_control_pt_increments x2_control_pt_increments y2_control_pt_increments x3_control_pt_increments y3_control_pt_increments params parms PLOT ABSOLUTE PA x y x y PLOT RELATIVE PR x y x y PEN DOWN PD x y x y PEN UP PU x y x ...

Page 590: ...INE VARIABLE TEXT PATH DV path line Line and Fill Attributes Group LINE TYPE LT line_type pattern_length mode LINE ATTRIBUTES LA kind value kind value PEN WIDTH PW width pen PEN WIDTH UNIT SELECTION WU type SELECT PEN SP pen SYMBOL MODE SM char FILL TYPE FT fill_type option 1 option 2 ANCHOR CORNER AC x_coordinate y_coordinate RASTER FILL DEFINITION RF index width height pen_nbr pen_nbr USER DEFIN...

Page 591: ...ply PJL DINQUIRE LPARM emulation variable CR LF value CR LF FF ECHO PJL ECHO Words CR LF Reply PJL ECHO Words CR LF FF ENTER PJL ENTER LANGUAGE emulation CR LF EOJ PJL EOJ NAME job name CR LF INFO PJL INFO read only variable CR LF Reply PJL INFO read only variable CR LF 1 or more lines of printable characters or WS followed by CR LF FF INITIALIZE PJL INITIALIZE CR LF INQUIRE PJL INQUIRE LPARM emul...

Page 592: ... Code Area through 31 d and 129 d through 159 d Change Emulation Changes the emulation of the printer All ESC CR m 27 13 m 1B 0D m original data received so far will be printed and the page ejected m is an ASCII code m AB BR Script 2 Batch Mode m AI BR Script 2 Interactive Mode m E Reset Epson Mode m GL HP GL Mode m H HP LaserJet Mode m I IBM Proprinter Mode User Reset Restore to User Settings ESC...

Page 593: ...o next vertical tab stop VT 11 0B Select VFU Selects Vertical Format Unit ESC n 27 47 n 1B 2F n Set Vertical Tab Sets up to 16 vertical tab stops in selected ESC B n1 27 66 n1 1B 42 n1 Stops VFU Vertical Format Unit selected by nk NUL nk 0 nk 00 Channel previous command Terminated by NUL Set Absolute Print Moves n1 n2 x 256 60 from left ESC n1 n2 27 36 n1 n2 1B 24 n1 n2 Position margin Set Relativ...

Page 594: ...a data Select Download Selects either downloaded n 1 or ESC n 27 37 n 1B 25 n Character Mode internal n 0 character set Copy ROM Copies internal character data to ESC 0 0 0 27 58 48 48 1B 3A 30 Characters to download RAM area 48 30 30 Download RAM Select Bit Image Selects and prints bit image data ESC m n1 27 42 m n1 1B 2A m n1 Mode n2 data n2 data n2 data Set 9 dot Bit Image Selects and prints 9 ...

Page 595: ...All ESC CR m 27 13 m 1B 0D m original data received so far will be printed and the page ejected m is an ASCII code m AB BR Script 2 Batch Mode m AI BR Script 2 Interactive Mode m E Epson Mode m GL HP GL Mode m H HP LaserJet Mode m I Reset IBM Proprinter Mode User Reset Restore to User Settings ESC CR 27 13 33 1B 0D 21 n 0 to 2 n R n 82 n 52 Paper Input Control Controls the paper input ESC EM n 27 ...

Page 596: ... NUL nk NUL Vertical Tab Advances to next vertical tab stops VT 11 0B or LF if none have been defined Restore to Default Clears any vertical tab stops and sets ESC R 27 82 1B 52 Tab Settings default horizontal tab stops every 8 columns Set Pica Pitch Selects 10 cpi printing DC2 18 12 Set Elite Pitch Selects 12 cpi printing ESC 27 58 1B 3A Set Cancel Sets n 1 or cancels n 0 proportionally ESC P n 2...

Page 597: ...rints one character c from the All ESC c 27 94 c 1B 5E c from All Character Character Table Table Define 8 dot Allows definition of user defined ESC n1 n2 27 61 n1 n2 1B 3D n1 n2 Download characters sp m a1 a2 32 m a1 a2 20 m a1 a2 Characters data data data Select Download Selects font and print quality n 0 or 2 ESC I n 27 73 n 1B 49 n Font internal fonts n 4 or 6 downloaded fonts Set Single Densi...

Page 598: ... run rise RELATIVE DIRECTION DR run rise ABSOLUTE CHARACTER SIZE SI width height RELATIVE CHARACTER SIZE SR width height CHARACTER SLANT SL tangent_of_angle STANDARD SET DEFINITION CS Designate_standard_character_set ALTERNATE SET DEFINITION CA Designate_alternate_character_set LABEL LB char char l bterm DEFINE LABEL TERMINATOR DT l bterm CHARACTER PLOT CP spaces lines USER DEFINED CHARACTER UC pe...

Page 599: ...actory Reset Restore to Factory Settings ESC CR F D 27 13 70 68 1B 0D 46 44 Duplex Simplex Print available when duplex unit is installed original Set Simplex ESC CR 0 D 27 13 33 48 68 1B 0D 21 30 44 Set Duplex long edge binding ESC CR 1 D 27 13 33 49 68 1B 0D 21 31 44 Set Duplex short edge binding ESC CR 2 D 27 13 33 50 68 1B 0D 21 32 44 Page Side Selection available when duplex unit is installed ...

Page 600: ...rs are not specified they take the default settings The last parameter must be the bar code data start b or B or the expanded character data start l or L Other parameters can be specified in any sequence The prefix of each parameter can be a lower case or upper case character for example t0 or T0 s3 or S3 etc Bar Code Mode n t0 or T0 CODE 39 default n t1 or T1 Interleaved 2 of 5 n t3 or T3 FIM US ...

Page 601: ... code style parameter is ignored Expanded Character S 0 White 1 Black 2 Vertical stripes 3 Horizontal stripes 4 Cross hatch eg S n1 n2 n1 Background fill pattern n2 Foreground fill pattern If S is followed by only one parameter the parameter is a foreground fill pattern Line Block Drawing Box Drawing S 1 Black 2 Vertical stripes 3 Horizontal stripes 4 Cross hatch Bar Code n mnnn or Mnnn nnn 0 3276...

Page 602: ...d Note that the default setting is subject to the bar code mode selected by t or T Quiet Zone n onnn or Onnn nnn 0 32767 Quiet Zone is the space on both side of the bar codes Its width can be specified using the units which are set by the u of U parameter For the description of u or U parameter see the next section The default setting of Quiet Zone width is 1 inch Bar Code Expanded Character Unit ...

Page 603: ... EAN8 UPC A ISBN EAN13 EAN8 UPC A ISBN UPC E 22 mm 2 UPC E 18 mm 3 Others 12 mm Expanded characters 2 2 mm default Line Block Drawing Box Drawing 1 dot This parameter specifies the height of bar codes or expanded characters as above It can take the prefix h H d or D The height of bar codes is specified in the u or U specified unit Note that the default setting of the bar code height 12 mm 18 mm or...

Page 604: ...rt character and stop character If the received data has an asterisk at its beginning or end the asterisk is regarded as a start character or stop character When Interleaved 2 of 5 is selected with the parameter t1 or T1 Ten numerical characters 0 to 9 can be accepted as bar code data Other characters cause data error The number of characters for bar codes is not limited Since this mode of bar cod...

Page 605: ... by a check digit Total 8 digits 0 6 digits 1 check digit 2 6 digits The first character and the last check digit are removed from the 8 digit data 1 For 8 digits can be used in place of a check digit 2 Adding and 2 or 5 digit number after the data creates an add on code for all 6 and 8 digit formats When Codabar is selected with the parameter t9 or T9 Characters 0 to 9 can be printed Characters A...

Page 606: ...s apply as for t12 or T12 t13 or T13 or t14 or T14 Box Drawing ESC i E or e E or e is a terminator Line Block Drawing ESC i V or v V or v is a terminator Expanded Character Data Start n l or L Data that follows l or L is read in as expanded character data or labeling data Expanded character data must end with the code 5CH which also terminates this command Example Program Listings WIDTH LPT1 255 C...

Page 607: ...2 UPC E LPRINT CHR 27 it6r1o0x150y70b0123456 Codabar LPRINT CHR 27 it9r1s0o0x00y100bA123456A Code 128 set A LPRINT CHR 27 it12r1o0x00y120bCODE128A12345 Code 128 set B LPRINT CHR 27 it13r1o0x00y140bCODE128B12345 Code 128 set C LPRINT CHR 27 it14r1o0x00y160b CHR 1 CHR 2 ISBN EAN LPRINTCHR 27 it130r1o0x00y180b123456789012 12345 EAN 128 set A LPRINT CHR 27 it132r1o0x00y210b1234567890 LPRINT CHR 12 END...

Page 608: ... 4 40 Format Card 4 41 Macro 4 40 Demo Page 2 18 Display 4 1 t DOWN button 4 7 Download Font 4 39 Drum Cleaner 5 20 Drum Cover 5 20 E Economy button 4 63 Emulation button 4 60 Emulation Mode 1 3 4 62 Envelopes 3 11 EPSON FX 850 Mode 4 9 4 62 Error Messages 6 4 Error Print 4 43 Execute Data 4 35 Exit Mode 4 46 Extended I O Interface 4 20 F Factory Settings 3 7 Fax Modem card 1 5 Feeder button 4 64 ...

Page 609: ...Options 1 6 Orientation 4 21 Ozone Filter 5 16 Ozone Filter Case 5 16 P Page Counter 4 46 Page Format Mode 4 23 Page Protection 4 32 Panel Buttons 3 6 Paper Discharger 5 22 Paper Guide 2 13 Paper Jam 6 9 Paper Size 3 8 parallel interface 2 14 3 3 4 19 PCL5C mode 3 1 PCMCIA Card Slot 1 5 Pen Setting 4 27 power cord 2 16 Power Save Mode 1 4 4 63 Pressure Release Lever 2 9 5 19 primary font 4 47 Prim...

Page 610: ...2 18 Toner Cartridge 2 7 5 3 Toner Save Mode 1 4 4 63 Transfer Roller 5 24 Transfer Roller Lock Lever 5 24 U s UP button 4 7 User Settings 3 7 W Waste Toner Pack 5 11 Waste Toner Pack Holder 5 12 Windows 2 20 6 14 1 120K Kit 5 20 ...

Page 611: ...USER S GUIDE Index 4 ...

Page 612: ...er Keep this manual in a convenient place for quick and easy reference at all times The product names in this guidebook are trademarks or registered trade marks of each manufacturer The specifications are subject to change without notice 1999 Brother Industries Ltd UH1431001 A Printed in Japan www rtv horvat dj hr ...

Page 613: ...Installing the External Fax Modem 4 Settings on the Control Panel 6 USING THE FAX DRIVER 7 Installing the Fax Driver 7 Receiving Fax Messages 7 Sending a Fax Message 8 OTHER FUNCTIONS 10 Report Print 10 Sharing the Fax Function on a Network 11 TROUBLESHOOTING 13 Messages on the Control Panel 13 Q A 14 www rtv horvat dj hr ...

Page 614: ...each computer on a single telephone line if the printer is shared on the network and connected to the printer via a centronics parallel cable or via a network share 4 Automatically print a fax sent received report External Fax Modem Telephone Line External Fax Modem Telephone Line Parallel I F cable PC1 PC2 Print Queue for Printer1 Printer1 Telephone Line File Server RS 232C Cable Gender Changer R...

Page 615: ...90 Fax driver Operating system Microsoft Windows 3 1 Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows NT 4 0 Resolution Standard and Fine Only Fine mode 200 dpi in Windows NT 4 0 Dial type Tone Pulse Cover page A custom cover page can be created Phone book Up to 1 000 numbers can be registered Telephone numbers can be registered as groups up to 64 per group Note The floppy disk including the FAX Share driver for Win...

Page 616: ... Robotics 56K Faxmodem Model No 5686 Note You cannot use a Class 1 Class 1 0 or Class 2 External Fax Modem PC and OS The fax driver works on the following types of PC and operating systems OS PC IBM PC AT or compatible Operating system Microsoft Windows 3 1 Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows NT 4 0 Caution The fax driver works in Windows NT 4 0 with Service Pack 3 0 or higher installed You cannot use t...

Page 617: ...he SHIFT switch HIDDEN PANEL is displayed on the LED 4 Press the or switch until EXT FAX MODEM is displayed then press the SET switch 5 Select FAX MODEM ON by pressing the or switch Default setting is OFF Caution When setting FAX MODEM ON the RS 232C serial interface is used only for the fax function The printer cannot receive normal print data via the serial interface If you want to use the RS 23...

Page 618: ... to the user s guide supplied with the External Fax Modem 8 Turn on the External Fax Modem 9 Turn on the printer Caution Once installation is completed be sure to turn on the External Fax Modem before turning on the printer so that the printer recognizes the modem www rtv horvat dj hr ...

Page 619: ...x data Select from 0 to 4 The factory default setting is 2 REDUCTION Set if the received fax data is reduced for printing or not AUTO reduced automatically factory default setting OFF not reduced automatically 90 reduced to 90 FAX RAM SIZE Set the RAM size used for the fax function After turning the printer off and on the setting is active The factory setting is 1MB The maximum size that can be se...

Page 620: ...ll it as a Local Printer in Add Printer Wizard You should select the network port after installing the fax driver if you want to use it as a network printer If you install the fax driver as a Network Printer it will not work Receiving Fax Messages When the printer power is on the printer automatically receives fax data through the External Fax Modem and prints the data The FAX RECEIVING message ap...

Page 621: ...t Printer Setup or Page Setup in the File menu of the application software The setting dialog box appears after selecting Print in some application software 2 Change the printer driver to Brother FAX Share in the setting dialog box Send the fax message 1 Select Print in the File menu of the application software 2 The Print dialog box appears press the OK button to show the FAX Sending dialog box 3...

Page 622: ... from the application software 1 Select Printer Setup or Page Setup in the File menu The setting dialog box appears after selecting Print in some application software 2 Change the printer driver to Brother FAX Share in the setting dialog box Send the fax message 1 Select Print in the File menu of the application software 2 The Print dialog box appears Press the OK button to show the FAX Sending di...

Page 623: ...n the control panel 1 Press the SEL switch to make the printer off line 2 Press the TEST switch while holding down the SHIFT switch DEMO PAGE is displayed 3 Press the or switch until PRINT FAX LOG is displayed 4 Press the SET switch The printer prints the sent received report Note The date and time on the sent received report are changed when the first fax data is sent after turning on the printer...

Page 624: ...dows 95 Windows 98 Windows NT 4 0 Peer to Peer Sample The printer with the External Fax Modem installed is connected to PC2 as shown in the above figure In order to send the fax data from PC1 to Printer1 set Print to the following port in the Properties of Brother FAX Share PC2 Printer1 in the Printer folder on PC1 Refer to the illustration below for Windows 95 Network Printer1 Telephone Line Para...

Page 625: ...d to the file server through the network as shown above The print queue for Printer1 is set on the file server In order to send fax data from PC1 or PC2 to the External Fax Modem in Printer1 set Print to the following port in the Properties of Brother FAX Share to the queue name of the shared printer on the network e g NWserver Printer1 in the Printers folder of PC1 or PC2 Refer to the illustratio...

Page 626: ...fax function the following message appears Error Message Meaning Action UNKNOWN LANGUAGE Fax data was sent although the External Fax Modem is not selected Turn off and on the printer Set FAX MODEM ON on the printer control panel Error Print If one of the following errors occurs during use of the fax function the printer prints out an error message on paper In order to recover from the error follow...

Page 627: ...tly in Outside Line Access Code in FAX Line Setup of the fax driver Check if the telephone line is connected correctly Check if the External Fax Modem is turned on Check if the printer and the External Fax Modem are connected correctly Check that you turned on the External Fax Modem before turning on the printer Fax data is not sent from the computer to the printer and I cannot send any fax data C...

Page 628: ...PARTS REFERENCE LIST MODEL HL 2400C R COLOR LASER PRINTER Jan 98 54S001BE0 ...

Page 629: ...d circuit board B48K056 201A Revision No marked on the power supply PCB Rev 0B 2 Design changed parts If the parts are changed any one of the following symbols is indicated in the REMARKS column A compatible between old and new B replaceable from old to new D incompatible newly established 3 The original of this list was made based on the information available in November 1997 4 Parts are subject ...

Page 630: ...ETTE 5 5 TRANSFER UNIT 7 6 PAPER EXIT UNIT 7 7 FUSING UNIT 9 8 MAIN PCB 9 9 COVER 11 10 MCTL PCB 13 11 IOD PCB 13 12 POWER SUPPLY PCB 15 13 HIGH VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY 15 14 AC CORDS 17 15 ACCESSORIES 17 16 PACKING MATERIALS 19 17 PERIODICAL REPLACEMENT PARTS 19 ...

Page 631: ...EAR UNIT 3 UH1942001 1 DEVELOPER DRIVE MOTOR 4 UH1943001 1 DEVELOPER DRIVE UNIT 5 UH3494001 1 PAPER FEEDING CLUTCH 6 UH3495001 1 REGISTRATION CLUTCH 7 UH3496001 1 FUSER CLUTCH 8 UH3497001 5 DEVELOPER CLUTCH 9 UH3498001 1 TRANSFER SOLENOID 10 UH3499001 1 DRUM CLEANER SOLENOID MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 1 ...

Page 632: ... 2 1 DRIVE MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 1 9 2 4 3 5 7 8 8 6 8 10 ...

Page 633: ... SENSOR 5 UH1949001 2 BELT SENSOR 6 UH1950001 1 TONER SENSOR ASSY 7 UH1996001 1 OHP SENSOR 8 UH3469001 1 WASTE TONER FEEDER U 9 UH3483001 1 DRUM CLEANER 10 UH3484001 1 TRANSFER DRUM 11 UH3485001 1 PAPER FEEDING ROLLER 12 UH3486001 1 SEPARATOR PAD 13 UH3487001 1 ERASE LAMP 14 UH3488001 1 OIL SENSOR 15 UH3492001 1 FUSER CONNECTOR MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 T I NO PR98003 3 ...

Page 634: ...6 4 2 FRAME MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 10 13 8 9 2 2 4 11 12 14 5 7 4 4 15 5 1 2 3 4 1 6 ...

Page 635: ...L 3 SCANNER UNIT REF NO CODE Q TY DESCRIPTION REMARK 1 UH3482001 1 OPTICAL UNIT MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 4 MEDIA CASSETTE REF NO CODE Q TY DESCRIPTION REMARK 1 UH3493001 1 PAPER CASSETTE MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 5 ...

Page 636: ... 6 MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 4 MEDIA CASSETTE 3 SCANNER UNIT 1 1 MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 ...

Page 637: ...2 MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 T I NO PR98173 6 PAPER EXIT UNIT REF NO CODE Q TY DESCRIPTION REMARK 1 UH3459001 1 PAPER EXIT UNIT 1 1 UH3460001 1 PAPER EXIT UNIT COVER 1 2 UH3461001 1 PAPER EXIT FRONT COVER 1 3 UH3462001 1 PAPER EXIT ROLLER 1 4 UH3463001 1 DISCHARGING BRUSH 1 5 UH1994001 1 COOLING FAN MOTOR 1 6 UH1948001 2 PAPER SENSOR MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 7 ...

Page 638: ... 8 MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 5 TRANSFER UNIT 1 2 1 1 1 6 PAPER EXIT UNIT 1 1 2 1 1 1 6 1 6 1 3 1 4 1 4 MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 ...

Page 639: ...8 MAIN PCB REF NO CODE Q TY DESCRIPTION SYMBOL REMARK 1 UK3900001 1 MAIN PCB HLC1 B48K299 300Q 2 UK3902001 1 MIO CONNECTOR PCB ASSY 3 UH1307001 1 OPTIONAL I O COVER H 4 UH1901001 1 MAIN PCB PLATE 5 UH1903001 1 MIO RAIL R 6 UH1940001 1 MIO RAIL L 7 UH1904001 1 CONNECTOR PCB HOLDER 8 UH1924001 2 CARD BLIND 9 UK3942000 1 MROM23C3210 2 VER 1 45 10 UK3941000 1 MROM23C3210 1 VER 1 45 MODEL HL 2400C 54S ...

Page 640: ... 10 MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 7 FUSING UNIT 1 1 1 8 MAIN PCB 6 7 2 5 1 4 8 3 MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 9 10 T I NO PR98038 ...

Page 641: ...L 4 UH3454001 1 UPPER SIDE COVER 5 UH3455001 1 PANEL BUTTON 6 UH3456001 1 PANEL PWB 7 UH3457001 1 FRONT COVER UNIT 7 1 UH3458001 1 FRONT COVER 8 UH3464001 1 BASE COVER R 9 UH3465001 1 BASE COVER L 10 UH3466001 1 REAR COVER 11 UH3467001 1 REAR COVER U 12 UH3468001 1 REAR COVER L 13 UH1945001 1 OZONE FILTER MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 11 ...

Page 642: ... 12 9 COVER MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 3 1 4 5 6 9 7 1 7 8 2 13 11 12 10 ...

Page 643: ...E Q TY DESCRIPTION SYMBOL REMARK 1 UH1997001 1 MCTL PWB VER LDA 1 4 CHNG VER MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 T I NO PR98215 PR98216 11 IOD PCB REF NO CODE Q TY DESCRIPTION REMARK 1 UH1998001 1 IOD1 PWB 2 UH1999001 1 IOD2 PWB MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 13 ...

Page 644: ... 14 MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 10 MCTL PWB 1 11 IOD PCB 1 2 MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 ...

Page 645: ...CRIPTION SYMBOL REMARK 1 UH3490001 1 POWER SUPPLY UNIT US Rev 0B 1 UH3489001 1 POWER SUPPLY UNIT EC Rev 0B MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 13 HIGH VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY REF NO CODE Q TY DESCRIPTION REMARK 1 UH2000001 1 HIGH VOLTAGE UNIT MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 15 ...

Page 646: ... 16 MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 12 POWER SUPLLY UNIT 1 13 HIGH VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY 1 MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 ...

Page 647: ...S REF NO CODE Q TY DESCRIPTION REMARK 1 UK3850001 1 P DRIVER DISK 1 2 UK3851001 1 P DRIVER DISK 2 3 UK3852001 1 P DRIVER DISK 3 4 UK3864001 1 P DRIVER DISK PS 5 UK3870001 1 P DRIVER DISK MAC 6 UK3866001 1 P DRIVER DISK NT 7 UK3854001 1 USER S MANUAL ENG 7 UK3855001 1 USER S MANUAL GER 7 UK3856001 1 USER S MANUAL FRA 7 UK3857001 1 USER S MANUAL DUT 8 UE2014001 1 PE BAG 215X350H 9 UK3676001 1 P DRIV...

Page 648: ... 18 MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 15 ACCESSORIES 7 8 14 AC CORDS 1D 1A 1H 1F 1G 1B 1C 1E MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 2 1 3 4 6 9 5 T I NO PR98002 10 ...

Page 649: ... UH2172001 1 POLYETHYLENE BAG EN 3 UH1932001 1 STARTER KIT PACKING SET 4 UH2164001 1 JOINT 5 UH1935001 1 HL C1 CARTON MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 17 PERIODICAL REPLACEMENT PARTS REF NO CODE Q TY DESCRIPTION REMARK 1 UH3508001 1 40K KIT US 1 UH3509001 1 40K KIT EC 2 UH3510001 1 120K KIT MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 19 ...

Page 650: ... 20 MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 16 PACKING MATERIALS MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 5 3 4 1 2 1 1 17 PERIODICAL REPLACEMENT PARTS 1 2 4 ...

Page 651: ...SSORIES REF NO CODE Q TY DESCRIPTION REMARK 1 UK3850001 1 P DRIVER DISK 1 2 UK3851001 1 P DRIVER DISK 2 3 UK3852001 1 P DRIVER DISK 3 4 UK3864001 1 P DRIVER DISK PS 5 UK3870001 1 P DRIVER DISK MAC 6 UK3866001 1 P DRIVER DISK NT 7 UK3854001 1 USER S MANUAL ENG 7 UK3855001 1 USER S MANUAL GER 7 UK3856001 1 USER S MANUAL FRA 7 UK3857001 1 USER S MANUAL DUT 8 UE2014001 1 PE BAG 215X350H 9 UK3676001 1 ...

Page 652: ...Y DESCRIPTION SYMBOL REMARK 1 UK3900001 1 MAIN PCB HLC1 B48K299 300M CHNG VER 2 UK3902001 1 MIO CONNECTOR PCB ASSY 3 UH1307001 1 OPTIONAL I O COVER H 4 UH1901001 1 MAIN PCB PLATE 5 UH1903001 1 MIO RAIL R 6 UH1940001 1 MIO RAIL L 7 UH1904001 1 CONNECTOR PCB HOLDER 8 UH1924001 2 CARD BLIND 9 UK4097000 1 MROM23C3210 1 VER 1 41 10 UK4098000 1 MROM23C3210 2 VER 1 41 MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 T I NO PR9803...

Page 653: ...TION SYMBOL REMARK 1 UK3900001 1 MAIN PCB HLC1 B48K299 300N CHNG VER 2 UK3902001 1 MIO CONNECTOR PCB ASSY 3 UH1307001 1 OPTIONAL I O COVER H 4 UH1901001 1 MAIN PCB PLATE 5 UH1903001 1 MIO RAIL R 6 UH1940001 1 MIO RAIL L 7 UH1904001 1 CONNECTOR PCB HOLDER 8 UH1924001 2 CARD BLIND 9 UK3942000 1 MROM23C3210 2 VER 1 45 CHNG 10 UK3941000 1 MROM23C3210 1 VER 1 45 CHNG MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 T I NO PR980...

Page 654: ...2 BELT SENSOR 6 UH1950001 1 TONER SENSOR ASSY 7 UH1996001 1 OHP SENSOR 8 UH3469001 1 WASTE TONER FEEDER U 9 UH3483001 1 DRUM CLEANER 10 UH3484001 1 TRANSFER DRUM 11 UH3485001 1 PAPER FEEDING ROLLER 12 UH3486001 1 SEPARATOR PAD 13 UH3487001 1 ERASE LAMP 14 UH3488001 1 OIL SENSOR 15 UH3492001 1 FUSER CONNECTOR 16 LJ2052001 1 WASTE TONER FEEDER L ADD MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 T I NO PR98003 PR99077 3 ...

Page 655: ...6 4 2 FRAME MODEL HL 2400C 54S 301 10 13 8 9 2 2 4 11 16 12 14 5 7 4 16 4 15 5 1 2 3 4 1 6 PR99077 T I NO PR99077 ...

Page 656: ...elt Sensor PBS 4 2 10 3 LEFT SIDE MCTL PCB 4 3 1 High Voltage Unit 4 3 2 4 3 6 Power Supply Unit 4 3 7 Paper Size Sensor PSU Toner Sensor TTR 4 3 8 4 3 9 Top Cover Fuser Fan 4 4 2 Paper Exit Sensor PT2 4 4 3 Transfer Roller Register Roller 4 6 2 4 6 3 7 FUSING UNIT Fusing Unit Lamp 4 7 1 IOD1 PCB 4 2 6 Base Cover L 4 2 4 5 FRONT Front Cover Unit 4 5 1 Side Cover R 1 RIGHT SIDE 4 1 1 4 PAPER EXIT U...

Page 657: ...or assembly with the bottle holder 5 Remove the waste toner sensor by removing the hooked pawl Fig 7 23 4 1 18 Waste Toner Feeder L Note The waste toner feeder L is composed of plastic tube and auger spring gear unit 1 Remove the set screw ST3x6 1 pc to remove the waste toner feeder plate 2 Remove the plastic tube from the frame Fig 7 23a Bottle holder Waste Toner Sensor Plastic tube Waste toner f...

Page 658: ...auger spring gear unit attach paper onto the transfer drum to prevent touching it Note When removing the screws from the auger spring gear unit use the screw driver whose shaft is long enough to reach the screws If it is not available remove the transfer drum before removing the screws When re assembling the auger spring gear unit into the frame fix the notch to the side frame and fix the boss int...

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