Error and maintenance messages

As with any sophisticated office product, errors may occur and consumable items may need to be replaced. If this happens, your machine identifies the error or required routine maintenance and shows the appropriate message. The most common error and maintenance messages are shown below.

You can clear most errors and perform routine maintenance by yourself. If you need more help, the Brother Solutions Center offers the latest FAQs and troubleshooting tips:

Visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/.

Error Message

Cause

Action

Access Denied

The function you want to use is

Contact your administrator to check your

 

restricted by Secure Function

Secure Function Lock Settings.

 

Lock 2.0.

 

 

 

 

Access Error

The device is removed from

Press Stop/Exit. Reinsert the device and try to

 

the USB direct interface while

print with Direct Print.

 

the data is processing.

 

 

 

 

Cartridge Error

The toner cartridge is not

Pull out the drum unit and toner cartridge

Put the Toner

installed correctly.

assembly, take out the toner cartridge, and put

Cartridge back

 

it back into the drum unit again. Put the drum

in.

 

unit and toner cartridge assembly back in the

 

 

machine.

 

 

 

Cooling Down

The temperature of the drum

Make sure that you can hear the fan in the

Wait for a while

unit or toner cartridge is too

machine spinning and that the exhaust outlet is

hot. The machine will pause its

not blocked by something.

 

 

current print job and go into

If the fan is spinning, remove any obstacles

 

cooling down mode. During the

 

that surround the exhaust outlet, and then

 

cooling down mode, you will

 

leave the machine turned on but do not use it

 

hear the cooling fan running

 

for several minutes.

 

while the LCD shows Cooling

 

If the fan is not spinning, disconnect the

 

Down, and Wait for a

 

while.

machine from the power for several minutes,

 

 

then reconnect it.

 

 

 

Cover is Open

The front cover is not

Close the front cover of the machine.

 

completely closed.

 

 

 

 

 

The ADF cover is not

Close the ADF cover of the machine.

 

completely closed.

 

 

 

 

 

The ADF is open while loading

Close the ADF cover of the machine, then

 

a document.

press Stop/Exit.

 

 

 

 

The fuser cover is not

Close the fuser cover of the machine.

 

completely closed or paper

Make sure paper is not jammed behind the

 

was jammed in the back of the

 

fuser cover at the back of the machine, then

 

machine when you turned on

 

close the fuser cover and press Start.

 

the power.

 

(See Paper is jammed at the back of the

 

 

 

 

machine uu page 72.)

 

 

 

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