Brother 1240, HL-1030, 1250 service manual How to Read the Maintenance Information, Fig. A-4

APPENDIX

5.How to Read the Maintenance Information

The maintenance information such as the frequency of consumable parts replacement or paper jam can be found from the 17-digit number shown in the lower line on the right below the drum unit life bar.

NOTE:

The 17-digit number is also shown in the Printer Information dialog box which is one of the self- diagnostics tools. For details, refer to Section 3 ‘Printer Information’ in APPENDIX 5.

To obtain the maintenance information, you need to obtain and load the Maintenance Information utility which supplied on Service Databank by following the steps below;

(1)Download the Maintenance Information utility from the Printer Utility DB in Service Databank.

(2)Open the utility, then select ‘Decode the 4-byte data’ in the menu.

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(3)Enter the 8-digit number as shown on the right from the 17-digit number.

(4)Click the OK button.

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(5)The dialog box shown at the right will appear and show the frequencies of drum unit change, toner cartridge change and paper jam.

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