Brother 1240, 1250 Control Panel Operation, Drum Ready, Alarm, Data, Ready Paper LED Indications

CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION AND BASIC OPERATION

5.CONTROL PANEL OPERATION

There are four LEDs and a button on the control panel. The LEDs indicate the printer status, and pressing the button enables several functions in the printer.

LEDs

Drum

Ready

Paper

Alarm

Toner

Data

Control Panel Button

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5.1Ready (Paper) LED Indications

The Ready LED indicates the current status of the printer.

LED	Printer status
OFF	The power switch is off, or the printer is in sleep mode.
	If the printer is in sleep mode, it will wake up automatically when it
	receives data or when you press the control panel button.
Blinking	<Blinking at 1 second intervals>
	The printer is warming up.
	<Blinking at 2 seconds intervals>
	The printer is cooling down and stops printing until the internal
	temperature of the printer lowers.
ON	The printer is ready to print.

This LED also works as the Paper LED with the Alarm LED. They blink simultaneously to indicate a paper error. See Subsection 2.1 ‘Operator Calls’ in CHAPTER 6 for details.

Error	Action
Paper jam	Clear the paper jam and press the panel button if the printer
	does not automatically resume printing.
No paper	Load paper in the printer and press the panel button.
Misfeed	Re-install the paper and press the panel button.

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