USER’S GUIDE

 

For errors shown below, the printer indicates an operator call by blinking

 

the Alarm lamp. If you use the printer with the supplied Windows driver,

 

the status monitor will appear to indicate the error on your computer

 

screen. The HL-1040/1050 printer also prints some error messages on

 

paper.

 

 

Error

Action

COVER OPEN

Close the top cover of the printer.

 

 

PRINT OVERRUN

￿

￿

Press the panel switch to print the data remaining in the printer.

If you use the supplied Windows driver, try again after turning on Error Recovery in the PRINT menu of your application software, (Refer to Help section in Windows printer driver for the details.)

￿ For HL-1050 only

Expand the printer memory with an optional memory board and set page protection to ON by using the suuplied Windows driver or RPC program.

￿ For HL-1050 only

Change the following settings in the supplied Windows driver and try again. The best combination of the settngs below will vary depending on your document.

Graphics Mode TrueType￿ mode

Use Printer TrueType￿ Fonts

 

￿ If this does not clear the error, reduce the complexity of

 

your document or reduce the print resolution.

MEMORY FULL

￿ Press the panel switch to print the data remaining in the

(For HL-1040/1050 Only)

printer.

This error can occur only

￿ Reduce the print resolution or reduce the complexity of

your document.

when using DOS or

￿ For HL-1050 only

Macintosh.

Expand the printer memory.by adding a commercially

 

 

available SIMM.

Parallel Interface Line

￿ Press the panel switch to resume printing.

Error

￿ Check that the connection between your computer and

 

printer is secure and correct, and check the interface cable.

Serial Interface Framing

￿ Press the panel switch to resume printing.

Error

￿ Check the communication parameters such as baud rate

(For HL-1040/1050 Only)

and stop bit settingson both your computer and printer.

Serial Interface Parity

￿ Press the panel switch to resume printing.

Error

￿ Check the communication parameters such as bit length

(For HL-1040/1050 Only)

and parity settings on both your computer and printer.

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