Brother HL-1020, HL-820 manual For HL-1040/1050

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 supplied 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 settings 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		printer.
Only)	￿￿	Reduce the print resolution or reduce the complexity of your
This error can occur only		document.
		(For HL-1050 only)
when using DOS or	￿￿
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 (For HL-	￿￿	Check the communication parameters such as baud rate and
1040/1050 Only)		stop bit settings on both your computer and printer.
Serial Interface Parity	￿￿	Press the panel switch to resume printing.
Error (For HL-	￿￿	Check the communication parameters such as bit length and
1040/1050 Only)		parity settings on both your computer and printer.
Serial Interface Overrun	￿￿	Press the panel switch to resume printing.
Error (For HL-	￿￿	The interface hardware may be damaged. Consult your dealer.
1040/1050 Only)

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