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

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

(For HL-1040/1050 Only)

This error can occur only when using DOS or Macintosh.

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

Reduce the print resolution or reduce the complexity of your document.

For HL-1050 only

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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