Error message printouts

The printer will report problems by printing an error message as defined in the following table. Take the corrective actions for the error message the Printout reports.

Error message

MEMORY FULL

PRINT OVERRUN

RESOLUTION ADAPTED

(The printer has printed the document at a reduced resolution)

SERIAL INTERFACE FRAMING ERROR

(HL-1250 Only)

SERIAL INTERFACE PARITY ERROR

(HL-1250 Only)

Action

∙Press the panel button to print the data remaining in the printer.

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

(For HL-1250 Only)

∙Expand the printer memory by adding a commercially available SIMM. Refer to ‘How to add extra Memory’ in Chapter 2.

∙Press the panel button to print the data remaining in the printer.

∙If this does not clear the error, reduce the complexity of your document or reduce the print resolution.

(For HL-1250 Only)

∙Expand the printer memory by adding a commercially available SIMM. Refer to ‘How to add extra Memory’ in Chapter 2. Set page protection to ON by using the supplied Windows driver or RPC program.

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

Graphics Mode True TypeTM mode

Use Printer True TypeTM Fonts

∙Reduce the complexity of your document before you print to prevent automatic reduction in the resolution.

(For HL-1250 Only)

∙Expand the printer memory by adding a commercially available SIMM. Refer to ‘How to add extra Memory’ in Chapter 2.

∙Press the control panel button to resume printing.

∙Check the communication parameter settings such as baud rate and stop bit on both your computer and printer are the same.

∙Press the control panel button to resuming printing.

∙Check that the communication parameter setting such as bit length and parity on both your computer and printer are the same.

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