Brother HL-1030 User manual

Brother Laser Printer

HL-1030/1240/1250

User’s Guide

Please read this manual thoroughly before using the printer. You can print or view this

manual from the CD-ROM at any time, please keep the CD-ROM in a convenient place for

quick and easy reference at all times.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Definitions of Warnings, Cautions, and Notes

To Use the Printer Safely

Shipment of the Printer

For technical and operational assistance

(For USA & CANADA Only)

CHAPTER1 ABOUT THIS PRINTER

What is included in the carton.................................1-1

Components...............................................................................1-1

About your printer...................................................1-2

Features of your printer...........................................1-3

What printer options are available...........................1-7

Place the printer.......................................................1-8

Power Supply.............................................................................1-8

Environment...............................................................................1-8

System Requirements for the Brother Printing Solution for

Windows....................................................................................1-9

What kind of paper can I use.................................1-10

How to load paper into the Paper Cassette............1-15

How to load a sheet of paper manually.................1-18

How to print on both sides of the paper (Manual

Duplexing).............................................................1-24

What do the LED indications mean.......................1-27

Ready (Paper) LED indications...............................................1-28

Data (Toner) LED indications.................................................1-29

Drum LED indications.............................................................1-31

Alarm LED indications............................................................1-31

Control Panel Button Operations............................................1-32

Other Control Features............................................................1-33

CHAPTER 2 OPTIONS

Optional Accessories and Supplies..........................2-1

The Lower Tray unit (For HL-1250 Only)..............2-2

How to use the SERIAL INTERFACE (RS-100M)

Connection (For HL-1250 Only)............................2-3

How to select the RS-422A (Apple) or RS-232C (IBM) Serial

Interface (For HL-1250 Only)...................................................2-4

How to set the Serial Interface Parameters................................2-5

How to connect the Serial Interface Cable................................2-8

What is the Brother print server (NC-2010p)........2-10

Features....................................................................................2-10

How to add extra Memory (For HL-1250 Only)...2-11

How to install additional SIMM memory...............................2-12

CHAPTER 3 MAINTENANCE

How to replace the Toner Cartridge.........................3-3

How to replace the Drum Unit................................3-9

How to clean the printer........................................3-14

Cleaning the printer exterior....................................................3-14

Cleaning the printer interior and Drum Unit...........................3-16

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CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING

Identifying your problem........................................4-1

Control Panel Indications........................................4-2

Operator calls and how to clear them........................................4-2

Service call indications..............................................................4-4

Error messages in the Status Monitor......................4-6

Error message printouts...........................................4-8

Paper Handling......................................................4-10

PAPER JAMS and how to clear them...................4-11

Others……………………………………………4-16

For printing with the Serial Interface (For HL-1250 Only)...4-16

For DOS users (For HL-1240/1250 Only).............................4-16

For Apple Macintosh Computers user using RS-100M

(For HL-1250 Only)................................................................4-17

For iMac and Power Macintosh G3 with USB

(For HL-1240/1250 Only).......................................................4-17

Improving the print quality...................................4-18

How to print correctly...........................................4-24

For DOS users (For HL-1240/1250 Only)..............................4-25

APPENDIX

Printer Technical Specifications.............................A-1

Printing.....................................................................................A-1

Functions..................................................................................A-3

Electrical and Mechanical........................................................A-4

Parallel Interface Specifications.............................A-5

USB (Universal Serial Bus) Interface

(HL-1240/1250 Only)...........................................A-7

Resident Font (HL-1240/1250 Only).....................A-8

HL-1240:...................................................................................A-8

Bitmapped Fonts.......................................................................A-8

HL-1250 :..................................................................................A-8

Bitmapped Fonts.......................................................................A-8

Scalable Fonts...........................................................................A-9

Symbol Sets / Character Sets (HL-1240/1250 Only)

.................................................................A-10

OCR Symbol Sets (HL-1250 Only).......................................A-10

HP LaserJet IIP Mode (HL-1240)..........................................A-10

HP LaserJet 6P Mode (HL-1250)...........................................A-10

EPSON Mode (HL-1250 Only)..............................................A-11

IBM Mode (HL-1250 Only)...................................................A-11

REGULATIONS..................................................A-17

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Definitions of Warnings, Cautions, and Notes

The following conventions are used in this User’s Guide:

Warning

Indicates warnings that must be observed to prevent possible personal injury.

Caution

Indicates cautions that must be observed to use the printer properly or

prevent damage to the printer.

✒Note

Indicates notes and useful tips to remember when using the printer.

To Use the Printer Safely

Warning

•

••

• After you have just used the printer, some internal parts of the

printer are extremely hot. When you open the front cover or rear

cover of the printer, never touch the shaded parts shown in the

following illustration.

High Temperature High Temperature

Front view Rear view

• Τhere are high voltage electrodes inside the printer. Before

cleaning the printer, make sure you have turned off the power switch

and unplugged the power cord from the power outlet.

Turning off the Power Switch and Unplug the Printer

Shipment of the Printer

If for any reason you must ship your Printer, carefully package the Printer to avoid any

damage during transit. It is recommended that you save and use the original packaging. The

Printer should also be adequately insured with the carrier.

Caution

When shipping the Printer, the DRUM UNIT assembly including the TONER

CARTRIDGE must be removed from the Printer and placed in the plastic bag.

Failure to remove the unit and place it in the plastic bag during shipping

will cause severe damage to the Printer and will VOID THE

WARRANTY.

1 Remove the drum unit assembly.

2 Place it in the plastic bag and seal

the bag completely.

3 Remove the AC cord from the

printer. Re-pack the printer.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

(For USA & CANADA Only)

For technical and operational assistance, please call:

In USA 1-800-276-7746 (within US)

In CANADA 1-800-853-6660

514-685-6464 (within Montreal)

If you have comments or suggestions, please write us at:

In USA Printer Customer Support

Brother International Corporation

15 Musick

Irvine, CA 92618

In CANADA Brother International Corporation (Canada), Ltd.

- Marketing Dept.

1, rue Hôtel de Ville

Dollard-des-Ormeaux, PQ, Canada H9B 3H6

BBS

For downloading drivers from our Bulletin Board Service, call:

In USA 1-888-298-3616

In CANADA 1-514-685-2040

Please log on to our BBS with your first name, last name and a four digit number for

your password. Our BBS supports modem speeds up to 14,400, 8 bits no parity, 1 stop

bit.

Fax-Back System

Brother Customer Service has installed an easy to use Fax-Back System so you can get

instant answers to common technical questions and product information for all Brother

products. This is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can use the system to

send the information to any fax machine, not just the one you are calling from.

Please call 1-800-521-2846 (U.S.A) or 1-800-681-9838 (Canada) and follow the voice

prompts to receive faxed instructions on how to use the system and your index of Fax-

Back subjects.

DEALERS/SERVICE CENTERS (USA only)

For the name of an authorized dealer or service center, call 1-800-284-4357.

SERVICE CENTERS (Canada only)

For service center addresses in Canada, call 1-800-853-6660

INTERNET ADDRESS

For technical questions and downloading drivers: http://www.brother.com

CHAPTER 1 ABOUT THIS PRINTER

1-1

CHAPTER1

ABOUT THIS PRINTER

What is included in the carton

Components

When you unpack the printer, check to see that you have all of the following parts:

Fig. 1-1 Components in the Printer Carton

Components may differ from one country to another.

AC power cord

Drum unit assembly

(with toner cartridge included)

Floppy disk

Documents

CD-ROM

Printer

1-2

About your printer

Fig. 1-2 Front View

Fig. 1-3 HL-1030/1240 Rear View Fig. 1-4 HL-1250 Rear View

Tray extension flap

Control panel

Front cover

Paper cassette

Manual feed slot

Manual feed paper guides

Face down output tray

Rear cover

AC power inlet

Parallel Interface connector

USB (Universal Serial Bus Interface)

connector (HL-12401250 Only)

Powerswitch

Parallelinterfaceconnector

AC power inlet

Powerswitch

Rear cover

Modular jack for lower tray unit

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