Brother HL-1040 Printer User Manual


 
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LAMPS AND SWITCH
This section refers to the following lamps and switch on the printer control panel.
Drum
Alarm
Ready
Paper
Data
Toner
Note
When the
power
switch is off or the printer is in sleep mode, all lamps including the
Ready
lamp are off.
Ready (Paper) Lamp
The
Ready
lamp indicates the current status of the printer.
Lamp Printer status
Off
The
power
switch is off or the
printer is in sleep mode. If the printer is
in sleep mode, it will wake up automatically when it receives data or
you press the control panel switch.
Blinking
❍↔●
The printer is warming up. (Blinking at 1 second intervals)
Blinking
❍↔●
The printer is cooling down and has stopped printing until the printers
internal temperature lowers. (Blinking at 2 seconds intervals)
On
The printer is ready to print.
This lamp also works as the
Paper
lamp with the
Alarm
lamp. They blink
simultaneously to indicate a paper error. See “Operator Calls” section of this manual.
Data (Toner) Lamp
The
Data
lamp indicates the current status of the print data process.
Lamp Printer status
Off
The printer has no print data.
Blinking
❍↔●
The printer is receiving data from the computer or the printer is
processing data in memory.
On
Print data remains in the printer memory. If the
Data
lamp is on for a
long period of time and nothing has printed, you need to press the
switch to print the remaining data.
This lamp also works as the
Toner
lamp with the
Alarm
lamp. They blink
simultaneously to indicate a toner error. See “REPLACING THE TONER
CARTRIDGE” and “Operator Calls” section in this manual.