Brother HL 2142R User Manual

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Advanced tab
 
„Print Quality
You can change the print quality as follows:
•Photo
This is a photograph mode (gradation priority). Choose this setting for printing photographs that have 
continuous gradation. You can represent soft contrasts between various shades of grey.
• Graphics
This is a graphics mode (contrast priority). Choose this setting for printing text and figures, such as 
business and presentation documents. You can represent sharp contrasts between shaded areas.
• Chart/Graph
This is the best dither pattern for business documents such as presentations, that include words, 
graphs or charts. It is particularly suitable for solid colours.
„Mirror Print
Check Mirror Print to reverse the data from left to right.
„Reverse Print
Check Reverse Print to reverse the data from up to down.
„Sleep Time
When the printer does not receive data for a certain period of time, it enters sleep mode. In sleep mode, 
the printer acts as though it were turned off. If you want to change the sleep time, choose Manual and then 
enter the time in the text box on the driver. 
While the printer is in sleep mode, the Ready LED lights up slightly, but the printer can still receive data. 
Receiving a print file or document or pressing one of the buttons will automatically wake up the printer to 
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„Improve Print Output
This feature allows you to improve a print quality problem.
• Reduce Paper Curl
If you choose this setting, the paper curl may be reduced.
If you are printing only a few pages, you do not need to choose this setting. We recommend that you 
change the printer driver setting in Media Type to a thin setting.
• Improve Toner Fixing
If you choose this setting, the toner fixing on paper may be improved. If this selection does not improve 
the situation enough, select thicker paper in media type settings.
Status Monitor (For Mac OS® X 10.3 or greater users)3
This reports the printer status (any errors that may happen with the printer) when printing. If you would like to 
turn the status monitor on, run the Status Monitor (from the Macintosh HD (Startup Disk), choose Library, 
Printers, Brother, Utilities).
 
						

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Uninstalling the printer driver3
You can uninstall the printer driver that you have installed with the following steps.
Note
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This is not available if you installed the printer driver from the Windows Add a printer function.
•After uninstalling, we recommend that you restart your computer to remove files that were in use during the uninstall.
 
Printer driver for Windows® and Windows Vista® and Windows Server® 20033
aClick the Start button, point to All Programs1and then to your printer name.
bClick UnInstall.
cFollow the instructions on the screen.
1Programs for windows® 2000 users
Printer driver for Macintosh®3
For Mac OS® X 10.23
aDisconnect the USB cable between the Macintosh® and your printer.
bRestart the Macintosh®.
cLog on as an ‘Administrator’.
dRun the Print Center (from the Go button menu, choose Applications, Utilities), then choose the 
printer you want to remove and remove it by clicking the Delete button.
eDrag the HL_MFLPro folder (from the Macintosh HD (Startup Disk), choose Library, Printers, 
Brother) into the Trash and then empty the Trash.
fRestart the Macintosh®.
For Mac OS
® X 10.3 or greater3
aDisconnect the USB cable between the Macintosh® and your printer.
bRestart the Macintosh®.
cLog on as an ‘Administrator’.
dRun the Printer Setup Utility (from the Go button menu, choose Applications, Utilities), then choose 
the printer you want to remove and remove it by clicking the Delete button.
eRestart the Macintosh®.
 
						

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Software3
Software for network models (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only)3
BRAdmin Light3
BRAdmin Light is a utility for initial setup of Brother network connected devices. This utility can search for 
Brother products on your network, view the status and configure basic network settings, such as IP address. 
The BRAdmin Light utility is available for Windows
® 2000/XP and Windows Vista® and Windows Server® 
2003, and Mac OS
® X 10.2.4 or greater computers. For installing BRAdmin Light, please see the Quick Setup 
Guide we provided with the printer. For Macintosh
® users, BRAdmin Light will be installed automatically when 
you install the printer driver. If you have already installed the printer driver, you do not have to install it again.
For more information on BRAdmin Light, visit us at  http://solutions.brother.com
.
BRAdmin Professional (for Windows®)3
BRAdmin Professional is a utility for more advanced management of network connected Brother devices. 
This utility can search for Brother products on your network, view the status and configure the network 
settings from a computer running the Windows
® system. BRAdmin Professional has additional features from 
BRAdmin Light.
For more information and to download the software, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com
.
Web BRAdmin (for Windows®)3
Web BRAdmin is a utility for managing network connected Brother devices. This utility can search for Brother 
products on your network, view the status and configure the network settings. Unlike BRAdmin Professional, 
which is designed for Windows
® only, the Web BRAdmin is a server based utility that can be accessed from 
any client PC with a web browser that supports JRE (Java Runtime Environment). By installing the Web 
BRAdmin server utility on a computer running IIS
1, administrators can connect to the Web BRAdmin server 
using a web browser, which then communicates with the device itself.
For more information and to download the software, visit us at  http://solutions.brother.com
.
1Internet Information Server 4.0 or Internet Information Services 5.0 / 5.1 / 6.0 / 7.0
Web Based Management (web browser)3
Web Based Management (web browser) is a utility for managing network connected Brother devices, using 
the HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol). This utility can view the status of Brother products on your network 
and configure the machine or network settings using a standard web browser that is installed on your 
computer.
For more information, see Chapter 13 of the Network User’s Guide on the CD-ROM we have supplied.
Driver Deployment Wizard (for Windows®)3
This installer includes the Windows® printer driver and Brother network port driver (LPR). If the administrator 
installs the printer driver and port driver using this application, the administrator can save the file to the file 
server or send the file by E-mail to users. Then, each user just clicks that file to have the printer driver, port 
driver, IP address, and so on, automatically copied to their computer.
 
						

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Automatic interface selection (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only)3
This printer has an automatic interface selection feature that is turned on by default. This lets it automatically 
change the interface to USB or Ethernet depending on which interface is receiving data.
Since the default setting is on for the automatic interface selection mode, simply connect the interface cable 
to the printer. Always turn off both your computer and printer when connecting or disconnecting the cable.
Note
This function takes a few seconds to work. If you want to speed up printing, choose the required interface 
manually by using Remote Printer Console. (See Remote Printer Consoleon page 47.)
 
If you typically use only one interface, we recommend that you choose that interface using Remote Printer 
Console. (See Remote Printer Consoleon page 47.). If only one interface is chosen, the printer will allocate 
the entire input buffer to that interface.
Remote Printer Console3
Remote Printer Console is software to change many of the printer settings independently of your application. 
For example, you can change the settings for printer margin, sleep mode, character set and so on. These 
settings are then remembered and used by the printer.
How to use and install the Remote Printer Console software3
To use the Remote Printer Console software, follow the steps below.
For Windows
®3
aPut the CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive and close the opening screen when it appears.
bOpen Windows® Explorer and choose the CD-ROM drive.
cDouble-click the Tool folder.
dDouble-click the RPC folder.
eRefer to the RPC_User’s_Guide.pdf for how to install and use the Remote Printer Console.
For Macintosh
® (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only)3
aPut the CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. Double-click the HL2100 icon on the desktop.
bDouble-click the RPC folder.
cRefer to the RPC_User’s_Guide.pdf for how to install and use the Remote Printer Console.
 
						

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LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes)4
This section refers to three LEDs Toner, Drum and Error, and a dual function Ready LED & Go button on 
the control panel.
The LED indications shown in the table below are used in the illustrations in this chapter.
Control Panel4
 
1Toner LED
The Toner LED indicates when the Toner is low or at the end 
of its life.
2Drum LED
The Drum LED indicates when the Drum is nearing the end of 
its life.
3Error LED
The Error LED indicates when the printer is in one of the 
following states:
No paper / Paper jam / Cover open
4Ready LED
The Ready LED will flash depending on the printer status.
Go button
Wake-up / Error recovery / Form feed / Job Cancel / Reprint 
 or LED is off.
 or   or LED is on.
The LED is dimmed.
   or   or LED is blinking.
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LEDPrinter status
 Off
The power switch is off.
 Sleep mode
The printer is in sleep mode. Pressing the Go button wakes up the printer from sleep 
mode to ready mode.
 Ready to print
The printer is ready to print.
 
						

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 Warming up
The printer is warming up.
Cooling down
The printer is cooling down. Wait for a few seconds until the inside of the printer has 
cooled down.
Receiving data
The printer is either receiving data from the computer, processing data in memory or 
printing the data.
Data remaining in memory
There is remaining print data in the printer memory. If the Ready LED is blinking for 
a long time and nothing has printed, press the Go button to print the remaining data 
in the memory.
 Toner low
Indicates that the toner cartridge is nearly empty. Buy a new toner cartridge and have 
it ready for when Toner life end is indicated.
The Toner LED will turn on for 2 seconds and off for 3 seconds.
 Toner life end
Replace the toner cartridge with a new one. See Replacing the toner 
cartridgeon page 62.
Cartridge error
The drum unit assembly is not installed correctly. Take the drum unit out of the 
machine and put it back in.
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 Drum life end soon
The drum unit is near the end of its life. We recommend that you get a new drum unit 
to replace the current one. See Replacing the drum uniton page 69.
The Drum LED will turn on for 2 seconds and off for 3 seconds.
 No paper fed tray1
Put paper in the tray. Then press the Go button. See Printing on plain paper and 
transparencieson page 9.
No paper fed manual feed slot
Put paper in the manual feed slot. See Printing on plain paper and 
transparencieson page 9 or Printing on thick paper, labels and 
envelopeson page 17.
 Front cover is open
Close the front cover of the printer.
Fuser cover is open
Close the fuser cover located behind the back cover of the printer.
Paper jam
Clear the paper jam. See Paper jams and how to clear themon page 85. If the printer 
does not start printing, press the Go button.
Memory full
The printer memory is full and the printer cannot print full pages of a document. See 
Solving print problemson page 97. 
Print overrun
A print overrun occurred and the printer cannot print full pages of a document. See 
Solving print problemson page 97.
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 Drum error
The corona wire needs to be cleaned. See Cleaning the corona wireon page 77.
If your LEDs still shows the same error indication after you have cleaned the corona 
wire, replace the drum unit  with a new one. See Replacing the drum uniton page 69.
LEDPrinter status