Brother HL 2240DNR 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 gray.
•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.
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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,...

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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...

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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,...

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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....

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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...

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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....

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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, bond 
paper and transparencieson page 9.
No paper fed manual feed slot
Put paper in the manual feed slot. See Printing on plain paper, bond paper and...

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 Drum error
The corona wire needs to be cleaned. See Cleaning the corona wireon page 77.
Put in a new drum unit. See Replacing the drum uniton page 69.
LEDPrinter status