Brother HL 2700CN User Manual
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3 - 4 CONTROL PANEL Back button If you press the Back button when the printer is in the on-line (Ready) state, it goes off-line and the LCD goes to the menu. Pressing the Back allows you to return to the previous level from the current menu level. The Back button also allows you to select the previous digit while setting numbers. When you select the leftmost digit, the Back button allows you to go up one level in the menu. When you select a setting and it does not have an asterisk (*) (Set button was not pressed), the Back button allows you to return to the previous menu level with the original setting unchanged. When you press the Set button to choose a setting, an asterisk appears briefly at the end of the display. Since the asterisk shows what you have chosen, you can easily see the current settings as you look through the display.
CONTROL PANEL 3 - 5 Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) The LED is a light that shows the printer status. Status LED (Green) LED indicationMeaning OnReady to print Printing Sleeping Data remains in the printer buffer (when DATA EXISTS shows on the LCD). BlinkingReceiving or processing data OffOff-line Alarm LED (Red) LED indicationMeaning OnThere is an error in the printer. OffThere is no error in the printer.
3 - 6 CONTROL PANEL Liquid crystal display (LCD) The display shows the current printer status. When you use the control panel buttons, the display will change. If you take the printer off-line, the display changes to show the emulation you have chosen. If there are any problems, the display shows the appropriate error message, maintenance message, or call service message so you will know that you need to take action. For more information about these messages, see Troubleshooting in Chapter 6. LCD messages The message on the LCD display shows the current printer status during normal operation as shown below. The J marks indicate the status of the toner in the toner cartridges (K: Black, C: Cyan, M: Magenta, Y: Yellow). When the J mark blinks (F), the indicated toner is nearly empty. When toner becomes empty, the J indicator disappears completely. When an error has occurred, the type of error is displayed on the first line of the LCD message as shown below. The message on the second line shows information for clearing the error as shown below. READYJ J F J K C M Y COVER OPEN Close the Top Cover
CONTROL PANEL 3 - 7 Printer status messages The following table shows the printer status messages that are displayed during normal operation: How to use the control panel When you use the Menu buttons (+, -, Set or Back), remember the following basic steps: ■If no control panel operations are performed for 30 seconds, the LCD automatically returns to Ready state. ■When you press the Set button to choose a setting, an asterisk appears briefly at the end of the display. After that, the display returns to the previous menu level. ■After changing the status or a setting, pressing the Back button before you press the Set button will cause the display to return to the previous menu level with the original settings unchanged. ■There are two ways to input numbers. You can press the + or - button to scroll up or down one number at a time, or you can hold down + or - to scroll faster. The blinking number is the one that you can change. Printer status messageMeaning READYReady to print. PRINTINGPrinting. RESOLUTION ADAPTPrinting with reduced resolution. PROCESSINGBusy processing data. JOB CANCELLINGCancelling the job. PAUSEThe printer has suspended its operations. Press the Go button to start the printer again. WARMING UPThe printer is warming up. SLEEPIn sleep status PRESS SET TO PRINTPress the Set button to start printing. RESET TO FACTORY SETTINGThe printer settings return to the factory settings. SELF TESTPerforming self-diagnostics. RAM SIZE=xxMBThis printer has XX MB memory. NOW INITIALIZINGThe printer is setting up. PROGRAMING-WAITAccessing CompactFlash card.
3 - 8 CONTROL PANEL For example: If you only use Tray 1 to print from, change the SOURCE setting to TRAY1, as follows: Press any of the Menu buttons (+, -, Set or Back) to take the printer off-line. Press the + or - button to move forward or backward through the menus until PAPER is displayed. Press the Set button to move to the next menu level. Press the Set button. Press the + button. Press the Set button. An asterisk * briefly appears at the end of the display. The default setting is indicated by an *. READY --MENU-- INFORMATION --MENU-- PAPER PAPER SOURCE SOURCE =AUTO * SOURCE =TRAY1 SOURCE =TRAY1
CONTROL PANEL 3 - 9 Control panel LCD menu There are 9 menus. For more information about the selections available in each menu, please see the pages listed below: INFORMATION See INFORMATION on page 3-10. PAPER See PAPER on page 3-11. QUALITY See QUALITY on page 3-11. SETUP See SETUP on page 3-12. PRINT MENU See PRINT MENU on page 3-13. NETWORK See NETWORK on page 3-16. INTERFACE See INTERFACE on page 3-17. RESET MENU See RESET MENU on page 3-17. REPRINT See REPRINT on page 3-18. The control panel LCD names for the paper trays are as follows: ■Standard paper tray: TRAY1 ■Optional lower tray: TRAY2 ■Optional duplex unit: DX
3 - 10 CONTROL PANEL INFORMATION Display ShowsDescription PRINT SETTINGSPrints the print settings page. PRINT TESTPrints the test page. PRINT DEMOPrints the demonstration sheet. PRINT FILE LISTPrints the card list. PRINT FONTSPrints the fonts list and samples. VERSIONSubsetting Description SER.NO=#########Shows Printer serial number. ROM VER=####Shows ROM version ROM DATE YY/MM/DDShows ROM date NET VER=####Shows Network version NET DATE YY/MM/DDShows Network build date ENG VER=####Shows Engine firmware version RAM SIZE=###MBShows the size of memory in this printer. MAINTENANCE PAGE COUNTER=###### Shows the current total printed pages. IMAGE COUNTERSC=#####, M=#####, Y=#####, K=#####, TOTAL=#####Shows the amount of images produced by an individual color and the combined Total of all 4 colors. REMAIN OPC BELT=###### Shows the remaining life for the OPC Belt, Fuser, 120K Kit and PF Kit2. See 5-2. REMAIN FUSER=###### REMAIN 120K KIT=###### REMAIN PF KIT2=######
CONTROL PANEL 3 - 11 PAPER Display ShowsDescription SOURCE=AUTO/TRAY1/TRAY2 Selects which paper tray the paper will be fed from. MANUAL FEED=OFF/ON Selects whether or not you want to feed paper manually. TRAY1 SMALL SIZE=B5/DL/COM-10/JISB5 TRAY2 SMALL SIZE=B5/JISB5 DUPLEX=OFF/ON(LONG BIND)/ON(SHORT BIND) Selects whether you want to automatically print on both sides of the paper. QUALITY Display ShowsDescription HRC=MEDIUM/DARK/OFF/LIGHT HRC: High Resolution Control offers improved print quality of letters, numbers and graphics that conventional laser printers cannot achieve, with a resolution of 300 or 600 dpi. TONER SAVE=OFF/ON CALIBRATIONSubsetting Description CALIBRATECarry out calibration to revise the colors. RESETSet the calibration parameters back to those set at the factory.
3 - 12 CONTROL PANEL SETUP Display ShowsDescription LANGUAGE= ENGLISH/FRANÇAIS /... PANEL CONTROLSubsetting Description BUTTON REPEATSet the time for the display message to change when holding the + or - button at intervals of: 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, 1.4, 1.8 or 2.0 seconds. The factory setting is 0.2. MESSAGE SCROLLSet the time in seconds that an LCD message will scroll across the display. From level 1=0.2 to Level 10=2.0. The factory setting is Level 1. POWER SAVE=ON/OFF POWER SAVE TIME=1:30:99 MIN AUTO CONTINUE=OFF/ON LOCK PANEL=OFF/ON Turns the lock panel settings ON/OFF. PASS NO.=### REPRINT=ON/OFF PAGE PROTECTION=AUTO/OFF/LETTER/LEGAL/A4 EMULATION=AUTO(EPSON)/AUTO(IBM)/HP LASER JET/.... KEEP PCL=OFF/ON RAMDISK SIZE=0/1/2/...MB RESTART PRINTER? DELETE STORAGEDeletes the data on the CompactFlash card. Subsetting Description SECURE FILESelects the user name, job name and password. PUBLIC FILESelects the user name and job name. PROOF FILESelects the user name and job name. DATA ID (CF)=#### MACRO ID (CF)=#### FONT ID (CF)=#### XLSTREAM(CF)=#### FORMAT(CF)OK? TIME STYLE=YY/MM/DD hh:mm* DATE & TIME DISPLAYYYYY/MM/DD hh:mm YEAR=YYYY MONTH=MM DAY=DD HOUR=hh MINUTE=mm
CONTROL PANEL 3 - 13 PRINT MENU Display ShowsDescription MEDIA TYPE=PLAIN PAPER/TRANSPARENCIES/THICK PAPER/THICKER PAPER/THIN PAPER COLOR PRINT=ON/OFF PAPERSets cut sheet paper size to A4, EXECUTIVE, COM-10, DL, B5, JIS B5, LETTER, LEGAL, A5 COPIESYou can check the total number of printed pages. Shows the number of printed pages. (1:999) ORIENTATIONThis printer can print pages in portrait or landscape orientation. PORTRAIT or LANDSCAPE PRINT POSITIONThis printer can be adjusted to align the page format. Subsetting Description X OFFSET=0=-500:+500 Moves the print start position (at the top-left corner of pages) horizontally up to -500 (left) to +500 (right) dots in 300 dpi. Y OFFSET=0=-500:+500 Moves the print start position (at the top-left corner of pages) vertically up to -500 (up) to +500 (down) dots in 300 dpi. AUTO FF TIME=OFF/1:99 (sec) Allows you to print the remaining data without pressing the Go button FF SUPPRESS=OFF/ON Turns the feed suppress (PAUSE) setting ON or OFF.