Brother HL 7050N User Manual

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Back light
LightMeaning
OFF The printer is off-line or in sleep status.
Green 
(General)Ready to print
Printing
Warming Up
Red 
(Error)There is a problem with the printer.
Orange
(Setting)Choosing a menu
Setting Reprint times
Pause
 

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LCD message
You can choose the message that is displayed on the second line of 
the LCD as shown below.
Select NONE, PAGE COUNTER or JOB NAME in the lower LCD setting 
of the SETUP menu.
READY
READY
JOB NAME
READY
PAGE = XXXX
 

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Printer status messages
The following table shows the printer status messages that are 
displayed during normal operation:  
Printer Status 
MessageMeaning
READYReady to print.
PROCESSINGBusy processing data.
SLEEPIn Sleep state
PRINTINGPrinting.
PROGRAMING-WAITAccessing CompactFlash card or HDD.
SELF TESTPerforming self-diagnostics.
PAUSEThe printer has suspended its functions.  
Pressing the Go button starts the printer 
again.  
NOW INITIALIZINGThe printer is...

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How to use the control panel
When you operate 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.
■When you press the Set button to choose a setting, an asterisk 
appears at the end of the display for a short time. After that, the 
display returns to the previous menu level.
■After changing the status or a setting, pressing the Back button...

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For example:  When you want to turn the MP FIRST setting ON
The default setting is OFF. Turn this setting ON if you want to. 
Press any of the Menu buttons (+, -, Set or 
Back) to turn the printer off-line.
Press the + or - button to move forward or 
backward through the menus.
Press the Set button to move to the next 
menu level.
Press the + or - button.
Press the Set button.
Press the + button.
Press Set button.
An asterisk * briefly appears at the end of 
the...

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Control Panel LCD menu
There are eight menus.  For more information about the selections 
available in each menu, please see the pages listed below.
■INFORMATION
For more information, see page 3-23.
■PAPER 
For more information, see page 3-24.
■QUALITY 
For more information, see page 3-24.
■SETUP 
For more information, see page 3-25.
■PRINT MENU
For more information, see page 3-27.
■NETWORK 
For more information, see page 3-31.
■INTERFACE
For more information, see...

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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 font list and samples.
CLEANING PAGEPrint the cleaning page to clean the thermistor.
VERSIONSubsetting Description
SER.NO=#########Shows Printer serial number.
ROM VER=####Shows ROM version. 
ROM DATE=##/##/##Shows ROM date.
NET VER=####Shows Network...

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PAPER
Display ShowsDescription
SOURCE=AUTO/MP/TRAY 1/TRAY 2/TRAY 3/TRAY 4
Select which paper tray the paper will be fed from.
PRIORITY=MP>T1>T2>T3>T4*
MP>T4>T3>T2>T1
T1>T2>T3>T4>MP
T4>T3>T2>T1>MP
MP FIRST=ON/OFF
Select whether to feed paper from the MP tray as a priority.
MP SIZE=ANY/LETTER/LEGAL/A4...
Select the size of paper you loaded in the MP tray, for 
example, A4/Letter/ Legal/...
MANUAL FEED=OFF/ON
Select whether or not you want to feed paper manually....

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SETUP
Display ShowsDescription
LANGUAGE= ENGLISH /FRANÇAIS /...
PANEL CONTROLSubsetting Description
LOWER LCD =NONE/PAGE COUNTER/JOB 
NAME
LCD DENSITY =1/2
AUTO ONLINE =ON/OFF
BUTTON REPEAT Set the time for the display message 
to change when holding the + or - 
button at intervals of: 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 
0.4, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 or 2.0 seconds. The 
factory setting is 0.1.
MESSAGE 
SCROLLSet the time in seconds that an LCD 
message will scroll across the 
display. From...

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KEEP PCL=OFF/ON
JAM RECOVERY=OFF/ON
RAMDISK SIZE=0/1/2/...MB RESTART PRINTER?
DELETE STORAGEDelete the data in CompactFlash card or HDD.
Subsetting Description
SECURE FILE Select the user name, job name and 
password.
PUBLIC FILE Select the user name and job name.
PROOF FILE Select the user name and job name.
DATA ID (HD) =####
DATA ID (CF) =####
MACRO ID (HD) =####
MACRO ID (CF) =####
FONT ID (HD) =####
FONT ID (CF) =####
FORMAT (HD) OK?
FORMAT (CF) OK?
TIME...