Brother HL-1435- Manuals

iv Customer Service In USA 1-800-276-7746 In Canada 1-877-BROTHER (514) 685-6464 (In Montreal) If you have any comments or suggestions, please write to us at: In USA Printer Customer SupportBrother International Corporation15 MusickIrvine CA 92618 In Canada Brother International Corporation (Canada)...

v Internet addresses Brother Global Web Site: For Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), Product Support and Technical Questions, and Driver Updates and Utilities: (In USA Only) For Brother Accessories & Supplies: http://www.brother.com http://solutions.brother.com http://www.brothermall.com

vi Important information: Regulations Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Declaration of Conformity (For USA) Responsible Party: Brother International Corporation100 Somerset Corporate BoulevardP.O. Box 6911Bridgewater, NJ 08807-0911USATelephone: (908) 704-1700 Important A shielded interface cab...

vii Industry Canada Compliance Statement (For Canada) This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. Radio interference (220 to 240 volt model only) This printer follows EN55022 (CISPR Publication 22)/C...

viii FDA Regulations (100 to 120 volt model only) U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has implemented regulations for laser products manufactured on and after August 2, 1976. Compliance is mandatory for products marketed in the United States. One of the following labels on the back of the printe...

ix IMPORTANT - For Your Safety To ensure safe operation the supplied three-pin plug must be inserted only into a standard three-pin power outlet that is properly grounded through the standard electrical wiring. Extension cords used with this printer must be three-pin plug type and correctly wired to...

x Trademarks The Brother logo is a registered trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd. Apple, the Apple Logo, and Macintosh are registered trademarks in the United States and other countries, and TrueType is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows and Windows NT are registered tr...

xi Table of Contents Definitions of warnings, cautions, and notes ............................................................................. -iTo use the printer safely ............................................................................................................-ii Brother Numbers ...

ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 1 1 What is in the box? When you unpack the printer, check to see that you have all of the following parts. 1 AC Power Cord 2 Drum Unit Assembly(with Toner Cartridge included) 3 Printer 4 Quick Setup Guide 5 CD-ROM Interface cable ■ An interface cable is not a standard accesso...

1 - 2 ABOUT THIS PRINTER Front view Front View Figure 1-1 1 Face-down Output Tray Support Flap (Support Flap) 2 Face-down Output Tray (Top Output Tray) 3 Front Cover 4 Paper Tray 5 Manual Feed Paper Guides 6 Manual Feed Slot 7 Control Panel 1 7 2 3 4 6 5

ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 3 Back view Back view Figure 1-2 1 Rear Cover 2 Power Switch 3 AC Power Connector 4 Parallel Interface Connector 5 USB Interface Connector 1 5 4 2 3

1 - 4 ABOUT THIS PRINTER Positioning the printer Please read the following before you use the printer. Power supply Use the printer within the recommended power range. Power source: USA and Canada: AC 110 to 120 V, 50/60 Hz Europe and Australia: AC 220 to 240 V, 50/60 Hz The power cord, including ex...

ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 5 What kind of paper can I use? Type and size of paper The printer loads paper from the installed paper tray or manual feed slot. The names for the paper trays in the printer driver and this Guide are as follows: While looking at this page on the PDF, you can jump to the page ...

1 - 6 ABOUT THIS PRINTER Recommended paper ■ Before you buy a lot of paper, please test some to make sure that the paper is suitable. ■ Use paper that is made for plain-paper copying. ■ Use paper that is 75 to 90 g/m 2 (20 to 24 lb). ■ Use neutral paper. Do not use acidic or alkaline paper. ■ Use lo...

ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 7 Printable area When using Brother GDI printer driver emulation, the edges of the paper that cannot be printed on are shown below. Portrait Figure 1-3 Landscape Figure 1-4 A4 Letter Legal B5 (ISO) Executive A5 A6 B6 (ISO) 1 4.2 mm (0.17 in.) 4.2 mm (0.17 in.) 4.2 mm (0.17 in....

1 - 8 ABOUT THIS PRINTER Printing methods Printing on plain paper You can print on plain paper from the paper tray or manual feed slot. For the paper you want to use, please see What kind of paper can I use? in this chapter. Printing on plain paper from the paper tray 1 Select the Paper Size, Media ...

1 - 10 ABOUT THIS PRINTER 5 Put the paper tray firmly back in the printer. Check that it is inserted fully into the printer. 6 Send the print data to the printer. Do not put more than 250 sheets of paper (80 g/m 2 ) in the tray, or paper jams may occur. Check that paper is below the maximum paper ma...

ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 11 Printing on plain paper from the manual feed slot 1 Select the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in the printer driver. Media Type: Plain Paper Paper Source: Manual 2 Send the print data to the printer. The printer automatically turns on the Manual Fe...

1 - 14 ABOUT THIS PRINTER Printing on thicker paper and card stock When the rear cover is lifted up, the printer has a straight paper path from the manual feed slot to the back of the printer. Use this paper feed and output method when you want to print on thicker paper or card stock. When you selec...

1 - 16 ABOUT THIS PRINTER 6 After the printed page comes out of the printer, put in the next sheet of paper as in Step 5 above. Repeat for each page that you want to print. 7 Close the rear cover. Caution Remove each sheet immediately after printing. Stacking the sheets may cause a paper jam or the ...

ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 17 Printing on envelopes Types of envelopes to avoid Do not use envelopes: ■ that are damaged, curled, wrinkled, or an usual shape ■ that are extremely shiny or textured ■ with clasps, snaps or tie strings ■ with self-adhesive closures ■ that are of a baggy construction ■ that...

1 - 18 ABOUT THIS PRINTER Printing on envelopes from the manual feed slot When the rear cover is lifted up, the printer has a straight paper path from the manual feed slot to the back of the printer. Use this paper feed and output method when you want to print envelopes. 1 Select the Paper Size, Med...

1 - 20 ABOUT THIS PRINTER 6 After the printed envelope comes out of the printer, the printer will wait until you put in the next envelope. Repeat Step 5 for each envelope you want to print. 7 After you finish the print job, close the rear cover. ■ Make sure the envelope is straight as you insert it ...

ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 21 Printing on transparencies You can print on transparencies from the paper tray, manual feed slot. Printing on transparencies from the paper tray 1 Select the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in the printer driver. Media Type: Transparencies Paper Sou...

ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 23 5 Put the paper tray firmly back in the printer. 6 Send the print data to the printer. Caution Remove each transparency immediately. Pull out the support flap to prevent transparencies from sliding off the top output tray. Figure 1-27

1 - 24 ABOUT THIS PRINTER Printing on transparencies from the manual feed slot When the rear cover is lifted up, the printer has a straight paper path from the manual feed slot to the back of the printer. 1 Select the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in the printer driver. Me...

ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 25 3 Send the print data to the printer 4 Using both hands, slide the manual feed paper guides to the transparency width. Figure 1-31 5 Using both hands put the transparency in the manual feed slot until its front edge touches the paper feed roller. Hold the transparency in th...

ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 27 Printing on both sides of the paper (Manual duplex printing) The supplied printer drivers for Windows ® 95/98/Me, Windows NT ® 4.0, Windows ® 2000/XP, Mac ® OS 8.6 to 9.2 and Mac ® OS X 10.1 enable manual duplex printing. For more information about how to choose the setting...

ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 29 Manual Duplex printing from the manual feed slot ■ Before you put the sheets back in the manual feed slot, you will have to straighten them, or you may get paper jams. ■ You should not use very thin or very thick paper. ■ When you use the manual duplex function, it is possi...

ABOUT THIS PRINTER 1 - 31 Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper ■ If the paper is thin, it may wrinkle. ■ If paper is curled, straighten it and then put it back in the paper tray. ■ You should use regular paper. Do not use bond paper. ■ When you put paper in the paper tray, first empty ...

2 - 1 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 Printer driver A printer driver is software that translates data from the format used by a computer to the format that a particular printer needs. Typically, this format is a printer command language or page description language. The printer drivers for the following oper...

DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 2 For Windows ® Features in the Brother printer driver You can also change settings by clicking the illustration on the left side of the Basic tab in the Properties dialog box. Basic tab 1 Select the Paper Size, Multiple Page, Orientation and so on. 2 Select the Paper Source ...

2 - 3 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE Advanced tab Change the tab settings by clicking the following icons: 1 Print Quality 2 Duplex 3 Watermark 4 Page Setting 5 Device Options If you are using Windows NT ® 4.0, Windows ® 2000 or XP, you can access the Advanced tab by clicking Printing Preferences... in the Gen...

DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 4 1 Print Quality Select the resolution, toner save and print settings or gray printing setting. Resolution You can change the resolution as follows: ■ 1200 dpi x 600 dpi ■ 600 dpi ■ 300 dpi Toner Save Mode You can save running costs by turning on the toner save mode, which r...

2 - 5 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 5 Device Options You can set the following Printer Function modes in this tab: (You can jump to the page for each Printer Function by clicking the function name in the list below.) ■ Job Spooling ■ Quick Print Setup ■ Sleep Time ■ Status Monitor ■ Page Protection ■ Print Da...

2 - 7 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE Accessories tab When you install some options, you can add it and select its settings in the Accessories tab as follows. 1 You can manually add and remove the options for any optional unit device that is installed on the printer. Tray settings will match the installed optio...

DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 8 Support tab ■ You can download the latest driver by accessing the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com ■ You can see the printer driver version. ■ You can check the current driver settings.

2 - 9 DRIVER AND SOFTWARE For Macintosh ® This printer supports Mac ® OS 8.6 to 9.2 and Mac ® OS X 10.1 to 10.2. You can download the latest driver by accessing the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com Page setup You can set the Paper size, Orientation and Scale. Layout Set the L...

DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 2 - 10 Specific settings Set the Media Type, Resolution, Toner Save, and other settings.

CONTROL PANEL 3 - 1 3 This section refers to the Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) and Control panel button on the control panel. Figure 3-1 The LED indications shown in the table below are used in the illustrations in this chapter. Control panel LED is off or or LED is on or or LED is blinking When the ...

3 - 2 CONTROL PANEL LED Printer status Figure 3-2 Sleep modeThe power switch is off or the printer is in Sleep mode. Pressing the Control panel button wakes up the printer from Sleep mode to Ready mode. Figure 3-3 Ready to printThe printer is ready to print. Pressing Control panel button wakes up th...

CONTROL PANEL 3 - 5 Service call indications If there is an error that cannot be corrected, the printer will show that a service call is needed by lighting up all the LEDs and then alternating the following combination as shown in Table 1: LED indications when the service error occurs on page 3-6. I...

3 - 6 CONTROL PANEL Table 1: LED indications when the service error occurs Make a note of the indication and report the error status to your dealer or a Brother authorized service center by referring to the above table. LEDs Fuser Malfunction Laser BD Malfunction Scanner Malfunction ROM Error D-RAM ...

CONTROL PANEL 3 - 7 Control panel buttons The control panel buttons have the following functions: Cancel printing If you press the Control panel button while printing, the printer will immediately stop printing and will then eject the paper. Wake-up If the printer is in Sleep mode, press the Control...

3 - 8 CONTROL PANEL Print a test page You can use the Control panel button or the printer driver to print a test page. Using Control panel button 1 Turn off the printer. 2 Make sure that the front cover is closed and the power cord is plugged in. 3 Hold down the Control panel button as you turn on t...

OPTIONS 4 - 1 4 Print server (NC-2100p) (For Windows ® only) An optional network print server (NC-2100p) allows you to connect to your network through the parallel interface. To install the print server, please see the instructions supplied with the NC-2100p. For more information, see Network User’s...

5 - 1 ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 5 You will need to replace certain parts and clean the printer on a regular basis. You can see the maintenance video in the Maintenance Tutorial section of the CD-ROM we have provided with the printer. 1 You can see how to replace the toner cartridge. 2 You can see how to r...

ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 5 - 2 Toner cartridge A new toner cartridge contains enough toner to print up to 3,000 (TN-standard cartridge) or up to 6,000 (TN-high yield cartridge) A4 or Letter-size single-sided pages at about 5% coverage. Toner Low message Blinking every 5 seconds. Figure 5-1 If the LED sho...

5 - 3 ROUTINE MAINTENANCE Toner Empty message If the LED shows the message below, the printer has run out of toner or the toner is not evenly distributed inside the cartridge. Figure 5-2 Replacing the toner cartridge Follow these steps to replace the toner cartridge. You can also view the toner cart...

5 - 5 ROUTINE MAINTENANCE Caution ■ Wait to unpack the toner cartridge until immediately before you put it in the printer. If toner cartridges are left unpacked for a long time the toner life will be shortened. ■ If an unpacked drum unit is put in direct sunlight or room light, the unit may be damag...

5 - 7 ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 7 Clean the primary corona wire inside the drum unit by gently sliding the blue tab from right to left and left to right several times. Return the tab to the home position ( ▲ ) before you put the drum unit assembly back in the printer. If you do not, printed pages may have...

ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 5 - 8 Drum unit This printer can print up to 20,000 pages * with one drum unit. * At 5% print coverage (A4 or Letter size). The actual number of printed pages will vary depending on the average type of print job and paper. Change Drum message If the LED shows the message below, i...

5 - 9 ROUTINE MAINTENANCE Replacing the drum unit Follow these steps to replace the drum unit. You can also view the drum unit replacement method in the instructional video on the supplied CD-ROM: 1 Open the front cover of the printer. 2 Pull out the drum unit assembly. Figure 5-14 Caution ■ We reco...

ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 5 - 10 3 Hold down the blue lock lever and take the toner cartridge out of the drum unit assembly. Figure 5-16 Caution Handle the toner cartridge carefully. If toner scatters on your hands or clothes, immediately wipe or wash it off with cold water. 4 Unpack the new drum unit. Ca...

5 - 11 ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 6 Put the drum unit assembly in the printer.Make sure that the printer is turned on, the front cover is open and the Drum and Alarm LED are lit. Figure 5-18 7 Reset the drum counter. See the instructions supplied with the new drum unit. Caution ■ The Drum LED indication do...

ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 5 - 12 Cleaning Clean the outside and inside of the printer regularly with a dry soft cloth. When you replace the toner cartridge or the drum unit, make sure you clean the inside of the printer. If printed pages are stained with toner, clean the inside of the printer with a dry s...

5 - 13 ROUTINE MAINTENANCE Replacing maintenance parts You need to replace the maintenance parts regularly to maintain print quality. You should replace the units listed below after printing the following number of pages. * The actual number of printed pages may vary depending on your average type o...

TROUBLESHOOTING 6 - 1 6 Identifying your problem First, check the following: ■ The power plug is connected properly and the printer is turned on. ■ All of the protective parts have been removed. ■ The toner cartridge and drum unit are installed properly. ■ The front cover is fully closed. ■ Paper is...

6 - 2 TROUBLESHOOTING Error messages in the status monitor The Status Monitor will report problems with the printer. Take the corrective actions listed in the following table for the error message that the Status Monitor reports. The default setting for the Status Monitor is off. If you would like t...

TROUBLESHOOTING 6 - 3 Error message printouts The printer will report problems by printing an error message as defined in the following table. Take the corrective actions for the error message. Error message Action Memory Full ■ Press the Control panel button to print the data left in the printer. ■...

6 - 4 TROUBLESHOOTING Paper handling First, make sure that you are using paper that meets Brother recommended paper specifications. See What kind of paper can I use? on page 1-5. Problem Recommendation The printer does not feed paper from the tray1. ■ The paper tray may be out of paper or not proper...

TROUBLESHOOTING 6 - 5 Paper jams and how to clear them When a paper jam occurs, the printer indicates it by lighting the control panel LEDs as shown below. Figure 6-1 Clear the jammed paper as follows. If the jammed paper is removed completely by using the information in the following steps, you can...

6 - 8 TROUBLESHOOTING 5 Open the rear cover. Pull the jammed paper out of the fuser unit. Figure 6-7 Caution After you have just used the printer, some internal parts of the printer are extremely hot! Wait for the printer to cool down before you touch the internal parts of the printer. Figure 6-8 6 ...

TROUBLESHOOTING 6 - 9 7 Push the lock lever down and take the toner cartridge out of the drum unit assembly. Take out the jammed paper if there is any inside the drum unit. Figure 6-9 8 Put the drum unit assembly back in the printer. 9 Put the paper tray in the printer. 10 Close the front cover.

6 - 10 TROUBLESHOOTING Other problems For Macintosh ® with USB Improving the print quality This section provides information on the following topics: Problem Recommendation The printer cannot print. There was an error writing to LPT1: (or BRUSB) for the printer error message occurs on your PC. ■ Che...

6 - 14 TROUBLESHOOTING White lines down the page ■ You may clear the problem by wiping the scanner window with a soft cloth. See Cleaning on page 5-12. ■ The toner cartridge may be damaged. Put in a new toner cartridge. See Replacing the toner cartridge on page 5-3. Page skewed ■ Make sure the paper...

TROUBLESHOOTING 6 - 15 Solving print problems Problem Recommendation The printer prints unexpectedly or it prints garbage data. ■ Make sure the printer cable is not too long. We recommend that you use a parallel cable of less than 2 metres (6 feet) in length. ■ Make sure that the printer cable is no...

A - 1 APPENDIX A Printer specifications Engine *1 From standard paper tray Controller *2) Not available on Windows ® XP and Mac ® OS *3) Not available on Mac ® OS Software *4) Instructional movie for the solution when any error message appears on the Status Monitor. Control panel Appendix Technology...

APPENDIX A - 2 Paper handling *5) Calculated with 80 g/m 2 paper *6) Not available on Mac ® OS X 10.2 Media specifications *7) Up to 10 sheets Supplies Dimensions / Weights Other Paper Input *5 Manual feed slot 1 Sheet Paper tray 250 Sheets Paper Output *5 Face-down 150 Sheets Face-up 1 Sheet Duplex...

A - 3 APPENDIX Important information for choosing your paper This section provides information to help you choose paper to use with this printer. Before you purchase a large quantity of paper Make sure the paper is suitable for the printer. Paper for plain paper copies Paper is divided by usage, suc...

1 - 1 INDEX A accessories and supplies (USA) ..................... v Accessories tab ............................................. 2-7 B Brother numbers (USA/Canada) .................... iii Brother Solutions Center ............................... 2-1 C carton contents .................................