Brother HL-660- Manuals

TABLE OF CONTENTS iii English TABLE OF CONTENTS REGULATIONS v CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE GUIDEBOOKS 1-1 Learning How to Use the Printer 1-1 Definitions of Warnings, Cautions, and Notes 1-1 ABOUT YOUR PRINTER 1-2 Printer Overview 1-2 Features 1-3 OPERATING AND STORAGE ENVIRONMENT 1-6 Power Supp...

USER’S GUIDE iv English CHAPTER 4 OPTIONS BR-SCRIPT 2 ROM BOARD 4-1 APPLETALK INTERFACE BOARD 4-2 ADDITIONAL MEMORY 4-3 Installing the SIMM 4-5 CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE REPLACING THE TONER CARTRIDGE 5-1 REPLACING THE DRUM UNIT 5-5 ADJUSTING THE PRINT DENSITY 5-9 CLEANING THE PRINTER 5-10 Cleaning the P...

REGULATIONS v English REGULATIONS Federal Communications Commission Compliance Notice (For USA Only) This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digitaldevice, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonableprotection against...

USER’S GUIDE vi English FDA Regulations U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) implemented regulations for laser productsmanufactured from August 2, 1976. These regulations apply to laser products manufacturedfrom August 1, 1976. Compliance is mandatory for products marketed in the United States.Th...

USER’S GUIDE viii English IEC 825 Laser Class (For 220–240 V Model Only) CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT.APPAREIL Å LASER DE CLASSE 1.LASER KLASSE 1LUOKAN 1 LASERLAITEKLASS 1 LASER APPARATKLASS 1 : LASERKLASSE 1 LASER PRODUKT For Finland and Sweden Varoitus! Laitteen käyttäminen muulla kuin tässä käyttöohjees...

REGULATIONS ix English Canadian Department of Communications Compliance Statement This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions fromdigital apparatus as set out in the interference-causing equipment standard entitled “DigitalApparatus”, ICES-003 of the Departmen...

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1–1 English CHAPTER 1INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE GUIDEBOOKS Learning How to Use the Printer You have three guidebooks for this printer. Read each guidebook in thefollowing order: 1. Read the Quick Setup Guide to set up your printer and connect it to your computer. 2. Read the Softw...

USER’S GUIDE 1–2 English ABOUT YOUR PRINTER Printer Overview Fig. 1-1 Front View Fig. 1-2 Rear View ✒ Note (*) The AppleTalk interface is available optionally. Some models have thisoption pre-installed. Multi-Purpose Sheet Feeder Control Panel Output Tray Paper Support Wire Paper Support Paper Guide...

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1–3 English Features This printer has the following features: ❏ 600 dpi Resolution and 6ppm Printing Speed600 dots per inch (dpi) with microfine toner and six pages per minute(ppm) printing speed (A4 or Letter size paper). ❏ Versatile Paper HandlingThe printer has a multi-purp...

USER’S GUIDE 1–4 English ❏ Bi-Directional Parallel InterfaceThe parallel interface of this printer allows bi-directionalcommunication with a computer. This interface allows the printer tocommunicate back to the computer with useful information such asthe amount of memory installed, and other printer...

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1–5 English ❏ APT (Advanced Photoscale Technology)This printer can print graphics saved in the tagged image file format(TIFF) in 256 shades of gray in HP LaserJet 4 emulation, producingphotographic like quality. ❏ Optional AppleTalk  Interface (Pre-installed in some countries...

USER’S GUIDE 1–6 English OPERATING AND STORAGE ENVIRONMENT Please take note of the following before using the printer: Power Supply Use the printer within the specified power range. AC power: ±10% of the rated power voltage in your district Frequency: 50 Hz (220 V– 240 V) or 60 Hz (110–120 V) The po...

CHAPTER 2 PAPER HANDLING 2–1 English CHAPTER 2PAPER HANDLING PAPER SPECIFICATIONS The printer can handle paper that conforms to the following specifications. Paper Type Paper Size Paper Weight Sheet Feeder Manual Cut sheet A4, Letter, Legal, B5, A5,Executive, Custom size70-216 x 127-356 mm,2.75”-8.5...

CHAPTER 2 PAPER HANDLING 2–3 English Printable Area The figure below shows the physical printable area. Unprintable area Approximately 4 mm(0.16 inch) from each edge for all sizes of paper Fig. 2-3 Printable Area

USER’S GUIDE 2–4 English MULTI-PURPOSE SHEET FEEDER The printer has a multi-purpose sheet feeder that can feed plain paper,envelopes and organizer paper. ☛ Caution When you use labels or transparencies for overhead projectors, be sure touse the manual feed slot. See the next section “MANUAL FEED SLO...

CHAPTER 2 PAPER HANDLING 2–5 English Loading Paper into the Feeder To load paper into the feeder, follow these steps. 1. Open the multi-purpose sheet feeder. ( ➀ ) 2. Load paper into the multi-purpose sheet feeder with the printing surface face down. ( ➁ ) ☛ Caution • The feeder can hold up to 200 s...

CHAPTER 2 PAPER HANDLING 2–7 English Two Side Printing (Manual Duplexing) The supplied printer driver for Windows 3.1 enables manual duplexprinting. For more information about settings, see the help text of theprinter driver. The printer prints all the even numbered pages on one side of the paperfir...

USER’S GUIDE 2–8 English MANUAL FEED SLOT The multi-purpose sheet feeder also has a manual feed slot. You canmanually load paper sheet by sheet into this slot. You do not need toremove paper from the multi-purpose sheet feeder when using the manualfeed slot. When you use labels or transparencies, be...

CHAPTER 2 PAPER HANDLING 2–9 English 3. Holding the selected size of paper in the selected orientation (Portrait or Landscape),place the side of the paper you wish to print on facedown into the manual feed slot. Align the paper to the left side of thefeed slot, while inserting it all the way into th...

USER’S GUIDE 2–10 English OUTPUT TRAY AND PAPER SUPPORT WIRE The printer ejects paper with printed surfaces face down into the outputtray at the front of the printer. When the output tray is closed, the ejected paper comes out sheet by sheetthrough the slit at the front. When you open the tray, shee...

CHAPTER 3 CONTROL PANEL 3–1 English CHAPTER 3CONTROL PANEL LAMPS This section refers to the following lamps on the printer control panel. Fig. 3-1 Lamps on Control Panel ✒ Note When the power cord is not plugged into the AC outlet or the printer is insleep mode, all lamps including the READY lamp ar...

USER’S GUIDE 3–2 English DATA Lamp The amber DATA lamp indicates the current status of the print dataprocess. Lamp Printer status Off ❍ The printer has no print data. Blinking ❍↔● The printer is receiving data from the computer or the printer is processing data in the memory. On ● Print data remains...

CHAPTER 3 CONTROL PANEL 3–3 English SWITCHES This printer has the following control panel switches. Fig. 3-2 Switches on Control Panel ✒ Note This printer has no power switch. You just plug the power cord into theAC outlet. The sleep mode feature handles all power control. For moreinformation on sle...

USER’S GUIDE 3–4 English RESET Switch Depress and hold the RESET switch until all four lamps arelit. Theprinter is then reset and restored to the user default settings. While theswitch is being depressed, the printer ignores any data. If the switch isreleased before all the lamps are turned on, the ...

CHAPTER 3 CONTROL PANEL 3–5 English OTHER CONTROL FEATURES The printer has the following useful features: Reprint Function You can use the FF/CONT switch as a Reprint switch, so you can reprintthe last printed page without sending it again from your computer. After you have finished printing, press ...

USER’S GUIDE 3–6 English Test Print Mode The printer has a test print mode where you can select and perform any ofthree test prints. Follow these steps: 1. Press the SELECT switch to turn the printer off-line. 2. Hold down the FF/CONT switch and press the SELECT switch. The printer enters the test p...

USER’S GUIDE 3–8 English OTHER FEATURES SET BY OUR DRIVERS Page Protection If printed images are too complex to print, the printer may print a particalimage on the paper. If this occurs, the printer loses print data andindicates the “print overrun error” by printing the error report. (See thechapter...

CHAPTER 4 OPTIONS 4–1 English CHAPTER 4OPTIONS BR-SCRIPT 2 ROM BOARD This option is a PostScript Level 2 language emulation. By Installing thisROM board in your printer allows your printer to print PostScript data. PostScript is the most famous vendor-independent page descriptionlanguage in the worl...

USER’S GUIDE 4–2 English APPLETALK INTERFACE BOARD To connect the printer to an Apple Macintosh computer, you need toinstall the optional AppleTalk interface board. When you have installedan AppleTalk interface board, you can share your printer between a DOScomputer and an Apple Macintosh using the ...

CHAPTER 4 OPTIONS 4–3 English ADDITIONAL MEMORY This printer has 2 MBytes of standard memory and a slot for optionaladditional memory. The memory can be expanded up to 10 MBytes byinstalling a commercially available single in-line memory module(SIMM). ✒ Note In some countries, 6MBytes standard model...

CHAPTER 4 OPTIONS 4–5 English Installing the SIMM When you install the SIMM, follow these steps: 1 Unplug the power cord from the AC outlet and disconnect theinterface cable from the printer. Fig. 4-3 Unplug the power cord and Disconnect the interface cable ✒ Note Be sure to unplug the power cord to...

USER’S GUIDE 4–6 English 3 Unpack the SIMM and hold it on its edge. ✒ Note Do not touch the memory chips and the surface of the main controllerboard. If static electricity collects, it damages the memory. 4 Install the size of SIMM as you need into the slot and push gentlyuntil it clicks into place....

CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE 5–1 English CHAPTER 5MAINTENANCE REPLACING THE TONER CARTRIDGE The printer includes a starter toner cartridge which is expected yield1,000 pages. The printer can print 3,000 pages after replacing tonercartridge (TN-100). When the toner cartridge is running low, theALARM and TON...

USER’S GUIDE 5–2 English Follow these steps to replace the toner cartridge: 1. Lift the multi-purpose sheet feeder from the printer to remove it. Fig. 5-2 Removing the Multi-Purpose Sheet Feeder 2. Gently push the toner cartridge shutter lever all the way to the rear of the printer. ✒ Note The toner...

CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE 5–3 English 3. Remove the old toner cartridge from the printer. Fig. 5-4 Removing the Old Toner Cartridge ☛ Caution Handle the toner cartridge carefully. If toner scatters and your hands orclothes get dirty, wipe or wash it off with cold water immediately. 4. Unpack the new ton...

USER’S GUIDE 5–4 English 5. Install the new toner cartridge into the drum unit inside the printer. Make sure that the ▲ marks are aligned. Fig. 5-6 Installing the Toner Cartridge into the Drum Unit 6. Gently pull the blue shutter lever on the toner cartridge forward until the red arrow marks are ali...

CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE 5–5 English REPLACING THE DRUM UNIT The printer uses a drum unit to create the print images. Check the printquality. If there has been a noticeable deterioration in the output printquality then the drum unit should be replaced. ✒ Note • When removing the drum unit, handle caref...

USER’S GUIDE 5–6 English 3. Open the top cover and drum cover of the printer. ☛ Caution After you have used the printer, some internal parts of the printer areextremely hot. When you open the top cover of the printer, never touchthe shaded parts shown in the following diagram. Fig. 5-9 Inside the pr...

CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE 5–7 English 5. Unpack the new drum unit and gently shake it from side to side five or six times. Fig. 5-11 Unpacking the Drum Unit 6. Remove the protective parts ① - ⑥ in order as shown below. Fig. 5-12 Removing the Protective Parts ☛ Caution • Unpack a drum unit immediately be...

USER’S GUIDE 5–8 English 7. Hold the drum unit flat and install the new drum unit into the printer. Fig. 5-13 Installing the Drum Unit 8. Close the drum cover and press until the locking pegs click into position and then close the top cover. 9. Install the toner cartridge into the drum unit inside t...

CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE 5–9 English ADJUSTING THE PRINT DENSITY The print density dial is located near the power cord on the back of theprinter. You can use it to adjust the amount of toner applied to the paper. When the toner cartridge and drum unit are replaced or if the operatingtemperature and hum...

USER’S GUIDE 5–10 English CLEANING THE PRINTER Clean the printer exterior and interior periodically. If printed pages getstained with toner, clean the printer interior and drum unit. ✔ Warning Before cleaning the printer, unplug the power cord. Cleaning the Printer Exterior Clean the printer exterio...

CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE 5–11 English Cleaning the Printer Interior and Drum Unit Clean the printer interior and the drum unit as follows: 1. Unplug the power cord. 2. Remove the multi-purpose sheet feeder. 3. Open the top cover of the printer. 4. Open the drum cover. ✒ Note After you have used the pri...

CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE 5–13 English 9. Clean the primary corona wire inside the drum unit by gently sliding the tab right and left several times. Fig. 5-18 Cleaning the Primary Corona Wire 10. Position the tab at the left end of the drum unit ( ▲ mark position.) ✔ Warning Be sure to position the tab ...

USER’S GUIDE 5–14 English RE-PACKING THE PRINTER ☛ Caution Whenever you transport the printer, use the packing materials which areprovided with your printer. Also, follow the steps below to re-pack theprinter or the printer will be damaged. 1. Unplug the printer from the AC outlet. 2. Remove the mul...

CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE 5–15 English 5. Place the drum unit assembly in the plastic bag, hold the plastic bag under the drum unit assembly and wrap it in the corrugated cardboard. Fig. 5-20 Placing the Drum in the Plastic Bag and Wrapping it in the Corrugated Cardboard 6. Close the top cover, the drum...

CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING 6–1 English CHAPTER 6TROUBLESHOOTING ALARM INDICATIONS AT A GLANCE Operator Calls If an error occurs, the printer indicates an ‘operator call’ by blinking theALARM lamp and any of the following lamps. Find the error and take the proper action to correct it. The printerautom...

USER’S GUIDE 6–2 English For errors shown below, the printer indicates an operator call by blinkingthe ALARM lamp and printing the error messages on paper. Error Action Memory Full • Press the FF/CONT switch to print the dataremaining in the printer. • If you are using the supplied Windows driver, t...

CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING 6–3 English Service Calls If an unrecoverable error occurs, the printer indicates the need for aservice call by lighting all the lamps and then the following combinationof lamps alternately: Service Call Fuser mal-function Laser BDmalfunction Programerror D-RAM error ALARM ...

USER’S GUIDE 6–4 English PAPER JAMS Before you can clear a paper jam error, you need to find the location ofthe paper jam. Locate the position referring to the following figure. Fig. 6-1 Locating Paper Jam Position After locating the position, clear the jammed paper, referring to thefollowing descri...

CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING 6–5 English ❏ Paper Jam in the Multi-Purpose Sheet Feeder If a paper jam has occurred inside the multi-purpose sheet feeder,open the multi-purpose sheet feeder to pull the jammed paper upwardout of the feeder; then close the multi-purpose sheet feeder. Also,open the top cov...

USER’S GUIDE 6–6 English ❏ Paper Jam Inside the Printer If a paper jam has occurred under the drum unit, you mustremove the multi-purpose sheet feeder, open the top cover and thedrum cover, remove the drum unit, and pull the jammed paper out ofthe printer. Then re-install the drum unit and close the...

CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING 6–7 English Q & A This section contains questions and answers for using your printer. If youhave encountered a problem, find the question relating to your problemand take the steps recommended to correct the problem. Setting up the Printer Hardware Question Recommendati...

USER’S GUIDE 6–8 English Questions Recommendation The printer prints, but itprints incorrectinformation. Sometimes itprints a couple ofcharacters and then ejectsthe page, etc. This is an indication that your application printeremulation setting and the printer’s emulation donot match. Check in your ...

CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING 6–9 English • Questions Recommendation I cannot print from myapplication software. • If you are using Windows 3.1, make surethe supplied printer driver is installed andselected with your application software. • If you are using Windows 3.0 or earlier,make sure that proper p...

USER’S GUIDE 6–10 English Questions Recommendations I cannot print from myapplication software. • Check the PORT selection within theChooser : it should match the port youphysically attached the printer cable to. • Check the printer cable type (you should beusing a Local-Talk type cable.) Paper Hand...

CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING 6–11 English Printing Questions Recommendations The printer printsunexpectedly or it printsgarbage. • Make sure your application software iscorrectly set up to use this printer and checkthe printer driver settings or printer settingsin your application software. • Check the...

USER’S GUIDE 6–12 English Print Quality Questions Recommendations Printouts are too dark orlight. Turn the print density dial counterclockwise forlighter images and clockwise for darker images.It has been factory set to the middle position.See “ADJUSTING THE PRINT DENSITY” inChapter 5. Printed pages...

CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING 6–13 English Printed pages are stainedwith toner or has verticalstripes. • Clean the printer interior and the primarycorona wire of the toner cartridge. See“Cleaning the Printer Interior and Drum Unit”in Chapter 5. • Make sure that the tab of the corona wire is atthe home p...

APPENDICES Appendix–1 English APPENDICES PRINTER SPECIFICATIONS Printing Print Method Electrophotography by semiconductor laser beam scanning Laser Wavelength : 780 nmOutput : 5 mW max Resolution 600 dots/inch with APT (Advanced Photoscale Technology) Print Quality Normal printing modeEconomy printi...

USER’S GUIDE Appendix–2 English Functions CPU MC68EC020 25 MHz Emulation Automatic emulation selection among HP LaserJet 4 (PCLlevel 5e), EPSON FX-850, or IBM Proprinter XLBR-Script 2 is optionally available. (pre-installed in somecountries.) Printer Driver Windows 3.1 driver, supporting bi-directio...

APPENDICES Appendix–3 English PARALLEL INTERFACE SPECIFICATION Interface Connector Printer Side: Amphenol 57RE-4036-7308 or equivalent A shielded cable should be used. Pin Assignment Pin No. Signal Direction Pin No. Signal Direction 1 DATA STROBE Input 19 0V (S.G.) – 2 DATA 1 Input 20 0V (S.G.) – 3 ...

APPENDICES Appendix–5 English RESIDENT FONTS Bitmapped Fonts This printer has the following bitmapped fonts. They can be used in theHP LaserJet 4, EPSON FX-850, and IBM Proprinter XL modes. Theyhave the following characteristics. • Letter Gothic 16.66 Normal, Italic, Bold, BoldItalic (Portrait &...

APPENDICES Appendix–7 English SYMBOL SETS/ CHARACTER SETS OCR Symbol Sets When the OCR-A or OCR-B font is selected, the corresponding symbol set is alwaysused. • OCR-A • OCR-B HP LaserJet 4 Mode • Roman 8 (8U) • ISO Latin1 (0N) • ISO Latin2 (2N) • ISO Latin5 (5N) • PC-8 (10U) • PC-8 D/N (11U) • PC-8...

USER’S GUIDE Appendix–8 English ❏ HP LaserJet 4 The following table shows characters available only in the corresponding characterset. The numbers at the top of the table are code values with which characters are tobe replaced in the Roman 8 character set. For other characters, see the character set...

INDEX Index–1 English INDEX A Additional Memory 4-3–6Advanced Photoscale Technology (APT) 3-8 alarm 6-1ALARM lamp 3-2, 6-1–3AppleTalk Interface (Option) 4-2 B bi-directional communication 1-4, Appendix-3–4 BR-Script 2 ROM Board (Option) 4-1 C carton box 5-14–15Character Set Appendix-8–10Cleaning 5-1...