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Appendix Other A Model Power consumption Noise level Ecology Sound Pressure Sound power Power save Toner save 1 Printing Standby Sleep Printing Standby Printing Standby HL-2140 HL-2150N Average 460 W at 25 °C (77 °F) Average 80 W at 25 °C (77 °F) Average 5 W Average 7 W 51 dB (A) 30 dB (A) LWAd = 6.7 Bell (A) LWAd = 4.5 Bell (A) Yes Yes 1 We do not recommend Toner Save Mode for printing Photo or Gray Scale images. Computer requirements HL-2170W Average 8 W A A Computer Platform & Operating System Version Processor Minimum Speed Windows® Operating System Macintosh® Operating System 1 Windows® 2000 Professional Intel® Pentium® II or equivalent Windows® XP Home Edition Windows® XP Professional Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition 64-bit (Intel® 64 or AMD64) supported CPU Windows Vista™ Intel® Pentium® 4 or equivalent 64-bit (Intel® 64 or AMD64) supported CPU Windows Server® 2003 Intel® Pentium® III or equivalent Windows Server® 2003 x64 Edition 64-bit (Intel® 64 or AMD64) supported CPU Mac OS® X 10.2.4 - PowerPC G4/G5, 10.4.3 PowerPC G3 350MHz Mac OS® X 10.4.4 or PowerPC G4/G5, greater Intel® Core™ Processor Minimum Recomm RAM ended RAM 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 256 MB 512 MB 512 MB 1 GB 256 MB 512 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB Hard Disk Space to install 50 MB 80 MB 1 Third party USB ports are not supported. 103

Section	Page
User's Guide HL-2140/2150N/2170W	1
Using this guide	2
Symbols used in this guide	2
Safety precautions	3
To use the printer safely	3
Trademarks	5
Compilation and Publication Notice	5
Shipment of the Printer	5
Table of Contents	6
1 About this Printer	9
What is in the box?	9
Interface cable	9
Front view	10
Back view	11
Positioning the printer	12
Power supply	12
Environment	12
2 Printing Methods	13
About paper	13
Type and size of paper	13
Recommended paper	14
Types of envelopes	15
Unprintable area	16
Portrait	16
Landscape	16
Printing methods	17
Printing on plain paper, bond paper and transparencies	17
Printing on plain paper, bond paper and transparencies from the paper tray	17
Printing on plain paper, bond paper or transparencies from the Manual feed slot	21
Printing on thick paper, labels and envelopes	25
Duplex printing	30
Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper	30
Printing on both sides of the paper (manual duplex printing)	30
Manual duplex printing from the paper tray	30
Manual duplex printing from the manual feed slot	31
Paper orientation for manual duplex printing	33
3 Driver and Software	34
Printer driver	34
Features in the printer driver (for Windows®)	37
Basic tab	37
Paper Size	38
Multiple Page	38
Page Order	38
Border Line	38
Orientation	38
Copies	38
Collate	38
Media Type	39
Paper Source	39
Advanced tab	40
Print Quality	40
Duplex Printing	41
Watermark	41
Page Setting	41
Device Options	42
Tray Settings tab	45
Support tab	46
Features in the printer driver (for Macintosh®)	47
Page Setup	47
Copies & Pages	47
Cover Page (for Mac OS® X 10.4)	48
Layout	48
Duplex Printing	49
Print Settings	49
Status Monitor (For Mac OS® X 10.3 or greater users)	52
Uninstalling the printer driver	53
Printer driver for Windows® and Windows Vista™ and Windows Server® 2003	53
Printer driver for Macintosh®	53
Software	54
Software for network models (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only)	54
BRAdmin Light	54
BRAdmin Professional (for Windows®)	54
Web BRAdmin (for Windows®)	54
Web Based Management (web browser)	54
Driver Deployment Wizard (for Windows®)	54
Automatic interface selection (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only)	55
Remote Printer Console	55
How to use and install the Remote Printer Console software	55
4 Control Panel	56
LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes)	56
Service call indications	61
Go button	63
Print a test page	64
Using the Go button	64
Using the printer driver	64
Print a Printer Settings page	65
Using the Go button	65
Using the printer driver	65
Print Fonts (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only)	66
Using the Go button	66
Using the printer driver	66
Network default settings (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only)	67
Using the Go button	67
5 Routine Maintenance	68
Replacing the consumable items	68
Consumables	68
Toner cartridge	69
Toner Low message	69
Toner Life End message	70
Replacing the toner cartridge	70
Drum unit	76
Change Drum message	76
Replacing the drum unit	77
Cleaning	81
Cleaning the outside of the printer	81
Cleaning the inside of the printer	82
Cleaning the corona wire	85
6 Troubleshooting	87
Identifying your problem	87
Error messages in the Status Monitor	88
Error message printout	90
Paper handling	91
Paper jams and how to clear them	93
Improving the print quality	99
Solving print problems	105
Network problems (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only)	106
Other problems	106
For Macintosh® with USB	106
Appendix A	107
Printer specifications	107
Engine	107
Controller	108
Software	109
Control panel	109
Paper handling	109
Media specifications	110
Supplies	110
Dimensions / weights	110
Other	111
Computer requirements	111
Important information for choosing your paper	112
Symbol and character sets (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only)	115
How to use Web Based Management (web browser)	115
Symbol and character sets list	116
Quick reference for bar code control commands (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only)	118
Print bar codes or expanded characters	118
Definition of parameters	118
Bar code mode	118
Bar code, expanded character, line block drawing and box drawing	119
Bar code	119
Bar code human readable line ON or OFF	120
Quiet zone	120
Bar code, expanded character unit, line block drawing and box drawing	120
Bar code, expanded character, line block drawing and box drawing offset in X-axis	120
Bar code & expanded character offset in Y-axis	121
Bar code, expanded character, line block drawing and box drawing height	121
Expanded character width, line block drawing and box drawing	121
Expanded character rotation	121
Bar code data start	121
Box drawing	123
Line block drawing	123
Expanded character data start	123
Appendix B (for Europe and Other Countries)	125
Brother numbers	125
Important information: regulations	126
Radio interference (220 to 240 volt model only)	126
International ENERGY STAR® Compliance Statement	126
IEC 60825-1 specification (220 to 240 volt model only)	126
For Finland and Sweden	127
Internal laser radiation	127
IMPORTANT - for your safety	128
Disconnect device	128
Caution for LAN connection (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only)	128
IT power system (For Norway only)	128
Wiring information (for UK)	128
Maschinenlärminformations- Verordnung 3. GPSGV (For Germany only)	128
EC Declaration of Conformity	129
Appendix C (for USA and Canada)	130
Brother numbers	130
Important information: regulations	133
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Declaration of Conformity (USA only)	133
Industry Canada Compliance Statement (Canada only)	133
International ENERGY STAR® Compliance Statement	134
Laser notices	135
Laser safety (110 to 120 volt model only)	135
FDA regulations (110 to 120 volt model only)	135
Internal laser radiation	135
IMPORTANT - for your safety	136
Disconnect device	136
Caution for LAN connection (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only)	136

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Appendix

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Other

We do not recommend Toner Save Mode for printing Photo or Gray Scale images.

Computer requirements

Third party USB ports are not supported.

Model

HL-2140

HL-2150N

HL-2170W

Power consumption

Printing

Average 460 W at 25

C (77

Standby

Average 80 W at 25

C (77

Sleep

Average 5 W

Average 7 W

Average 8 W

Noise level

Sound Pressure

Printing

51 dB (A)

Standby

30 dB (A)

Sound power

Printing

LWAd = 6.7 Bell (A)

Standby

LWAd = 4.5 Bell (A)

Ecology

Power save

Yes

Toner save

Yes

Computer Platform & Operating

System Version

Processor Minimum Speed

Minimum

RAM

Recomm

ended

RAM

Hard Disk

Space to

install

Windows

Operating

System

Windows

2000

Professional

Intel

Pentium

II or equivalent

64 MB

256 MB

50 MB

Windows

XP Home

Edition

128 MB

Windows

Professional

Windows

Professional x64

Edition

64-bit (Intel

64 or AMD64) supported

CPU

256 MB

512 MB

Windows Vista™

Intel

Pentium

4 or equivalent

64-bit (Intel

64 or AMD64) supported

CPU

512 MB

1 GB

Windows Server

2003

Intel

Pentium

III or equivalent

256 MB

512 MB

Windows Server

2003 x64 Edition

64-bit (Intel

64 or AMD64) supported

CPU

Macintosh

Operating

System

Mac OS

X 10.2.4 -

10.4.3

PowerPC G4/G5,

PowerPC G3 350MHz

128 MB

256 MB

80 MB

Mac OS

X 10.4.4 or

greater

PowerPC G4/G5,

Intel

Core™ Processor

512 MB

1 GB