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Error messages in the Status Monitor

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The Status Monitor will report problems with the printer. Take the proper action by referring to the following 
table.
If you want to turn the status monitor on, follow these steps:

For Windows

®

 users

Click the 

Start

 button, 

All Programs

1

, your printer (e.g Brother 

HL-2140

), and then 

Status Monitor

.

1

Programs

 for Windows

®

 2000 users

For Macintosh

®

 users (Mac OS

®

 X 10.3 or greater only)

See 

Status Monitor (For Mac OS

®

 X 10.3 or greater users)

on page 44

.

Error message

Action

Cover is Open

„

Close the front cover of the printer.

Memory Full

„

Press the 

Go

 button to print the remaining data in the printer memory. Cancel the 

print job if you want to delete the remaining data in the printer memory. See 

Go 

button

on page 55.

„

Reduce the complexity of your document or cut the print resolution.

Print Overrun

„

Press the 

Go

 button to print the remaining data in the printer memory. Cancel the 

print job if you want to delete the remaining data in the printer memory. See 

Go 

button

on page 55.

„

If this does not clear the error, reduce the complexity of your document or cut the 
print resolution.

„

(HL-2150N / HL-2170W only)
Change the following settings in the supplied Windows

®

 driver and try again. The 

best combination of these settings will vary depending on your document:

• Graphics mode

1

• TrueType mode

1

• Use Printer TrueType

®

 Fonts

1

1

Choose the 

Advanced

 tab, click the Print Quality icon, and then choose 

Manual

 in 

Print Setting

and click the 

Setting...

 button.

No Paper Fed Tray 1

„

The paper tray may be out of paper or not properly installed. If it is empty, put a 
new stack of paper in the paper tray and then press the 

Go

 button.

„

If there is paper in the paper tray, make sure it is straight. If the paper is curled, 
straighten it before printing. Sometimes it is helpful to remove the paper, turn the 
stack over and put it back in the paper tray.

„

Cut the amount of paper in the paper tray, and then try again.

„

Make sure you use paper that meets Brother’s recommended paper 
specifications. See 

About paper

on page 5.

„

Load the same size paper that you selected in the current driver setting.