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    							Troubleshooting
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    White Spots on black text 
    and graphics at 75 mm 
    (2.95 in.) intervals
     
    Black Spots at 75 mm 
    (2.95 in.) intervals„If the problem is not solved after printing a few pages, the drum unit may have 
    glue from a label stuck on the OPC drum surface.
    Clean the drum unit as follows:
    6
    aPut the print sample in front of the drum unit, and find the exact position of 
    the poor print.
     
    bTurn the drum unit gear by hand while looking at the surface of the OPC 
    drum (1).
     
    cWhen you have found the mark on the drum that matches the print sample, 
    wipe the surface of the OPC drum with a dry cotton swab until the dust or 
    glue on the surface comes off.
     
    CAUTION 
    DO NOT clean the surface of the photosensitive drum with a sharp object.
     
    „The drum unit may be damaged. Put in a new drum unit. See Replacing the drum 
    uniton page 69.
    Examples of poor print 
    qualityRecommendation
    75 mm
    (2.95 in.)
    75 mm
    (2.95 in.)
    75 mm
    (2.95 in.
    )
    75 mm
    (2.95 in.
    )
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    Black toner marks across the 
    page„The drum unit may be damaged. Put in a new drum unit. See Replacing the drum 
    uniton page 69.
    „The toner cartridge may be damaged. Put in a new toner cartridge. See 
    Replacing the toner cartridgeon page 62.
    „Make sure that you use paper that meets our specifications. See About 
    paperon page 5.
    „If you use label sheets for laser printers, the glue from the sheets may sometimes 
    stick to the OPC drum surface. Clean the drum unit. See page 93.
    „Do not use paper that has clips or staples because they will scratch the surface 
    of the drum.
    „If the unpacked drum unit is in direct sunlight or room light, the unit may be 
    damaged.
     
    Black lines down the page
    Printed pages have toner stains 
    down the page.„Clean the corona wire inside the drum unit by sliding the green tab. See Cleaning 
    the corona wireon page 77.
    „Make sure the primary corona wire cleaner is at the home position (a).
    „The drum unit may be damaged. Put in a new drum unit. See Replacing the drum 
    uniton page 69.
    „The toner cartridge may be damaged. Put in a new toner cartridge. See 
    Replacing the toner cartridgeon page 62.
    „The fuser unit may be smudged. Call your dealer or Brother Customer Service.
     
    Page skewed„Make sure that the paper or other print media is loaded properly in the paper tray 
    and that the guides are not too tight or too loose against the paper stack.
    „Set the paper guides correctly. See Printing on plain paper and transparencies 
    from the paper trayon page 9.
    „If you are using the manual feed slot, see Printing on plain paper, bond paper or 
    transparencies from the Manual feed sloton page 13.
    „The paper tray may be too full. See Printing on plain paper and transparencies 
    from the paper trayon page 9.
    „Check the paper type and quality. See About paperon page 5.
     
    Curled or wavy„Check the paper type and quality. High temperatures and high humidity will cause 
    paper to curl. See About paperon page 5.
    „If you do not use the printer often, the paper may have been in the paper tray too 
    long. Turn over the stack of paper in the paper tray. Also, fan the paper stack and 
    then rotate the paper 180° in the paper tray.
    Examples of poor print 
    qualityRecommendation
    ABCDEFGH
    abcdefghijk
    ABCD
    abcde
    01234
    ABCDEFGH
    abcdefghijk
    ABCD
    abcde
    01234
    ABCDEFGH
    abcdefghijk
    ABCD
    abcde
    01234 
    						
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    Wrinkles or creases„Make sure that the paper is loaded properly. See Printing on plain paper and 
    transparencies from the paper trayon page 9.
    „Check the paper type and quality. See About paperon page 5.
    „Turn over the stack of paper in the tray or try rotating the paper 180° in the input 
    tray.
     
    Poor fixing„Choose Improve Toner Fixing mode in the printer driver. See Improve Print 
    Output in Advanced tabon page 32 (For Windows
    ®) or Print 
    Settingson page 41 (For macintosh
    ®). 
    If this selection does not provide enough improvement, select Thicker paper in 
    Media type settings.
    Examples of poor print 
    qualityRecommendation
    B DEFGH
    abc efghijk
    ACD
    bcde
    134
    ABCDEFGH
    abcdefghijk
    ABCD
    abcde
    01234 
    						
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    6
     
    Curled„Turn the paper over in the paper tray, and print again. (Excluding Letterhead 
    paper) If the problem remains, lift up the support flaps as follows: 
    aLift up the output tray support flap 1 (1). 
    bLift up the output tray support flap 2 (2). 
    cFold down the output tray support flap 1 (1) and fold down the output tray 
    support flap 2 (2).
     
    „Choose Reduce Paper Curl mode in the printer driver when you do not use our 
    recommended paper. See Improve Print Output in Advanced tabon page 32 (For 
    Windows
    ®) or Print Settingson page 41 (For Macintosh®).
    Examples of poor print 
    qualityRecommendation
    1
    2
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    Solving print problems6
    ProblemRecommendation
    The printer prints unexpectedly 
    or it prints garbage data.„Make sure that the printer cable is not too long. We recommend that you use a 
    USB cable that is no longer than 2 meters (6.5 feet).
    „Make sure that the printer cable is not damaged or broken.
    „If you are using an interface-switching device, remove it. Connect your computer 
    directly to your printer, and then try again.
    „Make sure that you have chosen the correct printer driver with ‘Set as Default 
    Printer’.
    „Make sure that the printer is not connected to the same port that is also 
    connected to a storage device or scanner. Take away all other devices and 
    connect the port only to the printer.
    „Turn off the Status Monitor.
    The printer cannot print full 
    pages of a document. An error 
    message Memory Full 
    appears.„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 
    buttonon page 55.)
    „Reduce the complexity of your document or reduce the print resolution.
    The printer cannot print full 
    pages of a document. An error 
    message Print Overrun 
    appears.„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 
    buttonon 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 mode1
    • Use Printer TrueType® Fonts1
    1Choose the Advanced tab, click the Print Quality icon, and then choose Manual in Print Setting 
    and click the Setting... button.
    The headers or footers appear 
    when the document displays on 
    the screen but they do not show 
    up when it is printed.„Adjust the top and bottom margins of your document.  
    						
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    Network problems (HL-2150N / HL-2170W only)6
    For problems concerning using your printer on a Network, see the Network User’s Guide on the CD-ROM we 
    have supplied. Click Documentation on the menu screen.
    The Network User’s Guide in HTML format will be installed automatically when you install the driver. Click the 
    Start button, All Programs
    1, your printer, and then User’s Guide.
    You can also view the manuals in PDF format by accessing the Brother Solutions Center 
    (http://solutions.brother.com
    ).
    1Programs for Windows® 2000 users
    Other problems6
    For Macintosh® with USB6
    ProblemRecommendation
    The printer does not appear in 
    Print Center (Mac OS
    ® X 10.2) 
    or Print Setup Utility (Mac 
    OS
    ® X 10.3 or greater).„Make sure that the printer is turned on.
    „Make sure that the USB interface cable is connected correctly.
    „Make sure the printer driver is installed correctly.
    Unable to print from the 
    application.„Make sure that the supplied Macintosh
    ® printer driver is installed in the Hard Disk 
    and that it is chosen with Print Center (Mac OS
    ® X 10.2) or Print Setup Utility 
    (Mac OS
    ® X 10.3 or greater). 
    						
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    A
    A
    Printer specificationsA
    EngineA
    1The printing speed may change depending on the type of document you print.
    2Print speed may be slower when the printer is connected by wireless LAN (HL-2170W only).
    3From standard paper tray.
    AppendixA
    ModelHL-2140HL-2150NHL-2170W
    TechnologyElectrophotographic
    Print speed
    12 (A4 size/ Letter size) Up to 22 ppm (A4 size)3,Up to 23 ppm (Letter size)3 
    Resolution
    Windows
    ® 2000/XP/ 
    XP Professional x64 
    Edition, 
    Windows Vista
    ®, 
    Windows Server
    ® 
    2003/ 
    Windows Server
    ® 
    2003 x64 EditionHQ1200
    600 dpi
    300 dpi
    DOS N/A 600 dpi
    Mac OS
    ® X 10.2.4 or 
    greaterHQ1200
    600 dpi
    300 dpi
    Linux 600 dpi
    300 dpi 
    						
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    A
    ControllerA
    1Compatible with USB 2.0 specification
    2See the Network Users Guide locator on the CD-ROM for details on the supported network protocols.
    3Brother original Windows® and Macintosh® utility for printer and print server management. Install from the supplied CD-ROM.
    4Brother original Windows® utility for printer and print server management. It has more functions than BRAdmin Light. Download from 
    http://solutions.brother.com.
    5Server based management utility. Download from http://solutions.brother.com.
    6Printer and print server management through Web Based Management (Web browser).
    7Code39, Interleaved 2 of 5, EAN-8, EAN-13, UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-128, Codabar, FIM (US-PostNet), ISBN, Code128
    ModelHL-2140HL-2150NHL-2170W
    Processor181MHz
    Memory8MB 16MB 32MB
    Interface
    USB
    1USB1,
    10BASE-T/100BASE-
    TX EthernetUSB1,
    10BASE-T/100BASE-
    TX Ethernet,
    Wireless LAN IEEE 
    802.11b/g
    Network 
    ConnectivityProtocols N/A
    TCP/IP (Standard 10/100BASE-TX Ethernet)
    2
    Management tool N/A
    BRAdmin Light3
    BRAdmin Professional4 
    Web BRAdmin
    5
    Web Based Management6
    EmulationGDI PCL6
    Resident fontsPCL N/A
    49 scalable fonts, 12 bitmap fonts, 11 bar codes
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    A
    SoftwareA
    1Download the printer driver for Linux from http://solutions.brother.com.
    2Depending on Linux distributions, the driver may not be available.
    3Instructional animations for problem solving.
    4The Driver Deployment Wizard automates the installation of printers in a peer-to-peer network (Windows® only).
    Control panelA
    Paper handlingA
    1Calculated with 80 g/m2 (20 lb) paper
    ModelHL-2140HL-2150NHL-2170W
    Printer driver
    Windows
    ®GDI printer driver for 
    Windows
    ® 2000/XP/XP 
    Professional x64 Edition, 
    Windows Vista
    ®, 
    Windows Server
    ® 
    2003/Windows Server
    ® 
    2003 x64 EditionPCL printer driver for Windows
    ® 2000/XP/XP 
    Professional x64 Edition, Windows Vista
    ®, Windows 
    Server
    ® 2003/Windows Server® 2003 x64 Edition
    Macintosh
    ®Macintosh printer driver for Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater
    Linux
    Linux driver for CUPS printing system (x86, x64 environment)
    12
    Linux driver for LPD/LPRng printing system (x86, x64 environment)12
    Utilities
    Interactive Help3Interactive Help3
    Driver Deployment Wizard4
    ModelHL-2140HL-2150NHL-2170W
    LED4 LEDs
    Button1 button
    ModelHL-2140HL-2150NHL-2170W
    Paper Input
    1Manual feed slot 1 sheet
    Paper tray 250 sheets
    Paper 
    Output
    1
    Face-down 100 sheets
    Face-up 1 sheet
    DuplexManual Duplex 
    						
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    A
    Media specificationsA
    1Up to 10 sheets
    2Legal size paper is not available in some regions outside the USA and Canada.
    SuppliesA
    1Approx. cartridge yield is declared in accordance with ISO/IEC 19752.
    Dimensions / weightsA
    ModelHL-2140HL-2150NHL-2170W
    Media typesManual feed slot Plain paper, Bond paper, Recycled paper, Thin paper, Thick paper, 
    Envelopes, Labels, Transparencies
    Paper tray
    Plain paper, Recycled paper, Thin paper, Transparencies
    1
    Media 
    weightsManual feed slot
    60 to 163 g/m2 (16 to 43 lb)
    Paper tray
    60 to 105 g/m
    2 (16 to 28 lb)
    Media sizesManual feed slot Width: 76.2 to 220mm (3.0 to 8.66 in.)
    Length: 116 to 406.4 mm (4.57 to 16 in.)
    Paper tray (Standard)
    A4, Letter, Legal
    2, B5 (ISO), Executive, A5, A6, B6, Folio
    ModelHL-2140HL-2150NHL-2170WOrder 
    No.
    Toner CartridgeStarter cartridge
    Approx. 1,000 pages  A4/Letter pages
    1N/A
    Standard cartridge
    Approx. 1,500 pages  A4/Letter pages
    1TN-330
    High yield cartridge
    Approx. 2,600 pages  A4/Letter pages
    1TN-360
    Drum UnitApprox. 12,000 pages A4/Letter pages
    (1 page / job)DR-360
    ModelHL-2140HL-2150NHL-2170W
    Dimensions (W × D × H)368 × 361 × 170.5 mm (14.5 × 14.2 × 6.7 in.)
    WeightsApprox. 5.8 kg (12.8 lb) 
    						
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