Brother HL-1440 Print Configuration Page, Copy Pages?

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I'm running Windows XP Pro SP2. I'm using the Brother Hl-1440 series,
version 1.42 for Windows 2000 (latest version available, XP compatible)
printer driver, and the ROM version of my HL-1440 is 1.03. I open
"Printers and Faxes," right-click on the HL-1440, properties, on the
General tab, click the "Printing Preferences" button, go to the Support
tab, and click on "Print Config." This prints out a sheet entitled
"Print Configuration." There are a number of sections, and the second
to last header says "Copy Pages," and then underneath it says "Copy
Pages" and a number, in this case, 1. I called Brother, and they said
that the "copy pages" section is for copiers, and that this was because
the printer driver is also used for machines that copy. I think that
the "copy pages" section could be the number of pages printed since the
drum counter was reset. I cannot find any documentation on how to
interpret the "Print Configuration" on Brother.com. Does anyone know
what exactly the "Copy Pages" counter is tracking, if anything? Thanks.
 
M.H. said:
I'm running Windows XP Pro SP2. I'm using the Brother Hl-1440 series,
version 1.42 for Windows 2000 (latest version available, XP compatible)
printer driver, and the ROM version of my HL-1440 is 1.03. I open
"Printers and Faxes," right-click on the HL-1440, properties, on the
General tab, click the "Printing Preferences" button, go to the Support
tab, and click on "Print Config." This prints out a sheet entitled
"Print Configuration." There are a number of sections, and the second
to last header says "Copy Pages," and then underneath it says "Copy
Pages" and a number, in this case, 1. I called Brother, and they said
that the "copy pages" section is for copiers, and that this was because
the printer driver is also used for machines that copy. I think that
the "copy pages" section could be the number of pages printed since the
drum counter was reset. I cannot find any documentation on how to
interpret the "Print Configuration" on Brother.com. Does anyone know
what exactly the "Copy Pages" counter is tracking, if anything? Thanks.
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I believe Brother have told you the truth.
The page yield for the drum unit in the HL-1440 is 20,000 pages at 5% cover. At
the bottom of the configuration page is a chart that tells you what percentage
of drum life remains and you can calculate the approximate number of pages left
from that. The Copy Pages count is always 1 on this printer and that indicates
that it is only used when the driver is interfacing with a Brother
multifunction that uses the same print engine.
Tony
MS MVP Printing/Imaging
 
Tony said:
the bottom of the configuration page is a chart that tells you what percentage
of drum life remains and you can calculate the approximate number of pages left
from that.
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Thanks. Although my "Print Configuration" page has no chart on it.
 
M.H. said:
Thanks. Although my "Print Configuration" page has no chart on it.
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No bar at the very bottom, with 0% at the left and 100% at the right and
entitled "Drum Life"? Partly black?
If you don't have this then you have a different driver to any I have seen for
this printer and I would be very keen to understand what that difference is.
Tony
MS MVP Printing/Imaging
 
M.H. said:
Nope, no bar. I'm using this driver:
http://solutions.brother.com/hl1400/download/dl-win2000-pcl.html
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OK, I am using the XP inbox driver, that is the one that comes built into XP. I
suspect most people use this.
You may not wish to do this if your printer is working but to try it just
disconnect the printer cable, uninstall the printer, reboot, connect the
printer cable and let XP install the printer. If it aks whether to use the
existing driver say No. This should install the Brother HL-1440 Series driver
Version 1.42 for Windows 2000 01 March 2002.
Tony
MS MVP Printing/Imaging
 
Tony said:
This should install the Brother HL-1440 Series driver
Version 1.42 for Windows 2000 01 March 2002.
Tony
MS MVP Printing/Imaging
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That's extremely confusing, because the driver I downloaded from Brother
says "Brother HL-1440 series, Version 1.42 for Windows 2000, 01 Mar 2002."
 
M.H. said:
That's extremely confusing, because the driver I downloaded from Brother
says "Brother HL-1440 series, Version 1.42 for Windows 2000, 01 Mar 2002."
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I couldn't agree more. I have no explanation!
Life is full of mysteries.
Out of interest this is the same page that you can get directly from the
printer.
Turn printer power off
press and hold the front panel button, turn power on keeping the button
pressed. When the drum light only comes on release the button and press and
hold it again and watch the lights cycle. Release the button when the lights
have completed a full cycle and the ready light comes on. The page should now
print.
Tony
MS MVP Printing/Imaging
 
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