Brother MFC-8880DN Service Manual

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3.4.3 New toner detection
This machine is equipped with the function to detect that the residual quantities of the toner
are not enough by examining the degree that the toner in the cartridge blocks the light by the
transmission light sensor. This function informs the user's that the toner cartridge has reached
its life. However there is a description such as previous contents when the toner cartridge
reaches itself the life end by the abrasion of the rollers, "the toner is life end" is displayed on
the LCD and stops moving itself to promote the replacement of the new one even if the
remaining amount of the toner is enough. At this time, the toner LED sensor cannot check the
attachment of a new toner. There is a possibility that the image quality decrease and the toner
leakage occur if the cartridge that reaches longevity is continuously used. Therefore it is
necessary to remove the movement stop state when a new toner is attached to the machine.
It is new toner detection mechanism to explain here to enable this distinction.
The new toner detection can distinguish the standard toner and high yield toner cartridge.
The new toner detection is performed by the following procedure.
(1) The main motor will drive gear (4) through the interconnection of other gears.
(2) When gear (4) is rotated, rib A on that gear will push against the new toner actuator; the
new toner sensor will detect the actuator motion, and the machine detects that a new
toner cartridge has been installed.
(3) The standard toner cartridge has Rib A and Rib B on gear (4).
When the toner actuator is pushed twice, the two signals that are generated by the new
toner sensor, tell the machine that a standard toner cartridge has been installed.
(4) The high yield toner cartridge only has Rib A on gear (4).
When the toner actuator is pushed once, the signal that is generated by the new toner
sensor, tell the machine that a high yield toner cartridge has been installed.
<Machine side view when a new toner cartridge is installed>
Fig. 2-27
Gear (4)
Gear (3)
Rib B
Rib A
Gear (1)
Gear (2)
New toner actuator
New toner sensor
Toner cartridge
Relay front PCB ASSY

Brother MFC-8880DN Specifications

General

Print technology	Laser
Maximum resolution	1200 x 1200 DPI
Economical printing	Yes
Time to first page (black, normal)	8.5 s
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)	30 ppm
Scan to	E-mail, E-mail Server, File, FTP, Image, OCR, USB
Scanner type	Flatbed & ADF scanner
Grayscale levels	256
Input color depth	24 bit
Maximum scan resolution	19200 x 19200 DPI
Optical scanning resolution	600 x 2400 DPI
Copier resize	25 - 400 %
Maximum copy resolution	1200 x 600 DPI
Maximum number of copies	99 copies
N-in-1 copy function (N=)	2, 4, 9, 16
Time to first copy (black, normal)	10.5 s
Copy speed (black, normal quality, A4)	30 cpm
Faxing	Mono faxing
Fax memory	500 pages
Modem speed	33.6 Kbit/s
Fax speed dialing (max numbers)	300
Total input capacity	250 sheets
Total output capacity	150 sheets
Auto document feeder (ADF) input capacity	50 sheets
Internal memory	64 MB
Card reader integrated	No
Sound power level (standby)	30 dB
Sound pressure level (printing)	56 dB
Display	LCD
Market positioning	Business
Dimensions (WxDxH)	531 x 451 x 475 mm
All-in-one functions	Copy, Fax, Print, Scan
Maximum internal memory	0.576 GB
Color all-in-one functions	Scan
Maximum print size	216 x 356 mm
Paper tray media types	Plain paper, Recycled paper
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)	A4, A5, A6
ISO B-series sizes (B0...B9)	B5, B6
Maximum ISO A-series paper size	A4
Standard interfaces	Ethernet
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1
AC input frequency	50 - 60 Hz
Power consumption (standby)	85 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)	18 W
Power consumption (average operating)	680 W
Maximum duty cycle	- pages per month
Package weight	22100 g
Mac operating systems supported	Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
Server operating systems supported	Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 x64, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 x64
Windows operating systems supported	Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Business x64, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Basic x64, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Home Premium x64, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Home x64, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Professional x64