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Brother HL-1470N

The HL-1470N is the full featured version of Brothers HL-1400 series of mid-range printers introduced in 2001. Its quite an old design but with 14 page per minute throughput, a network port and 1200x600dpi graphics it's not far short of today's mono printer specification so it's still a useful machine.

Print languages are PCL-6 which is in line with recent systems. There is also a PostScript emulation BR-Script2.

The main limitation is probably the 8MB of memory which was quite generous for the time but is too little for a network machine and although it will expand to 36MB that is still not quite enough for full speed graphic printing. The 66MHz processor is another limitation - it's too slow to deal with the big bitmaps on some web pages and PDFs. If you're using this printer for business invoice printing those things will rarely be an issue.

The HL-1450 is no longer made although it may be available from brokers and refurbishers. It's quite an old printer and limited by having just 8MB of base memory however that can be expanded to 36MB by using a 72 Pin SIMM (Many technicians have some lying around). Drums are expensive but do last a long time. Original toner is not cheap but readily available as a refill, as are refurbished drums. One reason to like these printers is the inclusion of bar-code printing.

In conclusion if all you want is a small office printer for text applications the HL-1450 will still do a good job.

Control:

4 LEDs and a single key.

Duty Cycle:

Brother don't give figures.

Up to 14ppm A4. This sounds slow by comparison with today's 30 page per minute printers but since the average print job is about 5 pages long it will complete within a minute which people don't usually find problematic. If the printer is very slow the issue is usually a graphic on the page.

1200 x 600 dpi for graphics and the option to print at 600 dpi x 600 dpi or 300 dpi x 300 dpi. Even fine text and graphics print well enough at 600x600dpi and this reduces the probability that memory will overflow.

Paper Handling:

A4 / US-letter width paper path. The main tray mounts under the printer, feeds up and through the print station and out onto the top of the machine giving an "S" shaped path. A page placed in the manual feed slot will go more or less straight to the face-down tray on the rear.

Manual Feed:

Single sheet slot for one page, typically used for letterhead or envelopes.

Media Types: Plain Paper, Bond Paper, Recycled Paper, Envelopes, Labels, and Transparencies

Media Weights: 60 - 161 gsm (16 - 43 lb)

Media Sizes: Custom : 69.8 x 116 - 216 x 356 mm (2.75" x 4.57" - 8.5" x 14")

Standard Cassette:

A paper drawer sliding into the base of the printer.

Paper Casset Plain Paper, Bond Paper, Recycled Paper, Transparencies

Media Weights: 60 - 105 gsm (16 - 28 lb)

Media Sizes: A4, Letter, B5(ISO), A5, B6(ISO), A6, Exec

Second Tray:

An optional paper drawer placed under the printer with a capacity up to 250 sheets of A4.

Media Types: Plain Paper, Bond Paper, Recycled Paper

Media Weights: 60 - 105 gsm (16 - 28 lb)

Media Sizes: A4, Letter, B5(ISO), A5, Exec

Face Down:

Normal output is to the face-down tray on top of the printer. Pages stay in readable order.

Capacity 150 Sheets

Face Up:

1 Sheet.

Duplex:

Manual only

Processor:

The 66MHz processor was not untypical at the time but today's models have devices 10 times as fast.

Fujitsu MB86832 66MHz

Memory:

The HL-1470N has 8MB memory to support it's print languages; it might still be regarded as short of memory since it also has to support a network stack. As shipped the printer has 4MB RAM on the motherboard and a 4MB SIMM. The SIMM can be replaced by devices up to 32MB. The printer can take 72 pin SIMMs of either EDO or Fast Page type up to 32MB. 64MB devices may work but will only be seen as 32MB.

Interface:

The HL-1470N has IEEE 1284 Parallel, USB, and Ethernet 10/100 BaseTX.

Network:

Ethernet 10/100 BaseTX network port supporting TCP/IP, AppleTalk, IPX/SPX and DLC/LLC

Network Protocols:

TCP/IP, AppleTalk, IPX/SPX and DLC/LLC. Other protocols such as NetBEUI and Banyan VINES can be supported using an external print server.

Web based management or BRAdmin Professional.

PCL6, PostScript Level II language emulation, Epson FX-850, IBM Proprinter XL. 66 scalable fonts, 12 bitmap fonts, 11 bar codes.

Bar Codes Are: Code39, Interleaved 2 of 5, EAN-8, EAN-13, UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-128, Codabar, FIM(US-PostNet), ISBN, Code128"

System Compatability:

Windows and Apple

The CUPS print subsystem in Linux has drivers for the HL-1230 HL-1440, 1450 with BR-Script2 and HL-1470N.

Power:

US 110 Volt and Rest of the World 220 Volt Models.

Power Consumption:

These printers use a hot-roller fuser heated by a halogen lamp so power consumption varies greatly as the thermostatic control turns the lamp on and off

Printing: Less than 340 W

Standby: Less than 70 W

Sleep: Less than 12 W

Dimensions:

360 x 370 x 235 mm 14.2" (W) x 14.6" (D) x 9.3"(H)

Weight:

Approx. 9.3 kg (20.5 lbs.) including the drum unit and toner cartridge

Acoustic Noise:

Printers are not silent, there is the clicking and shuffling noise of paper handling and the noise of fans cooling the hardware down.

Printing - 50dB

Standby - 27dB

Consumables:

These printers use a separate toner cartridge and drum. The idea is to give economical printing and environmental benefits by using the OPC drum to it's full potential instead of disposing of it part used when a toner cartridge has been used up.

Brother's technique of redirecting unused waste toner back to the toner hopper by switching polarities on the waste capture roller and developer is also used.

The toner and drum have different part codes for different markets with the US code different and shorter than the European code. Since people look things up on the web both codes are in common use.

TN-6300 - aka TN-430 - Standard - Approx. 3000 pages A4/Letter size paper @ 5% coverage

TN-6600 - aka TN-460 - High Yield - Approx. 6000 pages A4/Letter size paper @ 5% coverage

Drum and Developer:

A photoconductive drum is the heart of a laser printer. The material on the drum can be given a static electric charge as long as it is in the dark but in the light the charge is released. The drum is given a charge then scanned by a laser creating a latent image in static electricity. In the developer stage toner powder makes the latent image visible.

Almost all modern laser printers use organic photoconductor (OPC), a couple of layers of plastic on an aluminium drum. OPC has a finite life, it decays if exposed to light for a long time and continual wear from contact with paper, charge rollers and cleaning blade wears away at the surface and limits it's life.

DR-6000 - Approx. 20,000 pages (1 page/job)

Fuser:

The fuser in a laser printer adheres toner to the page using a combination of heat and pressure. The hot roller is coated in non-stick material to prevent the toner sticking and making marks down the page at intervals of 78.5 mm.

After many thousand pages the non stick material becomes exhausted, often parts of the material come away from the metal of the heated roller.

LJ7161001 Fuser / Fixing Unit, 115V.

LJ7162001 Fuser / Fixing Unit, 230V. Fuser for HL-1230, 1440, 1450, 1470 (formerly LJ5830001)

The fusers fit the following:

HL-1230, HL-1430, HL-1435, HL-1440, HL-1450, HL-1470N, DCP-1400, intelliFAX 4100, intelliFAX 4750e, intelliFAX 5750e, Fax 8360P, Fax 8370, MFC-8500, MFC-9660 Series MFC-9700, MFC-9800.

Technicians usually just change the whole fuser these days. However fusers for these printers are fairly expensive and the heated roller may be available as an item. The Service Manual gives details on how to change the heated roller.

UL8907001 Heat Roller used in HL-1030, HL-1240, HL12-50 series. Brother Heat Roller (Formerly LJ4169001)

Other parts for the fuser include the following, however they may not be so readily available.

UL8902001 Thermistor Assembly

UL8908001 Heated Roller Bearing

LJ4160001 Halogen Lamp, 115V

LJ4163001 Halogen Lamp, 230V

Whats-In-The-Box:

Old printers only likely to be available as-is from brokers and refurbisher. Refurbisher are likely to ship a recycled cartridge with the printer.

Warranty:

These printers are over 6 years old

Spares:

Spares for this printer are still available in March 2010. Brother have re-used the engine design in subsequent machines and there are probably sufficient users to make toner sales still profitable for Brother.

LJ4892001 Pressure Roller in Tray (also change pad UL90840001)

UL9084001 Separation Pad

UL9060001 1 Paper Feed Roller Assembly

UL9066001 1 Paper Pickup Roller Assembly

Service:

We offer repair in North East England at present.


Options:

LT-400 - Lower Tray Unit (Input Paper Tray)

IR-1000 - External IrDA Interface

Memory: A 72 pin SIMM up to 32MB can be used.

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