I have a client who uses dos software & has no intention of changing.
he has been using a brother HL-1040 to print accounts & until a couple
of days ago it worked beautifully. However it no longer switches on.
The fuse in the power supply seems ok so rather than try to find the
fault I thought someone must have an old HL-1040 or 1050 that they
would sell. I don't want to change to a different printer that may or
may not work with his software as he has 9 toner cartridges for the
brother.
bye
Sandy

Sandy wrote:
> I have a client who uses dos software & has no intention of changing.
> he has been using a brother HL-1040 to print accounts & until a couple
> of days ago it worked beautifully. However it no longer switches on.
> The fuse in the power supply seems ok so rather than try to find the
> fault I thought someone must have an old HL-1040 or 1050 that they
> would sell. I don't want to change to a different printer that may or
> may not work with his software as he has 9 toner cartridges for the
> brother.
> bye
> Sandy

I know you are going in another direction, but as someone who repairs
lots of electronic devices, I love to find one that does not power on.
The reason is that the solution is often very basic. Of course, it can
be a dead machine too.
The cord could be bad and have a burned wire inside, usually near the
plug end or the machine end. The fuse, which you looked at, can be bad
and look good. It should be checked with a meter or replaced. Try
replacing it for kicks. The next obvious flaw is the on/off switch
itself. A simple jumper wire across this switch would verify whether
the machine would turn on then. You might try rocking it back and
forth vigorously and see if anything reacts. A volt-ohm-meter should
allow a person to diagnose the problem rather quickly. I put my money
on the cord or the switch.

On Mar 17, 11:21 pm, Al Bundy <MSfort...@mcpmail.com> wrote:
> Sandy wrote:
> > I have a client who uses dos software & has no intention of changing.
> > he has been using a brother HL-1040 to print accounts & until a couple
> > of days ago it worked beautifully. However it no longer switches on.
> > The fuse in the power supply seems ok so rather than try to find the
> > fault I thought someone must have an old HL-1040 or 1050 that they
> > would sell. I don't want to change to a different printer that may or
> > may not work with his software as he has 9 toner cartridges for the
> > brother.
> > bye
> > Sandy
>
> I know you are going in another direction, but as someone who repairs
> lots of electronic devices, I love to find one that does not power on.
> The reason is that the solution is often very basic. Of course, it can
> be a dead machine too.
> The cord could be bad and have a burned wire inside, usually near the
> plug end or the machine end. The fuse, which you looked at, can be bad
> and look good. It should be checked with a meter or replaced. Try
> replacing it for kicks. The next obvious flaw is the on/off switch
> itself. A simple jumper wire across this switch would verify whether
> the machine would turn on then. You might try rocking it back and
> forth vigorously and see if anything reacts. A volt-ohm-meter should
> allow a person to diagnose the problem rather quickly. I put my money
> on the cord or the switch.

Thanks for the input Al but I tried another lead & that wasn't the
problem.
I took the bottom off the case to access the power supply & traced the
power with a multi-metre.
It gets past the switch & the fuse but I haven't had time to go any
further yet. Would still like to come across
an old HL-1040 somewhere in Australia.