brother hl-1040 or 1050

[Sandy]

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

 

[Al Bundy]

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.

 

[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.