B TroubleshootingMaintenance and Routine

Troubleshooting

IMPORTANT

For technical help, you must call the country where you bought the machine. Calls must be made from within that country.

If you think there is a problem with your machine, check the chart below and follow the troubleshooting tips.

Most problems can be easily resolved by yourself. If you need additional help, the Brother Solutions Center offers the latest FAQs and troubleshooting tips. Visit us at http://solutions.brother.com.

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Check the interface cable on both the machine and your computer. (See the Quick

 

Setup Guide.)

 

 

 

Check that the machine is plugged in and that the On/Off key is on.

 

 

 

Check to see if the LCD is showing an error message.

 

(See Error and Maintenance messages on page 73.)

 

 

 

If the LCD says Cannot Print and Replace Ink XX (where XX is an

 

abbreviation of the empty color), see Replacing the ink cartridges on page 78.

 

Check that the correct printer driver has been installed and chosen.

 

 

 

Make sure that the machine is online. Click Start and then Printers and Faxes.

 

Choose Brother DCP-XXXX(where XXXX is your model name), and make sure

 

that Use Printer Offline is unchecked.

 

 

 

When you choose the Print Odd Pages and Print Even Pages settings, you may

 

see a print error message on your computer, as the machine pauses during the

 

printing process. The error message will disappear after the machine re-starts

 

printing.

 

 

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