Troubleshooting

If you are having difficulty with your machine

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/.

Check the chart below and follow the troubleshooting tips.

Copy difficulties

Difficulties

Suggestions

Vertical black line appears in

Black vertical lines on copies are typically caused by dirt or correction fluid on the

copies.

glass strip, or the corona wire is dirty. (See Cleaning the scanner glass on page 41

 

and Cleaning the corona wire on page 42.)

 

 

Copies are blank.

Make sure you are loading the document correctly. (See Using the scanner glass

 

on page 19.)

 

 

Printing difficulties

Difficulties

Suggestions

B

Poor print quality

See Improving the print quality on page 64.

No printout.

Check that the machine is plugged in and the power switch is turned on.

 

 

Check that the toner cartridge and drum unit are installed correctly. (See

 

 

Replacing the drum unit on page 35.)

 

 

Check the interface cable connection on both the machine and your computer.

 

 

(See the Quick Setup Guide.)

 

 

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

 

 

Check to see if the LCD is showing an error message. (See Error and

 

 

maintenance messages on page 49.)

 

 

Check the machine is online:

 

 

(Windows® 7 and Windows Server® 2008 R2) Click the Start button and

 

 

Devices and Printers. Right-clickBrother DCP-XXXX Printer. Make sure

 

 

that Use Printer Offline is unchecked.

 

 

(Windows Vista®) Click the Start button, Control Panel, Hardware and

 

 

Sound, and then Printers. Right-clickBrother DCP-XXXX Printer. Make

 

 

sure that Use Printer Offline is unchecked.

 

 

(Windows® XP and Windows Server® 2003/2008) Click the Start button and

 

 

choose Printers and Faxes. Right-clickBrother DCP-XXXX Printer. Make

 

 

sure that Use Printer Offline is unchecked.

 

 

(Windows® 2000) Click the Start button and choose Settings and then

 

 

Printers. Right-clickBrother DCP-XXXX Printer. Make sure that Use Printer

 

 

Offline is unchecked.

 

 

 

 

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