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| driver or in the machine’s Paper Type menu setting. See |
| Acceptable paper and other print media on page 16 and Basic tab |
| in Chapter 2 of the Software User's Guide. |
| Choose Reduce Ghosting mode in the printer driver. See Ghost |
Ghost | Reduction Setting in Chapter 2 (for Windows®) or Chapter 8 (for |
| Macintosh) of the Software User's Guide. |
Put in a new toner cartridge. See Replacing the toner cartridge on page 29
Put in a new drum unit. See Replacing the drum unit on page 35.
The fuser unit may be contaminated. Call Brother Customer Service.
Make sure that you use paper that meets our specifications.
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Clean the corona wire and the drum unit. See Cleaning the corona | ||
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