C 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 are having difficulty with your machine

If you think there is a problem with the way your faxes look, make a copy first. If the copy looks good, the problem is probably not your machine. Check the chart below and follow the troubleshooting tips. You can solve most problems 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.

Copy Quality Difficulties

Difficulties

Suggestions

Vertical streaks appear in copies.

Either the scanner or the primary corona wire for printing is dirty. Clean them both.

 

(See Cleaning the scanner glass on page 69 and Cleaning the corona wire on

 

page 71.)

 

 

Printing Difficulties

Difficulties

Suggestions

Poor print quality

See Improving the print quality on page 55.

 

 

Vertical black lines on copies or

Your machine’s primary corona wire for printing may be dirty. Clean your primary

printouts

corona wire. (See Cleaning the corona wire on page 71.)

 

 

 

If the problem continues, call Brother Customer Service at 1-800-284-4329 (in

 

USA) or 1-877-BROTHER (in Canada).

 

 

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 properly. (See

 

Replacing the drum unit (DR-520)on page 76.)

 

„ 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 messages

 

on page 59.)

 

„ The machine is online. On your PC, click Start, then Settings, and then

 

Printers and Faxes. Right-click ‘Brother DCP-XXXX (where XXXX is your

 

model name)’. Make sure that ‘Use Printer Offline’ is unchecked.

 

 

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