Examples of poor print

Recommendation

quality

 

 

Make sure that you use paper that meets our specifications.

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uu Acceptable paper and other print media uu page 19

Check the machine’s environment. Conditions such as high

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A B C D

temperatures and high humidity can increase the amount of

background shading.

a b c d e

uu Product Safety Guide: Choose a safe location for your product

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Put in a new toner cartridge.

 

Grey background

uu Replacing the toner cartridge uu page 40

 

Put in a new drum unit.

 

uu Replacing the drum unit uu page 46

 

Make sure that you use paper that meets our specifications. Rough-

 

surfaced paper or thick paper may cause this problem.

 

uu Acceptable paper and other print media uu page 19

 

Make sure that you choose the appropriate media type in the printer

 

driver or in the machine’s Paper Type menu setting.

 

uu Paper Type uu page 17

Ghosting

uu Software User's Guide: Printing (for Windows®)

uu Software User's Guide: Printing and Faxing (for Macintosh)

 

 

Choose Reduce Ghosting mode in the printer driver.

 

uu Software User's Guide: Printing (for Windows®)

 

uu Software User's Guide: Printing and Faxing (for Macintosh)

 

Put in a new drum unit.

 

uu Replacing the drum unit uu page 46

 

Put in a new toner cartridge.

 

uu Replacing the toner cartridge uu page 40

 

The fuser unit may be contaminated.

 

Call Brother customer service for support.

 

Make sure that you use paper that meets our specifications. Rough-

 

surfaced paper may cause the problem.

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uu Acceptable paper and other print media uu page 19

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Clean the corona wire on the drum unit.

A B C D

 

a b c d e

uu Cleaning the corona wire uu page 53

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The drum unit may be damaged. Put in a new drum unit.

Toner specks

uu Replacing the drum unit uu page 46

The fuser unit may be contaminated.

 

 

Call Brother customer service for support.

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