Examples of poor print quality

Recommendation

 

The color of your printouts is not

To improve the color density, calibrate the colors using first

 

 

what you expected

the Touchscreen and then the printer driver (see Advanced

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

User's Guide: Calibration).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To adjust the print position of colors for sharper edges,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

perform an automatic color registration using the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Touchscreen (see Advanced User's Guide: Auto

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registration).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjust the copy density and contrast if you are copying

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(see Advanced User's Guide: Adjusting Density and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contrast).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Make sure Toner Save mode is off in the Touchscreen or the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

printer driver (see Software User's Guide).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the print quality of the black portion is not what you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

expected, select the Print Text in Black check box in the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

printer driver (see Software User's Guide).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the print quality is poor, clear the Improve Gray Color

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

check box in the printer driver (see Software User's Guide).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identify the color causing the problem and put in a new toner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cartridge (see Replacing the toner cartridges on page 76).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To identify the color of the toner cartridge, visit us at

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://solutions.brother.com/ to view our FAQs and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

troubleshooting tips.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identify the color causing the problem and install a new drum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

unit (see Replacing the drum units on page 86).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To identify the color of the drum unit, visit us at

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://solutions.brother.com/ to view our FAQs and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

troubleshooting tips.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Make sure the machine is on a solid level surface.

 

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Perform the auto color registration using the Touchscreen

 

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(see Advanced User's Guide: Auto Registration).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identify the color causing the problem and install a new drum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

unit (see Replacing the drum units on page 86).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To identify the color of the drum unit, visit us at

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://solutions.brother.com/ to view our FAQs and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

troubleshooting tips.

 

 

Color misregistration

Install a new belt unit (see Replacing the belt unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on page 91).

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