Troubleshooting and routine maintenance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Examples of poor print

Recommendation

 

 

quality

 

 

 

Toner scatter or toner stain

„ Check the machine’s environment. Conditions such as high humidity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and high temperatures may cause this print quality problem. (See To

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

use the machine safely on page 109.)

 

 

 

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ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.

„ Identify the colour causing the problem and put in a new toner

 

 

 

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ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cartridge. (See Replacing a Toner cartridge on page 168.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You may only need to replace one toner cartridge to solve the print

 

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problem. To identify which toner cartridge needs to be replaced,

 

 

 

 

 

 

please visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/ to view our FAQs and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

troubleshooting tips.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

„ If the problem continues, put in a new drum unit. (See Replacing the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

drum units on page 174.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You may only need to replace one drum unit to solve the print

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

problem. To identify which drum needs to be replaced, please visit us

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tips.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The colour of your printouts is

„ Make sure Toner Save mode is off in the control panel of the machine

 

 

not what you expected

or the printer driver.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

„ Perform the calibration. (See Calibration on page 164.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

„ Adjust the colour by using the custom setting in the driver and by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

using the control panel of the machine. Colours the machine can print

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and colours you see on a monitor are different. The machine may not

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

be able to reproduce the colours on your monitor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

„ If colours appear in the printed grey areas, make sure there is a check

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in the Improve Grey Colour check box of the printer driver. (See

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic tab for Windows® printer driver, Advanced tab for Macintosh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

printer driver or Printer Features for Macintosh BR-Script printer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

driver in the Software User's Guide on the CD-ROM.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

„ If shaded areas look dull, remove the check from the Improve Grey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colour check box.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

„ If a printed black graphic is too light, choose Enhance Black Printing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mode in the printer driver. (See Settings Dialog for Windows® printer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

driver, Advanced options for Windows® BR-Script printer driver, Print

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Settings for Macintosh printer driver or Printer Features for Macintosh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BR-Script printer driver in the Software User's Guide on the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CD-ROM.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

„ Identify the colour causing the problem and put in a new toner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cartridge. (See Replacing a Toner cartridge on page 168.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You may only need to replace one toner cartridge to solve the print

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

problem. To identify which toner cartridge needs to be replaced,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

please visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/ to view our FAQs and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

troubleshooting tips.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

„ Identify the colour causing the problem and put in a new drum unit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(See Replacing the drum units on page 174.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You may only need to replace one drum unit to solve the print problem.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To identify which drum needs to be replaced, please visit us at

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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