Brother MFC 4300 owner manual General Printing Difficulties

DIFFICULTY	SUGGESTIONS
General Printing Difficulties
The MFC does not print.	Check the following:
	• The MFC is plugged in.
	• The toner cartridge and drum unit are installed
	properly.
	• The interface cable is securely connected
	between the MFC and computer.
	• Check to see if LCD is showing an error message.
	(See pages 15-2to 15-5)
The MFC prints	Reset the MFC. Check the primary settings in your
unexpectedly or it prints	application software to make sure it is set up to
garbage.	work with your MFC.
The MFC cannot print	The MFC received a very complex print job and
full pages of a	could not process part of the page. This may be
document; the error	solved in several ways. If you are using Windows®
message PRINT	3.1x, Windows® 95/98/98SE or Windows NT®
OVERRUN occurs.	Workstation Version 4.0 with the supplied printer
	driver, see the “Windows® Setup Printing
	Problems” section. Try to reduce the complexity of
	your document or reduce print resolution.
The MFC prints the	Your computer is not recognizing the printer input
first couple of pages	buffer’s full signal. Please make sure to connect the
correctly, then some	printer cable correctly.
pages have text missing.
The MFC cannot print	Reduce the printer resolution. Reduce the
full pages of a	complexity of your document and try again.
document; A	Reduce the graphic quality or the number of font
MEMORY FULL error	sizes within your application software.
message occurs.
My headers or footers	Most laser printers have a restricted area that will
appear when I view my	not accept print. Usually these are the first two
document on the screen,	lines and last two lines, leaves 62 printable lines.
but do not appear when I	Adjust the top and bottom margins in your
print them.	document to allow for this.

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