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Troubleshooting Improving the print quality 5 If you have a print quality problem, print a test page first (see Print a test page on page 61). If the printout looks good, the problem is probably not the machine. Check the interface cable or try the machine on another computer. Using non-Brother supplies may affect the print quality, hardware performance, and machine reliability. This section gives information on the following topics. Examples of poor print quality ABCDEFGH abcdefghijk ABCD abcde 01234 Faint ABCDEFGH abcdefghijk ABCD abcde 01234 Gray background Ghost Recommendation  Take out the drum unit and toner cartridge assembly. Hold the assembly level with both hands and gently shake it from side to side several times to spread the 5 toner evenly inside the cartridge.  If the LEDs indicate REPLACE TONER (Continue mode), put in a new toner cartridge. See Replacing the toner cartridge on page 71.  Check the machine's environment. Conditions such as humidity, high temperatures, and so on, may cause this print fault. See Safety and Legal booklet.  If the whole page is too light, Toner Save Mode may be on. Turn off Toner Save Mode in Advanced tab (For Windows®) or Basic tab of Print Settings (For Macintosh) of the driver.  Put in a new toner cartridge. See Replacing the toner cartridge on page 71.  Put in a new drum unit. See Replacing the drum unit on page 78.  Make sure that you use paper that meets our specifications. See Acceptable paper and other print media on page 3.  Check the machine's environment. Conditions such as high temperatures and high humidity can increase the amount of background shading. See Safety and Legal booklet.  Put in a new toner cartridge. See Replacing the toner cartridge on page 71.  Put in a new drum unit. See Replacing the drum unit on page 78.  Make sure that you use paper that meets our specifications. Rough-surfaced paper or thick print media may cause this problem. See Acceptable paper and other print media on page 3.  Make sure that the media type setting in the driver matches the type of paper you are using. See Acceptable paper and other print media on page 3.  Choose Reduce Ghosting mode in the printer driver. See Improve Print Output in Other Print Options... on page 32 (For Windows®) or Print Settings on page 43 (For Macintosh).  Put in a new toner cartridge. See Replacing the toner cartridge on page 71  Put in a new drum unit. See Replacing the drum unit on page 78.  The fuser unit may be contaminated. Call your Brother dealer or Brother Customer Service. 111

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Troubleshooting
111
5
Improving the print quality
5
If you have a print quality problem, print a test page first (see
Print a test page
on page 61). If the printout
looks good, the problem is probably not the machine. Check the interface cable or try the machine on another
computer.
Using non-Brother supplies may affect the print quality, hardware performance, and machine reliability.
This section gives information on the following topics.
Examples of poor print
quality
Recommendation
Faint
Take out the drum unit and toner cartridge assembly. Hold the assembly level
with both hands and gently shake it from side to side several times to spread the
toner evenly inside the cartridge.
If the LEDs indicate
REPLACE TONER
(Continue mode), put in a new toner
cartridge. See
Replacing the toner cartridge
on page 71.
Check the machine’s environment. Conditions such as humidity, high
temperatures, and so on, may cause this print fault. See
Safety and Legal
booklet
.
If the whole page is too light,
Toner Save Mode
may be on. Turn off
Toner Save
Mode
in
Advanced
tab (For Windows
®
) or
Basic
tab of
Print Settings
(For
Macintosh) of the driver.
Put in a new toner cartridge. See
Replacing the toner cartridge
on page 71.
Put in a new drum unit. See
Replacing the drum unit
on page 78.
Gray background
Make sure that you use paper that meets our specifications. See
Acceptable
paper and other print media
on page 3.
Check the machine’s environment. Conditions such as high temperatures and
high humidity can increase the amount of background shading. See
Safety and
Legal booklet
.
Put in a new toner cartridge. See
Replacing the toner cartridge
on page 71.
Put in a new drum unit. See
Replacing the drum unit
on page 78.
Ghost
Make sure that you use paper that meets our specifications. Rough-surfaced
paper or thick print media may cause this problem. See
Acceptable paper and
other print media
on page 3.
Make sure that the media type setting in the driver matches the type of paper you
are using. See
Acceptable paper and other print media
on page 3.
Choose
Reduce Ghosting
mode in the printer driver. See
Improve Print Output
in
Other Print Options...
on page 32 (For Windows
®
) or
Print Settings
on page 43
(For Macintosh).
Put in a new toner cartridge. See
Replacing the toner cartridge
on page 71
Put in a new drum unit. See
Replacing the drum unit
on page 78.
The fuser unit may be contaminated. Call your Brother dealer or Brother
Customer Service.
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