Brother FAX-2440C User Manual page 155

DIFFICULTY / SUGGESTIONS
Printing (Continued)
Smudged stain at the top Make sure the paper is not too thick or not curled. (See About paperon
center of the printed page. page 1-10.)
Printing appears dirty or ink
seems to run.
Stains appear on the reverse
side or at the bottom of the
page.
There are some dense lines.
The printouts are wrinkled.
Cannot perform 2 in 1 or 4 in 1'
printing.
Print speed is too slow.
Make sure you are using the proper types of paper. (See About paper
on page 1-10.) Don't handle the paper until the ink is dry.
Make sure the Printer Platen is not dirty with ink. (See Cleaning the
machine printer platen on page 12-23.)
Make sure you are using the paper support flap. (See How to load
paper, envelopes and post cards on page 1-15.)
Check Reverse Order' in the Basic tab of the printer driver.
In the printer driver Basic' tab, click the Settings', and uncheck the
Bi-Directional Printing'.
Check that the paper size setting in the application and in the printer
driver are the same.
Changing the printer driver setting may improve the print speed.
Highest resolution needs longer data processing, trander and printing
time. Try the other settings of quality in the printer driver 'Basic' tab.
Also, click the Settings' tab, and make sure you uncheck the
True2Life ®.
Borderless printing is slower than normal printing. If you want to print
more quickly, set the Borderless feature off. (See Media Type on page
1-8 in Software User's Guide on the CD-ROM.)
True2Life ® is not working If the image data is not full color in your application (Such as 256 color),
properly. True2Life ® will not work. Please use at least 24 bit color data with the
True2Life ® feature.
Machine feeds multiple pages Make sure the paper is loaded properly in the paper tray. (See How to
Ioad paper, envelopes and post cards on page 1-15.)
Check that more than two types of paper are not loaded in the paper tray
at any one time.
Make sure you are using the paper support flap. (See How to load
paper, envelopes and post cards on page 1-15.)
Try setting the Display setting to '256 colors.'
Printed pages are not stacked
neatly.
Machine does not print from
Paint Brush.
Machine does not print from Try to reduce the print resolution.
Adobe Illustrator.
Printing Received Faxes
Condensed print and white This can be caused by static or interference on the telephone line. You
streaks across the page or the can make a copy using the Black Start key to see if the same problem
top and bottom of sentences occurs. If the copy looks good then the problem is probably the phone
are cut off. line and not your machine.
Vertical black lines when The sender's scanner may be dirty. Ask the sender to make a copy to
receiving, see if the problem is with the sending machine. Try receiving from
another fax machine.
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