Brother MFC-665CW User Manual page 147

Troubleshooting and Routine Maintenance
Printing (Continued)
White horizontal lines appear in text Clean the print head. (See Cleaning the print head on page 148.)
or graphics. Try using the recommended types of paper. (See Acceptable paper and other
media on page 13.)
If you want to print on Photo 4"x6" or Photo L 3.5"x5" paper, make sure you use
the photo paper tray. (See Loading photo paperon page 21 .)
The machine prints blank pages. Clean the print head. (See Cleaning the print head on page 148.)
Characters and lines are stacked. Check the printing alignment. (See Checking the printing alignment on page !49.)
Printed text or images are skewed. Make sure the paper is loaded properly in the paper tray and the paper side guide
is adjusted correctly. (See Loading paper and other media on page 17.)
Make sure the Jam Clear Cover is set properly.
Smudged stain at the top center of Make sure the paper is not too thick or curled. (See Acceptable paper and other
the printed page. media on page 13.)
Printing appears dirty or ink seems Make sure you are using the proper types of paper. (See Acceptable paper and
to run. othermedia on page 13.) Don't handle the paper until the ink is dry.
Stains appear on the reverse side Make sure the printer platen is not dirty with ink. (See Cleaning the machine printer
or at the bottom of the page. platen on page 147.)
Make sure you are using the paper support flap. (See Loading paper and other
media on page 17.)
There are some dense lines. Check Reverse Order in the Basic tab of the printer driver.
The printouts are wrinkled. In the printer driver Basic tab, click Settings, and uncheck Bi-Directional
Printing.
Cannot perform 2 in 1 or 4 in 1' Check that the paper size setting in the application and in the printer driver are the
printing, same.
Print speed is too stow. Try changing the printer driver setting. The highest resolution needs longer data
processing, sending and printing time. Try the other quality settings in the printer
driver Basic tab. Also, click the Settings tab, and make sure you uncheck Color
Enhancement (True2Life) ®.
Turn the borderless feature off. Borderless printing is slower than normal printing.
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(See Printing for Windows or Printing and Faxing for Macintosh in the Software
User's Guide on the CD-ROM)
True2Life ® is not working properly. If the image data is not full color in your application (such as 256 color), True2Life ¢
will not work. 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 Loading paper and
othermedia on page 17.)
Check that more than two types of paper are not loaded in the paper tray at any
one time.
Printed pages are not stacked Make sure you are using the paper support flap. (See Loading paper and other
neatly, media on page 17.)
Printed pages double feed and Make sure you pull out the paper support until it clicks and unfold the paper
cause a paper jam. support flap.
Machine does not print from Paint Try setting the Display setting to '256 colors.'
Brush.
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Machine does not print from Adobe Try to reduce the print resolution. (See Printing for Windows or Printing and
Illustrator.
Faxing for Macintosh ® in the Software User's Guide on the CD-ROM.)
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