If You Are Having Difficulty With Your Machine - Brother DCP-7010 User Manual

Chapter 6

If you are having difficulty with your machine

If you think there is a problem with your machine, check the chart below and follow the
troubleshooting tips.
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DIFFICULTY
Printing Difficulties
Poor print quality
Vertical black lines.
Copy Quality Difficulties
Vertical black streaks or black spots
appear in copies.
Printer Difficulties
The machine does not print.
The machine prints unexpectedly
or it prints garbage.
The machine prints first couple of
pages correctly, then some pages
have text missing.
The machine cannot print full pages
of a document.
Out of Memory message occurs.
My headers or footers appear when
I view my document on the screen
but do not appear when I print
them.
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SUGGESTIONS
See Improving the print quality on page 6-11.
Sometimes you may see vertical streaks/black lines on the printed pages. The
drum unit's primary corona wire for printing may be dirty. Clean your primary
corona wire (See Cleaning the corona wire on page 6-19).
Sometimes you may see vertical streaks on your copies. Either the scanner or the
drum unit's primary corona wire for printing is dirty. Clean them both.
(See Cleaning the scanner glass on page 6-17 and Cleaning the corona wire on
page 6-19.)
Please make sure:
• The machine is plugged in and the power switch is turned on.
—OR—
• The toner cartridge and drum unit are installed properly. (See Replacing the
drum unit (DR-2000) on page 6-23.)
—OR—
• The interface cable is securely connected between the machine and computer.
(See the Quick Setup Guide.)
—OR—
• Check to see if LCD is showing an error message. (See Error messages on
page 6-1.)
—OR—
• Machine is online. Click Start and then Printer and Faxes. Right-click the
'Brother DCP-7010 or DCP-7025'. Make sure that "Use Printer Offline" is
unchecked.
Turn off the machine's power switch and then on it again. Check the primary
settings in your application software to make sure it is set up to work with your
machine.
Your computer is not recognizing the machine's input buffer full signal. Please
make sure you connect the machine cable correctly. (See the Quick Setup Guide.)
Reduce the printing resolution. (See Advanced tab in the Software User's Guide
on the CD-ROM.)
Reduce the complexity of your document and try again. Reduce the graphic quality
or the number of font sizes within your application software.
Your machine can print 62 lines per page. The top two lines and bottom two lines
are a restricted area that will not accept print. Adjust the top and bottom margins
in your document to allow for this.