How To Improve Print Quality; Test Print - Brother MFC-730 Owner's Manual

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C H A P T E R T W E N T Y
DIFFICULTY
Printer Difficulties
Horizontal lines appear in Text or
Graphics.
You see the "New Hardware Found"
message on your PC screen (although
you have already installed the drivers
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in Windows 95/98).
The MFC does not print the data in
the correct position.
Cannot perform '2 in 1' printing.
Cannot print when using Paint Brush.
Cannot print when using Adobe
Illustrator.
Thick line and thin line appear
alternately.
There are some dense lines.
When using ATM fonts, some
characters are missing or some
are printed in the same place.
When using Power Point or Excel,
hatch pattern is not what you are
expecting.
Video Capture
LCD does not show "VIDEO: PRESS Check the video cable connection to the MFC's RCA pin jack. Check
COPY CAPTURE READY"

How to Improve Print Quality

SUGGESTIONS
Clean the print head (see Cleaning the Print Head in this chapter).
Click on the 'Do not install a driver. (Windows
and click 'OK'.
Select the correct paper size using the DOS Utility program. Since paper
adjustment is different between ESC/P (right) and the MFC (center), the
printing position should be adjusted for the MFC.
Check if the paper size setting in the application and in the printer driver
are the same.
Try setting the Display setting to '256 colours'.
Try to reduce the printing resolution.
Turn OFF 'Bi-Directional Printing' from the 'Control/Maintenance' tab
in the printer driver.
Turn ON 'Reverse Order' from the 'Paper' tab in the printer driver.
If you are using Windows
menu. Open'Brother MFC-730' or 'Brother MFC-740' properties. Click
'Spool Setting' on the characters 'Details' tab. Select 'RAW' from 'Spool
Data Format'.
Open the 'Quality/Colour' tab in the printer driver, and change the
'Document' type to 'Photo'.
that the video equipment is sending a signal (video equipment is turned
on and set to the correct setting).

Test Print

If the quality is not satisfactory, first print a test page to help you identify
settings you may want to change.
1
Press Menu, 2, 1. The screen displays
1.TEST PRINT
2
Press Set.
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will not prompt you again)'
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95/98, select 'Printer Settings' from the 'Start'