If You Are Having Difficulty With Your Machine - Brother MCF-J285DW Basic User's Manual

If you are having difficulty with your machine

NOTE
• For technical help, you must call the country where you bought the machine. Calls must be
made from within that country.
• If you think there is a problem with your machine, check the following chart and follow the
troubleshooting tips. You can correct most problems by yourself.
• If you need additional help, the Brother Solutions Center offers the latest FAQs and
troubleshooting tips.
Visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/.
Using non-Brother supplies may affect the print quality, hardware performance, and machine
reliability.
Printing Difficulties
Difficulty
No printout.
Suggestions
Check that the correct printer driver has been installed and chosen.
Check to see if the Touchscreen is showing an error message.
(See Error and maintenance messages on page 65.)
Make sure that the machine is online.
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(Windows XP and Windows Server
Click Start/Printers and Faxes. Right-click Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where
XXXX is your model name). If the printer is offline, it will show Use Printer Online.
Select this option to enable the printer.
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(Windows Vista and Windows Server
Click /Control Panel/Hardware and Sound/Printers. Right-click
Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where XXXX is your model name). If the printer is
offline, it will show Use Printer Online. Select this option to enable the printer.
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(Windows 7 and Windows Server
Click /Devices and Printers. Right-click Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where
XXXX is your model name) and choose See what's printing. Click Printer and
make sure that Use Printer Offline is unchecked.
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(Windows 8 and Windows Server
Move your mouse to the lower right corner of your desktop. When the menu bar
appears, click Settings, and then click Control Panel. In the
Hardware and Sound (Hardware) group, click View devices and printers.
Right-click Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where XXXX is your model name) and
select See what's printing. If printer driver options appear, select your printer
driver. Click Printer in the menu bar and make sure that Use Printer Offline is not
selected.
One or more ink cartridges have reached the end of their life.
(See Replacing the ink cartridges on page 55.)
Troubleshooting
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