Copy Difficulties; Printing Difficulties - Brother MFC-9460CDN User Manual

Copy difficulties

Difficulties
Cannot make a copy.
Vertical black line appears in
copies.
Copies are blank.

Printing difficulties

Difficulties
No printout.
The machine prints unexpectedly
or it prints garbage.
The machine prints the first couple
of pages correctly, then some
pages have text missing.
The headers or footers appear
when the document displays on the
screen but they do not show up
when it is printed.
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Suggestions
 Make sure that COPY
Contact your administrator to check your Secure Function Lock Settings.
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Black vertical lines on copies are typically caused by dirt or correction fluid on the
glass strip, or the corona wire is dirty. (See Cleaning the scanner glass in
Appendix A of the Advanced User's Guide and Cleaning the corona wires
on page 68.)
Make sure you are loading the document properly. (See Using the automatic
document feeder (ADF) on page 26 or Using the scanner glass on page 27.)
Suggestions
 Check that the machine is plugged in and the power switch is turned on.
 Check that the toner cartridge and drum unit are installed properly. (See
Replacing the drum unit on page 73.)
 Check the interface cable connection on both the machine and your computer.
(See the Quick Setup Guide.)
 Check that the correct printer driver has been installed and chosen.
Check to see if the LCD is showing an error message. (See Error and

maintenance messages on page 92.)
Check that the machine is online:
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(Windows 7 and Windows Server
Devices and Printers. Right-click Brother MFC-XXXX Printer. Make sure
that Use Printer Offline is unchecked.
®
(Windows Vista ) Click the Start button, Control Panel, Hardware and
Sound, and then Printers. Right-click Brother MFC-XXXX Printer. Make
sure that Use Printer Offline is unchecked.
®
(Windows XP and Windows Server
choose Printers and Faxes. Right-click Brother MFC-XXXX Printer. Make
sure that Use Printer Offline is unchecked.
®
(Windows 2000) Click the Start button and choose Settings and then
Printers. Right-click Brother MFC-XXXX Printer. Make sure that
Use Printer Offline is unchecked.
 Contact your administrator to check your Secure Function Lock settings.
 Press Job Cancel to cancel print jobs.
 Check the settings in your application to make sure it is set up to work with
your machine.
 Check the settings in your application to make sure that it is set up to work with
your machine.
 Your computer is not recognizing the machine's input buffer's full signal. Make
sure that you connected the interface cable correctly. (See the Quick Setup
Guide.)
There is an unprintable area on the top and bottom of the page. Adjust the top and
bottom margins in your document to allow for this. (See Unprintable area when
printing from a computer on page 17.)
is illuminated. (See How to copy on page 51.)
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2008 R2) Click the Start button and
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2003/2008) Click the Start button and