Brother MFC-8460N User Manual page 41

This condition is related to the telephone system industry and is common to all devices that send and receive information on a single, shared line with custom
features. If avoiding a slight interruption is crucial to your business, a separate line with no custom features is recommended. Menu Setting Difficulties
Difficulties Key operations do not work. The machine beeps when you try to access the Setup Receive and Setup Send menus. Suggestions Check that the
control panel is fitted correctly on the machine. Reinstall the control panel. If the Fax key is not illuminated, press it to turn on Fax mode.
The Setup Receive setting (Menu, 2, 1) and Setup Send setting (Menu, 2, 2) are available only when the machine is in Fax mode. Copy Quality Difficulties
Difficulties Vertical streaks appear in copies. Suggestions Either the scanner or the primary corona wire for printing is dirty. Clean them both. (See Cleaning
) Printing Difficulties Difficulties No print out. 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 (DR-3115) on page 134.) Check the interface cable connection on both the
(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 messages on page 116.) The machine is online. On your PC, click Start and then Printers and Faxes. Right-click `Brother MFC-XXXX (where XXXX is
your model name)'. Make sure that `Use Printer Offline' is unchecked. 107 Printing Difficulties (Continued) Difficulties The machine prints unexpectedly or it
If the error message continues leave the machine for several minutes and then try it again. (The machine can be turned off for up to 4 days without losing
faxes stored in the memory.) Check the settings in your application to make sure it is set up to work with your machine. If you are using the parallel port
connection, check that the port is BRMFC and not LPT1. The machine prints the first couple of pages correctly, then some pages have text missing. The
machine cannot print full pages of a document. Out of Memory message appears. Your computer is not recognizing the machine's input buffer full signal.
) 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. Add more memory.
See Installing extra memory on page 104. The headers or footers appear when the document displays on the screen but they do not show up when it is printed.
The machine does not print on both sides of the paper even though the printer driver setting is Duplex. (MFC-8860DN only) The machine is not printing or
has stopped printing and the machine's status LED is yellow. 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. Check the paper size setting in the printer driver. You need to select A4, Letter, Legal or
Folio. Press Job Cancel. As the machine cancels the job and clears it from the memory it may produce an incomplete printout. Try to print again. Scanning
Difficulties Difficulties TWAIN errors appear while scanning. Suggestions Make sure that the Brother TWAIN driver is chosen as the primary source. In
PaperPort®, click File, Scan and choose the Brother TWAIN driver. Software Difficulties Difficulties Cannot install software or print.
Cannot perform `2 in 1' or `4 in 1' printing. The machine does not print from Adobe Illustrator When using ATM fonts, some characters are missing or some
the scanner glass on page 128 and Cleaning the corona wire on page 130.
prints garbage. Suggestions Turn off the machine's power switch and then turn it on again.
Make sure that you connect the interface cable correctly. (See the Quick Setup Guide.
characters are printed in their place.
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