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Copy (23) All black Black lines down the page Black toner marks across the page Curled Curled (video instructions available) Curled or wavy Duplex Copy (1-sided to 2-sided) Faint Print Ghost Image Grey background Hollow print How do I make my copied images look sharper and more vivid? (Copy Contrast) Lines across the page Page skewed Poor fixing The left side of the document will not print when I make a copy from the scanner glass. The rainbow cursor keeps spinning when I click on Copy/PC-FAX in ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS X 10.7). Toner specks White lines across the page White lines down the page White lines, bands or ribbing across the page White spots or black spots at 94 mm (3.7 in.) intervals Wrinkles or creases More
Error Messages (38) "Offline" appears on the Status Monitor. A message appears informing to "The optical photoconductor needs to be replaced. / The paper tray is almost empty. " onmy Macintosh. Cartridge error Check Connection Cover is Open Drum End Soon Drum Error (Drum!) Drum Stop Duplex Disabled How can I clear the "Scanner Locked" error message? I don't think I got the full yield from my high-yield toner cartridge but the message "Toner Life End" or"Replace Toner" is displayed on the machine or the LED is on or flashing. I just replaced the toner cartridge and the LCD continues to display the message "Toner Low" / "Replace Toner"/ "Toner Ended" or the Toner LED is still on or flashing. I still receive the error message "Replace Drum", "Drum End Soon", "Drum Near End", or "Drum Stop" after I replace the drum unitwith a new one. JAM DUPLEX JAM INSIDE Jam Rear JAM TRAY 1 MANUAL FEED No Paper No Toner Out of Memory Print Unable REPLACE DRUM Replace Toner Scan Unable Size mismatch The error message "Invalid format for short nick name" appears when printing a document. (Mac OS X 10.5 or greater) The error message "IS052 InstallNetworkDriver" appears when installing the MFL-Pro Suite from the CD-ROM or the FullDriver & Software Package is downloaded from the "Downloads" section. The error message "No Supported Devices Found" appears in Brother iPrint&Scan (mobile device). The message "[file name] can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer." appears on OS X v10.8.x. The scanned data is attached to an E-mail application which I do not use regularly, or the error message indicating no defaultE-mail application is registered on my computer (CC4-121-[error code]) when trying to scan a document directly into my E-mailapplication using ControlCenter4 or the SCAN key on my Brother machine. TONER ENDED Toner Low or Prepare New Toner Cartridge When I install the drivers, Norton AntiVirus displays a Security Alert that a medium risk application "[file name].exe isattempting to connect to a DNS server". When I run the Firmware update tool or the I-FAX install tool, the "Program failed to run" message appears on my PCscreen. What do I do? When I try to scan to OCR I get the message "This feature is not available because there is no OCR Softwareinstalled" When I try to scan using ControlCenter4 or ControlCenter3 for Windows, I receive the error message "Error CC3-202","Error CC4-202", "Error CC3-205" or "Error CC4-205". While I'm scanning a document to be copied, the LCD shows "OUT OF MEMORY". More
Fax (21) All black Black lines down the page Black toner marks across the page Curled Curled (video instructions available) Curled or wavy Faint Print Ghost Image Grey background Hollow print I installed the Full Driver & Software Package, but some applications were not installed. (For Windows 10) Lines across the page Page skewed Poor fixing The rainbow cursor keeps spinning when I click on Copy/PC-FAX in ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS X 10.7). Toner specks White lines across the page White lines down the page White lines, bands or ribbing across the page White spots or black spots at 94 mm (3.7 in.) intervals Wrinkles or creases More
Linux (28) All print jobs are aborted and nothing is printed. (Linux) Can I use my Brother printer with a 64 bit Linux distribution? (Linux) Delete a network scanner entry. (Linux) Firewall port requirements of the Scan Key Tool (Linux) How to use Scan-key-tool features. (Scan-to-File, Scan-to-Image or Scan-to E-mail) (Linux) I cannot install the driver when using the Driver Install Tool. (Linux) I cannot install the LPD/LPRng driver and get a message that LPD does not exist. (Linux) I get the "Filter "brlpdwrapper[model name]" for printer "[model name]" not available: No such file ordirectory" error on Gentoo (Linux) I want to print using CUPS while keeping SELinux enabled. (Linux) I'm using a Debian based distribution (e.g. Ubuntu, Kubuntu etc). When installing the CUPS Wrapper driver, I get the followingerror message: "/usr/local/Brother/cupswrapper/cupswrapper[model name]: No such file or directory". (Linux) I'm using openSUSE 11.3. I cannot print to my Brother Machine. (Linux) I'm using SuSE 11.2. I cannot print to Brother monochrome machines. (Linux) I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 or greater. I have installed the drivers, but I am still unable to print. (Linux) Large characters are printed incorrectly. (Linux) My machine prints 2-sided when I select 1-sided printing in the driver (Linux) Paper size settings are unavailable when I print from OpenOffice (Linux) Pre-Required Procedures (Linux) Print command (cupswrapper) (Linux) Print command (LPR) (Linux) Scan using XSane or GIMP (Linux) The downloaded driver's name is different from my machine's name. (Linux) The driver installation finished successfully but I cannot print. (Linux) The driver installation was successful but I cannot print on Redhat, Fedora, or CentOS (Linux) To install the printer driver easily using a tool. (Linux) Uninstall printer drivers (Linux) Uninstall Scan-key-tool. (Linux) Uninstall the scanner driver. (Linux) When printing with monochrome laser printer, the print position shifts. (Linux) More
Mobile (2) Can I use AirPrint with my Brother machine? The error message "No Supported Devices Found" appears in Brother iPrint&Scan (mobile device).
Others (2) I heard a beep sound from the UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) when I turned on my Brother machine. The keys on the control panel do not respond.
Paper Feed / Paper Jam (11) Curled Curled (video instructions available) Curled or wavy Envelope creases JAM DUPLEX JAM INSIDE Jam Rear JAM TRAY 1 Page skewed Recently, when I print a document from the manual feed slot, my Brother machine is taking more time than usual to start feedingpaper. How can I reduce the time it takes to start feeding paper? Wrinkles or creases More
Print (40) All black Black lines down the page Black toner marks across the page Can I print from or scan to an Android™ Smartphone? Can I print from or scan to an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad? Cannot print after a Windows 10 update (June 2020) Change the printer driver settings (Windows / macOS) Curled Curled (video instructions available) Curled or wavy Envelope creases Faint Print Ghost Image Grey background Hollow print I am sharing my Brother machine from my Windows XP computer and other Windows users are not able to print. I installed drivers from the bundled CD-ROM but I cannot print. (Mac OS X 10.5 or greater) I installed the Full Driver & Software Package, but some applications were not installed. (For Windows 10) Lines across the page My printed documents are incomplete or a blue screen appears when printing or using PC-FAX after a Windows 10 update (March 2021) Page skewed Poor fixing Possible solutions for print quality issues Print on envelopes, labels, or thick paper from the manual feed slot. Recently, when I print a document from the manual feed slot, my Brother machine is taking more time than usual to start feedingpaper. How can I reduce the time it takes to start feeding paper? Set up my Brother machine's automatic 2-sided(duplex) or booklet print. Some characters are missing when printing PDF files from Adobe® Acrobat® /Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® / Adobe® Reader®. What can I do to correct this? The error message "Invalid format for short nick name" appears when printing a document. (Mac OS X 10.5 or greater) The error message "No Supported Devices Found" appears in Brother iPrint&Scan (mobile device). The printer status is Offline or Paused. The printout is out of alignment or the size of the printed document is reduced when printing the document from Microsoft Word2010. Toner specks Turn the Toner Save mode on or off When I print from Outlook/ Outlook Express or Internet Explorer, the page does not print as expected. For example, theright or left hand portion of the page is blank or it prints on a separate piece of paper. When I print from PowerPoint using the 2 in 1 feature, some of the borders around the document are not printed or lines areprinted that shouldn't be there. White lines across the page White lines down the page White lines, bands or ribbing across the page White spots or black spots at 94 mm (3.7 in.) intervals Wrinkles or creases More
Scan (44) "ControlCenter needs to be updated." - macOS 10.15 Catalina Can I print from or scan to an Android™ Smartphone? Can I print from or scan to an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad? Change the scan settings of ControlCenter2 and your machine’s SCAN key (Mac) Change the scan settings of ControlCenter4 and your machine's SCAN key (Windows) Check Connection Combine multiple scanned documents into a single file with PaperPort™ How do I start the Scanner and Camera Wizard in Windows Vista/ Windows 7? I cannot scan via USB. (Mac OS X) I cannot start ControlCenter4. I installed the Full Driver & Software Package, but some applications were not installed. (For Windows 10) I'm unable to scan from Corel® Paint Shop Pro® X using the WIA driver, using Windows XP Professional x64 Edition/Windows Vista™ 64-bit edition. Locate files scanned with ControlCenter2 (For Macintosh) Open "Scanners and Cameras" and Properties. Scan a document and e-mail it as an attachment (For Macintosh) Scan a document and e-mail it as an attachment (For Macintosh) (video instructions available) Scan a document and e-mail it as an attachment using the SCAN key on my Brother machine Scan a document and e-mail it as an attachment. (For Windows) Scan a document and e-mail it as an attachment. (For Windows) (video instructions available) Scan a document and open the scanned image with a graphics application (For Macintosh) Scan a document and open the scanned image with a graphics application (For Windows) Scan a document and open the scanned image with a graphics application using the SCAN key on my Brother machine Scan a document and save the scanned image to a folder on a local or network hard disk (For Macintosh) Scan a document and save the scanned image to a folder on a local or network hard disk (For Windows) Scan a document and save the scanned image to a folder on a local or network hard disk using the SCAN key on my Brother machine Scan a document in Mac OS X 10.6. Scan a document in Mac OS X 10.7. Scan a document in OS X 10.8 / macOS 10.12 - 10.15. Scan a document in Windows 8 and Windows 10. Scan a document into PaperPort™ using the TWAIN driver Scan a text document and convert it into a text file (For Windows) Scan and save a document in PDF format for Macintosh (Scan to File) Scan and save a document in PDF format for Windows (Scan to File) Scan and save a document in PDF format using the SCAN key on my Brother machine (Scan to File) Scan multiple pages into one file instead of each scan being saved as a separate file. The error message "No Supported Devices Found" appears in Brother iPrint&Scan (mobile device). The scanned data is attached to an E-mail application which I do not use regularly, or the error message indicating no defaultE-mail application is registered on my computer (CC4-121-[error code]) when trying to scan a document directly into my E-mailapplication using ControlCenter4 or the SCAN key on my Brother machine. The scanned image is blurred, garbled, or distorted when using ControlCenter2 or the SCAN key on my Brother machine. (For Mac OS X10.5) Use the Device Selector to configure your Brother machine’s scanner function (Mac) When I attempt to launch ControlCenter4, the application will not open or only opens a partial or blank window with no scanoptions. When I scan a document using ControlCenter, the scanned file size is too big. When I try to scan the document, the scanner application crashes. (OS X 10.11) When I try to scan to OCR I get the message "This feature is not available because there is no OCR Softwareinstalled" When I try to scan using ControlCenter4 or ControlCenter3 for Windows, I receive the error message "Error CC3-202","Error CC4-202", "Error CC3-205" or "Error CC4-205". More
