How to print correctly – Brother HL-2460 User Manual

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CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING

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The printer prints unexpectedly
or it prints garbage.

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Make sure the printer cable is not too long. We recommend that
you use a parallel cable of less than 2 metres (6.6 feet) in length.

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Check if the printer cable is damaged or broken.

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If you are using an interface-switching device, remove it and then
connect your computer directly to your printer and try again.

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Check that the appropriate printer driver is selected as ‘Set as
Default’.

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Check that the printer is not connected to the same port that is
also connected to a mass storage device or scanner. Remove all
other devices and then connect the port only to the printer.

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Turn off printer status reporting in the Device/Options tab in the
printer driver.

The printer cannot print full
pages of a document.

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Press

the

Go

switch to print the data remaining in the printer.

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If this does not clear the error, reduce the complexity of your
document or reduce the print resolution.

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Change the following settings in the supplied Windows

®

driver,

and then try again. The best combination of the settings below
will vary depending on your document.

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Graphics

Mode

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TrueType

TM

mode

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Use

Printer

TrueType

TM

Fonts

The printer cannot print full
pages of a document. A
"

MEMORY FULL

" error

message occurs.

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Press the panel button to print the data remaining in the printer.

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Reduce the print resolution or reduce the complexity of your
document.

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Expand the printer memory by adding a commercially available
DIMM.

See ‘RAM expansion’ in Chapter 4.

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