Brother DCP 8060 - Manual (Page 67)

Troubleshooting and routine maintenance
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Improving the print quality
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Examples of poor print
quality Recommendation
Faint
„ Check the machine’s environment. Conditions such as humidity, high
temperatures, and so on, may cause this print fault. (See
Choosing a
location on page 38.)
„ If the whole page is too light, Toner Save mode may be on. Turn off Toner
Save mode in the machine’s menu settings or in the printer Properties of the
driver. (See
Toner save on page 19 or Advanced tab in the Software User’s
Guide on the CD-ROM.)
If this problem occurs when making copies, turn off Toner Save mode in the
machine’s menu setting. (See
Toner save on page 19.)
„ Clean the scanner window and the primary corona wire of the drum unit. (See
Cleaning the laser scanner window on page 70 and Cleaning the
corona wire on page 71.) If the print quality has not improved, put in a new
drum unit. (See Replacing the drum unit (DR-520) on page 76.)
„ Put in a new toner cartridge. (See Replacing the toner cartridge
(TN-550/TN-580) on page 73.)
Gray background
„ Make sure that you use paper that meets our specifications. (See
Acceptable paper and other media on page 11.)
„ Check the machine’s environment. Conditions such as high temperatures and
high humidity can increase the amount of background shading. (See
Choosing a location on page 38.)
Install a new toner cartridge. (See Replacing the toner cartridge
(TN-550/TN-580) on page 73.)
„ Clean the primary corona wire and the drum unit. (See Cleaning the corona
wire on page 71 and Cleaning the drum unit on page 72.) If the print quality
has not improved, put in a new drum unit. (See Replacing the drum unit
(DR-520) on page 76.)
Ghost
„ Make sure that you use paper that meets our specifications. Rough-surfaced
paper or thick paper may cause this problem.
„ Make sure that you choose the proper media type in the printer driver or in the
machine’s Paper Type menu setting. (See
Acceptable paper and other
media on page 11 and Basic tab in the Software User’s Guide on the
CD-ROM.)
„ Put in a new drum unit. (See Replacing the drum unit (DR-520) on page
76.)
Toner specks
„ Make sure that you use paper that meets our specifications. Rough-surfaced
paper may cause the problem. (See
Acceptable paper and other media
on page 11.)
„ Clean the primary corona wire and the drum unit. (See Cleaning the corona
wire on page 71 and Cleaning the drum unit on page 72.) If the print quality
has not improved, put in a new drum unit. (See Replacing the drum unit
(DR-520) on page 76.)
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