Brother DCP-540CN - Manual (Page 65)

Troubleshooting and Routine Maintenance
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Printed text or images are skewed. Make sure the paper is loaded properly in the paper tray and the paper side guide
is adjusted correctly. (See Loading paper and other media on page 14.)
Make sure the Jam Clear Cover is set properly.
Smudged stain at the top center of
the printed page. Make sure the paper is not too thick or curled. (See Acceptable paper and other
media on page 10.)
Printing appears dirty or ink seems
to run. Make sure you are using the recommended types of paper. (See Acceptable
paper and other media on page 10.) Don't handle the paper until the ink is dry.
Stains appear on the reverse side
or at the bottom of the page. Make sure the printer platen is not dirty with ink. (See Cleaning the machine printer
platen on page 70.)
Make sure you are using the paper support flap. (See Loading paper and other
media on page 14.)
The machine prints dense lines on
the page. Check Reverse Order in the Basic tab of the printer driver.
The printouts are wrinkled. In the printer driver Basic tab, click Settings, and uncheck Bi-Directional
Printing.
Cannot perform ‘2 in 1 or 4 in 1’
printing. Check that the paper size setting in the application and in the printer driver are the
same.
Print speed is too slow. Try changing the printer driver setting. The highest resolution needs longer data
processing, sending and printing time. Try the other quality settings in the printer
driver Basic tab. Also, click the Settings, and make sure you uncheck Colour
Enhancement.
Set the borderless feature off. Borderless printing is slower than normal printing.
(See Printing for Windows
®
or Printing and Faxing for Macintosh
®
in the Software
User's Guide on the CD-ROM.)
Colour Enhancement is not
working properly. If the image data is not full colour in your application (such as 256 colour), Colour
Enhancement will not work. Use at least 24 bit colour data with the Colour
Enhancement feature.
Machine feeds multiple pages. Make sure the paper is loaded properly in the paper tray. (See Loading paper and
other media on page 14.)
Check that more than two types of paper are not loaded in the paper tray at any
one time.
Printed pages are not stacked
neatly. Make sure you are using the paper support flap. (See Loading paper and other
media on page 14.)
Printed pages double-feed and
cause a paper jam. Make sure you pull out the paper support until it clicks and unfold the paper
support flap.
Machine does not print from Paint
Brush. Try setting the Display setting to ‘ 256 colours. ’
Machine does not print from Adobe
Illustrator. Try to reduce the print resolution. (See Printing for Windows
®
or Printing and
Faxing for Macintosh
®
in the Software User's Guide on the CD-ROM.)
Copying Difficulties
Difficulty Suggestions
Vertical streaks appear on copies. If you see vertical streaks on copies, clean the scanner. (See Cleaning the
scanner on page 69.)
Poor copy results when using the
ADF. (DCP-540CN only) Try using the scanner glass. (See Using the scanner glass on page 8.)
Printing (Continued)
Difficulty Suggestions