Brother HL-1230 EN User Manual
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CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING
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Image Defect Samples
Recommendation
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White Vertical streaks
• You may clear the problem by wiping the scanner window with a
soft cloth. See
Chapter
5.
• The toner cartridge may be damaged. Install a new toner
cartridge.
See
"Replacing the Toner Cartridge"
in Chapter 5.
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Page skew
• Make sure the paper or other media is loaded into the paper
cassette correctly and that the guides are not too tight or too
loose against the paper stack.
• Set the paper guides correctly. Make sure that the tips of the
paper guides fit into the slot correctly. See
Paper from the Paper Cassette”
in Chapter 1.
• If you are using the manual feed slot, see
in Chapter 1.
• The paper cassette may be too full. See
in Chapter 1.
• Check the paper type and quality. See
in
Chapter 1.
Curl or wave
• Check the paper type and quality. Both high temperature and
humidity will cause paper to curl. See
in Chapter 1.
• If you use the printer infrequently, the paper may have sat for too
long in the paper cassette. Turn over the stack of paper in the
paper cassette. Also, try rotating the paper 180
° in the paper
cassette.
• Try printing using the straight-through output path. See
" Printing
on Plain Paper from the Manual Feed Slot"
in Chapter 1.
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Wrinkles or creases
• Make sure that paper is loaded properly. See
Paper from the Paper Cassette "
in Chapter 1.
• Check the paper type and quality.
See
Use?”
in Chapter 1.
• Try printing using the straight-through output path
.
on Plain Paper from the Manual Feed Slot "
in Chapter 1.
• Turn over the stack of paper in the tray or try rotating the paper
180
° in the input tray.