Brother MFC7150C - Manual (Page 251)

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C H A P T E R T W E N T Y F I V E
DIFFICULTY SUGGESTIONS
Printer Difficulties (Continued)
Cannot print when using Adobe Illustrator. Try to reduce the printing resolution.
Thick line and thin line appear alternately. Turn OFF ‘Bi-Directional Printing’ from the ‘Control/Maintenance’ tab
(banding)
in the printer driver.
There are some dense lines. Turn ON ‘Reverse Order’ from the ‘Paper’ tab in the printer driver.
When using ATM fonts, some characters If you are using Windows 95 or 98, select ‘Printer Settings’ from the ‘Start’ menu.
are missing or some characters are
Open ‘Brother MFC-7100’ properties. Click ‘Spool Setting’ on the ‘Details’ tab.
printed in the same place. Select ‘RAW’ from ‘Spool Data Format’. Do NOT clean the print head by
touching it with your hand or a cloth (see p. 236).
When using Power Point or Excel, hatch Open the ‘Quality/Colour’ tab in the printer driver, and change the ‘Document
pattern is not what you are expecting.
Type’ to ‘Photo’.
Video Capture
LCD does not show “Video: Press Copy Check the video cable connection to the MFC’s RCA pin jack. Check
Capture Ready” that the video equipment is sending a signal (video equipment is turned on
and set to the correct setting).
How to Improve Print Quality
Test Print
If the quality is not satisfactory, first print a test page to help you identify
settings you may want to change.
1 Press Function , 2 , 1 . The screen displays
1.TEST PRINT
2 Press Set .
3 Press Start . The MFC begins printing.
4 Press Stop to exit.
Cleaning the Print Head
Clean the print head if you get a horizontal line in the text or graphics on
your printed documents. You can clean the four color (black, cyan, yellow,
magenta) print heads (or a single color) by using
Ink Management or from the
printer driver.