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Advanced Functions (for Administrators) (1) I cannot use Gmail for Email functions (such as Scan-to-Email) and Internet Fax (I-Fax)
Copy (4) One or more of my colours are not printing. The edge of glossy paper is smudged. When a large capacity xD-Picture Card™ is inserted into the media slot, I have noticed that the copy speed in "Best" quality modeis slower than when the media card is removed. When I print, the pages are smudged with ink. What should I do?
Error Messages (21) "Near Empty [Colour]" is appearing on my Brother machine’s LCD? "How do I clear the message Unable to..." ( "Unable to Change" "Unable to Clean" "Unable toInit" "Unable to Print" "Unable to Scan" )? How do I clear Machine Error 46? How do I clear the message "INK EMPTY" from the display? How do I clear the message "Unusable Device / Please Disconnect USB Device"? How do I clear the message "PAPER JAM" from the display? I replaced my ink cartridge, but the LCD is still displaying "Ink Empty". The error message "IS052 InstallNetworkDriver" appears when installing the MFL-Pro Suite from the CD-ROM or the FullDriver & Software Package is downloaded from the "Downloads" section. The error message "No Supported Devices Found" appears in Brother iPrint&Scan (mobile device). The LCD displays an error code (number). What does it mean? The LCD message "Standing by ON/OFF to resume" is displayed on my Brother machine. When I install the drivers, Norton AntiVirus displays a Security Alert that a medium risk application "[file name].exe isattempting to connect to a DNS server". When I run the Firmware update tool or the I-FAX install tool, the "Program failed to run" message appears on my PCscreen. What do I do? When I try to install the Full Windows Vista™.Driver & Software Package I receive the error message "Unhandled Exception". When I try to scan to OCR I get the message "This feature is not available because there is no OCR Softwareinstalled" When I try to scan using ControlCenter4 or ControlCenter3 for Windows, I receive the error message "Error CC3-202","Error CC4-202", "Error CC3-205" or "Error CC4-205". When scanning a document to be copied or faxed, the LCD shows "OUT OF MEMORY" Why does my machine's LCD show "NO CARTRIDGE" even though I have already installed all the ink cartridges? Why does the message "Media Error" appear on the LCD when I put a memory card into the media slot on my Brother machine? Why does the message "Media is Full" appear on the LCD when I put a memory card into the media slot on my Brother machine? Why does the message "No File" appear on the LCD when I put a memory card into the media slot on my Brother machine? More
Fax (3) I cannot use Gmail for Email functions (such as Scan-to-Email) and Internet Fax (I-Fax) One or more of my colours are not printing. When I print, the pages are smudged with ink. What should I do?
Linux (36) Can I use my Brother printer with a 64 bit Linux distribution? (Linux) Command List of brscan. (Linux) Configure and use the Scan Key Tool (Linux) Configure the Scan to Email Feature (Linux) Delete a network scanner entry. (Linux) Firewall port requirements of the Scan Key Tool (Linux) How to use Scan-key-tool features. (Scan-to-File, Scan-to-Image or Scan-to E-mail) (Linux) I am unable to print from a client PC to a printer on a print server. (Linux) I cannot install Brother drivers on Debian 10 (Linux) I cannot install Scan-key-tool in Ubuntu 23.10 or later, or in its derivatives. (Linux) I cannot install the driver when using the Driver Install Tool. (Linux) I cannot install the Linux printer driver in Fedora 33 or later. (Linux) I cannot install the scanner driver (brscan5) in Fedora 40 or later. (Linux) I get the "Filter "brlpdwrapper[model name]" for printer "[model name]" not available: No such file ordirectory" error on Gentoo (Linux) I installed scan-key-tool, but it does not work. (Linux) I want to print using CUPS while keeping SELinux enabled. (Linux) I'm using FreeBSD. Do you have a driver for FreeBSD? (Linux) I'm using SuSE 11.2. I cannot print to Brother monochrome machines. (Linux) I'm using Ubuntu 23.04 or their derivatives. I cannot print from Brother Inkjet Printer. (Linux) Important points for specifying the scan area (Linux) Large characters are printed incorrectly. (Linux) My machine prints 2-sided when I select 1-sided printing in the driver (Linux) Pre-Required Procedures (Linux) Print command (LPR) (Linux) The downloaded driver's name is different from my machine's name. (Linux) The driver installation finished successfully but I cannot print. (Linux) The driver installation was successful but I cannot print on Redhat, Fedora, or CentOS (Linux) The scan key does not work after reconnecting the USB cable or rebooting my machine (openSUSE 11.4) (Linux) To install the printer driver easily using a tool. (Linux) Uninstall printer drivers (Linux) Uninstall Scan-key-tool. (Linux) Uninstall the scanner driver. (Linux) What driver package format is supported by my Linux distribution? When I print images, the quality is not good (Linux) When I try to send a PC-FAX, the paper is printed out instead of sending the FAX. (Linux) When I try to use the scan key on my network connected machine, I receive the error "Check connection" or I cannotselect anything except "scan to FTP". (Linux) More
Mobile (2) Can I use AirPrint with my Brother machine? The error message "No Supported Devices Found" appears in Brother iPrint&Scan (mobile device).
Paper Feed / Paper Jam (4) How do I know which side up my photo paper should be in the tray? How do I load paper? How do I clear the message "PAPER JAM" from the display? The Glossy Paper is not feeding correctly.
Print (32) Black Ink is still wet after printing from my computer onto Brother Glossy Paper. Black Ink is still wet after printing from my computer onto plain paper. Can I print from or scan to an Android™ Smartphone? Can I print from or scan to an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad? Cannot print after a Windows 10 update (June 2020) Change the printer driver settings (Windows / macOS) Delete print jobs from the print queue. How can I create or view an XML Paper Specification document? How do I print envelopes? I am using the memory card function but the thumbnail images do not appear on the printout I cannot access the memory card in the media slot. I cannot make borderless prints. I cannot print from my computer via USB. I cannot remove red-eye. Improve poor print quality. Improve the quality of the images from my Brother machine's PhotoCapture Center. My machine only prints one copy of my document even though I have asked it to print two or more (for Windows 2000/XP and WindowsVista). My printed documents are incomplete or a blue screen appears when printing or using PC-FAX after a Windows 10 update (March 2021) One or more of my colours are not printing. Some characters are missing when printing PDF files from Adobe® Acrobat® /Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® / Adobe® Reader®. What can I do to correct this? The edge of glossy paper is smudged. The error message "No Supported Devices Found" appears in Brother iPrint&Scan (mobile device). The Print speed is too slow using Windows®. The printer status is Offline or Paused. When I print photos, the colour quality is not good. When I print, the pages are smudged with ink. What should I do? When printing a "Power Point" document with "Page Layout: 2 in 1" and the quality is set to Super Fine or Fine part of the imageis black. When selecting greyscale printing in the printer driver, does this use only the black ink or all the ink cartridges to produce thegreyscale image? Why can't I print when an ink cartridge is empty? Why do the colour ink cartridges run out of ink even though I never or rarely print in colour? Why does the message "Media is Full" appear on the LCD when I put a memory card into the media slot on my Brother machine? Why does the message "No File" appear on the LCD when I put a memory card into the media slot on my Brother machine? More
Scan (21) Can I print from or scan to an Android™ Smartphone? Can I print from or scan to an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad? How do I scan a document from the Windows Vista™ Photo Gallery? How do I scan an image and insert it into an Office 2007 application using Windows Vista/Windows 7 How do I start the Scanner and Camera Wizard in Windows Vista/ Windows 7? How to scan a document from a Windows application? How to scan a document from a Windows application? I cannot scan via USB. (Mac OS X) I'm using Macintosh. What is the PreScan option used for? Open "Scanners and Cameras" and Properties. Scan a document from a Windows Vista application Scan a document from a Windows XP application Scan a document in Mac OS X 10.7. Scan a document in OS X 10.8 / macOS 10.12 - 10.15. Scan a document using "Scanner and Camera Wizard" in Windows XP Scan an image and insert it in a Windows XP application The error message "No Supported Devices Found" appears in Brother iPrint&Scan (mobile device). Use the Device Selector to configure your Brother machine’s scanner function (Mac) When I try to scan to OCR I get the message "This feature is not available because there is no OCR Softwareinstalled" When I try to scan using ControlCenter4 or ControlCenter3 for Windows, I receive the error message "Error CC3-202","Error CC4-202", "Error CC3-205" or "Error CC4-205". While writing data to the media (memory) card in the media slot, the status dialog box has not been updated. It appears to havefrozen. What can I do? More
