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CHAPTER TWENTY
DIFFICULTY SUGGESTIONS
Printer Difficulties
Horizontal lines appear in Text or Clean the print head (see Cleaning the Print Head in this chapter).
Graphics.
You see the “New Hardware Found” Click on the ‘Do not install a driver. (Windows
®
will not prompt you again)’
message on your PC screen (although and click ‘OK’.
you have already installed the drivers
in Windows
®
95/98).
The MFC does not print the data in Select the correct paper size using the DOS Utility program. Since paper
the correct position. adjustment is different between ESC/P (right) and the MFC (center), the
printing position should be adjusted for the MFC.
Cannot perform ‘2 in 1’ printing. Check if the paper size setting in the application and in the printer driver
are the same.
Cannot print when using Paint Brush. Try setting the Display setting to ‘256 colours’.
Cannot print when using Adobe Try to reduce the printing resolution.
Illustrator.
Thick line and thin line appear Turn OFF ‘Bi-Directional Printing’ from the ‘Control/Maintenance’ tab
alternately. 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 If you are using Windows
®
95/98, select ‘Printer Settings’ from the ‘Start’
characters are missing or some menu. Open‘Brother MFC-730’ or ‘Brother MFC-740’ properties. Click
are printed in the same place. ‘Spool Setting’ on the characters ‘Details’ tab. Select ‘RAW’ from ‘Spool
Data Format’.
When using Power Point or Excel, Open the ‘Quality/Colour’ tab in the printer driver, and change the
hatch pattern is not what you are ‘Document’ type to ‘Photo’.
expecting.
Video Capture
LCD does not show “VIDEO: PRESS Check the video cable connection to the MFC’s RCA pin jack. Check
COPY 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 Menu, 2, 1. The screen displays
1.TEST PRINT
2
Press Set.