Brother MFC-5890CN User Manual

Troubleshooting and Routine Maintenance
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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 171.)
Make sure you are using Brother Original ink cartridges.
Make sure you are using the paper support flap. (See Loading paper and other
print media on page 9.)
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 Advanced tab, click Color Settings, and uncheck
Bi-Directional Printing for Windows
®
or Bi-Directional Printing for Macintosh.
Make sure you are using Brother Original ink cartridges.
Cannot perform ‘Page Layout’
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 Advanced tab. Also, click Color Settings, and make sure you uncheck
Color Enhancement (True2Life™).
Turn 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.)
True2Life™ is not working properly. If the image data is not full color in your application (such as 256 color),
True2Life™ will not work. Use at least 24 bit color data with the True2Life™
feature.
Photo paper does not feed
properly.
When you print on Brother Photo paper, load one extra sheet of the same photo
paper in the paper tray. An extra sheet has been included in the paper package
for this purpose.
Clean the paper pick-up roller. (See Cleaning the paper pick-up roller
on page 171.)
Machine feeds multiple pages. Make sure the paper is loaded properly in the paper tray. (See Loading paper and
other print media on page 9.)
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
print media on page 9.)
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.)
Printing (continued)
Difficulty Suggestions

Brother MFC-5890CN Specifications

General

Duplex printing	No
Print technology	Inkjet
Maximum resolution	1200 x 6000 DPI
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)	35 ppm
Print speed (color, normal quality, A4/US Letter)	28 ppm
Scan to	E-mail, File, Image, OCR, USB
Scanner type	Flatbed & ADF scanner
Grayscale levels	256
Maximum scan area	216 x 356 mm
Output color depth	24 bit
Scan speed (black)	3.44 ppm
Image formats supported	BMP, JPG
Maximum scan resolution	19200 x 19200 DPI
Optical scanning resolution	1200 x 2400 DPI
Copier resize	25 - 400 %
PC free copying	Yes
Maximum copy resolution	1200 x 1200 DPI
Maximum number of copies	99 copies
N-in-1 copy function (N=)	2, 4
Copy speed (black, normal quality, A4)	23 cpm
Copy speed (color, normal quality, A4)	20 cpm
Faxing	Color faxing
Fax memory	400 pages
Modem speed	33.6 Kbit/s
Fax speed dialing (max numbers)	80
Total input capacity	150 sheets
Total output capacity	50 sheets
Processor family	RISC
Compatible memory cards	CF, Memory Stick (MS), miniSD, MS PRO, MS Pro, SD, SDHC, xD
Sound pressure level (printing)	50 dB
Display	LCD
Display diagonal	3.3 \
Market positioning	Home & office
Maximum print size	297 x 432 mm
Paper tray media types	Glossy paper, Photo paper, Plain paper
Paper tray media weight	64 - 220 g/m²
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)	A3, A4, A5, A6
JIS B-series sizes (B0...B9)	B4, B5
Maximum ISO A-series paper size	A3
Auto Document Feeder (ADF) media weight	64 - 90 g/m²
Standard interfaces	USB 2.0
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1
Dimensions (WxDxH)	485 x 408 x 242 mm
All-in-one functions	Copy, Fax, Print, Scan
Color all-in-one functions	copy, fax, print, scan
AC input frequency	50 - 60 Hz
Power consumption (standby)	6 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)	4.5 W
Power consumption (average operating)	27 W
Maximum duty cycle	- pages per month
Sustainability certificates	ENERGY STAR
Mac operating systems supported	Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar, Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Server operating systems supported	Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 x64, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 x64
Windows operating systems supported	Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Business x64, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Basic x64, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Home Premium x64, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Home x64, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Professional x64