Brother MFC-8380DN User Manual

Troubleshooting and routine maintenance
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Printing difficulties C
Difficulties Suggestions
No printout.  Check that the machine is plugged in and the power switch is turned on.
 Check that the toner cartridge and drum unit are installed correctly. (See
Replacing the drum unit on page 157.)
 Check the interface cable connection on both the machine and your computer.
(See the Quick Setup Guide.)
 Check that the correct printer driver has been installed and chosen.
 Check to see if the LCD is showing an error message. (See Error and
maintenance messages on page 132.)
 Check the machine is online:
(Windows Vista
®
) Click the Start button, Control Panel,
Hardware and Sound, and then Printers. Right-click
Brother MFC-XXXX Printer. Make sure that Use Printer Offline is
unchecked.
(Windows
®
XP and Windows Server
®
2003) Click the Start button and
choose Printers and Faxes. Right-click Brother MFC-XXXX Printer. Make
sure that Use Printer Offline is unchecked.
(Windows
®
2000) Click the Start button and choose Settings and then
Printers. Right-click Brother MFC-XXXX Printer. Make sure that
Use Printer Offline is unchecked.
 Contact your administrator to check your Secure Function Lock settings.
The machine prints unexpectedly
or it prints garbage.
 Pull out the paper tray and wait until the machine stops printing. Then turn off
the machine and disconnect from the power for several minutes. (The
machine can be turned off for up to 60 hours without losing faxes stored in the
memory.)
 Check the settings in your application to make sure it is set up to work with
your machine.
The machine prints the first couple
of pages correctly, then some
pages have text missing.
 Check the settings in your application to make sure that it is set up to work with
your machine.
 Your computer is not recognising the machine’s input buffer’s full signal. Make
sure that you connected the interface cable correctly. (See the Quick Setup
Guide.)
The headers or footers appear
when the document displays on the
screen but they do not show up
when it is printed.
There is an unprintable area on the top and bottom of the page. Adjust the top and
bottom margins in your document to allow for this.
The machine does not print on both
sides of the paper even though the
printer driver setting is Duplex.
Check the paper size setting in the printer driver. You need to choose A4 size of
paper (60 to 105 gsm).
The machine is not printing or has
stopped printing and the machine’s
Data LED is on.
Press Job Cancel.
As the machine cancels the job and clears it from the memory it may produce an
incomplete printout.

Brother MFC-8380DN Specifications

General

Duplex printing	Yes
Print technology	Laser
Maximum resolution	1200 x 1200 DPI
Time to first page (black, normal)	8.5 s
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)	30 ppm
Scan to	e-mail, FTP, OCR, USB
Input color depth	48 bit
Copier resize	25 - 400 %
Maximum copy resolution	1200 x 600 DPI
Maximum number of copies	99 copies
N-in-1 copy function (N=)	4, 9, 16, 25
Copy speed (black, normal quality, A4)	30 cpm
Faxing	Mono faxing
Fax memory	500 pages
Modem speed	33.6 Kbit/s
Total input capacity	500 sheets
Total output capacity	150 sheets
Multi-Purpose tray input capacity	50 sheets
Auto document feeder (ADF) input capacity	20 sheets
Internal memory	64 MB
Sound power level (standby)	30 dB
Sound pressure level (printing)	56 dB
Display	LCD
Market positioning	Home & office
Custom media sizes	(69.8 - 216) x (116 - 406.4) mm
Dimensions (WxDxH)	531 x 451 x 475 mm
Networking features	10/100 Base-TX
All-in-one functions	Copy, Fax, Scan
Maximum internal memory	0.576 GB
Color all-in-one functions	scan, n
Compatible operating systems	Linux, Windows 2000, XP/2003, Vista, XP, Mac OS X 10.3.9
Maximum print size	216 x 297 mm
Media weight (tray 1)	60 - 105 gsm
Paper tray media types	Bond paper, Envelopes, Labels, Plain paper, Recycled paper, Transparencies
Non-ISO print media sizes	Executive
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)	A4, A5, A6
ISO B-series sizes (B0...B9)	B5
Maximum ISO A-series paper size	A4
Multi-Purpose Tray media weight	60 - 163 g/m²
Supported network protocols (IPv4)	IPv4, IPv6
Standard interfaces	Ethernet, USB 2.0
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1
Power consumption (standby)	85 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)	19 W
Power consumption (average operating)	680 W
Package weight	21100 g