When printing photos, there are five factors that can affect the quality of the printed image. The brand of paper, mixing colour, generic ink supplies, driver settings and improper drying. The steps listed below will help to enhance the photos image quality.

STEP A: Checking the print quality

1. Print a Print Quality Check Sheet.
   
   *If your Brother machine has a touchscreen, follow the steps of "For Touchscreen models" below.

    

   1. Press Menu.
       
   2. Press the Up or Down arrow key to choose Ink. Press OK.
       
   3. Press the Up or Down arrow key to choose Test Print. Press OK.
       
   4. Press the Up or Down arrow key to choose Print Quality. Press OK.
       
   5. Press Color (Colour) Start. The machine begins printing the Print Quality Check Sheet. Go to STEP 2.

    

   <For Touchscreen models>

    

   1. Press  (Settings).
      
      If  (Ink) is on the Touchscreen, you can press it, and then go to Step g.
       
   2. Press the Up or Down arrow to display General Setup.
       
   3. Press General Setup.
       
   4. Press the Up or Down arrow to display Ink.
       
   5. Press Ink.
       
   6. Press the Up or Down arrow to display Test Print.
       
   7. Press Test Print.
       
   8. Press Print Quality.
       
   9. Press Start. The machine begins printing the Print Quality Check Sheet.

    

2. Compare the print quality of Check Sheet you just printed with the examples listed below:
   
   (A) Mixing colours
    
   

    

   (B) Missing colours
    
   

    

   (C) Normal
    
   

    

3. If Check Sheet is normal, go to STEP B. If your Check Sheet is mixing colours or missing colours, you need to clean print head. Click here to see how to improve poor print quality.
   
   If mixing colours or missing colours are improved in head cleaning, print the Check Sheet again to check printing quality.
   
   If there is still a printing quality, go to STEP B.

STEP B: Colour Enhancement

Depending on the current settings in the printer driver, you can make changes to the settings to improve print quality:

(Windows)

1. Open Printing Preferences. (Click here to see how to open Printing Preferences.)
    
2. Open Basic tab, you may adjust the following settings:
    
   

    

   • Media Type: To achieve the best print results, the media being printed on should be selected in the driver. The machine changes the way it prints depending on the selected media type.
      
   • Print Quality: The quality selection lets you choose the print resolution. As print quality and speed are related, the higher the quality, the longer it will take to print the document. The quality selections that are available will vary depending on the media type you choose.
      
   • Colour Mode: Colour is adjusted to get the closest colour match with the PC monitor.
     • Natural: Use for photographic images. The colour is adjusted to print more natural colours.
     • Vivid: Use for business graphics such as charts, graphics and text. The colour is adjusted to print more vivid colours.
        
3. Click Apply.
    
4. Click the Advanced tab.
    
5. Click Colour Settings.
    
   

    

6. Check Colour Enhancement (True2Life®) and then adjust colour.
   This feature analyses your image to improve its sharpness, white balance and colour density. This process may take several minutes depending on the size of the image and the specifications of your PC. With this option you may manually adjust the following settings:
    
   

    

   • Colour Density: Adjusts the total amount of colour in the image. You can increase or decrease the amount of colour in an image to improve a washed out or weak looking picture.
      
   • White Balance: Adjusts the hue of the white areas of an image. Lighting, camera settings and other influences will affect the appearance of white. The white areas of a picture may be slightly pink, yellow or some other colour. By adjusting the white balance you can adjust those white areas.
      
   • Brightness: Adjusts the brightness of the whole image. To lighten or darken the image, move the scroll bar to the right or left.
      
   • Contrast: Adjusts the contrast of an image. This will make darker areas darker and lighter areas lighter. Increase the contrast when you want an image to be clearer. Decrease the contrast when you want an image to be more subdued.
      
   • Red: Increases the intensity of Red in the image to make the image redder.
      
   • Green: Increases the intensity of Green in the image to make the image greener.
      
   • Blue: Increases the intensity of Blue in the image to make the image bluer.
      
7. Click OK to close the windows.

(Macintosh)

1. Open the Print dialogue. (Click here to see how to open the Print dialogue.)
    
2. Choose Colour Settings in the Print dialogue box.
    
   

    

3. Click Advanced Colour Settings.
    
4. Check Colour Enhancement and then adjust colour.