MFC-J497DW

FAQs & Troubleshooting

FAQs & Troubleshooting

Black Ink is still wet after printing on Glossy Paper (For PC Printing).


For Windows users:

Please be sure to select Photo Paper (Brother BP71 Photo Paper/ Brother BP61 Photo Paper/ Other Photo Paper) as a Media type from the printer driver when printing on Glossy paper.

To select the Media Type, please follow the steps below;

  1. Open Printing Preferences. (Click here to see how to open Printing Preferences.)

  2. Open Basic tab.

  3. Select Photo Paper (Brother BP71 Photo Paper/ Brother BP61 Photo Paper/ Other Photo Paper) for the Media Type.

  4. Click OK.


For Macintosh users:

Please be sure to select  Photo Paper (Brother BP71 Photo Paper/ Brother BP61 Photo Paper/ Other Photo Paper) as a Media type from the printer driver when printing on Glossy Paper. To select the Media Type, please follow the steps below:

  1. Open Print dialog. (Click here to see the details of how to open Print dialog.)

  2. Choose Print Settings in the Print dialog box.

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  3. Click on the drop down menu next to Media Type.

  4. Select Photo Paper (Brother BP71 Photo Paper/ Brother BP61 Photo Paper/ Other Photo Paper).

 

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