MFC-J870DW

FAQs & Troubleshooting

How do I make sure my Brother machine's copy settings are best suited to the types of copies I make?

Listed below are instructions for various adjustments that can be made to improve your Brother machine's copy quality:

If you would like to adjust the general copy quality, refer to Section 1.
If you would like the copies you make to be lighter or darker, refer to Section 2.

Section 1: Copy Quality setting

Your Brother machine offers a range of Copy Quality settings. Each setting is appropriate for copying a different type of document:

Fast: Use this setting when printing large documents, many copies of a document, or documents to be proofread. Fast mode provides fast copy speed and low ink consumption.
Normal: Use this setting for ordinary printouts. Normal mode is the default setting, and provides good copy quality and good copy speed.
Best: Use this setting for copying detailed images, such as photographs. Best mode provides the highest resolution and the slowest speed.

If you choose Normal or Fast, you can only choose Plain Paper as your Paper Type setting.

Changing the Copy Quality setting

To change the Brother machine's Copy Quality setting, follow these steps:

Do one of the following:
- Place the document you want to copy into the Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) face down, top edge first.
  After you put your document(s) in the ADF, the Brother machine's LCD should display ADF Ready for a few seconds and then display the fax-sending options.
- Place the document you want to copy face down on the flat scanner glass.
Press (Copy).
Use the dial pad to enter the number of copies you want to make (up to 99).
Press Options.
Press Up or Down arrow key to display Quality.
Press Quality.
Press Fast, Normal, or Best.
Press OK.
If you do not want to change any additional settings, do one of the following:
- Press Black (Mono) Start to make a black and white copy.
- Press Color (Colour) Start to make a color copy.

Section 2: Copy Density

You can make your copied images darker or lighter by adjusting your Brother machine's Copy Density setting. To change the Brother machine's Copy Density setting, follow these steps:

Do one of the following:
- Place the document you want to copy into the Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) face down, top edge first.
  After you put your document(s) in the ADF, the Brother machine's LCD should display ADF Ready for a few seconds and then display the fax-sending options.
- Place the document you want to copy face down on the flat scanner glass.
Press (Copy).
Use the dial pad to enter the number of copies you want to make (up to 99).
Press Options.
Press the Up or Down arrow key to display Density.
Press Density.
Press the level of density you want.
Press OK.
If you do not want to change any additional settings, do one of the following:
- Press Black (Mono) Start to make a black and white copy.
- Press Color (Colour) Start to make a color copy.