FAQs & Troubleshooting
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- 1How do I clean white or black spots on printed documents?
- 2How to identify your Operating System (OS).
- 3Install the built-in drivers (For Windows 8 and Windows 10)
- 4"Paper Jam Rear" error appears on the LCD. What should I do?
- 5The error message "No Supported Devices Found" appears on the Brother iPrint&Scan (mobile device).
- 6I'm using Mac OS X 10.4/10.5 and installed Adobe® Photoshop® CS3, but my scanner is not detected in Photoshop CS3 although I can scan with ControlCenter2 or other applications. What should I do?
- 7Load paper.
- 8The error message "Invalid format for short nick name" appears when printing a document. (Mac OS X 10.5 or greater)
- 9Scan and save a document in PDF format (Scan to File)
- 10Printing on thick paper or transparencies.
- 11I get an error "Print Queue is stopped". (Mac OS X 10.2 - 10.4)
- 12When I look in the processes tab of my Windows® PC, I see that the BRMFRSMG.EXE, BRSS01A.EXE, BRSVC01A.EXE processes are running. What are they and can I stop the processes from running?
- 13How do I clear vertical lines or streaks that appear in the copies I made?
- 14Open the Control Panel (For Windows)
- 15I'm using Windows. When I try to Scan to E-mail I get an error saying "the command line argument is not valid. Verify the switch you are using". What should I do?
- 16Replace the drum unit.
- 17The back cover is securely closed, however the message "Back Cover Open" is displayed on the LCD. How do I clear this message?
- 18What are the recommended specifications for the paper I should use on my product?
- 19Replace the toner cartridge
- 20I just replaced the toner cartridge and the LCD continues to display the message "Toner Low" / "Replace Toner" / "Toner Life End" or the Toner LED is still on or flashing.
- 21Does NC-2200w work with Windows Vista?
- 22I'm using Windows XP and when I attempt to install the USB drivers on my Brother machine I receive the message "Cannot Install this Hardware" and I am unable to print. What can I do?
- 23How can I improve poor print quality ?
- 24My FAX/MFC/DCP does not print or prints garbage when printing the first document after starting a PC. What can I do?
- 25I want to use the Simple Network Configuration capabilities of Apple Mac OS X but I cannot find my printer in the "Print Center", "Printer Setup Utility" or "Default Printer Browser".
- 26I'm experiencing a problem when printing from Adobe® Acrobat®/ Acrobat® Reader®/ Reader®. What can I do to correct this?
- 27When I print from PowerPoint using the 2 in 1 feature, some of the borders around the document are not printed or lines are printed that shouldn't be there.
- 28How can I clear the "Drum Error" or the "Dust on Drum" error message on the LCD?
- 29How can I clear the "Scanner Locked" error message?
- 30When I print from Outlook/ Outlook Express or Internet Explorer, the page does not print as expected. For example, the right or left hand portion of the page is blank or it prints on a separate piece of paper.
- 31My printed documents are incomplete or a blue screen appears when printing or using PC-FAX after a Windows 10 update (March 2021)
- 32Pre-Required Procedures (Linux)
- 33Can I print from and scan to iPhone, iPod touch and iPad?
- 34Configure or change the settings of the ControlCenter 2 or 3 scanning options
- 35How do I load legal size paper in the paper tray?
- 36I'm using Mac OS X. When I click on any button in the Control Center 2.0 the program crashes or freezes.
- 37I'm using Windows XP SP2 or Windows Server 2003. An error message referring to BRSVC01A.EXE appears after installing the printer driver and I cannot print. What should I do?
- 38Delete print jobs from the print queue.
- 39The printer status is Offline or Paused.
- 40When I print from Adobe® Illustrator® with the "Improve Gray Printing" option enabled, the document with halftone setting does not print as expected. What can I do?
- 41How do I check if the MFC has faxes in its memory when it has a mechanical problem?
- 42"Paper Jam Inside" error appears on the LCD. What should I do?
- 43"Paper Jam Tray" error appears on the LCD. What should I do?
- 44I cannot install the fax driver (brmfcfaxdrv) in Fedora 40 or later, or in its derivatives. (Linux)
- 45I recently installed the starter or a new toner cartridge and I don't think I got the full yield from the toner.
- 46Scan using XSane or GIMP (Linux)
- 47The rainbow cursor keeps spinning when I click on Copy/PC-FAX in ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS X 10.7).
- 48The Error message "A file required cannot be found.(CC035)" appears when I click "Remote Setup" or "Quick-Dial" button from ControlCenter2. (For Macintosh)
- 49The error message "[model name] cannot be found. ... (CC3-202-03031b02)" appears when scanning a document using ControlCenter3 on Windows 7 with the USB connection.
- 50Load envelopes, labels, or thick paper into the manual feed slot.