You can change the Toner Save mode setting using the control panel or the print driver as follows. The default setting is Off.
 

Method 1: Using the control panel

1. Press Menu.
2. Press the Up or Down arrow key to choose General Setup and press OK.
3. Press the Up or Down arrow key to choose Ecology and press OK.
4. Press the Up or Down arrow key to choose Toner Save and press OK.
5. Press the Up or Down arrow key to choose On or Off and press OK.
6. Press Stop/Exit.

Method 2: Using the printer driver
NOTE: Illustrations shown below are from a representative product and operating system, and may differ from your Brother machine and operating system.

For Windows printer driver:

1. Open Printing Preferences. (Click here to see how to open Printing Preferences.)
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Check or uncheck the Toner Save Mode check box. Click Apply => OK.
    
   

    

For Mac OS X CUPS printer driver:

(macOS 13 or later)

1. Select the print command in your application.
2. Scroll and click the Printer Options triangle mark from the print options menu.
3. Click the Print Settings.
4. Click the Advanced triangle mark and then select Toner Save Mode from the list box.
5. Check on or off the Toner Save Mode check box.
6. Click OK.
7. Click Print.

(macOS 12 or earlier)

1. Select the print command in your application.
2. Select Print Settings from the print options pop-up menu.
3. Click the Advanced triangle mark and then select Toner Save Mode from the list box.
4. Check on or off the Toner Save Mode check box.
5. Click Print.