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:

1. Press the Copy key.
   
   
2. 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 machine's display (hereinafter called 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 flatbed scanner glass.
     
     
3. Use the dial pad to enter the number of copies you want to make (up to 99).
   
   
4. Press the Left or Right arrow key to display Density.
   
   
5. Press Density.
   
   
6. Do one of the following:
   
   
   • Press the Left arrow key to make a lighter copy.
     
     
   • Press the Right arrow key to make a darker copy.
   
   
7. Press OK.
   
   
8. 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 colour copy.