Brother MFC-8480DN User Manual

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Troubleshooting C
IMPORTANT
For technical help, you must call the country where you bought the machine. Calls must be
made from within that country.
If you are having difficulty with your machine C
If you think there is a problem, check the chart below and follow the troubleshooting tips. You can
solve most problems by yourself.
If you need additional help, the Brother Solutions Center offers the latest FAQs and
troubleshooting tips.
Visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/
.
Troubleshooting and routine
maintenance
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Printing or printing received faxes
Difficulties Suggestions
 Condensed print
 Horizontal streaks
 Top and bottom sentences are
cut off
 Missing lines
Usually this is caused by a poor telephone connection. If your copy looks good,
you probably had a bad connection, with static or interference on the telephone
line. Ask the other party to send the fax again.
Poor print quality See Improving the print quality on page 131.
Vertical black lines when receiving The corona wire for printing may be dirty. Clean the corona wire. (See Cleaning
the corona wire on page 157.)
The sender’s scanner may be dirty. Ask the sender to make a copy to see if the
problem is with the sending machine. Try receiving from another fax machine.
If the problem continues, call Brother Customer Service at 1-877-BROTHER
(1-877-276-8437) (in USA) or 1-877-BROTHER (in Canada).
Received faxes appear as split or
blank pages.
If the received faxes are divided and printed on two pages or if you get an extra
blank page, your paper size setting may not be correct for the paper you are using.
(See Paper Size on page 23.)
Turn on Auto Reduction. (See Printing a reduced incoming fax on page 52.)

Brother MFC-8480DN Specifications

General

Print technology	Laser
Maximum resolution	1200 x 1200 DPI
Economical printing	Yes
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)	32 ppm
Grayscale levels	256
Input color depth	48 bit
Image formats supported	BMP, JPG, TIF
Maximum scan resolution	19200 x 19200 DPI
Optical scanning resolution	600 x 2400 DPI
Copier resize	25 - 400 %
Maximum number of copies	99 copies
Copy speed (black, normal quality, A4)	32 cpm
Faxing	Mono faxing
Fax memory	600 pages
Modem speed	33.6 Kbit/s
Power supply type	AC
Weight (imperial)	40.3 lbs
Dimensions (WxDxH)	530.8 x 449.5 x 474.9 mm
Power requirements	110 - 240V, 50/60 Hz
All-in-one functions	Copy, Fax, Scan
Standard media sizes	2.75'' - 8.5\
Maximum internal memory	0.576 GB
Color all-in-one functions	scan, n
Compatible operating systems	Windows OS Mac OS
Package dimensions (W x D x H)	24.7 x 22.3 x 22.6 \
Total input capacity	250 sheets
Total output capacity	150 sheets
Auto document feeder (ADF) input capacity	50 sheets
Display	LCD
Market positioning	Business
Internal memory	64 MB
Sound pressure level (copying)	56 dB
Sound pressure level (printing)	30 dB
Maximum print size	216 x 356 mm
Paper tray media types	Bond paper, Envelopes, Plain paper, Recycled paper, Transparencies
Non-ISO print media sizes	Executive
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)	A4, A5, A6
ISO B-series sizes (B0...B9)	B5, B6
Maximum ISO A-series paper size	A4
Supported network protocols (IPv4)	ARP, RARP, BOOTP, DHCP, APIPA, LLMNR, LPR/LPD, IPP/IPPS, FTP, HTTP/HTTPS, SSL/TLS, TFTP, SMTP, APOP, POP, SMTP, SMTP-AUTH, SNMPv1/v2c/v3, ICMP, LLTD, CIFS, SNTP, NDP, RA, DNS, mDNS, ICMPv6
Standard interfaces	USB 2.0
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1
Power consumption (standby)	18 W
Power consumption (average operating)	680 W
Package weight	21645 g
Sustainability certificates	ENERGY STAR
Maximum duty cycle	30000 pages per month
Recommended duty cycle	3500 pages per month
Operating temperature (T-T)	10 - 32.2 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	20 - 80 %