Brother MFC-8880DN User Guide

Troubleshooting and routine maintenance
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Copy difficulties C
Menu access difficulties
Difficulties Suggestions
Key operations do not work. Check the control panel is fitted correctly on the machine.
Reinstall the control panel.
The machine beeps when you try to
access the Setup Receive and
Setup Send menus.
If Fax is not illuminated, press it to turn on Fax mode. The Setup Receive
setting (Menu, 2, 1) and Setup Send setting (Menu, 2, 2) are available only when
the machine is in Fax mode.
Difficulties Suggestions
Cannot make a copy.
 Make sure that Copy is illuminated. (See Entering copy mode
on page 86.)
 Contact your administrator to check your Secure Function Lock Settings.
Vertical black line appears in
copies.
Black vertical lines on copies are typically caused by dirt or correction fluid on the
glass strip, or the corona wire for printing is dirty. (See Cleaning the scanner
on page 152 and Cleaning the corona wire on page 154.)
Printing difficulties
Difficulties Suggestions
No printout.  Check that the machine is plugged in and the power switch is turned on.
 Check that the toner cartridge and drum unit are installed correctly. (See
Replacing the drum unit on page 162.)
 Check the interface cable connection on both the machine and your computer.
(See the Quick Setup Guide.)
 Check that the correct printer driver has been installed and chosen.
 Check to see if the LCD is showing an error message. (See Error and
maintenance messages on page 138.)
 Check the machine is online: (Windows Vista
®
) Click the Start button,
Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, and then Printers. Right-click
Brother MFC-XXXX Printer. Make sure that Use Printer Offline is
unchecked. (Windows
®
XP and Windows Server
®
2003) Click the Start
button and choose Printers and Faxes. Right-click
Brother MFC-XXXX Printer. Make sure that Use Printer Offline is
unchecked. (Windows
®
2000) Click the Start button and choose Settings and
then Printers. Right-click Brother MFC-XXXX Printer. Make sure that
Use Printer Offline is unchecked.
 Contact your administrator to check your Secure Function Lock settings.
The machine prints unexpectedly
or it prints garbage.
 Pull out the paper tray and wait until the machine stops printing. Then turn off
the machine and disconnect from the power for several minutes. (The
machine can be turned off for up to 60 hours without losing faxes stored in the
memory.)
 Check the settings in your application to make sure it is set up to work with
your machine.
 If you are using the parallel port connection, check that the port is BRMFC and
not LPT1.

Brother MFC-8880DN Specifications

General

Print technology	Laser
Maximum resolution	1200 x 1200 DPI
Economical printing	Yes
Time to first page (black, normal)	8.5 s
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)	30 ppm
Scan to	E-mail, E-mail Server, File, FTP, Image, OCR, USB
Scanner type	Flatbed & ADF scanner
Grayscale levels	256
Input color depth	24 bit
Maximum scan resolution	19200 x 19200 DPI
Optical scanning resolution	600 x 2400 DPI
Copier resize	25 - 400 %
Maximum copy resolution	1200 x 600 DPI
Maximum number of copies	99 copies
N-in-1 copy function (N=)	2, 4, 9, 16
Time to first copy (black, normal)	10.5 s
Copy speed (black, normal quality, A4)	30 cpm
Faxing	Mono faxing
Fax memory	500 pages
Modem speed	33.6 Kbit/s
Fax speed dialing (max numbers)	300
Total input capacity	250 sheets
Total output capacity	150 sheets
Auto document feeder (ADF) input capacity	50 sheets
Internal memory	64 MB
Card reader integrated	No
Sound power level (standby)	30 dB
Sound pressure level (printing)	56 dB
Display	LCD
Market positioning	Business
Dimensions (WxDxH)	531 x 451 x 475 mm
All-in-one functions	Copy, Fax, Print, Scan
Maximum internal memory	0.576 GB
Color all-in-one functions	Scan
Maximum print size	216 x 356 mm
Paper tray media types	Plain paper, Recycled paper
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)	A4, A5, A6
ISO B-series sizes (B0...B9)	B5, B6
Maximum ISO A-series paper size	A4
Standard interfaces	Ethernet
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1
AC input frequency	50 - 60 Hz
Power consumption (standby)	85 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)	18 W
Power consumption (average operating)	680 W
Maximum duty cycle	- pages per month
Package weight	22100 g
Mac operating systems supported	Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
Server operating systems supported	Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 x64, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 x64
Windows operating systems supported	Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Business x64, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Basic x64, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Home Premium x64, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Home x64, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Professional x64