Troubleshooting
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If you are having difficulty with your machine
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Important
• For technical help, you must call the country where you bought the machine. Calls must be made from
within that country.
• If you think there is a problem with your machine, check the chart below and follow the troubleshooting
tips. Most problems can be easily resolved 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/.
• Using non-Brother supplies may affect the print quality, hardware performance, and machine reliability.
Printing difficulties
Difficulties
Suggestions
No printout.
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
Check that the machine is online:
(Windows
®
7 and Windows Server
®
2008 R2)
Click the
button and
Devices and Printers
. Right-click
Brother HL-S7000DN series
and click
See what’s printing
. Click
Brother HL-S7000DN series
or
Brother HL-S7000DN BR-Script3
if necessary.
Click
Printer
and make sure
Use Printer Offline
is unchecked.
(Windows Vista
®
and Windows Server
®
2008)
Click the
button,
Control Panel
,
Hardware and Sound
, and then
Printers
.
Right-click your machine. If the printer is offline, it will show
Use Printer Online
.
Select this option to enable the printer.
(Windows
®
XP and Windows Server
®
2003)
Click the
Start
button and choose
Printers and Faxes
. Right-click your machine. If
the printer is offline, it will show
Use Printer Online
. Select this option to enable the
printer.
Contact your administrator to check your Secure Function Lock settings.
If the LCD shows
Insufficient Ink
, the ink cartridge is at the end of its life.
Replace the ink cartridge. (See
The printer’s ink cartridge uses both Black ink and Pre-coat to ensure print quality.
Therefore if either the Black ink or the Pre-coat runs out, the cartridge can no longer
be used and the printer cannot print, even if there is some of the other ink remaining
in the cartridge.
The machine is not printing or
has stopped printing.
Press
Cancel
.
The machine will cancel the print job and clear it from the memory. The printout may
be incomplete.