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Janet Brambs Posted on Mar 20, 2014
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Intermittent printing problems

I have a really strange thing happening.....My fax machine will be working fine and then all of a sudden a really faint page will come out and is usually followed by several blank pages. Is it possible the fuser unit is going bad??

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It sounds like the drum unit has a really dirty charge wire. Toner gets on it and hardens and will start arcing, causing blank copies. Try replacing the drum unit

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checkitright

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  • Posted on Dec 14, 2007

SOURCE: prints extra blank page

here is the manual to set in the computer, check " advance options"



http://www.retrevo.com/search/v2/jsp/downloadPage.jsp?doc=775422b88337921f373920693b8e48f9&q=brother+3800+manual

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checkitright

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  • Posted on Jan 24, 2008

SOURCE: Printing extra blank pages

need to go in the menu and change setting

http://www.retrevo.com/s/Brother-MFC-8220-Multifunction-Printers-review-manual/id/260ag204/t/1-2/

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Nov 19, 2008

SOURCE: fax 2820 will not print. pages are blank

what do you mean printing stage?for the blank pages,it may only require cleaning.check the toner save setting,make sure it is off.clean the scanner glass of the machine,or you may just need to replace the drum

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 17, 2009

SOURCE: brother FAX T74 problem sends black page, copies black page

hello it sounds like you need to have the scannetr replaced

Ekse

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  • Posted on Jun 11, 2009

SOURCE: Brother 2920 Fax Machine keeps jamming every few pages

Please try this and let me know how it goes

  1. Turn off the printer.
  2. Remove any paper trays. Inspect them for wrinkled or damaged paper.
  3. Also open the back cover of the printer if this model has one.
  4. Open any other doors that give access to the printer's paper path and to the toner or ink cartridge.
  5. If necessary, remove the toner or ink cartridge. Place it away from light/ sun light to avoid damaging it.
  6. If you find a piece of jammed paper, remove it by holding it with both hands and pulling firmly. The goal is to keep the paper from tearing. If several pieces are jammed together, try pulling out the middle piece first to loosen the jam.
  7. If the paper does tear, try rotating the roller gears manually to free the paper. Don't force anything, though. Do this step especially if the jam message comes up repeatedly without any obvious paper jam, there may be a small tear of paper inside.
  8. Ones the printer is free of paper Replace the toner or ink cartridge and paper trays, close any doors you opened and turn the printer back on.
  9. If the printer paper jam message still appears, then there is still some paper in the printer. Reinspect the paper path.
  10. see alternative if the problem is still not solved.



alternative :
Load a piece of thick paper, for example photo paper and press the resume button (may be diffrent button on diffrent models) a few times to the printer picks up the paper and puts it through the machine.

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