Printing is streaking

I cleaned the printer so many times but when i go to print it streaks everytime, what should i do? Its teh Brother MFC 4300 printer...

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What exactly did you clean on this machine? Also, when you say it streaks, is it when you're printing or making a copy?

Posted on Jun 25, 2007

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