• Brother Mfc 9120cn Manual

1User Settings on Color/Mono0Users can change the Color/Mono settings on the printer driver as followsAuto The machine checks the content of the document for color. If color is detected anywhere inthe document, it will print the whole of the document using all the colors. If no color contentis detected, it will print the document in monochrome.The default setting on your machine is “Auto”. Color Whether the document contains color or just monochrome, your machine will print thedocument using all the colors.

This means, for example, that the machine will consume colortoner to print documents comprised solely of black text. If either the Cyan, Magenta orYellow toner reaches the end of its life while printing a document in Color mode, the printjob cannot be completed. Users can choose to start the print job again in Mono mode, aslong as black toner is available. Mono Select this mode if the document has only black and grayscale text and/or objects. If yourdocument contains color, selecting Mono mode prints the document in 256 levels of gray.NoteUsers who print primarily black text should select Mono mode to prolong the life of their color toner cartridges.Toner Cartridge Life0Methods of detecting toner cartridge lifeThis product detects the life of the toner cartridges using the following two methods:Detection by an optical toner sensorThis product has an optical sensor that detects the remaining toner by checking the levelat which toner in a cartridge interrupts light transmitted through windows on either side ofthe cartridge. Toner that sticks to the windows or is unevenly distributed in the cartridgecan interfere with the functioning of this sensor, but such interference can often beresolved by removing, rocking and replacing the cartridge.Detection by counting the rotations of the developer rollerThis product has a function that will count the rotations of each toner cartridge’s developerroller and stop the print operation when the upper rotation limit is reached. The upper limit isset above the number of rotations that would be required for the cartridge to performconsistently with its advertised page yield.

Brother Mfc 9120cn Manual

This function is intended to reduce the risk of poorprint quality and damage to the printer. Users who are not printing color documents can “turnoff” this function for their color cartridges by printing in Mono mode (For HL-XXXX, see PrinterDriver in Chapter 2 of the User’s Guide.For DCP-XXXX/MFC-XXXX, see Basic tab in Chapter 1 of the Software User’s Guide.).