Support for HL-5440D
- My printed documents are incomplete or a blue screen appears when printing or using PC-FAX after a Windows 10 update (March 2021)
- The printer status is Offline or Paused.
- I updated my Windows 11 PC through Windows Update and I can no longer Print, Scan or Fax from my PC.
- The error message "Invalid format for short nick name" appears when printing a document. (Mac OS X 10.5 or greater)
- Cannot print after a Windows 10 update (June 2020)
- I installed the Full Driver & Software Package, but some applications were not installed. (For Windows 10)
- I installed drivers from the bundled CD-ROM but I cannot print. (Mac OS X 10.5 or greater)
- I cannot print from my computer via USB. Show More Show Less
- When I print from PowerPoint using the 2 in 1 feature, some of the borders around the document are not printed or lines are printed that shouldn't be there.
- Wrinkles or creases
- Page skewed
- My printed documents are incomplete or a blue screen appears when printing or using PC-FAX after a Windows 10 update (March 2021)
- Curled
- Envelope creases
- When I print from Outlook/ Outlook Express or Internet Explorer, the page does not print as expected. For example, the right or left hand portion of the page is blank or it prints on a separate piece of paper.
- White lines, bands or ribbing across the page
- Curled or wavy
- White lines down the page
- White lines across the page
- Gray background
- Hollow print
- All black
- Toner specks
- Black toner marks across the page
- Ghost
- Possible solutions for print quality issues
- When I print a document as a booklet from Microsoft Office 2003, a drawing object does not position correctly on the printed page. (For Windows BR-Script Printer Drivers users)
- The printout is out of alignment or the size of the printed document is reduced when printing the document from Microsoft Word 2010.
- Smudges on printed pages (Poor fixing)
- Lines across the page
- Faint
- Black lines down the page
- White spots on black text and graphics or black spots appear at 94 mm (3.7 in.) intervals. Show More Show Less
- When I print from PowerPoint using the 2 in 1 feature, some of the borders around the document are not printed or lines are printed that shouldn't be there.
- Stop the paper feeding twice through the machine when printing single pages with 2-sided(duplex) switched to on in the printer driver. (For Windows Only)
- The printer status is Offline or Paused.
- When I print from Outlook/ Outlook Express or Internet Explorer, the page does not print as expected. For example, the right or left hand portion of the page is blank or it prints on a separate piece of paper.
- Reduce printing noise.
- The print speed is slow.
- The print speed is very slow when I use XML Paper Specification Printer Driver.
- When I print using the XML Paper Specification Printer Driver, the print out result is not what I exepected, it is very different from the original draft or preview or I cannot print at all.
- When I print from Microsoft Excel 2002/2003, Word 2002/2003 or PowerPoint 2002/2003, semitransparent graphics are printed incorrectly.
- I'm using the BR-Script3 driver, and my Brother machine does not print my document with the Booklet option I selected in Adobe® Acrobat®/ Adobe® Reader®. Show More Show Less
- Print on labels and envelopes from the MP tray.
- Print both sides of paper or a booklet automatically
- Print on both sides of the paper (2-sided/duplex Printing).
- Create or view a XML Paper Specification document
- Booklet Printing
- I cannot install the printer driver or print in Windows 11. Show More Show Less
- Turn the Toner Save mode on or off
- Stop the paper feeding twice through the machine when printing single pages with 2-sided(duplex) switched to on in the printer driver. (For Windows Only)
- How can I change the printer settings?
- Change the printer driver settings (Windows/macOS)
- Delete print jobs from the print queue.
- Print a list of the internal fonts. Show More Show Less
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