Laser printer density -

[Fred Smith]

On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 02:12:30PM -0400, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>    I have two Brother laser printers. Not surprisingly the newer one
>    (HL-2170w) prints a test page somewhat darker than the old HL-5140 even
>    with new toner and drum cartridges.
>    Printing a test page from either one shows the Density set to 0. I
>    assume that setting the density higher puts more toner on the paper and
>    produces darker text however I am unable to find how to change the
>    density setting. There is an item for Density under Print > Advanced,
>    as well as Brightness and Contrast, but they have no perceptible effect
>    that I can see. The printer works as it is but I think it could be
>    better.
>    Has anyone any thoughts on where to change this? There must be a
>    configuration file somewhere ...
>    Thanks,
>    Bob

Both of my brother printers have a feature called "Toner Saving". If you
can find that in the printer setup, you can try changing it.


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