[SOLVED] Brother laser printer margin problem

zbo22 · Post by **zbo22** » Thu May 17, 2018 9:21 am

Brother HL-L2340dw laser printer margins seem to be too small and when printing, content gets cut off at the top.

Any suggestions would be helpful, thanks.

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absque fenestris · Post by **absque fenestris** » Thu May 17, 2018 10:39 am

1.
Paper Handling Size - Manual Feed
Letter, Legal, Executive, A4, A5, A6, B5, B6, Envelope...

Paper Handling Size - Paper Tray
Letter, Legal, Executive, A4, A5, A6, B5, B6

2.
Borderless Printing
N/A... ? Brother is silent about margin settings here.

Ensure correct minimum margin setting

JerryF · Post by **JerryF** » Thu May 17, 2018 11:23 am

Check this link:
http://support.brother.com/g/b/faqend.a ... 000098_013

pdc_2 · Post by **pdc_2** » Thu May 17, 2018 3:25 pm

so can you tell us a little bit more please; you have just bought this Brother HL-L2340dw? and you set it up by doing ?

If you can go to the PRINTERS folder; (inside the ADMINISTRATION) folder; right-click on the icon for the 2340; select PROPERTIES; top of the list; drag the window that opens to the right; so you can see all the text; go to MAKE & MODEL and can you copy what is there; and paste it back here to us please

zbo22 · Post by **zbo22** » Wed May 23, 2018 9:54 am

Brother HL-L2340D for CUPS

zbo22 · Post by **zbo22** » Thu May 24, 2018 9:15 am

Needed to change paper size from A4 to letter, and also check the box "scale to fit"

Thank you

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