Brother HL-2040 laser printer not working properly with XP?

[RW]

I have a Brother HL-2040 (black toner only) laser printer plugged into my XP
PC. For some reason, it will not print colored text in a document as black-
it prints colored text in shades of grey. It did not behave this way on my
old '98 PC. I have looked at all the printer settings so am I missing a
setting someplace in XP that controls how it prints colored text?

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

I have a Brother HL-2040 (black toner only) laser printer plugged into my XP
PC. For some reason, it will not print colored text in a document as black-
it prints colored text in shades of grey. It did not behave this way on my
old '98 PC. I have looked at all the printer settings so am I missing a
setting someplace in XP that controls how it prints colored text?

Have you checked the mfr site to see if there's a special XP driver?

 

[lobo]

I have a Brother HL-2040 (black toner only) laser printer plugged into my
XP PC. For some reason, it will not print colored text in a document as
black- it prints colored text in shades of grey. It did not behave this way
on my old '98 PC. I have looked at all the printer settings so am I missing
a setting someplace in XP that controls how it prints colored text?

Not for sure, but I would try this.
Under printer properties>color management>uncheck print colors as gray scale

 

[RW]

Good idea. After posting my message here I called Brother and they didn't
know the answer but they did escalate my call to an engineer that is
supposed to call me back. Thanks.

I have a Brother HL-2040 (black toner only) laser printer plugged into my
XP
PC. For some reason, it will not print colored text in a document as
black-
it prints colored text in shades of grey. It did not behave this way on my
old '98 PC. I have looked at all the printer settings so am I missing a
setting someplace in XP that controls how it prints colored text?

Have you checked the mfr site to see if there's a special XP driver?

 

[HeyBub]

I have a Brother HL-2040 (black toner only) laser printer plugged
into my XP PC. For some reason, it will not print colored text in a
document as black- it prints colored text in shades of grey. It did
not behave this way on my old '98 PC. I have looked at all the
printer settings so am I missing a setting someplace in XP that
controls how it prints colored text?

So you want blue type on a yellow background to print as a black page?

Hmm.