Brother’s DCP 9055CDN comes in a range of colour laser printers and multifunctions where you can mix and match the feature according to your office needs. This Brother machine has no wireless connection, but both USB and 10/100 Ethernet ports are available at the back of the machine. This 27.8 kg printer’s front part pulls down to reveal a pull-out tray containing the four high capacity Brother DCP 9055CDN Toner Cartridges.
The 35 sheets Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) is neat and has a folding tray which completes the lines of the machine's top. Brother rates the DCP9055CDN printer at a very good speed of 24ppm in both black and colour print. Print quality is more than good enough with the resolution of 2400dpi. Prints are intense and show no signs of banding.
A colour copy from this brother machine does better than some similarly priced printers. The high capacity Brother DCP 9055CDN Toner Cartridges offer 4,000 pages of black and 3,500 pages of colour Cyan, Magenta and Yellow, each. Besides, there are also drum, transfer belt and waste toner bottles with the DCP 9055CDN machine.
Advantages
- Fast colour print
- Good software bundle
- Option for handling up to 800 pages
- PIN-protected secure printing
- Ethernet connection
- ADF feature
- Duplex printing
Disadvantages
- No duplex scan or copy
- No USB drive outlet
- No draft print mode
Cartridge Requirements
The compatible Brother DCP 9055CDN Toner Cartridges are:
- Brother TN-325 Black toner cartridge
- Brother TN-325 Cyan toner cartridge
- Brother TN-325 Magenta toner cartridge
- Brother TN-325 Yellow toner cartridge
Conclusion
This printer comes with an easy installation process, software provided with the printer includes a copy of Nuance PaperPort 11SE and Brother’s own MFL-Pro suite, drivers for both PCL and Postscript, in emulation. The Brother DCP 9055CDN fits well if you have a lot of mixed black text and colour business graphics documents to print, and need high-speed quality at a reasonable price.
How to deal with the poor print quality while using the Brother DCP 9055CDN Toner Cartridges?
Poor print quality can occur if the drum unit, corona wire or inside area of the printer is not clean. Follow the solutions mentioned below to resolve the issue:
Clean the corona wire-
- Press the front cover release button.
- Open the front cover of the printer.
- Gently pull out the drum unit until it stops while holding its green handle.
- Hold the handle of the toner cartridge and gently push it towards the machine until it unlocks.
- Pull out the drum and repeat the step for all the remaining cartridges.
- Release the latches of corona wire cover and open the corona wire cover.
- Gently slide the green tab from left to right and vice versa to clean the corona wire.
- Repeat the above step several times and close the corona wire cover.
- Do the same for the remaining corona wires.
- Slide the Brother DCP 9055CDN Toner Cartridges gently into the drum unit and pull it until it clicks into the place.
- Make sure to match the tone cartridge colour with the cartridge label colour.
- Repeat the steps for all the remaining cartridges.
- Push the drum unit until it fixes into the place.
- Close the front cover of the machine.
Clean the drum unit-
- Turn off the machine and disconnect its cords from the wall outlet and machine.
- Lift the drum unit and remove it from the machine by holding its green handle.
- Hold the handle of the toner cartridge and carefully push it to unlock and pull it out of the drum unit.
- Repeat the above step for all the Brother DCP 9055CDN Toner Cartridges.
- Turn the drum unit by holding its green handle.
- Check the drum dot check sheet.
- Confirm the suspected area of the appropriate colour drum by using the numbers beside the drum which relate to the numbers of columns.
- Turn the drum unit gear toward you while looking at the surface of the suspected area.
- When you find the mark on the drum that matches the drum dot check sheet, gently wipe the surface of the drum with a lint-free cloth until the mark on the surface comes off.
- Put all the cartridges back into the machine, gently push the drum unit inside the machine until it fixes into place.
- Close the front cover of the machine.
- Turn on the machine and check.