Brother® One Year Limited Warranty and Replacement Service (USA only); Who is covered:; What is covered:- Page 6

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Brother

®

 One Year Limited Warranty and Replacement Service

(USA only)

Who is covered:

• This limited warranty ("warranty") is given

only to the original end-use/retail
purchaser (referred to in this warranty as
"Original Purchaser") of the accompanying
product, consumables and accessories
(collectively referred to in this warranty as
"this Product").

• If you purchased a product from someone

other than an authorized Brother reseller in
the United States or if the product was
used (including but not limited to floor
models or refurbished product), prior to
your purchase you are not the Original
Purchaser and the product that you
purchased is not covered by this warranty.

What is covered:

• This Product includes a Machine and

Consumable and Accessory Items.
Consumable and Accessory Items include
but are not limited to print heads, toner,
drums, ink cartridges, print cartridges, refill
ribbons, therma PLUS paper and thermal
paper.

• Except as otherwise provided herein,

Brother warrants that the Machine and the
accompanying Consumable and
Accessory Items will be free from defects in
materials and workmanship, when used
under normal conditions. 

• This warranty applies only to products

purchased and used in the United States.
For products purchased in, but used
outside, the United States, this warranty
covers only warranty service within the
United States (and does not include
shipping outside the United States).

What is the length of the Warranty Periods:

• Machines: one year from the original

purchase date.

• Accompanying Consumable and

Accessory Items: 90 days from the original
purchase date or the rated life of
consumable, whichever comes first.

What is NOT covered:

This warranty does not cover: 
(1) Physical damage to this Product;
(2) Damage caused by improper installation,

improper or abnormal use, misuse,
neglect or accident (including but not
limited to transporting this Product
without the proper preparation and/or
packaging);

(3) Damage caused by another device or

software used with this Product (including

but not limited to damage resulting from
use of non Brother®-brand parts and
Consumable and Accessory Items);

(4) Consumable and Accessory Items that

expired in accordance with a rated life;
and,

(5) Problems arising from other than defects

in materials or workmanship.

(6) Normal Periodic Maintenance Items,

such as Paper Feeding Kit, Fuser and
Laser Units.

This limited warranty is VOID if this Product
has been altered or modified in any way
(including but not limited to attempted
warranty repair without authorization from
Brother and/or alteration/removal of the
serial number). 

What to do if you think your Product is
eligible for warranty service:

Report your issue to either our Customer
Service Hotline at 1-800-284-4329 for Fax,
MFC and DCP and 1-800-276-7746 for
Printers, or to a Brother Authorized Service
Center 

within the applicable warranty

period

.  Supply Brother or the Brother

Authorized Service Center with a copy of
your dated bill of sale showing that this
Product was purchased within the U.S. For
the name of local Brother Authorized Service
Center(s), call 1-800-521-2846. 

What Brother will ask you to do:

After contacting Brother or a Brother
Authorized Service Center, you may be
required to deliver (by hand if you prefer) or
send the Product properly packaged, freight
prepaid, to the Authorized Service Center
together with a photocopy of your bill of sale.

You are responsible for the cost of
shipping, packing product, and
insurance (if you desire).  You are also
responsible for loss or damage to this
Product in shipping.

What Brother will do:

If the problem reported concerning your
Machine and/or accompanying Consumable
and Accessory Items is covered by this
warranty and if you first reported the problem
to Brother or an Authorized Service Center
within the applicable warranty period,
Brother or its Authorized Service Center will
repair or replace the Machine and/or
accompanying Consumable and Accessory
Items at no charge to you for parts or labor.
The decision as to whether to repair or
replace the Machine and/or accompanying
Consumable and Accessory Items is made