Troubleshooting and Routine Maintenance
Error and Routine Maintenance messages
As with any sophisticated office product, errors may occur. If this happens, your machine identifies the error and shows an error message. The most common error and maintenance messages are shown below.
You can correct most errors and routine maintenance messages by yourself. If you need more help, the Brother Solutions Center offers latest FAQs and troubleshooting tips.
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Error Message | Cause | Action |
B&W Print Only | One or more of the colour ink | Replace the ink cartridges. (See Replacing |
Replace XX Ink | cartridges have reached the end | the ink cartridges on page 64.) |
of their life. While this message |
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| appears on the LCD, each |
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| operation works in the following |
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| way: |
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Printing
If you click Greyscale in the |
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Advanced tab of the printer |
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driver you can use the |
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machine as a monochrome | B |
printer for approximately four | |
weeks depending on the |
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number of pages you print. |
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| Copying |
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| If the paper type is set to |
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| Plain Paper or |
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| Inkjet Paper you can |
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| make copies in monochrome. |
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| If the paper type is set to |
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| Other Glossy, Brother BP71 |
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| or Transparency, the machine |
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| will stop all print operations. If you |
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| unplug the machine, or take out |
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| the ink cartridge, you cannot use |
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| the machine until you change to a |
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| new ink cartridge. (See Replacing |
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| the ink cartridges on page 64.) |
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Cannot Detect | You installed a new ink too fast | Take out the new ink cartridge and reinstall |
| and machine did not detect it. | it slowly until it clicks. |
| If you are using non Brother | Replace the cartridge with a Brother |
| Original Ink the machine may not | Original Ink Cartridge. If the error remains, |
| detect the ink cartridge. | contact your Brother dealer. |
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| An ink cartridge is not installed | Take out the new ink cartridge and |
| correctly. | |
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| Replacing the ink cartridges on page 64.) |
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