How to Improve Print Quality

Cleaning the Print Head

Clean the print head and ink cartridges if you get a horizontal line in the text or graphics on your printed pages. Using the Ink key, you can clean one color at a time (BLACK, CYAN, YELLOW, or MAGENTA) or all four colors at once.

Caution

Do NOT clean the print head by touching it with your hand or a cloth.

1Press Ink.

2Press 1 to select 1.CLEANING.

3 Press or to select the color you want to clean, and then press Menu/Set.

The MFC will clean the print head. When cleaning is finished, the MFC will go back online automatically.

Note If you clean the print head at least five times and the print has not improved, call Brother Customer Service for help at 1-800-284-4329 (in USA),

1-877-BROTHER (in Canada), or (514) 685-6464 (in Montreal).

Print Quality Check

If the print quality is not good, you can print a Print Quality Check Sheet to help you find the settings you may need to change.

1Press Menu/Set, 4.

2Press Black Fax Start. The MFC begins printing the Print Quality Check Sheet. The LCD shows:

4.TEST PRINT

IS STEP “A” OK? 1.YES 2.NO

3Check the sheet to see if the quality and alignment are OK by following STEPs A and B.

STEP A: Color Block Quality Check

The LCD shows:

IS STEP

“A” OK?

 

 

1.YES 2

.NO

4Check the quality of the four color blocks on the sheet. (BLACK/CYAN/

YELLOW/MAGENTA).

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