B Troubleshooting

Error and Maintenance messages

As with any sophisticated office product, errors may occur and consumable items may need to be replaced. 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 clear routine maintenance messages by yourself. If you need more help, the Brother Solutions Center offers the latest FAQs and troubleshooting tips.

Visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/.

Error Message

Cause

 

Action

B&W Print Only

One or more of the color ink cartridges

 

Replace the ink cartridges. (See

Replace XX Ink

have reached the end of their life.

 

Replacing the ink cartridges

You can use the machine in

 

uu page 26.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

black & white mode for approximately

 

Note

 

 

 

 

four weeks depending on the number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of pages you print.

 

The machine will stop all print

 

 

While this message appears on the

 

operations and you will not be able to

 

 

 

use the machine until you change to a

 

 

LCD, each operation works in the

 

 

 

 

new ink cartridge in the following

 

 

following way:

 

 

 

 

cases:

 

 

Printing

 

 

 

 

• If you unplug the machine or take

 

 

If you choose Grayscale in the

 

 

 

 

out the ink cartridge.

 

 

Advanced tab of the printer driver

 

• If the paper type is set to anything

 

 

you can use the machine as a

 

 

 

 

except Plain Paper or

 

 

black & white printer.

 

 

 

Copying

 

Inkjet Paper.

 

 

 

• (Windows®) If you check

 

 

If the paper type is set to

 

 

 

 

Slow Drying Paper in the Basic

 

 

Plain Paper or Inkjet Paper

 

tab of the printer driver.

 

 

you can make copies in

 

(Macintosh) If you check

 

 

black & white.

 

 

 

 

Slow Drying Paper in the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Print Settings of the printer driver.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cannot Detect

You installed a new ink cartridge too

 

Take out the new ink cartridge and

 

 

quickly and the machine did not detect

 

re-install it slowly until it clicks. (See

 

 

it.

 

Replacing the ink cartridges

 

 

 

 

uu page 26.)

 

 

An ink cartridge is not installed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

properly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you are not using Genuine Brother

 

Use a new Genuine Brother

 

 

Innobella™ ink the machine may not

 

Innobella™ Ink Cartridge. If the error

 

 

detect the ink cartridge.

 

is not cleared, call Brother Customer

 

 

 

 

Service.

 

 

 

 

Cannot Print

One or more of the ink cartridges have

 

Replace the ink cartridges. (See

Replace XX Ink

reached the end of their life. The

 

Replacing the ink cartridges

machine will stop all print operations.

 

uu page 26.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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