Cleaning the print head
To maintain good print quality, the machine will automatically clean the print head when needed. You can start the cleaning process manually if there is a print quality problem.
Clean the print head and ink cartridges if you get a horizontal line in the text or graphics, or blank text on your printed pages. You can clean Black only, three colours at a time (Cyan/Magenta/Yellow), or all four colours at once.
Cleaning the print head consumes ink. Cleaning too often uses ink unnecessarily.
IMPORTANT
DO NOT touch the print head. Touching the print head may cause permanent damage and may void the print head's warranty.
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b Press a or b to choose Ink Management. Press OK.
c Press a or b to choose Cleaning. Press OK.
d Press a or b to choose Black, Color or All.
Press OK.
The machine cleans the print head. When cleaning is finished, the machine will go back to standby mode automatically.
Note
If you clean the print head at least five times and the print has not improved, try installing a new Brother Original Innobella™ ink cartridge for each problem colour. Try cleaning the print head again up to five more times. If the print has not improved call your Brother dealer.
Routine maintenance
Checking the print quality
If faded or streaked colours and text appear on your output, some of the nozzles may be clogged. You can check this by printing the Print Quality Check Sheet and looking at the nozzle check pattern.
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b Press a or b to choose Ink Management. Press OK.
c Press a or b to choose Test Print. Press OK.
d Press a or b to choose Print Quality. Press OK.
e Press Colour Start. |
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The machine begins printing the Print | A |
Quality Check Sheet. |
f Check the quality of the four colour blocks on the sheet.
g Do one of the following:
If all lines are clear and visible, press + to choose Yes, and go to step k.
If you can see missing short lines as shown below, press - to choose No.
OKPoor
h The LCD asks you if the print quality is OK for black and the three colours. Press + (Yes) or - (No).
i The LCD asks you if you want to start cleaning.
Press + (Yes).
The machine starts cleaning the print head.
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