Press Menu.
Press Menu.
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 colors at a time (Cyan/Yellow/Magenta), or all four colors 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.

a

b Press a or b to choose Ink. 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 the Ready Screen automatically.

Note

If you clean the print head at least five times and the print has not improved, try installing a new Genuine Brother Brand replacement ink cartridge for each problem color. Try cleaning the print head again up to five more times. If the print has not improved call Brother Customer Service. (See Brother numbers on page i in the Basic User’s Guide.)

Routine maintenance

Checking the print quality

If faded or streaked colors 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.

a

b Press a or b to choose Ink. 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 Color Start.

The machine begins printing the Print Quality Check Sheet.

f Check the quality of the four color blocks

on the sheet.

A

g The LCD asks you if the print quality is

 

OK.

 

Do one of the following:

 

If all lines are clear and visible, press 1 (Yes) to finish the Print Quality check and go to step k.

If you can see missing short lines as shown below, press 2 to choose No.

OKPoor

h The LCD asks you if the print quality is OK for black and three colors.

Press 1 (Yes) or 2 (No).

i The LCD asks you if you want to start cleaning.

Press 1 (Yes).

The machine starts cleaning the print head.

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