To maintain good print quality, the machine will automatically clean the print head. 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 (Yellow/Cyan/Magenta), or all four colors at once.
Cleaning the print head consumes ink. Cleaning too often uses ink unnecessarily.
CAUTION
DO NOT touch the print head. Touching the print head may cause permanent damage and may void the print head's warranty.
a Press Menu, 7, 2.
b 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 Genuine Brother Innobella™ replacement 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).
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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.
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b Press a or b to choose Print Quality. Press OK.
c Press Color Start.
The machine begins printing the Print Quality Check Sheet.
d Check the quality of the four color blocks on the sheet.
Is Quality OK?
1.Yes 2.No
e Do one of the following:
If all lines are clear and visible, press 1 to choose Yes, and go to step i.
If you can see missing short lines as shown below, press 2 to choose No.
OKPoor
f The LCD asks you if the print quality is
OK for black and the three colors.
Black OK?
1.Yes 2.No
Press 1 (Yes) or 2 (No).