Brother MFC-J430W Cleaning the print head, Checking the print quality

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 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.

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 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 color. Try cleaning the print head again up to five more times. If the print has not improved call your Brother dealer.

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Checking the print quality

If faded or streaked colors and text appear on your printouts, some of the print head 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. 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.

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 then the three colors. Press 1 (Yes) or 2 (No).

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