Troubleshooting and Routine Maintenance

Routine maintenance

Replacing the ink cartridges

Your machine is equipped with an ink dot counter. The ink dot counter automatically monitors the level of ink in each of the 4 cartridges. When the machine detects an ink cartridge is running out of ink, the machine will tell you with a message on the LCD.

a Open the ink cartridge cover.

If one or more ink cartridges have

reached the end of their life, for example B Black, the LCD shows Cannot Print.

b Press down to unlock the release lever and take out the ink cartridge for the color shown on the LCD.

The LCD will tell you which ink cartridge is low

 

 

 

or needs replacing. Be sure to follow the LCD

 

 

 

prompts to replace the ink cartridges in the

 

 

 

correct order.

 

 

 

Even though the machine tells you to replace

 

Y

C

 

 

 

 

 

BK

 

an ink cartridge, there will be a small amount

 

 

 

of ink left in the ink cartridge. It is necessary

 

 

 

to keep some ink in the ink cartridge to

 

 

 

prevent air from drying out and damaging the

 

 

 

print head assembly.

 

 

 

CAUTION

 

 

 

Brother strongly recommends that you do

 

 

 

not refill the ink cartridges provided with

 

 

 

your machine. We also strongly

 

 

 

recommend that you continue to use only

BK

C

 

 

Y

 

 

Genuine Brother Brand replacement ink

 

 

 

cartridges. Use or attempted use of

 

 

 

potentially incompatible ink and/or

 

 

 

cartridges in the Brother machine may

 

 

 

cause damage to the machine and/or may

c Open the new ink cartridge bag for the

result in unsatisfactory print quality. Our

warranty coverage does not apply to any

color shown on the LCD, and then take

problem that is caused by the use of

out the ink cartridge.

unauthorized third party ink and/or

 

 

 

cartridges. To protect your investment and obtain premium performance from the Brother machine, we strongly recommend the use of Genuine Brother Supplies.

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