How to Improve Print Quality
Cleaning the Print Head
Clean the print head if you get a horizontal line in the text or graphics on your printed pages. There are two print heads; each contains two print cartridges. You can clean either black and cyan, yellow and magenta, or all four colors by using Ink.
Caution
Do NOT clean the print head by touching it with your hand or a cloth.
1Press Ink.
2Press 1 to choose 1.CLEANING.
3 Press or to choose the color you want to clean, and then press Menu/Set.
The fax machine will clean the print head automatically. When cleaning is finished, the fax machine will go back online automatically.
Note If you clean the print head at least five times and the print has not improved, call Brother Customer Service for assistance at
Print Quality Check
If the print quality is not satisfactory, you can print a Print Quality Check Sheet to help you identify settings you may need to change.
1Press Menu/Set, 4.
2Press Black Fax Start.
The fax machine begins printing the Print Quality Check Sheet.
The LCD shows:
4.TEST PRINT
IS STEP “A” OK? 
1.YES 2.NO
3Check the sheet to see if the quality and alignment are OK by following STEPs A and B.
STEP A: Color Block Quality Check
The LCD shows: | IS STEP | “A” OK? |
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| 1.YES 2 | .NO |
T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G A N D R O U T I N E M A I N T E N A N C E | 15 - 9 |