User Manual

Troubleshooting and Routine Maintenance
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B
Cleaning the paper pick-up
roller B
a Pull the paper tray completely out of the
machine.
b Unplug the machine from the electrical
socket and open the Jam Clear
Cover (1) at the back of the machine.
c Clean the paper pick-up roller (1) with
isopropyl alcohol on a cotton swab.
d Close the Jam Clear Cover.
Make sure the cover is closed properly.
e Re-connect the power cord.
f Slowly push the paper tray completely
back into the machine.
Cleaning the print head B
To maintain 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 or blank text in the text or
graphics on your printed pages. You can
clean Black only, three colours at a time
(Yellow/Cyan/Magenta), or all four colours 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 Ink Management.
b Press a or b to choose Cleaning.
Press OK.
c 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 Branded
replacement 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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