- MFC-240C Fax Machine User's Guide
Troubleshooting and Routine Maintenance
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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 remove the Jam Clear 
Cover (1).
c Clean the Paper Pick-up Roller (1) with 
isopropyl alcohol on a cotton swab.
d Put the Jam Clear Cover back on.
Make sure the cover is set properly.
e Put the paper tray firmly back in the 
machine.
f Re-connect the power cord.
Cleaning the print head B
To ensure the good print quality, the machine 
will regularly clean the print head. You can 
start the cleaning process manually if 
needed.
Clean the print head and ink cartridges if you 
get a horizontal line 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 (Yellow,Cyan,Magenta and Black).
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, call 
your Brother dealer.
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