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Anonymous Posted on Mar 01, 2008

Errors list : 46, 50, A1

My DCP-115c printer gives the message "unable to print - see trouble shooting in the manual". The message was coming when I changed black cartridge on new one and done print test and cleans many times (accordig to print test results).
I have checked log information list (code 80) and found following errors:
1:46, 2:46, 3:46, 4:46, 5:46, 6:50, 7:46, 8:A1, 9:46.
I used my DCP about 14 months and printed a little more than 6000 pages

What do you advice in that case?
Mario

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  • Anonymous Mar 02, 2008

    Thx

    ... but what about error 50

    I am afraid that when I will change waist ink absorber and reset the eeprom my DCP will not work correctly according to error 50.



    Moreover these errors were appeared when the machine not print black colour after cartridge exchanged and many of printer tests and cleans.



    What do you think about ?

    Is my printer head OK ?



    Mario

  • Anonymous Mar 04, 2008

    Thx
    ... but what about error 50
    I am afraid that when I will change waist ink absorber and reset the eeprom my DCP will not work correctly according to error 50.

    Moreover these errors were appeared when the machine not print black colour after cartridge exchanged and many of printer tests and cleans.

    What do you think about ?
    Is my printer head OK ?

    Mario

  • Anonymous Mar 08, 2008

    My DCP-115 alives and works correctly.

    I have additional problems after absorber exchange (error 38 and 31 was comming) but I solved both according to your prior advices.

    Thank you Mix-it-up

  • jeldys Feb 15, 2009

    Can you write a procedure for the DCP-115 C.Please

  • Anonymous Mar 12, 2014

    since the error message, 46 and the struggle to find 'purge' my print quality is terrible. half of the print[about 3 inches] is fine and the other half is stacked and ghosting. I moved printer and slightly tilted it to one side. A whole lot of ink poured out from somewhere in the base. has anyone experienced this.

  • Anonymous Mar 31, 2014

    error message part print wireless

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CP315C/310CN/120C/115C/117C/110C
(1) Press the (1) Press the
Menu and Mono Start keys. Menu and Mono Start keys. Next press the key four times to make the machine Next press the key four times to make the machine
enter the maintenance mode. enter the maintenance mode.
(2) Enter 8 and 0 by using the and (2) Enter 8 and 0 by using the and
Set keys.* Set keys .*
(*To enter a numerical code on models having no numerical keypad, press the key several times to (* To enter a numerical code on models having no numerical keypad, press the key several times to
display the numerical code to be entered and then press the display the numerical code to be entered and then press the
Set key. Set key. Repeat this operation for each Repeat this operation for each
numerical code.) numerical code.)
(3) Press the (3) Press the
Mono Start key several times until the purge count appears on the LCD. Mono Start key several times until the purge count appears on the LCD.
(4) Enter 2, 7, 8, and 3 by using the and (4) Enter 2, 7, 8, and 3 by using the and
Set keys to reset the purge count to zero.* Set keys to reset the purge count to zero .*
(5) Press the (5) Press the
Stop/Exit key to return to the initial stage of the maintenance mode. Stop / Exit key to return to the initial stage of the maintenance mode.
(6) Enter 9 twice by using the and (6) Enter 9 twice by using the and
Set keys to exit from the maintenance mode.* Set keys to exit from the maintenance mode .*

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The A1 code is the latest error: 46 = waist ink absorber needs changing and reset of the eeprom.

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