20 Most Recent Brother MFC 210C All-In-One InkJet Printer - Page 2 Questions & Answers

Brother model MFC-215C is not working. It says: cleaninig impossible. Try trouble shooting and routine maintenanace. What can I do to solve this problem?

Hello Elihu10, Your paper jam may be caused by either a small piece of paper stuck in the paper path, or more likely during the moving process the removable rear paper path piece was somehow knocked loose and is not fully seated and locked into place. It has 2 tabs on it, just squeeze the tabs and remove this item from the printer, check for any obstructions, then just push it back into place. Hopefully it is now all fixed! Good Luck! Rich Lilja

If you have lost the cd you can order another one from brother support (expensive!)

Have a look at eBay. Buy a defective mfc. Make sure that the cd is part of the offer.

If you want to use ocr only go buy omnipage software (scansoft). paperport includes a light version of the omnipage engine

i have the same problem. repeated cleanings seem to help, when i print large fonts they come out pretty clear, but the smaller the font, the worse the blurring. 600 DPI prints mismatching patterns, but 1200 DPI prints perfectly fine. so i have found that printing on "fine" quality instead of "fast" or "normal" quality improves print quality ALOT. it uses more ink, but i am in business and need to be able to read very fine print!

That message is saying you need to replace the blue "Cyan" ink cartridge in the printer. When the printer detects that the ink in out it tells you to replace the empty one to continue printing. Just buy a new cartridge install it and you will be good to go.

You are correct. Need to clean the nozzle due to clog up

pick up a plain old telephone. Dial the number to which you are trying to fax. Do you get a busy signal? Does the (other) fax machine answer?

Plug that phone into the phone jack to which you have the fax machine plugged into... do you have dial tone?

Is the fax number valid?
do you have to dial a one or some other sequence of numbers to "get where you're going"?

Reseat connectors going from Fax machine to wall jack...

Unfortunately, like most multi cartridge ink jet printers when one ink is empty the printer will cease printing regardless of whether you just want to print in black and white and you have plenty of black ink left. I have heard of people tricking the printer into believing the cartridge is full by placing coloured tape etc in front of the ink sensing device but I am not sure how the Brother senses the ink levels as i have some aftermarket ink cartridges for mine which seem to be completely non-opaque (unlike the originals). The need to have colour cartridges in even if you only ever print with black ink is good news for Brother as the MFC-210c uses a large amount of ink during it's routine cleaning cycles (that you cant stop) and will empty all 3 cartridges in under 6 months without ever printer a single drop of colour ink. Sorry about all the bad news, at least your not alone......

It looks like the magenta print head nozzels are blocked.
Inkjet printers need to be used frequently to prevent inkdrying out in the print head nozzles.
If the print head cleaning maintenance routine does not clear the blockages,then print head needs replacing, but it may be expensive.
It may be more cost effective to buy a later model and better printer thanreplace the print head.

SOLUTION FOR EMPTY CARTRIGE ERROR MESSAGE...
1. UNPLUG PRINTER AND USB CABLE.
2. UNDERNEATH PRINTER SECURE WOUND CABLES.
3. CARRY PRINTER, TO VEHICLE AND PLACE BEHIND REAR TIRE.
4. PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE MAKING SURE FRONT AND REAR TIRES MAKE REQUIRED PRINTER ADJUSTMENTS,.
5. PICK UP PIECES AND PUT IN RECYCLE BIN.
6 BUY DIFFERENT BRAND OF PRINTER.
7. PROBLEM ELIMINATED, NO MORE STRESS.

Replace with new will need new main board (170 bucks) and modeum board, for best protection it needs a fax filter that protects power line and phone line, standard surge protecter only protects power line

The ink absorber tank is buried deep within the machine, and in Brother's terms a "non user replaceable item". If you fancy a challenge, you need to remove the upper cover of the machine and the tank is located on the right hand side, just in fornt of the ink cartridge unit. If your machine has a document feeder, this needs to be removed first by lifting the little "hatches" that hide the wires to/from the reader, and disconnecting the wires. Once the hatch on the left hand side has been lifted, this ,also allows the support strut to be unclipped. The doc feeder can then be hinged right back at which point it can be lifted off its hinges. Brother state that the hoses which connect to the maintance unit (the clever bit that does all the head cleaning business) to the tank "must" be replaced as well. In my expereince, so long as you're careful when removeing them from the old tank and connecting them to the new one, they don't leak. I don't bother replacing the tank - I pull out the ink-soaked padding (carefully as it drips everywhere) and then put some sponge or thick paper towel in instead. Make sure you put tape over the hole once you're finished in case ink spashes out.

The manual for your machine can be found here: http://solutions.brother.com/Library/ug/mfc5460cn_5860cn/gb-en/bhl7_ukengtop.html

Check that the default setting for print quality on your printer driver hasn't been set to "Fine". In your Opertaing System, find your printer (in XP it's under Control Panel / Printers and Faxes) and select Properties. This should then bring up the settings for the driver. Fine printing quality takes over double the time "Normal" quality takes so would considerably slow your printing.