carried out cleaning process 10 times, won't print blue at all

Brother mfc 257 won't print blue

Carried out cleaning process 10 times, won't print blue at all

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Printhead is bad and needs replaced. Brother gives a 1 year warranty and may replace the printhead for free even after the warranty has expired.

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Posted on Nov 05, 2007

SOURCE: Brother MFC 425CN will not print black

Have a look at the bk cart. Did you fix it well into position by clipping the support above the cart?
Can you see any difference by ink fuel before and after cleaning cycle? If there is no difference the valve is not open: drill a hole into the top cover and leave it open. Try another cleaning cycle again.

Anonymous

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Posted on Jul 01, 2009

SOURCE: black ink is not dispensing

There may be an air bubble in the black tubing, it will take several more cleaning cycles to clear. You can tell it to clean only the black and save the other inks.

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Posted on Jul 12, 2009

SOURCE: brother mfc-5490cn will not print black. Has new

If you've already run the cleaning cycle that many times without success you probably have to replace your print head. The best thing to do is to take the printer to a Brother repair center and have them give you a quote. Quite often it is actually cheaper to replace rather than repair.

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Posted on Apr 30, 2010

SOURCE: brother mfc-215c unable to clean?

I have the same problem my printer (a MFC-215C) is unable to clean and when I press Menu/set I do not have "Black print"? So what do I do now?????? HELP... Thanks Nathalie

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Posted on Nov 20, 2010

SOURCE: brother MFC 465CN won't print due to "Unable to

Hi Good day!! try this method
1.pull out the AC plug
2.put back the AC plug while holding down the "menu" button and keep holding it (15 sec)
3.now you are entering the MAINTENANCE mode and "error 46" pops up in the display
4.select 8 by using the arrow buttons ,push OK and select 0 and push OK
5.00:00 00:01 OK (the display is showing this message)
6.now push the MONO button 25 times until you see PURGE: xxxxx
7.Select 2, push ok, select 7,push ok,select 8,push ok, select 3,push ok
8.the purge counter indicates now: purge: 00000
9.switch off the printer ,switch it on
ready to print

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My Brother MFC-7420 Printer always prints black lines and splotches down the left side of my paper. This happens whether I'm scanning or printing from my PC. When I looked at my drum, it appears a

If you are seeing vertical streaks/black lines your primary corona wire is dirty and or the fax scanner may be dirty.
1)To clean the corona wire you take the drum unit and toner cartridge and place it on disposable paper to avoid spilling.
2) Clean the primary corona wire inside the drum unit by sliding the blue tab from right to left several times.
3) Return the blue tab and snap it into the home position.
4) Reinstall the drum unit and toner cartridge.
5) Close the front cover.
Caution: if you do not return the blue tab to the home position it may repeat the black lines.

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Nov 29, 2012 • Brother MFC 7420 All-In-One Laser Printer

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Blank pages printing

Sounds like the printhead is pretty severely dried. As standard cleaning cycles haven't helped I would recommend picking up some LC900 cleaning cartridges from eBay etc. These are cartridges filled/partially filled with cartridge flush and break down ink inside the printer.

Most of them contain a mix of ink and flush and you can carry on printing as usual. Given the severity of the dried/blocked printhead you have I would recommend just running cleaning cycles, but leave 10 minutes or so between cleans to avoid overheating the printhead.

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Oct 16, 2012 • Brother MFC-5440CN All-In-One InkJet...

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My MFC290C printer will not print in black. I changed the ink and it still won't print black. I changed the color of the type and it will print in colors, just not black. I ran the cleaning cylce...

You need to call Brother at 1-877-brother and tell them your mfc is "missing black". They will tell you where to take it to get the print head replaced under Brothers' warranty. This is a VERY common problem and Brother will cover the cost to repair it.

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Aug 10, 2011 • Brother MFC-290C Printer

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Will not receive faxes or copy Fax line rings but the machine says its receiving but nothing will print out and it won't copy pages either I've tried turning the machine off for up to 5 minutes,...

To begin troubleshoot,you should set the machine to basic Fax/Tel mode only.
1 If it is not illuminated in green, press (Fax). 2 Press Menu/Set, 2, 1, 2. 3 Press ? or ? to select how long the MFC will ring to alert you that you have a voice call (20, 30, 40 or 70 seconds). Press Menu/Set. 4 Press Stop/Exit. Even if the caller hangs up during the pseudo/double-ringing, the MFC will continue to ring for the set time.
After you confirm your Brother MFC-5440CN is able to receive fax then you can pick one of the 4 modes as describe on the owner manual.
You can download it HERE Detail Information is on 3-10

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Jul 28, 2011 • Brother MFC-5440CN All-In-One InkJet...

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I cannot get yellow & magenta to print. I cleaned the head numerous times but it does not help. i ended up placing the blue cart in the slot where the yellow & magenta was and did the test print...

hi
if you didn't use printer for a long time your head need cleaning

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Oct 14, 2010 • Brother MFC 210C All-In-One InkJet Printer

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Found this on the web. Click on link below to print the entire manual out to keep. Below are steps to do cleaning. If you find this helpful pls rate me. Thanks and Good Luck.

http://www.brother-usa.com/ModelDocuments/Consumer/Users%20Manual/UM_MFC_210C_420CN_EN_286.PDF

How to improve print quality Cleaning the print head
To ensure good print quality, the MFC 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 or three colors at a time (Cyan/Yellow/Magenta), or all four colors 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.
1 Press Ink.
2 Press ▲ or ▼ to select Cleaning.
Press Menu/Set.
3 Press ▲ or ▼ to select Black, Color or All.
Press Menu/Set.
The MFC will clean the print head. When cleaning is finished, the MFC will go back to standby mode automatically. If you clean the print head at least five times and the print has not improved, call Brother Customer Service (see Brother numbers on page i).
Checking the print quality
If faded or streaked colors and text appears on your output, some of the nozzles may be clogged. You can check this by printing the Print Quality Check Sheet and looking at the nozzle check pattern.
1 Press Ink.
2 Press ▲ or ▼ to select Test Print.
Press Menu/Set.
3 Press ▲ or ▼ to select Print Quality.
Press Menu/Set.
4 Press Color Start.
The MFC begins printing the Print Quality Check Sheet.
5 Check the sheet to see if the quality is OK by following these steps:
Color block quality check
The LCD shows:
6 Check the quality of the four color blocks on the sheet.
7 If all lines are clear and visible, press 1 (Yes), and go to Step 10.
—OR—
If you can see missing short lines as shown below, press 2 (No).
The LCD will ask you if the print quality is OK for black and three colors.
OK Poor
Is Quality OK?
1.Yes 2.No
Black OK?
1.Yes 2.N
8 Press 2 (No) for Black or three colors
with a problem.
The LCD shows:
Press 1 (Yes). The MFC will start cleaning the print head.
9 After cleaning is finished, press Color Start. The MFC will start
printing the Print Quality Check Sheet again and then return to
step 5.
10 Press Stop/Exit.

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Jan 14, 2010 • Brother MFC 210C All-In-One InkJet Printer

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Cannot print keeps saying clean printer cannot find info to do it

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Jan 13, 2010 • Brother MFC 210C All-In-One InkJet Printer

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Print is faded. I just replaced the ink jets.

You said you just replaced the ink jets. Did you clean the print heads? Here is Link on Web. If you find this helpful pls rate me. Thanks
http://www.brother-usa.com/ModelDocuments/Consumer/Users%20Manual/UM_MFC_210C_420CN_EN_286.PDF

How to improve print quality
Cleaning the print head
To ensure good print quality, the MFC 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
or three colors at a time (Cyan/Yellow/Magenta), or all four colors 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.
1 Press Ink.
2 Press ▲ or ▼ to select Cleaning.
Press Menu/Set.
3 Press ▲ or ▼ to select Black, Color or All.
Press Menu/Set.
The MFC will clean the print head. When cleaning is finished,
the MFC will go back to standby mode automatically.
If you clean the print head at least five times and the print has
not improved, call Brother Customer Service (see Brother
numbers on page i).

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Jan 11, 2010 • Brother MFC 210C All-In-One InkJet Printer

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Changed all 4 cartridges, yellow, red, grey not printing. Only blue & black print

Sounds like most of the color lines (the "cables" between print head and cartridges) either have clogged ink in them, or air bubbles. Try the cleaning process found by pressing Ink Management and then Menu/Set twice. After the test print sheet is printed, answer the question(s) in the display and print up to five test prints by answering the questions.
It should solve the problem, but if it doesn't, you should perform a heavier duty purge found in the service mode.

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Jun 02, 2009 • Brother MFC 420CN All-In-One InkJet...

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Black ink won't print at all

Run the cleaning process a couple of times. The printhead might have gotten sucked dry.

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