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Our Brother DCP-165C printer doesn't print black. i am so much of a curious teen that's why i opened it up and cleaned the tube for the black ink and some of the parts too. when i have everything in place, i plugged the printer but it said "unit unable 70". i was pretty sure that i have put everything back in their right places, and i got no idea what went wrong. where are the possible areas that i did wrong, and what does the 70 in the error message meant?

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70 = paper jam or other sensor according to this website:
The LCD displays an error code number What does it mean Brother

Perhaps when cleaning, some moisture got in a place it shouldn't - let it dry for a while and retry.

Here is the brother site to download manual in pdf. Page 85 shows routine maintenance. Read thru those instructions and see where you may have missed something: http://download.brother.com/welcome/doc002377/dcp6690w_ukeng_usr.pdf

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SOURCE: Brother DCP 330C 'unable to clean 46' printer will not print

responded to this on a error 46 post by joachim.

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Damien Gole

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Posted on May 31, 2009

SOURCE: My brother dcp 165c wont print in black

Hello, please make sure that your cartdridg is well installed and that you took off all protections on it. Unplug your printer from the ac dc and replug it...

Rick Johnson

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Posted on Mar 07, 2010

SOURCE: nozzle clogging on the Brother DCP-165C multifunction printer

take swabs and use alcohol to manually clean it...GENTLY and with not too much alcohol. You will go through several swabs. Use the foam swabs, not cotton, so you don't leave junk behind.

Anonymous

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Posted on Apr 25, 2010

SOURCE: How can I install my printer Brother DCP-165C

No problem, just follow this link, select your Operating System and language and download the Installation Software:

http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public/us/us/en/dlf/download_top.html?reg=us&c=us&lang=en&prod=dcp165c_all

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Posted on Jun 06, 2010

SOURCE: DCP-165C Compact Colour Inkjet Multifunction Printer: in brother dcp 165 printer the error message clean...

brother dcp-165c printer unable to clean , see troubleshooting and routine maintenance chapter in User's guide

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