When printing text, often the print will be missing many lines of words horizontally. That is to say the entire sentences across the page will not be printed...and this happens many times on the same page, but not every line will be missing. If I print out a page of single-spaced text, top-to-bottom, about 50 percent of the print will not be there...some of the lines will have partial characters and some only very little portions of the letters showing. I have done everything that the troubleshooting procedures suggested including changing all print cartridges, cleaning and downloading new drivers. When printing out the "cleaning page", all print is perfect, top to bottom. Both pages of the testing are complete and accurate. In addition, I came across a website that suggested shaking the entire printer and I also tried that with no good results. Printer continues to print unclear and missing horizontal lines.
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If the print has horizontal lines of 'missing print' do three head cleqans don't move the printer or switch it off, now leave it overnight - letting the head soak in fresh ink- in the morning, do one more head clean and then print the nozzle check.If it's poor photocopying it is most probably because the print quality for photocopy is set to a low setting. The manual will explain how to change photocopy print quality. Hope this helps
I have a brother MFC 3240C. My Black ink stopped printing(initially printed horizontal faded lines and gradually got worse), the other colors were printing fine. I tried cleaning numerous time( 50 -100 times over 1-2 weeks ). Still no improvement. The way I print now is:
1. I go to Printer Properties
2. Change Media type from "Plain Paper" to "Inkjet Paper".
3. Change Quality to "Photo".
This takes a long time to print 1-2 minutes per page. However, this works for me since this is my Home printer and use it for printing only few pages here are there.
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 inthe text or graphics on your printed pages. You can clean Black onlyor 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 hasnot 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.
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 inthe text or graphics on your printed pages. You can clean Black onlyor 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 hasnot 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.
There is more, but too long to put here.
is this a case of the dots are missing for a valid line, or do you mean a line feed is added at the end of a line, ie you get 3 lines of text occupying 4 lines of space , or 4 lines of text occupies 4 lines of space, but one line has no printed dots on it? to make it more obvious, what does a document with say text thats 3cm tall look like? as it sounds to me like contacts need cleaning.. *** note for info: do not rely on printouts from within a BROWSER as that may have unpredictable results. All text will be treated as a large block of PIXELS and Not TEXT. also Non Printer fonts could cause similar issues.
Unfortunately, as with the Z1420, fast print speeds come at the cost of print quality with the Z1300. Black text prints, though nicely dark, were beset by obvious jaggedness. The color graphics print had a slightly faded look to it and color blocks showed graininess and faint horizontal striations. Barcode-style patterns were muddled, too. For our tests, we printed color 4x6 photos with the standard black and tricolor cartridges, as Lexmark did not include photo ink tanks with the test unit. The colors were dull, details were hazy, and again, the entire print was marred by graininess and faint horizontal lines. That said, nobody buys a $25 printer to print photos for framing or to create displays for a classroom science project. A $25 printer is a convenience item for occasional reference prints, and as such, the Z1300 does its job.
Hi,
it sounds as if you may have the picture quality set to draft, its worth a check, especially if printing is ok. Does it print colour writing well too or just black, one of the colour inks may have a block or be low, go into printer settings menu and check what print quality its set for.
1) Dirty heads, even after cleaning 2) No-ink or poor quality ink 3) Damaged head: some are part of the cartridge, some are not 4) Air bubbles in ink
The test page is typically not as hi-res nor as saturated as a photo print. The hi-res photo puts the greatest demand on the print head.
The color lines you see are actually lines of missing color, where the head has failed to deposit ink, so one or two primary colors are missing from the complete picture.
For example missing yellow will make a blue line. Missing magenta will make a green line Missing cyan will make a red line.... etc..
Clean the heads again and again, print again and again, hoping to flush the system.
BUT, keep in mind that cleaning wastes huge amounts of ink and tiny little cartridges of ink cost more than many new printers.
Click on the Features tab. Set the print quality to best. Click on the Colors tab. Under color management - Enable the option Managed by Application. Click OK . close solution center. Try to print.
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printer has horizontal lines on entire page
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