Brother International MFC-J6510DW Users Manual - English - Page 84

Cleaning the print head - printing blank pages

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Note In addition to cleaning the scanner glass and glass strip with a non-flammable glass cleaner, run your finger tip over the glass to see if you can feel anything on it. If you feel dirt or debris, clean the glass again concentrating on that area. You may need to repeat the cleaning process three or four times. To test, make a copy after each cleaning attempt. i When there is a spot of dirt or correction fluid on the glass strip the printed sample shows a vertical line. After the glass strip is cleaned the vertical line is gone. 70 Cleaning the print head A To maintain good print quality, the machine will automatically clean the print head when needed. You can start the cleaning process manually if there is a print quality problem. Clean the print head and ink cartridges if you get a horizontal line in the text or graphics, or blank text on your printed pages. You can clean Black only, three colors at a time (Yellow/Cyan/Magenta), or all four colors at once. Cleaning the print head consumes ink. Cleaning too often uses ink unnecessarily. IMPORTANT DO NOT touch the print head. Touching the print head may cause permanent damage and may void the print head's warranty. a Press Menu. b Press a or b to choose Ink. Press OK. c Press a or b to choose Cleaning. Press OK. d Press a or b to choose Black, Color or All. Press OK. The machine cleans the print head. When cleaning is finished, the machine will go back to the Ready screen automatically. Note If you clean the print head at least five times and the print has not improved, try installing a new Genuine Brother Brand replacement ink cartridge for each problem color. Try cleaning the print head again up to five more times. If the print has not improved call Brother Customer Service. (See Brother numbers on page i.)

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Note
In addition to cleaning the scanner glass
and glass strip with a non-flammable glass
cleaner, run your finger tip over the glass
to see if you can feel anything on it. If you
feel dirt or debris, clean the glass again
concentrating on that area. You may need
to repeat the cleaning process three or
four times. To test, make a copy after each
cleaning attempt.
Cleaning the print head
A
To maintain good print quality, the machine
will automatically clean the print head when
needed. You can start the cleaning process
manually if there is a print quality problem.
Clean the print head and ink cartridges if you
get a horizontal line in the text or graphics, or
blank text on your printed pages. You can
clean Black only, three colors at a time
(Yellow/Cyan/Magenta), or all four colors at
once.
Cleaning the print head consumes ink.
Cleaning too often uses ink unnecessarily.
IMPORTANT
DO NOT touch the print head. Touching
the print head may cause permanent
damage and may void the print head's
warranty.
a
Press
Menu
.
b
Press
a
or
b
to choose
Ink
.
Press
OK
.
c
Press
a
or
b
to choose
Cleaning
.
Press
OK
.
d
Press
a
or
b
to choose
Black
,
Color
or
All
.
Press
OK
.
The machine cleans the print head.
When cleaning is finished, the machine
will go back to the Ready screen
automatically.
Note
If you clean the print head at least five
times and the print has not improved, try
installing a new Genuine Brother Brand
replacement ink cartridge for each
problem color. Try cleaning the print head
again up to five more times. If the print has
not improved call Brother Customer
Service. (See
Brother numbers
on page i.)
i
When there is a
spot of dirt or
correction fluid
on the glass strip
the printed
sample shows a
vertical line.
After the glass
strip is cleaned
the vertical line is
gone.