Brother International 3200c Users Manual - English - Page 241

How to Improve Print Quality, Cleaning the Print Head, Print Quality Check

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How to Improve Print Quality Cleaning the Print Head Clean the print head and ink cartridges if you get a horizontal line in the text or graphics on your printed pages. Using the Ink key, you can clean one color at a time (BLACK, CYAN, YELLOW, or MAGENTA) or all four colors at once. Caution Do NOT clean the print head by touching it with your hand or a cloth. 1 Press Ink. 2 Press 1 to select 1.CLEANING. 3 Press or to select the color you want to clean, and then press Menu/Set. The MFC will clean the print head. When cleaning is finished, the MFC will go back online automatically. Note If you clean the print head at least five times and the print has not improved, call Brother Customer Service for help at 1-800-284-4329 (in USA), 1-877-BROTHER (in Canada), or (514) 685-6464 (in Montreal). Print Quality Check If the print quality is not good, you can print a Print Quality Check Sheet to help you find the settings you may need to change. 1 Press Menu/Set, 4. 2 Press Black Fax Start. The MFC begins printing the Print Quality Check Sheet. The LCD shows: 4.TEST PRINT IS STEP "A" OK? 1.YES 2.NO 3 Check the sheet to see if the quality and alignment are OK by following STEPs A and B. STEP A: Color Block Quality Check The LCD shows: IS STEP "A" OK? 1.YES 2.NO 4 Check the quality of the four color blocks on the sheet. (BLACK/CYAN/ YELLOW/MAGENTA). T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G A N D R O U T I N E M A I N T E N A N C E 23 - 10

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TROUBLESHOOTING AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE
23 - 10
How to Improve Print Quality
Cleaning the Print Head
Clean the print head and ink cartridges if you get a horizontal line in the text or
graphics on your printed pages. Using the
Ink
key, you can clean one color at a
time (BLACK, CYAN, YELLOW, or MAGENTA) or all four colors at once.
Caution
Do NOT clean the print head by touching it with your hand or a cloth.
1
Press
Ink
.
2
Press
1
to select
1.CLEANING
.
3
Press
to select the color you want to clean, and then press
Menu/Set
.
The MFC will clean the print head. When cleaning is finished, the MFC will go
back online automatically.
Print Quality Check
If the print quality is not good, you can print a Print Quality Check Sheet to help
you find the settings you may need to change.
1
Press
Menu/Set
,
4
.
2
Press
Black Fax Start
.
The MFC begins printing the
Print Quality Check Sheet.
The LCD shows:
3
Check the sheet to see if the quality and
alignment are OK by following STEPs A and B.
STEP A: Color Block Quality Check
The LCD shows:
4
Check the quality of the four color blocks on the sheet. (BLACK/CYAN/
YELLOW/MAGENTA).
Note
If you clean the print head at least five times and the print has not improved, call
Brother Customer Service for help at 1-800-284-4329 (
in
USA
),
1-877-BROTHER (
in Canada
), or (514) 685-6464 (
in Montreal
).
or
4.TEST PRINT
IS STEP “A” OK?
1.YES 2.NO
IS STEP “A” OK?
1.YES 2.NO