Checking The Print Quality - Brother MFC-J4510DW Basic User's Manual

NOTE
• If you clean the print head at least five
times and the print has not improved, try
installing a new Brother Original
Innobella™ ink cartridge for each problem
colour. Try cleaning the print head again
up to five more times. If the print has not
improved call your Brother customer
service or local Brother dealer.
• You can also clean the print head from
your PC.
(See Software User's Guide:
Maintenance tab (Windows

Checking the print quality

If faded or streaked colours and text appear
on your printouts, some of the print head
nozzles may be clogged. You can check this
by printing the Print Quality Check Sheet and
looking at the nozzle check pattern.
a
Press .
NOTE
You can also press
b
Press Test Print.
c
Press Print Quality.
d
Press OK.
The machine begins printing the Print
Quality Check Sheet.
e
Check the quality of the four colour
blocks on the sheet.
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and Ink.
f
The Touchscreen asks you if the print
quality is OK.
Do one of the following:
 If all lines are clear and visible, press
Yes to finish the Print Quality check
and go to step j.
 If you can see missing short lines as
shown below, press No.
OK
g
The Touchscreen asks you if the print
quality is OK for black and then the three
colours.
Press Yes or No.
h
The Touchscreen asks you if you want
to start cleaning.
Press OK.
The machine starts cleaning the print
head.
i
After the cleaning procedure is finished,
press OK.
The machine prints the Print Quality
Check Sheet again. Return to step e.
j
Press .
If you repeat this procedure at least five
times and the print quality is still poor,
replace the ink cartridge for the clogged
colour.
After replacing the ink cartridge, check
the print quality. If the problem still
exists, repeat the cleaning and test print
procedures at least five times for the
new ink cartridge. If ink is still missing,
call Brother customer service or your
local Brother dealer.
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