Brother MFC-3200C - Manual (Page 241)

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MFC3200C-US-FM6.0
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
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