Brother DCP-J515W - Cleaning the Print Head; Checking the Print Quality

Routine maintenance
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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 colours at a time
(Cyan/Magenta/Yellow), or all four colours 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 Management.
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 standby mode
automatically.
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 dealer.
Checking the print quality A
If faded or streaked colours and text appear
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.
a Press Menu.
b Press a or b to choose
Ink Management.
Press OK.
c Press a or b to choose Test Print.
Press OK.
d Press a or b to choose
Print Quality.
Press OK.
e Press Colour Start.
The machine begins printing the Print
Quality Check Sheet.
f Check the quality of the four colour
blocks on the sheet.
g Do one of the following:
 If all lines are clear and visible, press
+ to choose Yes, and go to step k.
 If you can see missing short lines as
shown below, press - to choose No.
h The LCD asks you if the print quality is
OK for black and the three colours.
Press + (Yes) or - (No).
i The LCD asks you if you want to start
cleaning.
Press + (Yes).
The machine starts cleaning the print
head.
OK Poor