Brother DCP-T500W - Cleaning the Print Head; Checking 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 if you get a horizontal
line in the text or graphics, or blank text on
your printed pages. You can clean Black only;
Yellow, Cyan, and Magenta at once; 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 1.Ink.
Press OK.
c Press a or b to choose 2.Cleaning.
Press OK.
d Press a or b to choose Black, Colour
or All.
Press OK.
The machine cleans the print head.
When cleaning has finished, the
machine is ready to use.
NOTE
• If you clean the print head at least five
times and the print has not improved, try
cleaning the print head again up to three
more times. If the print has not improved,
contact Brother customer service or your
local Brother dealer.
• You can also clean the print head from
your PC.
(See Software and Network User’s
Guide.)
Checking the print quality A
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 Menu.
b Press a or b to choose 1.Ink.
Press OK.
c Press a or b to choose 1.Test Print.
Press OK.
d Press a or b to choose
Print Quality.
Press OK.
e Press Colour Start.
The machine starts printing the Print
Quality Check Sheet.
f Check the quality of the four colour
blocks on the sheet.
g The LCD asks you if the print quality is
OK.
Do one of the following:
 If all lines are clear and visible, press
a (Yes) to finish the Print Quality
check and go to step k.
 If you can see missing short lines as
shown below, press b to choose No.
h The LCD asks you if the print quality is
OK for black and the three colours.
Press a (Yes) or b (No).
OK Poor