Cleaning The Print Head; Checking The Print Quality - Brother DCP-J525W Basic User's Manual

Cleaning the print head

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,
three colours at a time
(Yellow/Cyan/Magenta), 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 .
b
Press Cleaning.
c
Press s or t to display Black, Color
or All, and then press the option you
want to clean.
The machine cleans the print head.
When cleaning is finished, the machine
will go back to the Ready 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 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
b
Press Test Print.
c
Press Print Quality.
d
Press Start.
The machine begins printing the Print
Quality Check Sheet.
e
Check the quality of the four colour
blocks on the sheet.
f
The LCD 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 LCD asks you if the print quality is
OK for black and then the three colours.
Press Yes or No.
h
The LCD asks you if you want to start
cleaning.
Press Yes.
The machine starts cleaning the print
head.
Routine maintenance
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Poor
A
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