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Clean the Print Head from Your Brother Machine

To maintain good print quality, the machine automatically cleans the print head when needed. If there is a print quality problem, start the cleaning process manually.
  • Clean the print head if there is a horizontal line or a blank space in the text or graphics on printed pages. Depending on the problem colour, select to 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.

MFC-J4340DW

  1. Press image (Ink).
  2. Press image or image to make your selections:
    1. Select [Print Head Cleaning]. Press OK.
    2. Select [Black only], [Colour only], or [All]. Press OK.
    3. Select [Normal], [Strong], or [Strongest]. Press OK.
  3. Press image.
    The machine cleans the print head.
NOTE

If you clean the print head several times and the print has not improved, try the Special cleaning method. The Special cleaning method uses the most power in cleaning the print head, but also consumes the most ink.

  1. Press image (Ink).
  2. Press image or image to select [Print Head Cleaning]. Press OK.

  3. Press Settings and OK simultaneously.

    The machine starts cleaning.

image
  • The Special cleaning method requires a large amount of ink to clean the print head.
  • Use the Special cleaning method only if you previously cleaned the print head several times and the print quality did not improve.
  • You can also clean the print head from your computer.

MFC-J4440DW/MFC-J4540DW

  1. Press image[Ink]>[Print Head Cleaning].
  2. Press [Black only], [Colour only], or [All].
  3. Press [Normal], [Strong], or [Strongest].
  4. Press [Start].
    The machine cleans the print head.
NOTE
If you clean the print head several times and the print has not improved, try the Special cleaning method. The Special cleaning method uses the most power in cleaning the print head, but also consumes the most ink.
  1. Press image[Ink]>[Print Head Cleaning].

  2. Press image for five seconds.

    The machine starts cleaning.

image
  • The Special cleaning method requires a large amount of ink to clean the print head.
  • Use the Special cleaning method only if you previously cleaned the print head several times and the print quality did not improve.
  • You can also clean the print head from your computer.
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