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Things that change printing speed are
-Color vs. Black and White Low 4 PPM High 25 PPM
-Quality DPI Dots per Inch. Usually 100 200 300 DPI
-General speed of the make and Model
-Photo Printers are very slow but produce a clear image.
You can set DPI in setup on the printer
Copiers are just the speed they are
Hold a piece of tissue under the ink jets and see if the tissue draws ink out of the cartridge. If not the cartridge is blocked or empty. If ink does come out there may be a faulty contact on the cartridge or printer. Try swap out the cartridge with a known working one and see if that works.
Found this on the web. Click on link below to print the entire manual out to keep. Below are steps to do cleaning. If you find this helpful pls rate me. Thanks and Good Luck. http://www.brother-usa.com/ModelDocuments/Consumer/Users%20Manual/UM_MFC_210C_420CN_EN_286.PDF How to improve print quality Cleaning the print head To ensure good print quality, the MFC will regularly clean the print head. You can start the cleaning process manually if needed.Clean the print head and ink cartridges if you get a horizontal line inthe text or graphics on your printed pages. You can clean Black onlyor three colors at a time (Cyan/Yellow/Magenta), or all four colors at once. Cleaning the print head consumes ink. Cleaning too often uses ink unnecessarily. Caution Do NOT touch the print head. Touching the print head may cause permanent damage and may void the print head’s warranty. 1 Press Ink. 2 Press ▲ or ▼ to select Cleaning. Press Menu/Set. 3 Press ▲ or ▼ to select Black, Color or All. Press Menu/Set. The MFC will clean the print head. When cleaning is finished,the MFC will go back to standby mode automatically.If you clean the print head at least five times and the print hasnot improved, call Brother Customer Service (see Brother numbers on page i). Checking the print quality If faded or streaked colors and text appears 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. 1 Press Ink. 2 Press ▲ or ▼ to select Test Print. Press Menu/Set. 3 Press ▲ or ▼ to select Print Quality. Press Menu/Set. 4 Press Color Start. The MFC begins printing the Print Quality Check Sheet. 5 Check the sheet to see if the quality is OK by following these steps: Color block quality check The LCD shows: 6 Check the quality of the four color blocks on the sheet. 7 If all lines are clear and visible, press 1 (Yes), and go to Step 10. —OR— If you can see missing short lines as shown below, press 2 (No). The LCD will ask you if the print quality is OK for black and three colors. OK Poor Is Quality OK? 1.Yes 2.No Black OK? 1.Yes 2.N 8 Press 2 (No) for Black or three colors with a problem. The LCD shows: Press 1 (Yes). The MFC will start cleaning the print head. 9 After cleaning is finished, press Color Start. The MFC will start printing the Print Quality Check Sheet again and then return to step 5. 10 Press Stop/Exit.
Found this on the web. Click on link below to print the entire manual out to keep. Below are steps to do cleaning. If you find this helpful pls rate me. Thanks and Good Luck. http://www.brother-usa.com/ModelDocuments/Consumer/Users%20Manual/UM_MFC_210C_420CN_EN_286.PDF How to improve print quality Cleaning the print head To ensure good print quality, the MFC will regularly clean the print head. You can start the cleaning process manually if needed.Clean the print head and ink cartridges if you get a horizontal line inthe text or graphics on your printed pages. You can clean Black onlyor three colors at a time (Cyan/Yellow/Magenta), or all four colors at once. Cleaning the print head consumes ink. Cleaning too often uses ink unnecessarily. Caution Do NOT touch the print head. Touching the print head may cause permanent damage and may void the print head’s warranty. 1 Press Ink. 2 Press ▲ or ▼ to select Cleaning. Press Menu/Set. 3 Press ▲ or ▼ to select Black, Color or All. Press Menu/Set. The MFC will clean the print head. When cleaning is finished,the MFC will go back to standby mode automatically.If you clean the print head at least five times and the print hasnot improved, call Brother Customer Service (see Brother numbers on page i). Checking the print quality If faded or streaked colors and text appears 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. 1 Press Ink. 2 Press ▲ or ▼ to select Test Print. Press Menu/Set. 3 Press ▲ or ▼ to select Print Quality. Press Menu/Set. 4 Press Color Start. The MFC begins printing the Print Quality Check Sheet. 5 Check the sheet to see if the quality is OK by following these steps: Color block quality check The LCD shows: 6 Check the quality of the four color blocks on the sheet. 7 If all lines are clear and visible, press 1 (Yes), and go to Step 10. —OR— If you can see missing short lines as shown below, press 2 (No). The LCD will ask you if the print quality is OK for black and three colors. OK Poor Is Quality OK? 1.Yes 2.No Black OK? 1.Yes 2.N 8 Press 2 (No) for Black or three colors with a problem. The LCD shows: Press 1 (Yes). The MFC will start cleaning the print head. 9 After cleaning is finished, press Color Start. The MFC will start printing the Print Quality Check Sheet again and then return to step 5. 10 Press Stop/Exit.
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I have a brother MFC 3240C. My Black ink stopped printing(initially printed horizontal faded lines and gradually got worse), the other colors were printing fine. I tried cleaning numerous time( 50 -100 times over 1-2 weeks ). Still no improvement. The way I print now is:
1. I go to Printer Properties
2. Change Media type from "Plain Paper" to "Inkjet Paper".
3. Change Quality to "Photo".
This takes a long time to print 1-2 minutes per page. However, this works for me since this is my Home printer and use it for printing only few pages here are there.
Very simple solution: The cartridges still have ink in them but printing is very slow. Remove the cartridges from the printer. Take a wet paper towel and wipe the print head on each one until the ink flows from each head. Usually it is the color cartridge because it is used less than the black one. Once ink is flowing again, reinsert the cartridges into the printer and your normal printing speed will return. This worked for me, no thanks to the "experts" or trouble shooting guides..
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