20 Most Recent Brother MultiFunction Center MFC-440CN All-In-One InkJet Printer - Page 4 Questions & Answers

Confirm Success on a 440CN

1) Remove Plastic wire covers from inside printers, and release plastic stay on lower edge, tilt cover to 90 Degrees
2) make a note of where each connector goes
3) release the Ribbon and 3 Multicore cables, removing grounding screw, then remove scanner module by sliding it off the hinges at 90 degrees.
4) Remove Three Front Panel Screws, carefully leaver front panel upwards releasing front side clips.
5) Remove front panel by disconnecting ribbon and wireing on both sides.
6) Remove 6 Screws (2 on back, three at front and one middle right
7) Carefully remove speaker cable (Red Connector) and lift up plastic casing, leaving printer uncovered.
8) Re-Seat Encoder Strip into guide. (The Transparent strip)
9) Re-assemble in reverse and Hey Presto.

All Cured. Hopefully!

Unplug the unit, wait a few minutes and then plug it back in. It should cycle through and start back up for you.

There are diffrent reasons for this error:

check, if something sticks in the machine (paper or metal clip)

The paperfeeder clutch gear is broken: check if the paper feeder works well.

The purge station has problems to do the cleaning jobs: gear broken or too much ink within the purge tubes.

Anyway, this problem is hard to handle for a novice due to so many diffrent reasons.

You should contact a service dealer and in case it is still in warranty let fix them.

You can download the Brother printer drivers from their support WEB site. Please click on this link and select your model printer to download : - http://www.brother.com.au/ProductsSolutions.aspx

Go to the Brother support. and type in your model number for that information.

Hi. my machine model MFC 495 CW. I did any step but my machine till show up unable to Init. 4 F. please can you help me about that. thanks you very much Tien

No I won't...YOU do it!

Brother Error CodesRAM clear (most models)
Quickly press function * 2 8 6 4
Display should read maintenance
Press 0 1 for a full ram clear, or 9 1 to retain user data
Display should read reinit for a few moments then redisplay maintenance
Press 9 9 to exit the maintenance mode

From the Brother service site, 4F is a code that refers to a failure or service center repair to the print head. Below is the line from their bullitan, it states to contact a service center for this type of code....

4F There is a problem on the print head. Please contact Brother Customer Service from "Contact Us".

Hello there muvera.

You are 100% correct. The number of ink purges reached the limit allowed by the printer.

Brother does this because there is a physical ink absorber box that absorbs all the excess ink the printer excretes during normal use. If you just reset the counter, ink will spill all over the inside of the printer, so I would strongly advise against just resetting the counter.

Since it appears like you have enough expertise to open up the printer yourself, you need to replace part number LS4699001. Good luck finding that part, however. As a Brother Authorized Technician/Service Center, I can't just sell you parts to repair it yourself as it is against our merchant agreement.

Your best bet would be to just take it to your local service center or send it to Brother directly.

If you can obtain the part, I will be more than happy to walk you through the reset procedure.

If this post helped you, please comment back and positively rate my solution.

Thanks.

-Phil Traversa

Here's what you need to download:

http://www.brother-usa.com
Upper right side, downloads and support, click Downloads/FAQs/Help and more.
From the drop down in the middle of the page, select:
Multi-Function Center (MFC and DCP series)
Select model MFC-290C, click View Support Information
Then click MFC-290C Downloads on our Online Solution Center

Select Drivers, pick your operating system, then your language, then Search.

Download the Full Driver & Software Package and you should be good to go. :)

Have you executed a forced head cleaning?Are you sure that the cartridges are correctly placed and the output punched ?

This may be due to the fact that you have not removed correctly the small label that seals the air input to the cartridge. Normally on brother cartridges it's on the back or on the top of the colored label. Please check that. If no air is allowed in then your ink will not be provided thus generating your problem.