We have a Brother MFC-290C, just replaced all of the ink. It will make a copy, but won't print from our laptops. When you press print, it goes through the motions of printing, but the page is blank.
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The printer ribbon contact may be at fault. With the price of printers so low it makes no sense to repair it, just replace it. The last printer i needed was free after rebate, just the sales tax of $5 is all it cost me at a big box electronics store.
You need to call Brother at 1-877-brother and tell them your mfc is "missing black". They will tell you where to take it to get the print head replaced under Brothers' warranty. This is a VERY common problem and Brother will cover the cost to repair it.
You need to call Brother at 1-877-BROTHER and tell them your machine is not printing black. Brother is covering the cost to repair this problem ( replacing printhead) on certain models, so try calling Brother and you may get it fixed for free.
Hi there
With some Brother printers you can try this.
Access the internal maintenance mode by pressing the Menu/Set button, then press * 2 8 6 4 within 2 seconds. This should put you in the maintenance mode menu. Enter 80, and then scroll down with the arrow down (round) key. You'll find an entry listed as purge count. If number is over 6000, enter 2 7 8 3.
This will reset the purge count value. Then the printer will restart, hopefully without the annoying cannot clean message.
Some times this happens because of using cheap compatible ink cartridges if this is the case change the ink cartridges.
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All The Best: Pineworks
its in the right frontal corner, there you can change the catridge, i got a problem too with Brother MC-290, it just keep saying CANNOT DETECT YELLOW INK REPLACE IT SLOWLY... this **** cant print just with the black one? ireally need to print something right now
On your printer take a look on the "ink management button"press it then look for cleaning using the arrows up and down then press ok or set or what ever the command the printer will display just try to perform head cleaning.try for several times lets say 4x don't clean too much it might ruin all other color if it has no changes try to bring it to a service center,they can soak it to a chemical solution,the head is clog.
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