Brother Printer Not Printing Black Ink
Do not touch the print head.
Brother printer not printing black ink. They led me through the normal cleaning steps which i had already done concluded that my after market ink supply was probably the problem and sent me on my way. If the empty ink cartridge is removed and the ink cartridge cover closed the display will say cannot print. Brother printers and ciss systems. Press the ok key.
Make sure that you install a new cartridge well before it runs dry. Reinstall the ink cartridge if your brother printer won t print black ink on pages after installing the new ink cartridge or toner. Brother printers have become quite dependable on informing you when you must replace the cartridges. Maybe it is not correctly installed into your printer or you have used the wrong cartridge.
Do one of the following. Cleaning the print head consumes ink. To print using only the black ink cartridge replace ink color cartridge. Check that the breather tape on the top of the cartridge is fully removed.
Press the menu key. So the days of running a cartridge dry and in turn the printhead is pretty much gone. Seldom will a cartridge actually run out of ink before the printer stops and won t printing again until a new cartridge has been put in. To print using only the black ink cartridge replace ink color cartridges.
Brother strongly recommends that you do not refill the ink cartridges provided with your machine. Press the up or down arrow key to choose ink or ink management. It may be because of false installation. The printer does not print black properly but it prints the other 3 colors well.
If you unplug the machine the memory may clear. Press the up or down arrow key to choose test print. What can cause a brother printer to not print black. Touching the print head may cause permanent damage and may void the print head s warranty.
That s why it is not printing black pages. Brother printer not enough ink to keep print quality. If your brother machine has the ink or ink management key on its control panel press the ink or ink management key. Cleaning too often uses ink unnecessarily.