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Check the Print Quality

If faded or streaked colors and text appear or if text is missing on your printouts, the print head nozzles may be clogged. Print the Print Quality Check Sheet and look at the nozzle check pattern.

DCP-T310/DCP-T510W/DCP-T710W/MFC-T810W

  1. Press Menú (Menu).
  2. Press image or image to select the following:
    1. Select [Maintenance]. Press OK.
    2. Select [ImproveQuality]. Press OK.
    3. Select [Check Quality]. Press OK.
  3. Press Inicio Color (Color Start).
    The machine prints the Print Quality Check Sheet.
  4. Check the quality of the four color blocks on the sheet.
  5. The LCD asks about the print quality. Do one of the following:
    • If all lines are clear and visible, press image to select [Yes].

      Press Detener/Salir (Stop/Exit) to finish the Print Quality check.

    • If lines are missing (see Poor, below), press image to select [No].

      OK (DCP-T310/DCP-T510W)

      OK (DCP-T310DCP-T510W)

      Poor (DCP-T310/DCP-T510W)

      Poor (DCP-T310DCP-T510W)

      OK (DCP-T710W/MFC-T810W)

      OK (DCP-T710WMFC-T810W)

      Poor (DCP-T710W/MFC-T810W)

      Poor (DCP-T710WMFC-T810W)
  6. The LCD asks you to check the print quality of each color. Press image or image to select one of the patterns that most closely matches the printing result, and then press OK.
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    Refer to the sample below to check the print quality.

    DCP-T310/DCP-T510W

    Patterns

    image
    image
    image
    image

    Print Quality

    None

    A Few

    About Half

    Many

    DCP-T710W/MFC-T810W

    Patterns

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    image
    image
    image

    Print Quality

    None

    A Few

    About Half

    Many

  7. Do one of the following:
    • If print head cleaning is needed, press Inicio Color (Color Start) to start the cleaning procedure.
    • If print head cleaning is not needed, press Detener/Salir (Stop/Exit) to finish the Print Quality check.
  8. After the cleaning procedure is finished, press image. Then, press Inicio Color (Color Start).
    The machine prints the Print Quality Check Sheet again. Check the quality of the four color blocks on the sheet again.
If you clean the print head at least five times and the print has not improved, try cleaning the print head again up to three more times. If the print has not improved, contact Brother Customer Service.
IMPORTANT
DO NOT touch the print head. Touching the print head may cause permanent damage and may void the print head's warranty.
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When a print head nozzle is clogged, the printed sample looks like this.
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After the print head nozzle is cleaned, the horizontal lines are gone.

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MFC-T910DW

  1. Press Ajustes (Settings).
  2. Press image or image to select the following:
    1. Select [General Setup]. Press OK.
    2. Select [Maintenance]. Press OK.
    3. Select [Impr. PrintQuality]. Press OK.
    4. Select [Impr. PrintQuality] again. Press OK.
  3. Press image.
    The machine prints the Print Quality Check Sheet.
  4. Check the quality of the four color blocks on the sheet.
  5. The LCD asks about the print quality. Do one of the following:
    • If all lines are clear and visible, press image to select [No].

      The Print Quality check finishes.

    • If lines are missing (see Poor, below), press image to select [Yes].

      OK

      OK

      Poor

      Poor
  6. The LCD asks you to check the print quality of each color. Press image or image to select the pattern (1–4) that most closely matches the printing result, and then press OK.
  7. Do one of the following:
    • If print head cleaning is needed, press image to start the cleaning procedure.
    • If print head cleaning is not needed, the Ink or Maintenance screen reappears on the LCD.
  8. After the cleaning procedure is finished, the LCD asks if you want to check the print quality again.

    Press image [Yes] to start the print quality check.

  9. Press image again.
    The machine prints the Print Quality Check Sheet again. Check the quality of the four color blocks on the sheet again.
If you clean the print head at least five times and the print has not improved, try cleaning the print head again up to three more times. If the print has not improved, contact Brother Customer Service.
IMPORTANT
DO NOT touch the print head. Touching the print head may cause permanent damage and may void the print head's warranty.
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When a print head nozzle is clogged, the printed sample looks like this.
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After the print head nozzle is cleaned, the horizontal lines are gone.

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