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Brother MFC 490cw Color Inkjet Multi-Function Printer - Page 4 Questions & Answers
My Dell P703w won't print
Hi,
Here are sole solution for most common problem, Black ink not printing even it has ink in it..
Solution 1:
Put black cartridge in very hot water for several minutes change the printing speed to high quality.
Solution 2:
you need to clean your nozzle, you can do this by going to start on your computer, clicking control pannel, go to your printers, right click the printer you are using and go to prefrences. to the search thing and type nozzle, it should give you an option to clean the nozzle and run the tests and it will clean the nozzzle for you
Solution 3:
Go to print properties
PRINT, PROPERTIES, PAPER SETUP, SPECIALTY PAPER, PHOTO/GLOSSY
Any of the solution should solve your issue
Please leave me comment, if you need further assistance
Rnj Vinodkumar
My scanner/faxer won't scan for my mfc-490cw
I have the same problem. It was working fine, then after not using it for a few weeks, all the sudden I couldn't scan. I'm hooked up wirelessly through my router. I can initiate a scan both from my PC and from the scanner itself, when initated from the scanner my PC responds and shows the progress bar, and the scanner actually scans. However for some reason no data is being sent back to the PC. And after a few minutes I get an error message saying that communication was lost (or something like that) error TW007. Yesterday I called into brother support and was on the phone for an hour and a half. they walked me through verifying connectivity, uninstalling and reinstalling the software and drivers, but to no avail. In the end we made no progress. I can print without a problem, and fax and photocopy. But for some reason it seems that the scanner is not transmitting the information back to the computer, even through the connection was established and the computer is waiting for the data.
MFC-490CW Won't print black
We are going to attempt to do a "power purge" to get rid of any clogged ink nozzles. Note, this will probably eat up about half of your ink, but that is the price you must pay in order to attempt to fix this bad boy.
1) Get into maintenance mode. Press these keys: Menu -> Black Start -> Scan x4 (hit it four times). A number pad should come up. If not, do it again.
2) Hit key 7, then key 6.
3) Press the right key until you get to "CLEANING BLACK."
4) Press 3.
5) Press Black Start.
After it purges and gets back to the main maintenance screen, press keys 9 and 9.
Let your printer start back up. If this does not work, try the above steps up to three times. If it does not work then, you need a new print head, which is not a user-replaceable part on this model.
Good luck.
My Brother MFC-490CW will not
I don't know if this will solve your exact "cannot detect" problem, but it solved mine.
Problem: Cannot detect
Like other posters in this forum, I replaced all four of my ink cartridges at the same time when my MFC-490CW said they were all low. After I installed 4 (third-party brand) cartridges, the display said something like "Cannot detect ink cartridge, re-insert slowly" and indicated the cyan cartridge. Like many others, I tried this many times. I tried turning the power off, unplugging the power plug from the wall, different sequences of cartridge insertion, etc. None of this helped.
Solution: Clean the sensor
Much has been written here and in other places on the 'net about the trick of using electrical tape on the ink cartridge in the ink-level sensor window. I remembered seeing a good deal of ink on the outside of the cartridge as I removed it. This leaky ink cartridge had somehow coated either the sensor or it's associated light with blue ink, rendering it unable to detect the presence of a cartridge. I was able to clean the sensors with some Q-tips and isopropyl alcohol (not the optimum technique, but it was effective). Just to be sure, I swabbed the other sensors as I had removed all the cartridges to make room for my fat fingers. All sensors swabbed clean. The cyan was the only one covered in ink. I swabbed the cyan sensors with the alcohol until they were clean (maybe 20 Q-tips all total). I carefully dried the area with the Q-tips and let the alcohol evaporate for a minute then re-installed the ink cartridges...and printed a document. Yay!
As I said, this may not solve your particular "cannot detect" issue, but give it a try. It is a little messy but I'm back in action and hey, tattoos are hip. I just won't tell anyone why they're all the same color of blue and why I tattooed my fingers.
Black doesn't print color ok
Inkjet printers need to be used frequently to prevent ink drying out and blocking the print head nozzles. If the print head cleaning maintenance routine does not clear the blockages, then print head needs replacing, but it may be expensive. It may be more cost effective to buy a later model and better printer than replace the print head.
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