Brother mfc 270w, how do you manually clean the toner or what button do you push that will clean the toner, which will enable my black ink to print?

My printer is unable to print in black when trying to copy from my lab top. Whenever I change the black cartridge my printer is unable to print black when I am trying to print from my lab top. My printer works find when copying a single document but trying to copy from my lab top is a different story. Once the printer cleans itself automatically, my printer can print black again from my lab top..

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Posted on Dec 30, 2007

SOURCE: Brother MFC-5440CN Printer Problem

If this only happens when you are copying.

1. Your scanner glass is dirty. Open the lid, use windex to clean the flatbed. Look on the left side. You should see a strip of glass, with the scanner sitting under it. This strip is used when the document feed is being used. Make sure it is clean. Most common problem is getting a little whiteout or the sticky residue from scotch tape on this glass, which causes lines down your copies.

Clean it with alcohol which will dissolve the sticky stuff and the whiteout.

If this does not solve the problem, the CCD scanner in your machine might be going bad.

Anonymous

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Posted on May 20, 2009

SOURCE: black print won't work on Brother MFC-845CW

Open the case,i don't sure were the cartridge is located but i think is easy to you to find it.When you found it, wipe the botton part of your cartridge use soft clothe for cleaning.Look at mannual to locate the cartridge.

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Posted on Aug 21, 2009

SOURCE: brother mfc 5840 won't print clearly

you need to check the maintainence kit and see if it's full. Also if it isn't, use some iso-proponal alcohol and some q-tips to clean the print section of the cartridge and the cartridge tray.

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