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Brother mfc-215c unable to clean?

I do the general setup cleaning by pressing 7 then 6 then 3, after that my brother mfc-215c has a message of unable to print

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  • yngbld Nov 26, 2007

    My printer said "unable to clean" I unplugged it and plugged back in. Now it says "maintenace 7". Tried "menu/set, *, 2,8,6,4 that didn't work. Tried "menu/set, black start" that didn't work either. Please help!!

  • Anonymous Nov 27, 2007

    DCP 330 C report that Unable to clean 51 message and it dosen't work

  • Anonymous Dec 09, 2007

    I have a similar problem with my Brother MFC 410CN which now displays the message 'unable to clean' & will no longer print, scan or copy. I followed the instructions posted on this site for getting the error code which displays as WSW00. Does anyone have any idea what this may refer to as this printer hasn't had much use & I would rather not dump it if it's on something trivial.



    Thanks

  • Tarik Dec 15, 2007

    I followed the instructions and am now getting "machine error 46". What is that?

  • Anonymous Apr 23, 2008

    printer wont clean says refer to maintence guie

  • inyati Oct 29, 2008

    I have followed suggested operations, but am only getting machine error 46...... any Ideas???? HELP!!!

  • phuketbuilti Jan 05, 2009

    I got problem on my printer mfc-215c ,it's show "unable to clean See troubleshotting......"

    How can I do,,,,,, I already try to check follow the user guide,but noting happen?



    peter

  • rbrujban Feb 07, 2009

    What is machine error 46?

  • Anonymous Feb 11, 2009

    What is Machine error 49?

  • spacey_nz1 Apr 28, 2009

    what does maching error 4F mean

  • Anonymous May 15, 2009

    error 51

  • celesteharla May 18, 2009

    What is Machine error 51

  • Anonymous May 20, 2009

    brother printer saying unabel to clen dont have opt 7or 8 in setup menu

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I have the same problem my printer (a MFC-215C) is unable to clean and when I press Menu/set I do not have "Black print"? So what do I do now?????? HELP... Thanks Nathalie

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MFC620CN/425CN/420CN/410CN/215C/210C and FAX2440C

Press the Menu/Set, Black Start, Menu/Set, and Black Start keys in this order.TIP: For the FAX models equipped with numerical keypads, you may press the Menu/Set, Black Start, and 0 keys instead in the same way as conventional models.Then "MAINTENANCE 10" appears on the LCD. Press 82 using the numerical keys/arrows.
Then press the Menu/Set key.

Error code will display indicating source of error if it is 41 thats print head error, not worth a cracker, replace machine.


press stop to exit if needed.

  • dominiquerou Nov 15, 2010

    WHAT ABOUT ERROR 46?

  • Anonymous Sep 03, 2012

    solution for machine error 46

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What is machine error 26?

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  • Posted on Oct 15, 2008

SOURCE: brother mfc-215c unable to clean?

The ink blotter in the bottom of the machine is full, this is a built-in redundancy. Machine needs to be completely stripped to replace this.

Buy another brand next time.

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Brother mfc-215c unable to clean?

The ink blotter in the bottom of the machine is full, this is a built-in redundancy. Machine needs to be completely stripped to replace this.

Buy another brand next time.
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Unable to clean brother MFC 215c

You can try to press the power button for 30 secs, unplug the power for 10s while holding the power, plug the power back in and wait for 10s then release it.
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Mfc 215c unable to clean

Problem was fixed. See link below by SkipperOz
http://www.fixya.com/support/t485892-error_46_unable_init
Solution applies to MFC-5440CN but also applies to MFC-215C.
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Brother mfc-215c unable to clean?

@artkoy:

There is no Error 10 within the maintenance of the printer!
An error starting with 10 (and two more digits) belongs to the communication device (fax).

Plz check again what two digit error you have and post again.

@peter:

you need a new waist ink absorber. plz check the forum for unable to clean or error 46. Its explained many times.
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