My Brother MFC 6490 CW all of a sudden is printing very poorly (streaks).
I thought it was the cheap ink, but the new good ink just came in the mail & when I installed it the printer ran itself through a cleaning process & still streaks...!!!
nm
I ran the head cleaner again & now am good.
Press Ink button on printer --> Arrow down to Cleaning --> OK
Was going to try this next:
"Well, this is a common problem with people who purchase Brother printers, but do not always use Brother Ink Cartridges. Brother has a cleaning agent in the print cartridge and the compatibles do not.
If you have a lack of one (or more) color do the following:
Make sure all carts are full, placed well and are secured. Insert a new ORIGINAL BROTHER CART for the one that shows no color.
Press menu then start bk-copy then four times arrow up quick after another. machine will switch into maintenance mode and all lights will flash. Press 7 then 6 then 4 then start bk-copy. machine will initialize the carts and refresh ink within tubes and print head. After that it does some power cleaning. When finished press 7 then 6 then 3 then start bk-copy. machine will run a power purge. when finished press 9 then 9 to leave the maintenance mode. do run a quality test print.
This should clean the lines out and clear up your issue."
nm
I had that problem once. Brother was about 5 yrs old, and he was streaking. But, we got it solved, and he is a Baptist Preacher now!!
Thanks!
N
nm
😀 :good:
Brad
I have some cheap ink for that printer, see my recent post!!!
