How to Clean Brother MFC and DCP printers

[@willburr8226]

The simple comment you made of air in the heads not allowing ink to flow was what made the difference for me! Thanks!

[@chrisreed3022]

Yep! That did it. Fixed a printer that had been in the attic for 5 yrs. Went from poor to perfect in 10 minutes. Recommended. Saved me a fortune on a new printer.

[@peggyearl8401]

Brother Customer Service is the best!! They helped me clean my printer. It was printing red where green should be and green where red should be. She walked me through what she called a "Deep Clean" by pressing buttons on the display. Thank you, Brother!!

[@vkng_drag0n982]

From all the videos I saw about cleaning the printer you are the one who explain the process the best. Thank you.

[@phoebepope5383]

Just purchased the Printhead Hospital solution online and it got my printer working PERFECTLY WELL!! The black ink wasn't even printing anything and its restored it completely! I can't believe how well its worked and how much money I can save on not getting stuff printed at Staples now. Thank you so much for the video too it really helped. It is much easier to do than you think :) Awesome product thank you!

[@anightin]

Phoebe Pope Thanks 👍👍

[@borntodoit8744]

Suggest with risk of nozzle on inkjet printers drying out with infrequent use better to invest in a laser printer which absolutely is better for long periods of no use (there is no print head to dry out). Works for me...

[@serket8306]

thank you for the clear explanations with visuals. i needed this. other videos left me lost and scared to do the liquid flush on my printer. i was bout to break the thing open... luckily i saw this video. thank youuuuu !!!!!

[@garryembry9378]

BRILLIANT video. So clear and concise. The explanation anticipated a little glitch I had. The process worked perfectly. I went from no black printing at all to normal printing in 15 minutes. Many thanks 🙏

[@SkullkraneEntertainment]

Excellent video! Went from nothing printing at all to a beautiful full color page!!!

[@jjhamer7]

Success. Had to unplug the printer during printing to get the print head in the middle and accessible on the MFC-J4510DW. Followed all the other directions and this worked great. Thank you.

[@Tdmill]

I need a hack to clear the black print head on my brother MFCJ80 5DW. I have squirted several types of cleaners into the black orifice. Lots of cleaner. Don't know where it's going, but my Print head is not clearing on the Black side. I don't know what to do. Can you help me? Cyan, magenta and yellow all work perfectly. I can't get the Black to work. Thank you for your reply. Tom Miller.

[@RolandMitchell]

Absolute Perfection on Describing in Good Detail on how to Clean the Brother Printer: I have seen other Viral's where there was stupid Music Drowning what was said I Have not yet got Round to it But am hoping I'll be able to do the Job:You Make it look easy

[@scottjoyce-animation]

Thank you, this has worked for me! :-) I bought the cleaning kit through your website that which directed me to amazon. My A3 brother J6520DW is back working. Good clear video even though my printer is a different model.

[@n1ghtmar3w0lf3]

i have a question ,or two ,I have a mfc-j6520dw printer and only the black seems to be clogged have cleaned out before but after a couple pages it for reasons unknown clogs again, also what is the purpose of the small and large sponges inside the printer, the small one is hard and around the print head area and there is a larger container with large sponges in them it does have a clear line connected

[@Amenhotepish]

$10 Shipping to Canada. Not worth the cost but a great video none the less. Cheers.

[@janeellen8842]

any suggestions for getting the tubing onto the printer heads? I'm having no luck.

[@janeellen8842]

OK I finally got the tubing on- 3/4 inch long.

[@sharonlewis6195]

I followed all the directions and was able to inject the cleaner but it flushes right back out again. Doesn't go to the paint head. Nothing on the paper towel. What can I do?

[@6CCORVETTEMAN]

When injecting the alcohol, the syringe was very hard to press and withdraw. I worked it this way numerous times. Still bad printing. Finally, I more forcefully injected the alcohol and then heard a "POP." I thought the black ink line had detached somewhere or the print head was now unclogged I could then easily inject and withdraw the alcohol. And, i could hear air being forced out of the print head. And then, after several cleaning cycles, by the machine, my black print is outstanding! I determined that the "POP" I heard was a valve or clog that was opened up.

[@abbasdiwan6676]

Hi , can i use ethanol as a cleaner solution?

[@mickjager5974]

No, only drink some while doing the cleaning!

[@lauraandrews8072]

I have a mfc 295cn....had it for several years and don't remember a cleaning kit coming with it....what's in that bottle?

[@Kali-Ytubeuser]

I have brother mfc 6520 dw printer, I did the same cleaning at home but when I turn it on and try to print or make a copies i get a blank paper no ink no colors vergen paper. What to do else

[@SEASCAT]

my printer doesn't have those buttons for cleaning.... it's an MFC-J47100W. No streaks when I print, but the color is so faint! I did your test strips, everything was too light, only the blue was close to the true color, At least your video made some sense to me. I'm old and technology challenged. Most videos start explaining assuming we know more than many of us do.... it's another language to many of us older folks. Thanks!

[@anightin]

Try opening the printer dialogue on the computer and running a clean under the maintenance tab

[@SEASCAT]

I don't know how to get it to communicate..........

[@newbeatlee]

excelent tip to clean it , i hope it helps me with a mfc-240c printer i had . regards from mexico

[@dreamlinkmortgage]

I could not get the print head to move to the middle by pressing the red button, how can I do this my model is mfc-5860cn

[@krajkumar6]

I'm unable to remove the cartridge on DCP T-500W which has a different cartridge model than the one demoed in the video. Could you pls help with link to accessing the ink tube for DCP T500W? Too bad i bought the cleaning kit before reading some of the related questions/comments here. Your video title should either explicitly call out that you don't support T series or give a demo link to cleaning T series printer

[@susanfrombflo8368]

Excellent tutorial! Thank you!

[@cajjesra269]

My dealer told be that they can only replace the head and it will cost about halve the price of a new MFC. I'm so ordering this right now!

[@CathannSmith]

Thank you so much for this great video and I just cleaned my printer and I got it unclogged and I will not be using right away so I did not load it with cartridges just yet.

[@parksydetv5795]

Thank you for that. Very clear instructions well given

[@morihideyoshi5825]

My printer have improvements but some nozzles not work, what to do?

[@anightin]

Can you send us an email?

[@shannonsternagle1749]

Does this work for blurred printing? Mine is printing half a page of blurred text and the other half is fine. Please help!

[@anightin]

It only fixes missing segments in the test print page. There might be an 'alignment' option in your printer's menu that fixes blurring though

[@shannonsternagle1749]

@@anightin I have tried that several times, but it still prints blurry on about half of page.

[@anightin]

@@shannonsternagle1749 I'd replace the printer then, I'm afraid

[@shannonsternagle1749]

@@anightin damn. thanks for your help. much appreciated.

[@josephbourque5027]

Hi: your video was very helpful. I got my Brother printhead working again. Thanks for uploading this.

[@cherylmccool1284]

Hi my Black ink is leaking on the edges of the paper and leaves marks on the page do you know what could be causing this

[@tadz2010]

hey sir, my clear strip that u mention at 3:17 of the video, my printer has ink on it and i cant remove it... and it cause my printer to cant init error 50 code always.... how to solve that?

[@anightin]

It is tricky to get to but try using wet paper towel or a wet ear bud on both sides of it. Dry off with paper towel as it's very sensitive to residual ink. Good luck!

[@tadz2010]

tnx sir ill try later... i just now know the name of that strip it's encoder strip.... but mine has ink on it i clean all the printer and that stain only left that i think why my printer wont print tsk tks

[@kerrywise]

How do you clean the roller heads?

[@anightin]

Check the maintenance menu on the printer: theres often an option for this buried in there

[@gangatalishis]

its amazing how we have the technology to fit a computer in our pockets but cant build a reliable printer

[@MikeBarnett1776]

Oh, we CAN build a reliable printer... but then there'd be much less incentive to move up to the new model of the week, with it's new ink cartridges that don't fit anything else and cost as much as the printer did to begin with.

[@daniellanderos6243]

I have a dcp-t700w. It has an ink Tank, is there a way to do this on that set up?

[@anightin]

Yes: just take the CISS cartridges out as normal and run the clean. Just be careful to avoid air getting in the cartridges or ink leaking out.

[@daniellanderos6243]

Printhead Hospital Does the tank come out like if it was 4 cartridges in one? I have tried to work it out but had no luck.

[@johnganley9293]

When I feed my Brother MFC-6490CW from the feeder at the top I get a black line down the side of the scan or copy page This does not happen if I lift the top and place the page on the window inside the printer

[@hannuhlynn]

that sounds like the roller arm that pulls in the paper to scan has ink, dust, or debris in the area that you see the line on the paper. Maybe try a cleaning of the roller - we had RICO printers at a former job of mine and this was a constant issue! the before mentioned tip was the solution.

[@fatma8711]

I do this approach and it work , couple days and returns doesn't work ☹️ what can i do to it??

[@anightin]

It sounds like there might be an issue with your ink. Can you try some cartridges from a different supplier?

[@Jibberuski]

My print heads are no longer clogged and the test pattern shows no missing blocks, but now everything is too light overall. Could there be fluid in the lines diluting the ink? What can I do about this?

[@anightin]

Try printing 2 pages of solid colour. You can find a pdf for this at www.printheadhospital.co.uk/testprint.pdf

[@Jibberuski]

Thank you. Partway through the "blue" page, cyan cleared up and there was a nice gradient from purple to blue. If this is something you already have a specific PDF designed for, maybe it could be added to the troubleshooting list.

[@anightin]

Great. The link should already be at the top of the instructions. We've just had some new ones printed

[@sgtbilkothe3rd]

@@anightin link no longer active.

[@anightin]

@@sgtbilkothe3rd Sorry about that. It's moved... printheadhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Cleaning-pages.pdf

[@ricardoalleyne3583]

Why is my brother mfc 240c Printer saying paper jam An there no paper jam ?

[@ChristineOBrien-h5g]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@airecrist]

So what if a color or in my case black(not a color😉) still won't print after cleaning?.... the printhead is cleared... fluid goes through fine.... colors are fine just black won't print... seems like it may put a little black(super faint grey shade) on the print quality test but that's it....

[@elgomw]

My copies come out green, should I clean the print head

[@anightin]

Yes. Print a nozzle check pattern and run the printer's own cleaning routine first. This usually fixes it.

[@ThermoNuclearLlama]

Where is the page you can download that tests all the colours to see if there is any missing lines? Thank you :)

[@anightin]

www.printheadhospital.co.uk/testprint.pdf

[@laurenceplumley433]

Super presentation thanks…

[@nimibirla3815]

Sir my printer is telling paper jam. But there is no paper. MFC-465 CN. Please help me.

[@righteyeartistry156]

I cleaned as instructed. Still have 2/3 full of black ink, but still will not print black. Anyone have something similar?

[@hannuhlynn]

Literally, me with ALL ink carts. M/C/B and Black. NO solutions

[@eldnah2]

The title says "How to Clean Brother MFC and DCP printers"... which I was hoping meant cleaning it throughout including the feeder. Mine is feeding incorrectly, so I'm still looking for how to clean those rollers etc.

[@gavinmathew7491]

Excellent video. Thank you.

[@PostalPete]

The print head doesn't come out after I hold the red Cancel button for 3 seconds on my Brother MCF-230C.

[@anightin]

Try printing a test page and pulling the plug out while the head is moving

[@gavinmathew7491]

Works perfectly on my MFC-J825DW.

[@kevinsk2]

How do I remove the colour cartridges from a T500W. Please help

[@anightin]

Thank you for the question. I hadn't realised that Brother have released a model with a continuous ink system. I'm afraid I don't have a kit for this type of printer

[@kevinsk2]

no problem, thanks anyway

[@WilliamJones-rj5jt]

Help! The print head wont come out after holding the stop button i have a MFC-235C.

[@anightin]

Try pulling the power cable out while it's printing a nozzle test pattern

[@WilliamJones-rj5jt]

Thanks it worked! Subed!

[@WilliamJones-rj5jt]

Oh and another thing, what shall i do with the paper stuck in the printer, will it come out when i turn it back on?

[@anightin]

Pull it out before you clean the printer or it will cause a paper jam

[@remigiuszp3074]

Hi, I did this instruction but now my printer don't take ink, I did more than 10 cleaning but it didn't help :(

[@sgiridharreddy988]

i am not able to open my brother dcp t300 printer ink tank out please help me.

[@anightin]

I'm afraid that the T series printers can't be cleaned unless you can remove the cartridges

[@sgiridharreddy988]

how can we remove the cartridge please help me

[@morihideyoshi5825]

S Giridhar put the printer on accessible on the left side Next put out the cover to access of printhead, remove the cover then there is 4 color tube and select which is block and insert the syringe with rubber tube directly which you pulled tube recently To remove the cover please watch the how to replace the printhead on j100 but do not remove the printhead out on printer just illustrate to removing cover After cleaning run 3x self cleaning and leave printer for 4 days to reach inks all in nozzles J1 series and t series still the same printhead

[@sgiridharreddy988]

Noldanne Quiapo but my printer is brother dcpt300 is it works to it

[@slgale6550]

How to get rid of the message “unable to print 51”

[@Navicome]

Pls dear Printhead Hospital We neeed your help here, can you make a video (tuto) on how to clean or change Brother DCP J4110 Absorber box????

[@anightin]

Logic Com try www.octoink.co.uk/pages/the-Printer-Potty.html

[@Navicome]

As i said, i need a tuto video not the potty

[@sgtbilkothe3rd]

@@anightin such a shame none of these videos are on the website anymore.

[@sniyahroberts5610]

my printer keep saying my magenta ink need to change even though i change it twice, what do i do, i need to print my work

[@anightin]

Try taking it to a cartridge shop: it may be an issue with the chip on the cartridge

[@hethmas7919]

I have unable to print 4F error mine is J100

[@anightin]

Heth Mas It's probably the waste ink so try searching for 4f error and the model no

[@vinruff3865]

I've had this problem because I dont print every week...that's why my laser printers never give me this problem.

[@train4905]

Superb thanku

[@ngocphuong91]

Great

[@jwhoweth]

This only pertains to INKJET printers and to the MFC Laser printers. The title should be corrected.

[@perk6225]

Yeahhhhh... I'm here looking for laser solutions----- Correct this title please.

[@ebaystars]

this video is to selll a colourless liquid you can probably make yourself out of distilled water SO HOW DO YOU CEALN THE WASTE DUMPED???????????????? COLOUR TANK INSIDE THE PRINTER OR DO YOU JUST THROW IT AWAY FFSAKE??????????????????

[@willemtenwolde5826]

Too bad the double echo in the room. Difficult to hear instructions

[@anightin]

Is anyone else getting an echo? I've just double checked with a phone and desktop but could't reproduce the problem

[@tgirl4me1]

No. It sounds okay from my end. I can hear everything. Thanks for your video

[@Pleasure_Baron]

I think there's a problem with his hearing aid. so sad

[@SuccessontheSpectrumLakeNorman]

Ordered the kit for my specific printer. Waste of time, the tube is too flimsy and was too small to use. Also, be aware that trying to get a tube over the print head in the printer is next to impossible. This kit was just another way to get your money.

[@amitpunjani1426]

The heading needs to be "how to clean print heads of BROTHER MFC AND DCP......"

[@bhanupoyam8518]

Hindi me batete to aacha hota

[@barbaraanonymous9227]

This is not concise. Spends too much time on what it could be THEN gives instructions without telling you how to get to where you need to be.