Brother MFC-J4620DW troubleshooting - brother

Test Page

Hollow print

When printing in color, colr is used to draw edge of drawing (in brown). If for whatever reason, there is no black or faint black, it would appears as software error, rendering only the contours of black shape.

To clarify, from the pc driver, choose Monochrome print, then only black will be used. And should not see anymore brown contours, but pale shape.

Maintenance

• Hard reset - hold power while waiting for complete boot

• How to Remove and Install Scanner Support Arm - beware to put it back in the right way.

• “Paper Jam” Error with No Paper Jammed - clean transparent band with a “lint-free” tissue

• Brother printer won’t print black
  • How to clean Brother DCP and MFC print head nozzles - unlock head - open printer (like for unjamming) and press red cross for 3 seconds
  • How to manually clean ink nozzles on a Brother Printer - Fix blank or faint pages
  • Print Head Cleaning DIY solution for inkjet printers
• Brother Printer Cannot Detect Ink
  • simply remove ALL cartridges and one by one install them again.
  • Bypass Brother printers’ colour cartridge requirement for black and white printing
    • enter maintenance mode *2864 > 63 > mono start > 3 > 99
  • reset cartdrige
• Print using only the black ink cartridge when the Color cartridges have run out.

Enter maintenance mode

• press anywhere to illuminate home, then press Home for 5s
• press the black bottom tab for 3s
• then * 2864 (it beeps)

To exit - press stop to get to main screen and then 99

Doc

• spec
• Firmware History
  • brother MFC printer, use compatible ink, bypass insert starter pack ink, downgrade firmware, change language
• 15/09/2016 Main: R

Recommended replacement model (2022)

• MFC-J5340dw
• MFC-J4535dw