I have a brother printer dcp-165c the cartridges are lc38bk. Can anyone describe exactly where the ink level sensor is on the cartridge? Also how can I turn off the automatic ink cleaning? The m$%%&^l says I have run out of yellow....and its a lie I tell you!!!![!][!][!]
I don't have a Brother but I never take any notice of the low ink warnings until the printer actually grinds to a halt and demands the replacement be fitted. Once warned, I buy one and have it on hand but it can take weeks before this actually happens.
I will add that I have a relatively expensive and not very old Canon and despite the warnings - have had no problem doing this.
I haven't but I would guess that the only way to stop it repriming itself is to not turn it off. I get in a rage at how long my printer takes to wizz and cavort every time I turn it on and you are probably right to beleive that it is all this priming that is using the ink. I rarely do colour printing and yet my colours run out.
No doubt someone more informed will be along shortly to save us all a pile of money on replacement cartridges - please!
Brother sell cheap machines and get the money back on the every 2 hr cleaning trick that the sales reps dont tell you until AFTER you have bought the machine.. I now use the ink as I was trying to save money and not printing out photos.. and lo and behold from minimal printing over a 6mth period the cleaning empties the cartridges... so yes they are empty.. and I wont be buying a brother again.. and think its time Brother came clean on its cleaning actions
It wont let me print anything even black. I found a site which says if I cover the ink sensor I can keep printing, but I dont know where to look for the sensor on the cartridge. The cartridge just cannot be empty yet. OR does anyone know how I can fool the printer into believing it is a black & white printer.
i opened up a brother cartridge and it had a float with magnetic sensor set up , I would love to smash my brother printer on the p****s head who designed it , it too uses all the ink even when i hardly use it and even tho it had a full black ink it wouldnt print a black and white fax cause the yellow was empty , what the hell thats just gouging the consumer and not even trying to hide it
Jef, if you go to printer preferences and look at the bottom of the window it tells you printing will stop if one or more cartridges is empty.I also have a brother printer and i will not have any other brand, it is a mfc.tkf
TKFARMER;268383 wrote: Jef, if you go to printer preferences and look at the bottom of the window it tells you printing will stop if one or more cartridges is empty.I also have a brother printer and i will not have any other brand, it is a mfc.tkf
i dont want it to stop , theres no function to disable the stop function , and if they do this sort of thing then maybe they should put it clearly on the box so i can know before i buy
My Canon will grind to a halt as stated when any colour runs out so sorry Valmai - you are going to have to get a new one. I can also add that yellow was the first to run out on my machine as well. When doing the shopping around thing I was also told that not all supplied ink cartridges in the machines (various models) are full so expect to replace them before too long.
One other suggestion I had was to print a test page every week or two so that the coloured inks do not dry out from lack of use. Possible cause?
Ive wondered about turning the printer off and only having it on when I need it.. but then maybe the ink would go gooey.. pity they do have good printers tho! but would save the ink that way. maybe have on only on a sun to do the cleaning process instead of every 4 hrs
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