Get more printing from your Brother Ink Cartridges

[wataki2]

I have a MFC-685CW and this sh*t worked exactly. Im so thrilled:P but im scared their gonna find us out:D  thx

[lokinya]

Thanks mate, worked like a charm! My MFC-6490CW didn't want to print some black text because my cyan was (according to my printer) empty, so it just stops altogether.

[shakyjones]

Great job mate...it worked! keep doing your thing -you save me many EUROS! The mind is a great thing!:~S

[ElenorFinch]

You, my good man, are a life saver.

[TheInkhearty]

my printer does not want to print black and i dont understand how i would cover the ink cartiges i have a MFC 495CW and LC16series i already did a lot clening of black ink took it out and it still had ink soo please Help!!!i dont know what to do

[bakerstray]

@TheInkhearty Sounds like the head or lines have dried up. Time to get a new printer.

[Bebomb1983]

took out the cyan ink and looked through the window, wtf there was still ink in the cartriage so i googled to find out how to make my ink last and i found this video, im so glad now my ink will last, i have a MFC490CW that uses LC61 ink. Now i just have to make sure i keep the printer head clean and check my ink

[romanon5]

Dude you saved mee lifee thank you :DD

[OStarstarstar]

Smarrtttt!!! Thank you so much!!!

[trevgk]

Thanks, this works great!!! Brother are forcing customers to spend more money by forcing replacement of ALL cartridges, even if you only use BLACK. I used masking tape on the colour cartridges to block the laser sensor. Brother are crooks forcing customers to spend 4 times the money just to print in Black. Brother are as bad as the bankers, thanks again for this logical solution. I dumped my last HP printer because of the same reason.

[visuals88]

Thank you so much! It works!

[eggzilleraten]

THANK YOU! YOU SAVE MY DAY!! AWESOME!!

[eggzilleraten]

Thank very much!! my printer is working again and I didn't spend a dime!! awesome!!!

[xkoolerxthanxjeebusx]

Your great! I just bought my printer, only did like 10 pages on it and it "said" it was out. Thanks.

[donna19841]

this worked like a charm on my MFC 295!...now i have 4 full cartridges!!  thanks alot,

Now i will print until the pages come out blank..then refill!

[donna19841]

This worked like a charm on my MFC 295.....now i have 4 full cartridges!!!

[juwono369]

Thank You So Much!

[bobbydelderfield]

The toner doesn't last as long as you think; if you think it will print 2600 pages, as it says, you have to make sure that there are only about 170 words per page; 5% of the page.

This means that if using graphics or a full page print you won't even get half of that.

[cutterschoicenotmine]

@bobbydelderfield the capacity of these cartridges is low, some you buy have higher capacity than others.

[guy2kool]

Hi, I now have a problem. My Brother Printer stopped printing Cyan altogether. I Googled it and found other people have this problem as well. I followed the vid 4 my printer, and it stopped printing Cyan later (which I don't really know when). I took out the Cyan and removed the black tape, then checked if there's any ounce of ink left, and there wasn't. Would that be a cause for drying out the head? If so, how can I fix it? Please let me know if anyone finds a solution to this problem.THX!

[cutterschoicenotmine]

@guy2kool keep doing cleans until the ink comes through properly. in the menu it should say 'replaced cyan?' answer yes then it should do a clean. print head drying comes about when you have left the printer with no ink in for a time.

[guy2kool]

@cutterschoicenotmine Thanks for your quick reply. However, I've done the cleaning about 15 times now. After about the 10th time, I do a quality print test, and now it only prints the Cyan, and stopped printing black, magenta, or yellow. Weird, I know. I replaced the black ink as well and it didn't help. I've been trying to google this and can't find a thing on this problem. You probably know more about printers than I do... so if anyone knows a solution, PLEASE HELP!!! Thanks again.

[cutterschoicenotmine]

@guy2kool have you left the printer without ink for a long time? sounds like your head is blocked or one of the lines are blocked. in my previous printers thats when they have met the bin.

[milnav]

I have a MFC-490CW and it's cartridges are a bit different. Your video got me on the right track and cartridges are now showing up as full. Thank you.

[chenrp]

thx!

BTW, there is a great software for ink saving 2!

it calls INKSAVER.

i made with my brother 130c, 1200 pages!

but the INKSAVER wont work on WIN7 so i am looking for alter software.... do you know 1?

[chenrp]

what about the head? won't it damage the head and dry it?

[cutterschoicenotmine]

@chenrp no all you are doing is fooling the printer into thinking it has more ink than what is actually in the cartridge. print head drying comes from not running the printer for long periods of time or leaving it with no ink in.

[fturama]

thank u..life saver

[askmeiwilltellyou]

Excellent: This works great on MFC - 290c Confirmed!

[iwasalildifferent15]

Great video, this was very helpful! I just wish i knew about this a few days ago when my midterm paper was due.

[parquix]

U just saved my cyan ink, thank a million!

Brother printer is definitely a rip off!

[cutterschoicenotmine]

they are alrite value just buy the cheap clone cartridges, i can suggest ebay possibly.

[leonpaul2006]

If you do that your ink will leak causing damage to the ink sensor pcb to fix it will cost about €60 its not worth it.

[bakerstray]

I have been using cheap generic brand cartridges for years on printers. Never had any problems.

[cutterschoicenotmine]

@leonpaul2006 i have always used clone cartridges, so have my friends and colleagues and have never had any problems.

[olirom54]

You're a life saver. Thanks for this extremely helpful video.

[tropicsboy]

Thanks a lot dude....great advice... Cheers..!!!