Unable to clean 46 error message on Brothers printers

Solution 1:

• Pull out the AC plug.
• Put back the AC plug while holding down the "Menu" button and keep holding it (15 sec): youre entering the Maintenance mode and "error 46" pops up in the display.
• Select 8 by using the arrow buttons, push "OK" and select "0" and push "OK"
• Message 00:00 00:01 OK appears.
• Push the "Mono" button 25 times until you see PURGE: xxxxx
• Select 2, push ok, select 7,push ok,select 8,push ok, select 3,push ok
• Purge counter indicates: purge: 00000
• Switch off the printer, switch it on.

Solution 2: reset the ink counter

• Press buttons OK, Menu, Mono Start one by one, followed by up arrow key four times. this should all be done as short a time as possible, around 3 seconds.
• Enter maintenance mode 80,  by pressing the up/down arrow key and set key to select numbers 8 and 0
• Press blue MONO start button to select PURGE which requires it to be pressed a number of times before PURGE appears on the LCD screen of the printer
• Use the updown key and OK button to enter the reset code 2, 7, 8 and 3 keys to reset the counter.
  Press Stop/Exit key to go to root of maintenance mode.
• Enter 9,9 to exit maintenance mode

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Error unable to clean on Brother MFC

Solution:

• Machine off
• Switch on the machine while holding down the “menu”button until all the leds are flashing on/off. Now you are in “maintenance” mode.
• Press 80
• Press the “mono start” button several times until you see “purge: xxxx”
• Press “2783” in order to reset the purge counter. You will see: “purge:0000”
• Press the "stop" button.
• Press “99” to exit the maintenance mode.

See also: Error 46 on Brother printers

If you want to replace the absorber box:

• LF7443001: Ink Absorber Weld Assy

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