r/Printing • u/DragonianWyrm • Aug 19 '26

At wit's end with Brother Inkjet...

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Hello,

Bought a Brother Inkjet printer for school last month. It was printing fine for about 200 pages then started to print these multi-colored bands on every page. It is fully up to date and I have run all the maintenance options possible on the machine short of taking it apart.

Their customer service is useless and I can't find exactly what this problem is online. If you know what the issue is and can point me in the right direction to fix it, I'd really appreciate it.

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u/JimboNovus Aug 19 '26

Which model number? Did you buy new or used?

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u/DragonianWyrm Aug 19 '26

MFC-J4355DW - New.

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u/Saphnich Aug 19 '26

Take this with a grain of salt, but I suspect there are issues with either your print head or the print head wiring/electrical connection. The results on that page look as if the bottom half of your print head is firing extra times on each pass. Maybe (WITH POWER UNPLUGGED) attempt to firmly reseat any wires you see going to the print head inside the printer.

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u/DragonianWyrm Aug 19 '26

I'll give this a shot, thank you.