Musicmanager
Well-Known Member
Hi Guys
I'm looking for the Brother Printer Expert amongst us .. .. .. .
A while ago I bought a Brother MFC-J870DW All in One Printer on Ebay .. .. described as brand new with faulty power supply. Investigation revealed printer was built for USA market and therefore 120 vac. Someone had cut off two pin plug, fitted a UK type and applied 240 vac. I found capacitor with top blown out and rectifier diodes with possible problem so I replaced them all, bought a 240v - 120v power adaptor, plugged in, turned on, everything leapt into life.
Pound seats, I thought ... however .. ... ..
I cannot get the machine to recognise the ink cartridges .. ..spoke to Brother Service who told me the ink cartridges in the USA are likely to be different, possibly different chip .. .. so I imported a set of cartridges from California .. the cases are clear plastic, instead of black ... but they are still not recognised, probably because the chip on the cartridge is exactly the same !
I've attached a pic of both sides of a the cartridge chip .. .. .. I don't suppose anyone here has encountered this before and got any solutions ?
Thanks folks
S
I'm looking for the Brother Printer Expert amongst us .. .. .. .
A while ago I bought a Brother MFC-J870DW All in One Printer on Ebay .. .. described as brand new with faulty power supply. Investigation revealed printer was built for USA market and therefore 120 vac. Someone had cut off two pin plug, fitted a UK type and applied 240 vac. I found capacitor with top blown out and rectifier diodes with possible problem so I replaced them all, bought a 240v - 120v power adaptor, plugged in, turned on, everything leapt into life.
Pound seats, I thought ... however .. ... ..
I cannot get the machine to recognise the ink cartridges .. ..spoke to Brother Service who told me the ink cartridges in the USA are likely to be different, possibly different chip .. .. so I imported a set of cartridges from California .. the cases are clear plastic, instead of black ... but they are still not recognised, probably because the chip on the cartridge is exactly the same !
I've attached a pic of both sides of a the cartridge chip .. .. .. I don't suppose anyone here has encountered this before and got any solutions ?
Thanks folks
S