After using my brother DCP-135C for a couple of years, it suddenly came out this "Unable to clean 46" error message and I was unable to use it.

Managed to find a solution and now it is functional again.

Solution 1:

Pull out the AC plug. 

Put back the AC plug while holding down the "Menu" button and keep holding it (15 sec): you're 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 up'down 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 

Back To:
GoToThings - Knowledge Sharing