Brother printer unusable print quality

Oh no!! I didn't know what they were and when I got it working initially I'd say I dumped them. I wonder can I just leave the small bung out, will that be ok?

Is this what you chucked away?
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Yep, but just looked and found them, I assume the fatter end goes into the smaller of the two holes?

Ohhh. Great. As i found few extra so i could send them to you if needed.

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Originally Posted by Paul

Ohhh. Great. As i found few extra so i could send them to you if needed.

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thanks so much! You are so good

Well between us all we tend to come up with the correct answer eventually lol

Yep, well pleased I got mine sorted, I've put the large bungs back in to see if was just a temporary air lock and the air filters are in place.
Will do some tests tomorrow.
Need to find the right print settings now.
Thanks for the help.

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Originally Posted by WorthDoingRight

Do you have the small funnels that came with your cartridges installed? The Brother cartridges do not like the bungs in - they do supply little flying saucer shaped funnels that are designed to be left in the holes. I think bungs are necessary on epson cartridges as they are gravity fed, I believe the Brother sucks the ink through and hence need to be open to the air.

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They are called filters.

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Originally Posted by Ian M

They are called filters.

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Well they are filters imho only if they have filter material in them. If when they arrive they have no filter material then they are little funnels lol

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Originally Posted by WorthDoingRight

Well they are filters imho only if they have filter material in them. If when they arrive they have no filter material then they are little funnels lol

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Oh what do I know? I'd better leave it to the experts. Think it's time I faded back into the background with some of the others again.