Printer not printing red ink - red prints out yellow; help please??

Hi, my printer (Brother- MFC-3240) is not printing red ink. Everytime I print try to red, it's yellow. All the different colors ink are in right and filled up all the way and the computer shows that it recognizes that.... Anyone have any ideas how to fix it??? Thanks so much! :)Printer not printing red ink - red prints out yellow; help please??
It is highly probable your red [Magneta] Printhead is clogged.


Magneta [red] is one of the three primary printing colors;


1. Yellow 2. Magneta 3. Cyan





I am not familiar with Brother printers [HP only] - I do not know if your Printheads are located in your Inkjet cartridges, or if they are in the printer itself.





If your Brother Printheads are in the Inkjet cartridges, you might E-mail me; there are several different ways of cleaning, depending on the degree of the clog.





If your Printheads are actually a part of your printer, I would really not know the best way to clean, but the cleaning solutions I use here for HP's [Printhead in Inkjet cartridge]:





01. Hot, but not boiling water.





02. Hot, but not boiling 50% - 50% mixture of Ammonia %26amp; water.





01 + 02: Hold Printhead - Only - in hot water or mixture for 12 - 15 seconds. Using a paper towel, firmly hold Printhead vertically onto paper towel as to where ink will ';Wick'; into paper towel. This may be done several times.





For very stubborn colgs, Printhead may be soaked overnight.





* Be very careful of your Printhead - even ';Wiping'; Printhead with paper towel can cause damage to Printhead - it doesn't take much.





03. Using a cotton Q-Tip %26amp; Isopropyl Alcohol [99% is best - 91% would work - if nothing else is avaliable, 87%], GENTLY rub the Printhead with Alcohol - this may be tried several times.





If your Printheads are a part of your printer, you could use the above for cleaning, but I'm not sure how you would get the cleaning fluid to the clogged Printhead.





If you could find ';Carm'; here @ Yahoo-Answers, he could probably help you greatly - he has been in the printer repair business for 20 + years.





Good Luck,





Ken C.


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It depends if your on a word processer and have somthing typed out highlight it clack on text color click any color you want. if on internet depending on the text color u cant chang it unless you highlight it put it in a blnk document and do the thing i just told u mabey its your ink if it says color that doesnt mean it will have yellow on it you have to check lable sertaint things have certaint colors