How to get a Brother MFC-250C to print with an empty colour catridge

Hi People,

This is quite an easy one.  Basically if you are like me and unlucky enough to own a shitty Brother printer, you’ll be familiar with the regular pain of running out of a single colour of ink, and having the whole printer cease to work because of which.    These stupid pieces of crap will not print a BLACK and white page if any of the cyan, yellow or magenta cartridges are out.

Well here is the quick fix to get you back on track and operating with just a black cartridge and a bunch of empty other ones.

The brother printers use a sensor which scans the clear plastic parts of the cartridge to determine how much ink is left.  Basically, coloring in these sections tricks the printer into thinking the empty cartridge is full of ink.

All one needs is a black permanent marker.  Simply pull back the sheath on the cartridge to reveal the clear inner.  “Paint” all the clear plastic on all three sides as well as the clear part on the top of the cartridge.  Please see images below.

Replace the cartridges and you are all set.

Hope this helps.