If you have an old Kyocera Ecosys FS1000, FS1000+, FS1010 or FS1010+ that does not print in the right position on the page, you could have sticky registration or feed solenoids. This is an easy -ish fix that requires a small amount of tech skill and a number 2 Phillips screw driver. First check the…
Hi If you have a Kyocera Ecosys FS1000, Ecosys FS-1000+, Ecosys FS1010 or Ecosys FS-1010+ laser print that has dirty prints like the sample shown below you have a worn/old drum cleaning blade. To fix this fault you will need to replace the blade with a new one. You may also note that the printing…
A common printer error is a driver bug or problem of some sort. The best way to fix that is to reinstall the print driver. HOWEVER a less known fact is that just removing a printer from your “Devices and Printers” (Win 7/8) or “Printers and Faxes” (Win XP) does not actually remove the driver from the computer. To…
Replaced the DR2025 Drum on your Brother printer and the light doesn’t go out? That’s because you have to reset the drum counter when you replace the drum unit. To reset the counter on your new drum unit for HL-2040 HL-2030 HL-2070 please follow the procedure listed below. Turn printer on if it isn’t already.…
If you replace a toner in your Brother MFC9460CDN and the counter doesn’t correctly reset, you can use the following instructions to reset the counter. Turn the printer off and open the front cover. Then turn the printer on. The printer will display “Cover is open”, then press the “clear” key to display the Reset menu. Locate the correct…
Cartridge recognition issues sometimes occur with compatible or genuine Brother TN3310 or the high yield TN3340 toner cartridges or you may just want to use the last few drops of toner for the cartridge. To reset the toner counter follow the procedure listed below. Open the front cover and leave open while completing the following steps. Turn the…
If you replace a toner in your Brother MFC9970CDW and the counter doesn’t correctly reset, you can use the following instructions to reset the counter. Turn the printer off and open the front cover. Then turn the printer on. The printer will display “Cover is open” or “Close cover”, then press the “1” key to display the Reset…
The following problem is one I have come across a couple of times on the Brother HL2250dn printers. The fault is a ghosted image with a distance between the repeats of 54mm. The easy answer was to change the toner and drum unit, however this did nothing to fix the fault. Further testing discovered that the windows…
This is a job I did for a customer’s Oki C3400 that had me scratching my head a bit. It would also affect the Oki C3300 and C3600 model printers as they take the same drum unit. The following image is a copy of the fault and shows that the main colour affected is cyan (the blue…
The following article covers a fault found with the Brother MFC665CW that causes an Unable to Print 51 error. After some quick Google research I discovered that no one seemed to have an idea of what causes this fault and a number of forums claiming that a purge counter reset would fix it. Seeing that the…