Here you’ll find articles that are general in nature i.e. applicable to many different models of printers.
Sometimes the toner counter doesn’t reset when you install a Brother TN2345 or TN2315 cartridge in your HLL2380DW printer. Or you may need to print a few more pages urgently after your printer tells you it’s time to replace the toner. You may wish to try the following procedure to put your printer into continue mode: Press –…
A common question when setting up a printer is “How do I set the default settings for my printer”. For example I would like my printer to print in greyscale (black and white). This is achieved by selecting the required options in Printer Preferences. You can find Printer Preferences by going to Control Panel ->…
Cartridge recognition issues sometimes occur with compatible or genuine Brother toner cartridges. When you install a Brother TN3290 cartridge in your HL5340D – HL5350DN – HL5370DW – HL5380DN and the toner counter doesn’t reset, you may wish to try the following counter reset procedure. Open the front cover and leave open while completing the following steps. Turn the printer off. Hold…
After replacing the drum units DR251CL in your HL3150CDN and HL3170CDW colour laser printer you’ll have to reset the page counter. The following steps are the procedure to perform the counter reset… Turn the printer power switch on. Press “Up“ key while holding down the “Go” button. Use the up or down key to select Drum…
After replacing the drum units DR251CL in your MFC9140CDN MFC9330CDW and MFC9340CDW colour laser printer you’ll have to reset the page counter. The following steps are the procedure to perform the counter reset Turn the printer power switch on. Press “Settings“. Press “All Settings“. Scroll up or down by swiping or using the arrow keys to“Machine…
Frist off there are 3 main ways to connect a printer (not all printers will have all 3). USB (universal serial bus). Network cable Wireless Network The usb option is good for when only one PC will be connected to a printer at one time (most printers have this option). The network option is great…
For some reason once in a blue moon when a new toner is installed the reset switch isn’t triggered and the toner counter doesn’t get reset. The following is a manual reset for your printer that you can use to reset the toner counter. Open the front cover of your Brother HL-4150CDN laser printer where…
If you have a problem with an inkjet printer not printing with a compatible ink cartridge you may have the following fault. This problem is easy to diagnose and fix. First inspect the area where you have removed the yellow vent seal tape. If you haven’t removed the vent seal tape, that will stop air getting…
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…
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…