Printer tips and tricks e.g. how to reset various toner/drum/fuser messages, how to extend the life of your toner cartridges, how to clean your printer etc.
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…
This article explains how to reset the page counter on Brother printers that use the TN251 and TN255 series toner cartridges. Sometimes when replacing Brother toner the flag that trips the toner reset fails to correctly reset the counter. Fortunately you can reset the counter using the following procedure. Note: for selecting the correct toner you…
If your Brother MFC-9450CDN has come up with Fuser Unit End you can reset the counter using the following procedure. With the printer in ready state (i.e. switched on and ready to print/copy). Press the 3 and 9 buttons at the same time. This will bring up the reset menu. Scroll down to Fuser Press…
If your Brother MFC9440CN belt unit “BU100CL” is still giving you acceptable print quality, you can reset the counter as follows: Turn the machine’s power switch on. Press the Menu –> Machine Info -> Reset Menu. Press the Up or Down Arrow key to choose Belt Unit. Press OK. Press 1 to reset the belt unit counter. Press the Stop/Exit. Your Transfer belt counter should now be reset. Note: Performing this reset doesn’t mean…
Cartridge recognition issues sometimes occur with compatible or genuine Brother toner cartridges. When you install a Brother TN2030 cartridge and the toner counter doesn’t reset, you may wish to try the following procedure. Open the front cover and leave open while completing the following steps. Turn the printer off. Hold the ‘go’ button (or “start’ button) while turning…
After replacing the drum units DR240CL in your HL-3040CN, HL-3045CN, HL-3070CW or HL-3075CW 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 (if its off, and it should be off when you replace the drum/s). Press + or –…
If you have replaced the toner in your Brother DCP7065DN, and the “Toner Life End” or “Replace Toner” message hasn’t automatically reset, you may wish to follow the following procedure to reset it manually: Open the front door and remove the drum and toner (cover to avoid light damage). Confirm that the display shows cover…