Often at the time of replacing the Brother Toner Cartridge or a Compatible Brother Toner Cartridge, the printer might continue showing the warning messages on the printer like "replace toner' or "low toner". We shall now learn how can the Brother printer toner counter can be replaced for continuing with printing.
So, on a Brother Printer, what is the Toner Cartridge?
Toner Counters are said to be the general guess estimations on the printer, instructing the printer on when the toner should be replaced. A few laserjet printers cannot read the toner itself and thus depend on resetting the page counter, which takes place with the new toner being inserted in the printer.
Sometimes, when the printer is not resetting the toner and will display an inaccurate toner level for the amount inside the cartridge. Brother toners are unable to read the toner and so, if the toner has not been reset, then it will not be providing an accurate toner level.
If the Brother printer is unable to recognize the cartridge being the newly inserted one, then the printer will be displaying an error. It could be down to incorrect toner installation and chip recognition.
There might be a few cases when using Brother Toner, an error might come up before the actual toner runs out. Then, the Brother printer will be displaying the "replace toner" or anything similar. But the Brother toner will still be new on inspection.
It is likely to happen when the toner had not been reset on the counter after the new cartridge has been installed or the small count of documents printed did exceed the page counter built-in guess estimations on the printer.
A simple reset procedure on your Brother printer will help to solve the error and ignore the message while allowing it to go on printing.
The ideal way to check out for the errors, or to decide whether the toner needs replacing is by printing a black and white test as well as a colour test page. These two printed pages will make it clear whether the toner is low or having quality deterioration. The colour test page printout will state which are the toners to be replaced. Now the best way for getting it done is by installing the new Brother Toners print out a test page in black and white or in colour. Here, the toners' new quality will be shown, which are full.
Another test page can be printed for checking if the toner has to be replaced. Keep in mind all the Brother toner print yields are based on an average of 5% coverage.
How To Reset the Toner Counter on Brother Printer?
Different series need distinct steps. Instructions will be varying depending on the Brother printer series. Your printer counter instructions will be reset by these instructions and you can continue printing.
I. For Brother DCP Printers
Opening the printer's front cover, spot the message "replace toner" or "replace drum".
Press the up or down button.
Once 00 appears on the printer display, OK should be pressed and then the front cover closed. T
Now, the warning message will be clear and you can continue printing.
I I. For Brother HL Printers
Opening the front cover, and removing the toner drum from the printer, the START button has to be pressed.
The toner and drum should be installed back into the printer.
Pressing the START button twice, the front cover must be closed.
By now, the warning message should disappear and printing will be continuing.
III. For Brother MFC Printers
Opening the printer's front cover, the CLEAR/BACK button has to be pressed.
The following buttons on the keypad in the sequence - *, 0 and then 0 should be pressed.
The front cover must be now closed.
Then, the warning message will go away and you can resume printing.
The discussed methods will help you to clear the Brother printer counter and start to continue with normal printing. Brother Toners are convenient to use, as well as purchase - but you need to use it wisely to use for a long, and replace it when the cartridge is completely empty.
