The Brother Drum unit is a separate consumable unit that
normally should be replaced after the use of 3 to 4 toner cartridges. If you possess
a Brother laser printer and getting "Replace Drum" message on display
of printer, then it might be the right time to get a new drum. In order to
track usage, your printer utilizes a page counter, which must be manually reset
whenever a new drum is installed. If resetting doesn’t perform successfully,
then you may face Brother
Printer Offline error.
Though, replacement instructions vary depending on what
printer model you are using. Here, we are going to discuss the replacement and
then reset instructions of drum unit for brother printer.
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Firstly, you need to turn on the printer.
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Open the front cover of the printer and let it
sit for 10 minutes so it can cool down.
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Eliminate the drum unit and toner cartridge
from the printer carefully.
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Press down on the green lever to separate the
toner cartridge from the drum unit.
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Bring in your new drum unit and then
carefully slide the toner cartridge into the drum unit so that it locks into the
right place. You will surely hear a click sound that verifies that you fitted
it well.
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By sliding the green tab on the drum unit in
back and forth direction a couple of times, clean the corona wire. This prepares
the drum unit before use.
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Install both the toner cartridge as well as drum
unit together as one piece at the back side of printer.
Once the new drum unit is replaced then you need to reset
the drum counter. If you don’t reset the counter, the "replace drum"
message will remain on the printer display even you replaced it with the new
one.
Learn
how to reset the brother printer drum counter:
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Press the "X" on the printer to disrupt
the "replace drum" message
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Press the tool button settings, then all settings
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Here, go for machine Info and then click on parts
life
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Keep pressing the # button until the LCD
message didn’t get change
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Now click on the Drum and then choose yes
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When the process get completed then simply select
the home button to exit the menu
In order to get online assistance to do the same you can
take Brother Printer Help at
the comfort of your home.