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Brother HL-2240 low toner
This Brother HL-2240 is a fairly new laser printer and has just given me a
low-toner warning. In my old HP Laserjet III I could remove the cart and rock it back and forth a few times and the cart would last a while longer. Will this work in the Brother or do I have to change the cart? (I preferred the good-old-days when one got a detailed manual with stuff.) TIA -- "Where there's smoke there's toast!" Anon |
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Brother HL-2240 low toner
KenK wrote:
This Brother HL-2240 is a fairly new laser printer and has just given me a low-toner warning. In my old HP Laserjet III I could remove the cart and rock it back and forth a few times and the cart would last a while longer. Will this work in the Brother or do I have to change the cart? (I preferred the good-old-days when one got a detailed manual with stuff.) TIA -- "Where there's smoke there's toast!" Anon You may get a little more after a gentle rocking but not for long. After a while one of two things will happen, either the printer will say toner out and stop printing or you will start to get a gray tinge to the paper (due to the toner 'carrier' sticking to the page). In any event you should get a good yield from a new toner for this printer. Tony |
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Brother HL-2240 low toner
KenK wrote:
This Brother HL-2240 is a fairly new laser printer and has just given me a low-toner warning. In my old HP Laserjet III I could remove the cart and rock it back and forth a few times and the cart would last a while longer. Will this work in the Brother or do I have to change the cart? (I preferred the good-old-days when one got a detailed manual with stuff.) Yes, that levelling toner trick may help, but I don't bother until it gets to the point where there is a visible streak due to poorly distributed toner. The manual should be on the CD-ROM that came with the printer, or you can download it from Brother's web site. http://www.brother-usa.com/support/M...ModelID=HL2240 (Click on the Manuals & Documents tab.) See chapter 4 (Routine Maintenance), Toner Cartridge section, from page 70. This explains the LEDs and also mentions a mode setting which my club found made a big difference to how often we needed to replace the toner cartridge in an HL-2240D (same model but with duplexing). When the printer reaches the "replace toner" indication point it may have plenty of toner left. By default, it is in "Stop mode", so it refuses to print any more once it is showing "replace toner". You can set "Continue mode" to continue printing until _you_ decide the toner really is too low to keep using that cartridge, based on your observation of the print quality. To toggle between Continue mode and Stop mode, press the Go button seven times in a row. The printer flashes all the LEDs twice to indicate Continue mode is active, or once to indicate Stop mode is active. -- David Empson |
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Brother HL-2240 low toner
KenK was inspired to say
This Brother HL-2240 is a fairly new laser printer and has just given me a low-toner warning. In my old HP Laserjet III I could remove the cart and rock it back and forth a few times and the cart would last a while longer. Will this work in the Brother or do I have to change the cart? (I preferred the good-old-days when one got a detailed manual with stuff.) I have a new HL-2250 (comes with a low capacity cartridge) - that technique seems to work for me. Nothing to lose by trying, surely? Mike -- Michael J Davis |
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