How to easily and quickly reset your Brother printer, applicable to all models

Printers are an essential tool that helps with office work as well as in certain organizations such as schools, hospitals, etc. In this article, FPT Shop will guide you on how to reset Brother printers for all models currently on the market.

What is Printer Reset?

Reset is an English word that means “restart” when translated to Vietnamese. Resetting a Brother printer includes resetting the printer toner and drum. Unlike other printers that use chips to calculate the number of pages printed by the toner and drum, Brother printers use gears to calculate the lifecycle of the toner and the number of pages printed varies depending on the model.

• The sign to know that the toner needs to be reset is when the printer toner light flashes (for printers without LCD screens) or displays messages like Replace Toner, Toner Low, Toner Life End, etc. (for printers with LCD screens).

• The sign to know that the drum needs to be reset is when the LCD screen displays messages like Replace Drum, Drum End Soon (for printers with LCD screens) or the Drum light is on (for printers without LCD screens).

Since Brother printers use gears, sometimes even if you have just replaced the toner, you may still get messages like Replace Toner or Toner Low. Or in the case of a newly replaced drum, you may receive a Replace Drum message soon after. If this happens, it is possible that your Brother printer is experiencing some issues. At this point, resetting the printer is the effective solution to solve the problem.

How to Reset Brother Printer Toner

Each Brother printer model will have different steps to reset the toner. Here are the specific instructions for each printer model:

For Brother HL Monochrome Printers

Step 1: Turn off the printer using the power button and then open the front cover of the printer.

Step 2: Press and hold the Go button while turning on the printer.

Step 3: When the Toner, Drum, and Error lights are all on and the Ready light turns off for about 15 seconds, release the Go button.

Step 4: Press the Go button twice in a row, then the Toner, Drum, and Error lights will turn off.

Step 5: Press the Go button five times in a row, then the Error light will blink.

Step 6: Finally, just close the printer cover and wait for the device to restart.

For Brother HL Color Laser Printers

Step 1: Open the front cover of the printer, press the Secure button and Cancel button simultaneously to display the ink menu on the screen.

Step 2: Select the ink color to reset by pressing the up or down arrow button.

Step 3: Press OK to display 2 options: Reset and Exit, then select Reset.

Step 4: Close the printer cover and the device will restart.

For Brother Black and White DCP Multifunction Printers

Step 1: Open the front cover of the printer, and the LCD screen will display the message Cover is open.

Step 2: Press and hold the OK button for about 4 seconds until the LCD screen displays the message Replace Drum, then release it.

Step 3: Press and hold the START button for 3 seconds.

Step 4: Press the up arrow button to display 01 on the screen, press the down arrow button to display 00, then press OK to show Accepted.

Step 5: Close the printer cover and the printer will restart.

For Brother Color Laser DCP Multifunction Printers

Step 1: Open the front cover of the printer, when the LCD screen displays Cover is open, press the clear/back button to display the Reset menu.

Step 2: Use the up or down arrow button to find and select the ink color to reset, then press OK. The ink color is represented by the first letter according to the Alphabet, specifically: K = Black, C = Cyan, M = Magenta, Y = Yellow, H = High Capacity Cartridge, S = Standard Capacity Cartridge.

Step 3: Close the printer cover.

For Brother Monochrome MFC Multifunction Printers

Step 1: Press the MENU button on the Brother Monochrome MFC printer.

Step 2: Use the up or down arrow button to find Machine Info, then press OK.

Step 3: Continue using the arrow button to find Reset Drum, press and hold the OK button.

Step 4: When the LCD screen displays Reset Drum Reset ∧ Exit ∨, press * 1 1 to display Accepted.

Step 5: Turn off the MFC printer and turn it back on.

For Brother Color Laser MFC Multifunction Printers

Step 1: Press the Home button on the Brother MFC printer, select the Fax function, and remember the asterisk button (*).

Step 2: Open the front cover of the printer and hold the asterisk button (*) for 5 seconds.

Step 3: Select the ink reset menu from the screen and select the ink color to reset.

Step 4: Press Yes to start resetting the ink.

Step 5: Repeat steps 4 and 5 if you need to reset multiple ink colors.

Step 6: Close the printer cover and use it as usual.

For more information: Printer prints multiple copies of a document, how to fix it?

How to Reset Brother Printer Drum

Similar to resetting the toner, the process of resetting the drum will also differ for each Brother printer model.

For Brother HL Monochrome Printers

Step 1: Open the printer cover, press and hold the OK button for about 2 seconds.

Step 2: When the LCD screen displays the message Drum Unit, continue pressing the OK button.

Step 3: Use the arrow buttons to select the Reset and Reset Drum options.

Step 4: Close the printer cover.

For Brother HL Color Laser Printers

Step 1: Press the Go button and the up arrow button simultaneously.

Step 2: Press the up or down arrow button to find the Drum Unit, then press OK.

Step 3: Continue using the arrow buttons to find the desired drum color to reset, then press OK.

Step 4: Finally, reset the drum counter by pressing the up arrow button.

For Brother Black and White DCP Multifunction Printers

Step 1: Open the printer cover, press the Clear/Back button.

Step 2: Select option 1 (Yes) or option 2 (No) on the LCD screen to reset the drum.

+ If the printer has the Fax function: Press button 1.

+ If the printer does not have the Fax function: Press the up arrow button.

Step 3: When the LCD screen displays the message Accepted, close the printer cover to complete the process.

Resetting a Brother printer is not difficult and does not take much time. However, it is important to determine the model of the printer you are using to apply the appropriate reset method. We hope that these instructions on how to reset Brother printers provided here will provide you with truly useful information.

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