Brother Laser Printer Drum Light Flashing

This indicates a service call error follow the steps listed below.

Brother laser printer drum light flashing.

The red status and amber paper toner drum leds lights are all flashing. To reset the drum counter follow the instructions below. Close the front cover. The power switch is located on the right side of the printer.

Check the meaning of led indication. Pressing the go button wakes up the printer from sleep mode to ready mode. The paper led flashing can be caused by no paper in the manual feed slot a paper jam the front cover is open the back cover is open dust on the drum or not having a drum installed. When the leds are on or flashing an error may occur.

When the status led is dimmed green the printer is in sleep mode power save mode or deep sleep mode reducing more power consumption than sleep mode. Open the front cover by placing your hand on the top center section of the printer above the word brother and pull forward. Be sure that the drum unit and toner cartridge assembly is installed in the machine before continuing. Drum light was flashing on this printer so i replaced the drum for another original brother dr 3100.

However when i close the front the drum light still flashes. I try to print a status page but the status light on the printer turns orange from green and the drum light flashes. Do not release it until the four light emitting diode indicator lights on the printer s. To reset the drum counter press and hold down go for about 4 seconds until all the leds light up.

When the new drum unit was installed were you able to print using the new drum and then the error re appeared after some printing or you could not print at all because the flashing drum and error leds or drum error did not clear. Once all four leds are lit release go. Turn the machine off. The machine will warn you when the drum is nearing the end of its life with a blinking led light usually indicating that the drum will need to be replaced soon.

Make sure the printer is powered on. Flashing drum and error leds or drum error in status monitor continues after replacing the drum 1. Make sure that the drum led is now off.