Archive for the ‘Brother Toner Cartridges’ Category
Anyone Have Problems with Toner for Brother Fax/Copier/Printers?
We bought this Brother Fax/Copier that takes a TN-350 toner cartridge. The problem was that it ran out very quickly, giving nowhere the 2500 copies that it says in the manual.
I looked on the net and found that inside the printer there is an “eye” on each side of the cartridge and a corresponding one in each side of the machine itself. If you get some black tape or some of those round sticky spots and cover both eyes in the printer it no longer gives the toner low message.
There is another problem though, on the left side of the toner cartridge there is a gear with an arm on it that turns as it’s used. Once the arm turns all the way anti clockwise the printer says replace cartridge no matter how much toner is left.
To get around this I wound tape around the lug near the lever and the printer thinks the lever is not all the way home.
Now the printer has printer over 1000 pages since it said “Replace Toner Cartridge” without a problem and it’s still going strong. When the print quality deteriorates then I will replace it. Until then I will keep printing and saving money.
Who thinks it’s bad that Brother did this?
They are obviously making money out of people who needlessly buy another cartridge when the old one is still good.
The funny thing is that I have a HP printer and with the regular toner cartridge I get at least twice as many pages than the Brother.
And the cost of the cartrdge is the same.
I wonder how Brother would explain that?
It seems that some companies are fleecing their customers by shortchanging them on their consumables.
How would you feel if you went to a gas station and paid for 10 gallons and only 5 came out?
anybody can tell me how to reset the toner yellow light in my Brother HL-2140. i tried pushing the white butto
i allready tried pushing the white left button together with the cover sensor for ten seconds what happen is that all 3 light stay lighted. and nothing happen. thanks
i purchased new toner but the yellow light still there
Why does my Brother toner cartridge have a sticker that says “Removal of this sticker may void warranty?”?
It’s on the right side. What is it covering or hiding?
I heard there is a sensor on these cartridges that shuts down the printer when the toner is low, but before the toner cartridge is actually out of toner. The printer is supposed to work again if you cover the sensor with electrical tape. It doesn’t seem that tape would be placed over a sensor, but could that be it?
I removed it. It covers the cap that can be removed to add more toner and I also found the two sensors on either side that can be covered with electrical tape so the cartridge will keep working.