Is it really easy or messy to replace drum for HL-5340D. Printer just started printing dull grey pages.
887543
I found it very simple and easy to replace the drum. You just take out the old one and plug in the new. Not sure why your printer is printing dull gray pages. may have other problems besides the drum.
887544
It is very easy. But before replacing the drum, be sure to have tried cleaning the inside of the printer as well as the drum roller, by following Brother printer instructions (can be found on website). Also, there is a place inside the printer above the drum area, that is a little rectangular glass area that you should try to clean first. There might be toner splatter up there that might be disfiguring your printed pages. I try to do a good cleaning prior to giving up on the drum. But, alas, I have replaced drums because I really like the printer and want to keep using it. The only mess is clean up, the drum itself just requires to be replaced. There are also instructions in informing the printer itself that it is having its drum replaced. I found Brothers website very useful to research prior to actually changing out the drums. Very detailed instructions/suggestions.
1751272
The toner cartridges fit inside the drum unit. The toner cartridge it comes with is low capacity, so best to buy a toner pretty soon after buying the printer. The drum unit has to be replaced too, but not for quite a while. You'll use several toners before the drum gets replaced. The printer tells you the percentage of drum life left.
74921
I assume you know that the toner cartridge is distinct from the Drum, and that the drum lasts about 4 toner cartridges. The 1.5" patern does reflect the circumference of the toner cartridge roller (how 'bout that 2 Pi r?), so if your drum isn't old, then I'd guess you're right that it's a bad toner cartridge--I've never had one bleed, and my drum is going on 10,000 pages (well past the 8500 page rated life).
1777490
The dr 420 doesn't get replaced until after about 10 toner changes or more the printer will tell you when to replace your drum. So you only need to get the TN420 and it comes out of the drum easily and replacing is easy also. Goodluck!
1241359
did you clean the wire? Are you using the original Brother toner? If so & this is your 3rd or 4th toner cartridge & you haven't previously replaced the drum it looks like it's time to place the drum. I usually replace the drum after the 3rd toner cartridge, i.e. the toner cartridge sits inside my Brother MFC. BTW- I use mine for personal use so minimal streaking is acceptable.
1749934
Yes, I used my drum until the copies were coming out bad, which was well past the time of counter replacement notification.
1123644
Yes, Amazon's fit list is incomplete. I have three HL6189DW printers and they all use the DR720 drum. BTW, I've tried the generic drums with poor results. Now I use only genuine Brother drums. The Linkyo toner cartridges are fine though.
209153
It's probably the drum that needs to be cleaned. Every printer is different so you may want to ask a repair shop or Yahoo/Google it on how to do it? Edit: You also have to clean the "corona wire" on the cartridge, just slide the tab across the wire several times, every time you replace the cartridge or when streaks happen from what i've read also.
172613
I really couldn't tell you as I have only had to purchase it once so far since we've owned the printer, which has maybe been a year. It is for a 55 & older homeowner association, so there really isnt that much printing. The have started printing their monthly newsletter on in in the last 3-4 months so we'll see - I'm sure we'll have to replace it again soon. Sadly when I do so the last time I had to replace all 4 of the drums (color too) as I was unable, at that time, to buy just the black drum. We hardly use the color and so that really didnt make me or them too happy. Hope that helps some??
383597
You probably removed the drum that goes with the toner when you removed your old toner. Reuse the drum with the new toner.
1633666
It says to replace the drum for a long time then it won't go until you replace it. That's when I replace it. And you can reset drum on the menu. But I've heard if you let the drum go too long you will be buying a printer...
541417
Franklin, I bought this printer a year ago and my problem is annoying paper jams, over and over and over..... which means I have to remove the back and extricate the paper. As far as your print head is concerned, I experienced that once. I turned off the power, unplugged the printer, removed both cartridges and waited about 20 minutes before powering it up again. The printer seemed to recognize that it was missing the cartridges and immediately rebooted to receive them. In the final analysis, I have regretted this purchase.... good luck. BILL
2264503
I would buy a new one. This printer is pretty old now. It's not worth reparing.
624222
No, not at all. My printer has been working GREAT since the swap out. there are instruction on the machine and youtube videos on this. I thought about buying a new printer since replacing them would cost so much but I am glad I didn't. this is a real good all-in-one and worth the money to change them. Hope this helps...
1158401
Try the old toner and drum. Do they work? Make sure you have pulled the strip that released the toner into the unit, some do not have that requirement. If none of that helped, maybe the laser failed or other electronics. Could even be a software or driver issue, can you print a test page?
1633665
It usually gives fair warning, but when it gets to the page capacity for the drum unit, it will tell you that it must be replace and you won't be able to print. You can always reset the drum counter if your printer has the option if you want to keep using the same drum.
1250632
In the printer (Brother HL 2170 series) remove the toner drum which houses the toner. The toner is cliped onto the drum. Remove the toner from the drum and clip the new toner into the drum. Reinstall the drum inside the printer. Shouldn't take more than five minutes to do the job.