I have the Brother HL2240D and I have noticed a small amount of fading in places - does this mean that I need a new drum?
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Fading is caused by the toner needing to be replaced, it will tell you when to replace the drum.
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You should have gotten a message to replace the drum (in the window of the printer) I usually remove the drum and the ink cartridge, shake it from right to left (to distribute the powder/toner), replace the drum and the cartridge, print a page. If the page is still fading, then you need to replace the toner (usually, not the drum).
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I do not have the same Brother printer, but when I needed a new drum for my printer, the print didn't fade but the pages wrinkled.
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Hello Bansheer Briar, Thank you for your email. Usually it does mean that you need to change the toner. As far as the drum is concern, it usually leaves black stripes on the paper. For a better information, Please contact Brother support. Regards
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Hello Bansheer Briar, Thank you for your email. Usually it does mean that you need to change the toner. As far as the drum is concern, it usually leaves black stripes on the paper. For a better information, Please contact Brother support.Regards
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usually the machine will give you a message that you need a new drum, did you use the OEM toner cartridge ? this may casuse a problem
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Assuming you get it from the same seller, I don't know, you'd have to ask them or look a little closer than I did and see if it says something about a warrenty in the ad. I probably should have looked, but I figured if the replacement print head didn't fix the problem, I wouldn't know whether I'd gotten another defective one or there was something else wrong with the printer. New heads are around $75, so I figured if this didn't fix the problem, I'd dump the printer entirely.
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yes the one I bought was a genuine Brother drum. I bought mine directly from Amazon
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I have this machine now. I strongly advise against buying one. It's flimsy and the drum never fails to get stuck inside.I'm replacing mine asap.
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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...
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It does. I accidentally bought the drum first, and of course, there's no toner with the drum. I bought this, shook it gently side to side, forward and back, keeping it on the level, (I worked in a printer test unit, and that's what we did with every printer cartridge), replaced the old cartridge with this one, and it printed. There was smudging on the first one (or two pages), then perfect after that.
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Not that i know of - i'm not very technically oriented. All I know is it prints. No major problems. Had it a year or so ... You do have to replace the drum - an additional expense, in addition to the toner, from time to time.
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I've had paper jams with a couple of my printers. If you can access the rubber rollers that move the paper through, take a cloth dampened with 409 and clean the rollers. See if this helps. It fixed my Konica Minolta (my favorite one) about 2 years and the intake of this Brother Printer and it stopped jamming.
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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?
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There's good article at http://printgreen.weebly.com/1/post/2014/01/reset-the-drum-counter-of-your-brother-dr310cl-drum-unit.html that shows you exactly how to reset it. Hope this helps
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I had no problem with ours......I read the instructions and did what I supposed to (that's a change for me) Our machine is a Brother 9560 CDW so maybe you have the wrong Drum?
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the drum needs replacement just like the toner. the only thing is that the toner runs out faster than the drum. i said the same when my printer started asking me to change it soon.. i ignored it and thats when i started seeing lines and the papers not printing correctly. so give it time before you start to see the lines and fading.. there like your car tires. dont last for ever..lol.. hope this helped..
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okay I need some help/info. I got the 2170w brother printer. I thought it came with a drum too? listed on the side of the box.. well my toner light is blinking, still printing though. So do I just need to buy a drum? What do I do from there, stick it into the toner that exists? Confused since the drum I saw on amazon says compatible w/ toner model xxx whatever. So do they work together? Or do I just stick the drum in place of the toner that I put in there..? Thanks!
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If it's printing good, no streaks on the edges where you can see the drum leaving a roll spot - then you can reset the drum counter. Do this by opening the compartment where you put the toner and drum. Hit the clear button and a message will come on replace drum (y/n), hit yes and it will take replace drum error away. We only replace the drum when it starts to print bad, every 40-50 thousand copies instead of the recommended 20 thousand copies.
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Drum is separate. Toner can be filled however really not recommended. In the long run you may have issues with the drum / fuser
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Correct. Try the Brother Thermal 'Plus' rolled paper. Looks and feels a little better.
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I have learned the hard way to use only Brother brand toner TN-360. It's much more expensive but I have had bad results with several different compatibles, including inferior printing, much less ink than stated, and once it just wrecked my drum entirely. You can get the toner on Amazon and sometimes Costco Online will have a deal on it.