20 Most Recent Brother HL-2040 Laser Printer - Page 6 Questions & Answers

Try cleaning inside of printer where toner meets it.

It's much cheaper from the servicing dealer, and it's not a "compatible" fake toner... It's funny how you created this question then answered it yourself.

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if the cartridge is almost empty, then the toner start to become weaker so the toner is attracted on the surface of the drum. check the counter if it is time to replace the cartridge

No guarantee this will work but I refilled toner on my Brother 5170 and it only worked after making sure the old stuff was completely out. After removing the little plastic plug, I tapped out the toner repeatedly on the side of a trash can (like 50 times) then took a shop vac and let that **** out whatever toner was left. It really seems to be important for some reason to rid the cartridge of ALL old toner before adding the new stuff. Hope this helps!

When the Toner light is steadily ON, this means either of the following are true:

• Toner life end - Replace the toner cartridge with a new one.
• Cartridge position error -The toner cartridge is not installed correctly. Take out the toner cartridge and put it back into the printer again.

Follow these steps when replacing the drum unit:

1. Make sure that the printer is turned on and the Drum LED is blinking. Open the front cover of the printer.
2. Press and hold down the Go button for about 4 seconds until all the LEDs light up. Once all four LEDs are lit, release the Go button. NOTE: Do not reset the drum counter when you replace only the toner cartridge.
3. Pull out the drum unit and toner cartridge assembly.
4. Push down the blue lock lever and take the toner cartridge out of the drum unit.
5. Unpack the new drum unit and toner cartridge. Hold the cartridge level with both hands and gently rock it from side to side five or six times to spread the toner evenly inside the cartridge. NOTE: Put the toner cartridge in the drum unit immediately after you have removed the protective cover.
   
6. Put the toner cartridge firmly into the new drum unit until you hear it lock into place. If you put the cartridge in properly, the blue lock lever will lift automatically. NOTE: Make sure you insert the toner cartridge properly or it may separate from the drum unit.
   
7. Clean the primary corona wire inside the drum unit by gently sliding the blue tab from right to left and left to right several times. Return the tab to the home position (?) before you put the drum unit back in the printer. If you do not, printed pages may have a vertical stripe.
   
8. Put the drum unit and toner cartridge assembly in the printer.
9. Close the front cover.
10. Make sure that the Drum LED is now off.

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Please check paper sensor may e damage, need to relpace it on prior basis

You may download software and drivers from here.

You can download the Brother printer drivers from their support WEB site. Please click on this link and select your model printer to download : - http://www.brother.com.au/ProductsSolutions.aspx

There is a window on each end of the toner cartridge that you can cover with electrical tape and keep printing, it shines a light thru and when the toner is too low it says it's empty. The weight can be misleading.

sounds like the printer power supply is bad