How do I reset the drum unit on this machine - Brother HL-2040 Laser Printer

Hi there,

Below are instructions that I have found from the internet. Hope that they will help.

• Open the front cover of the printer.
• Hold down the Go button for 4 seconds until all the LEDs light up. Then release the Go button
• Remove the drum unit and toner cartridge assembly.
• Replace the drum unit and toner cartridge assembly back into the printer.
• Close the front cover of the printer
• Your drum unit should now be reset
MFC / DCP PRINTER SERIES

1.Remove the drum unit and toner cartridge. Wait 1 or 2 minutes.
2.Replace the drum unit and toner cartridge into printer.
3.The error message "Change Drum Soon/Drum end soon" will continue to appear if the drum counter was not reset when you replace the drum unit.
4.To clear this error message, you need to reset the drum counter as instructed below.
5.Make sure that the machine is turned on.

For MFC users: To confirm you are installing a new drum, press 1. For DCP users To confirm you are installing a new drum, press the Up Arrow key

7.When the LCD shows Accepted, close the front cover.
8.Your drum is now reset.

Resetting the drum unit will not improve print quality. It only resets your drum and allows you to continue to print. You decide when to replace the drum unit not the manufacturer!

These machines need to have their drum units replaced every 12000 pages. If you have replaced it then it needs to have the machine reset. Normally the instructions are included in the box with the new drum unit but not many people read these.

1. Open the front cover (Where you put the cartridge and drum unit in)
2. Press the Back Button
3. Display reads "Replace Drum 1. Yes 2. No"
4. Press the number 1
5. The display reads "Accepted"
6. Close the Front Cover

If you have not replaced the drum unit and you reset the drum counter you will see a noticeable degradation of the printouts coming from the machine.

Time to really order a new drum and really replace with a new one.
Resetting the drum unit will not improve print quality. It only resets your drum and allows you to continue to print. You decide when to replace the drum unit not the manufacturer!

1.Remove the drum unit and toner cartridge. Wait 1 or 2 minutes.
2.Replace the drum unit and toner cartridge into printer.
3.The error message "Change Drum Soon/Drum end soon" will continue to appear if the drum counter was not reset when you replace the drum unit.
4.To clear this error message, you need to reset the drum counter as instructed below.
5.Make sure that the machine is turned on.
6.Press Options.
To confirm you are installing a new drum, press 1.
7.When the LCD shows Accepted, close the front cover.
8.Your drum is now reset.

Did you reset the drum counter?
When you replace the drum unit with a new one, you need to reset the drum unit counter by completing the following steps:

1. Turn the the machine's power switch back on.
2. Press Menu => Machine Info. => Reset Menu.
3. Press the Up or Down Arrow key to choose Drum.
4. Press OK.
5. Press 1 to reset the drum unit counter.
6. Press Stop/Exit.

I hope this helps.

Or Try this:
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/BSC/public/as/au/en/faq/faq/000000/002800/000037/faq002837_009.html?reg=as&c=au&lang=en&prod=mfc7220_us_as

First did you follow instructions of reseting machine , if not here is the istructions, with machine in ready state, press go button and up arrow at same time, the reset parts life comes up, use up arrow or down arrow to scroll thru to drum replacement, press the ok button when you get to drum, the machine will have drum unit ok?, press okay, machine will cycle and reset drum.
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1. When you replace the drum unit with a new one, or just want to extend the life of your existing drum unit, you need to reset the drum counter by completing the following steps:
   
   
2. Press the + or - button to choose "Machine Info".
3. Press OK to proceed to the next menu level, and then press the + or - button to choose
   "Reset Parts Life".
4. Press OK, and then press the + button to choose "Drum Unit".
5. Press OK two times.
6. --------------------- This should help.Thanks.Helpmech.

hello, first did you follow instructions of reseting machine when you replaced drum, if not here is the istructions, with machine in ready state, press go button and up arrow at same time, the reset parts life comes up, use up arrow or down arrow to scroll thru to drum replacement, press the ok button when you get to drum, the machine will have drum unit ok?, press okay, machine will cycle and reset drum.

Did you reset the drum counter?
When you replace the drum unit with a new one, you need to reset the drum unit counter by completing the following steps:

1. Turn the the machine’s power switch back on.
2. Press Menu => Machine Info. => Reset Menu.
3. Press the Up or Down Arrow key to choose Drum.
4. Press OK.
5. Press 1 to reset the drum unit counter.
6. Press Stop/Exit.

I hope this helps.

Cindy Wells
(if you did the reset, you may need to talk to Brother Support. I'm assuming you used a Brother drum and only handled it by the handles.)

Reset DCP 7030 drum unit : -LCD-
Press MENU and turn on printer - MAINTENANCE
arrows 81 and OK -RESET DRUM COUNT
press OK -RESET LIFE COUNT
press CLEAR / BACK
arrows 99 and OK
ready

1.Open the front cover.

2.Press the options key on the control panel. The display will show
#REPLACE DRUM - 1.YES 2.NO#.

3.Press 1 to reset the drum count.

4.Close the front cover.