Top 20 Brother HL3040CN Laser Printer Questions & Answers

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I would first check to see if you are using New / O.E.M. Toner and drums. Most compatible / remanufactured Toner and Drums work okay , they don't do well on Brochures or rich Graphic prints. If you hav'nt installed any supplies recently, the Drum Units is where I would start. Not usually a Cleaning issue.

if you need to replace the printer, i would suggest to buy compatible toner, you will save some money doing this. the technology for compatible toner has improved greatly in recent years, you should have no problem using it. i usually buy my ink toner from this website: Brother Toners Inks Cartridges or Amazon com Online Shopping for Electronics Apparel Computers Books DVDs... if they have something with prime. Watch this video it might help you print with empty cartridge :)

Please Click menu button and then click ok 3 times if the test print is same size ??? then click factory reset option

Need to change all the drums, but you can keep your old drums just reset the printer but your print quality will not be the best, after you change or not change you need to reset the counters. here is more information from brother

The surface of the drum has a chemical coating that the toner sticks to if it gets scratched it will damage it. If you are getting grayish printed pages then that indicated that the drum coating is wearing off and the drum needs to be replaced.

Drum might need cleaning or replacement.

Check the drum!!


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Hi,

I do understand that you have got the piece of paper removed from the printer. Even after this when its still showing the same error it's for sure that there is some more bits strangled inside. Please remove the toner and then check or clean the printer thoroughly. Also remove and straighten the papers that are there in the stack.

Hope you have the manual for the same to understand how to clean the printer. I am posting the manual for your reference:

http://www.retrevo.com/pdf/23576ci662/90/Paper+jams+and+how+to+clear+them#q=Brother+HL-3040CN

I have a Brother HL-3040cn printer, led display says "unable to print 1A" how do i clear this? It also says to turn the power off and open the top cover wait 30 minutes then turn it back on. But this doesnt work?

Hi

3 issues might be the problem.

1. The toner waste compartment is full. You need to clean the toner waste compartment located in the cartridge itself.

2. Roller drum inside the cartridge have lines normally starts on both ends of the drum. This due to bulky printing. Check and replace this parts inside the toner cartridge. Manual cleaning is not advisable because the result will still the same. If you have only toner cartridge, use the roller drum and replace in place of it.

3. Faulty Toner Cartridge that cause leaking the toner powder. If you purchase remanufactured toner cartridge or you refill the toner cartridge. It tends to worn out the parts. Normally starts as roller drum and follows with the other parts. Replace new original Toner Cartridge. When you refill the toner cartridge, you need to clean the waste compartment as well as it will later be full and overflow.

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If not the toner, it will be the fuser unit, these are quite expensive however, you would certainly expect it to last more than 586 pages.

Luckily you say it is only 6 months old, the best advice in this instance would be to ring Brother and get it repaired under warranty.

I appreciate this may not be the answer you seek, however I would be providing poor advice to advise anything else on a product under warranty.

Hey, i had this problem with the cyan colour and it is easily fixed. You take out the problem cartridge and under it, youll see a green tab that you can slide left and reight. you must make sure this tab is at the "home" position. ie, all the way to the left until it clicks into place. http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/BSC/public/eu/eu_ot/en/faq/faq/000000/000000/000065/faq000065_049.html?reg=eu&c=eu_ot&lang=en&prod=hl3040cn_all&Cat=7 This shows a picture about half way down the page of what it should look like. this solved my problem:) cheers!

that is mean the lifetime of drum is over.
solution. replace a new.

clean all the robber rollers remove any dried powder,dried powder thickens the surface of the rollers.the rollers cant turn smooth once it is thicken by dried ink then the drum will not run .do first the cleaning..remove any debris from the mechanical parts....let me hear how it goes..

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It is possible that the new toner is faulty. A replacement may fix the problem. Otherwise, the printer may have a fault that results in inaccurate toner volume, etc...

In most printers there is a workaround.

You can probably navigate the menus and override the notification system.

Consult your user manual for turning off the alerts for low or empty toner.
Sometimes this is listed under "supplies" or some such verbage.

If you no longer have your manual, you may find one on brothers website under their support section.

Cheers!

Hey, I've just figured this out myself. Here is the procedure:

1. Open the front cover that gives you access to the toners.

2. Press and hold "Secure Print" and "Cancel" at the same time. You will see "K-TNR-STD" display on the screen.

3. Using the "+" and "-" buttons select the toner you want to reset.

4. Press the "Ok" button.

5. It will display "Ok?" and hit the "Ok" button again to reset the toner.

6. Close the lid.

All done!

Regards,

Michael Pasqualone

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