Brother Laser Printer Drum Light Flashing

Brother laser printers track the life of the drum unit very closely as it is an essential component in laser printing technology.

Brother laser printer drum light flashing.

The machine will warn you when the drum is nearing the end of its life with a blinking led light usually indicating that the drum will need to be replaced soon. Do not release it until the four light emitting diode indicator lights on the printer s. Close the front cover. However when i close the front the drum light still flashes.

Make sure the printer is powered on. To reset the drum counter press and hold down go for about 4 seconds until all the leds light up. When the leds are on or flashing an error may occur. Followed steps to reset the drum counter.

Drum light was flashing on this printer so i replaced the drum for another original brother dr 3100. Pressing the go button wakes up the printer from sleep mode to ready mode. When the status led is dimmed green the printer is in sleep mode power save mode or deep sleep mode reducing more power consumption than sleep mode. Flashing drum and error leds or drum error in status monitor continues after replacing the drum 1.

This indicates a service call error follow the steps listed below. Make sure that the drum led is now off. Reset the blinking drum light by holding down the printer s go button for approximately four seconds. I try to print a status page but the status light on the printer turns orange from green and the drum light flashes.

The paper led flashing can be caused by no paper in the manual feed slot a paper jam the front cover is open the back cover is open dust on the drum or not having a drum installed. To reset the drum counter follow the instructions below. The power switch is located on the right side of the printer. The red status and amber paper toner drum leds lights are all flashing.

Check the meaning of led indication. Be sure that the drum unit and toner cartridge assembly is installed in the machine before continuing. When the new drum unit was installed were you able to print using the new drum and then the error re appeared after some printing or you could not print at all because the flashing drum and error leds or drum error did not clear.