On the toner cartridge(s) there will be a green lever that can be pressed to lift the toner off the drum unit.Ĥ. Place the toners on a flat protected surface.ģ. Pull any green toner locking levers down to release the cartridge and then slowly pull the cartridge towards yourself and out of the machine. To find it, simply open the front flap of your laser printer and find the toner cartridge(s) which the drum unit will be attached to or beneath.Ģ.
How to find, remove and replace the Brother drum unitįor Brother printers, the drum unit is usually connected to the toner cartridge.ġ. Therefore, you will always find that drum unit is located very close to or even attached to the toner cartridge. How to reset the drum and clear the ‘Replace Drum’ message.Ī drum unit is a maintenance item for your Brother printer (or other manufacturer Laser printer) that will sometimes need to be replaced but not as often as a toner cartridge.Ī drum unit is a green metal cylinder or tube that carries a static electrical charge that attracts the toner powder from the toner cartridge and applies it to the paper as it passes through the printer.How to find, remove and replace the Brother drum.
What does the ‘Replace Drum’ message mean?.Here’s exactly what you can learn from this page to help you to replace or resolve your Brother drum message: So if this has happened to you, please be assured that you’re not alone! Fixing or replacing your Brother drum is a simple process that anyone can do. This ” replace drum ” message is a problem that we get asked about frequently. Although I can somehow live with this issue, I worry that I will accidentally select the weird printer and be forced to reset it completely.Resolving the “Replace Brother Drum” message I don't know if the problem lies with cups, the printer drivers, or some botched installation of the drivers, but I'd appreciate any help from anyone who might know what's going on. The entry I wish to get rid of doesn't appear in the libreoffice print dialog for some reason. Regardless of the choice, the weird printer will still show up in the print dialog. If I choose the second option(BRN30.), the added printer works as intended. If I add the printer choosing the first option under Network printer(BRW00.), the added printer doesn't work (it's there but it does nothing). The toner is in fact low, but I don't know why that message appears in that unusable printer entry and not the usable one.Īs for that number that is the useless printer's name, I couldn't find it anywhere except in the "New printer" dialog: Until recently, that third entry seemed to do nothing, but now it shows the status message TONER LOW, but the printer I usually choose to print doesn't show anything. The printer if it's simply selected (no additional dialogues or anything, it just messes up the printer and I have to reset it because it stops working for other people in the network) A third, weird, out of nowhere printer that does nothing except crash.The printer I added (located in "2nd Option").I got this wireless printer and got it working without issues on 13.04, but since I upgraded to 13.10 there has been this weird issue with the printer and I haven't been able to find any help because I don't even know what to search for.īasically, the problem is the additional entry that appears in the print dialog.Īs you can see, there are three printers listed: