Steps To Fix Brother Printer Drum Error

The drum unit of your Brother printer (or another model of laser printer) is a maintenance item that will occasionally need to be replaced, though not as frequently as a toner cartridge. The printer drum unit is an essential part of your machine’s function. So when it goes bad, your printer won’t print well. You need to Fix Brother Printer Drum Error

As the paper passes through the printer, a drum unit attracts the toner powder from the toner cartridge and applies it to the paper with a static electric charge. Therefore, you will always find that drum unit is located very close to or even attached to the toner cartridge.

How to find, remove and replace the Brother drum unit

For Brother printers, the drum unit is usually connected to the toner cartridge.

1. You can locate it by opening the front flap of your laser printer and looking for the toner cartridge(s) the drum unit will be attached to or underneath.

2. Then carefully lift the cartridge away from the machine and place the toners on a flat, protected surface. If the toner cartridges have green locking levers, pull these down to release them.

3. To remove the toner cartridge(s) from the drum unit, you will need to press a green lever.

4. The drum unit can then be replaced and toner locked back into place on top of the new drum.

5. Re-insert both toner and drum back into your printer.

Clearing the ‘Replace Drum’ message / resetting the counter

Toner and ink cartridges, as well as some drum units, have chips on them. These chips are used to identify the cartridges or drum units with the printer once they’re installed.

A few original and compatible Brother drum units do not have these, and this is the case with the drum unit itself. Without a chip, your drum unit will not be able to communicate with your Brother printer. As a result, you will get the “Replace Drum” message because your printer thinks that you’ve not installed a drum unit.

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Fix Brother Printer Drum Error

Fix Brother Printer Drum Error

Fix Brother Printer Drum Error

Fix Brother Printer Drum Error

Fix Brother Printer Drum Error


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