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HL-3140CW

FAQs & Troubleshooting

FAQs & Troubleshooting

Clean the corona wire

If you have print quality problems, clean the corona wire as follows:

 

 

 

 

  1. Make sure that the machine is turned on.

  2. Open the top cover until it locks in the open position.

     

    Open top cover

     

  3. Take out a toner cartridge and drum unit assembly.

     

    Take out toner and drum

     

  4. Clean the corona wire inside the drum unit by gently sliding the green tab from left to right and right to left several times.

     

    Clean corona wire

     

    Be sure to return the tab to the home position (Tab) (1). The arrow on the tab must be aligned with the arrow on the drum unit. If it is not, printed pages may have a vertical stripe.

  5. Slide the toner cartridge and drum unit assembly into the machine.
    Make sure that you match the toner cartridge colour to the same colour label on the machine.

     

    Put in toner and drum

     

    Toner color match

     

  6. Repeat Steps 3 to 5 to clean each of the remaining corona wires.

  7. Close the top cover of the machine.

 

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