6 Routine Maintenance

Replacing the consumable items

When you need to replace the consumable items, the following messages will appear on the LCD.

LCD messages	Consumable item to replace	Approximate life	How to replace	Order No.
Toner Life End	Toner cartridge	<Black> 2,500 pages¹² 5,000 pages¹³ <Cyan, Magenta,Yellow> 1,500 pages¹² 4,000 pages ¹³	See Toner Life End message	TN-130C², TN-130M², TN-130Y², TN-130BK², TN-135C³, TN-135M³, TN-135Y³, TN-135BK³
Waste Toner Full	Waste toner box	20,000 pages⁴	See Waste Toner Box Full message	WT-100CL

¹	at 5% print coverage (A4 or Letter size). The actual number of printed pages will vary depending on the print jobs and paper you use.
²	Standard toner cartridge.
³	High-capacity toner cartridge.
⁴	at 5% print coverage for CMYK each (A4 or Letter size). The actual number of printed pages will vary depending on the print jobs and paper you use.

The following messages appear on the LCD in the Ready state. These messages provide advanced warnings to replace the consumable items before they run out. To avoid any inconvenience, you may want to buy spare consumable items before the printer stops printing.

LCD messages	Consumable part to replace	Approximate life	How to replace	Order No.
Ready	Toner cartridge, Black	2,500 pages¹²³ 5,000 pages¹²⁴	See Toner nearly empty message	TN-130BK³ TN-135BK⁴
Ready	Toner cartridge, Yellow	1,500 pages¹²³ 4,000 pages ¹²⁴		TN-130Y³ TN-135Y⁴
Ready	Toner cartridge, Magenta			TN-130M³ TN-135M⁴
Ready	Toner cartridge, Cyan			TN-130C³ TN-135C⁴

¹	at 5% print coverage (A4 or Letter size). The actual number of printed pages will vary depending on the print jobs and paper you use.
²	For example, if the Yellow and Magenta toner cartridges are almost empty, the indication will be ‘’ (=blinking ). If the Yellow and Magenta toner cartridges are empty, the indicator will have disappeared.
³	Standard toner cartridge.
⁴	High-capacity toner cartridge.

The following are maintenance messages that appear alternately with the Ready message on the upper row of the LCD when the printer is in the Ready state. These messages advise you that you will need to replace each of the consumable items as soon as possible, since the consumable item’s end of life has been reached. The printer will continue printing when any of these messages appear on the LCD.

LCD messages	Consumable part to replace	Approximate life	How to replace	Order No.
Drum End Soon	Drum Unit	17,000 pages¹	See Drum unit	DR-130CL
Waste Toner Soon	Waste toner box	20,000 pages¹²	See Waste Toner Box Full message	WT-100CL
Change Belt Unit	Belt unit	50,000 pages¹	See Change Belt Unit message	BU-100CL
Fuser Unit End	Fuser unit	80,000 pages¹	Call your dealer or Brother Customer Service for a replacement fuser unit.
Laser Unit End	Laser unit	100,000 pages¹	Call your dealer or Brother Customer Service for a replacement laser unit.
Change PF Kit1,2	Paper feeding kit 1, 2. (Paper pick-up roller Separator pad)	100,000 pages¹	Call your dealer or Brother Customer Service for a replacement paper feeding kit 1, 2.
Change PF KitMP	Paper feeding kit MP. (Paper pick-up roller Separator pad)	50,000 pages¹	Call your dealer or Brother Customer Service for a replacement of the paper feeding kit MP.

¹	When printing A4 or Letter size paper. The actual number of printed pages will vary depending on the print jobs and paper you use.
²	at 5% print coverage for CMYK each (A4 or Letter size).

Note

•	Discard used consumable items according to local regulations, keeping it separate from domestic waste. If you have questions, call your local waste disposal office. Be sure to reseal the consumable items tightly so that the material inside does not spill.
•	We recommend placing used consumable items on a piece of paper to prevent accidentally spilling or scattering the material inside.
•	If you use paper that is not a direct equivalent for the recommended paper, the life of consumable items and printer parts may be reduced.
•	The projected life for each of toner cartridges and a waste toner box is based on an average of 5% coverage of the printable area using any colour toner cartridge. Frequency of replacement will vary depending on the complexity of printed pages, percentage of coverage and type of media used.

Toner cartridges

Note

•	The amount of toner used varies according to what is printed on the page and the print density setting.
•	Wait to unpack the toner cartridge until immediately before you put it into the printer.

Toner nearly empty message

Check printed pages, page counter, and display messages regularly. If the

indicator starts blinking, the printer has nearly run out of toner or the toner is not evenly distributed inside the cartridge.

Ready

The four

marks (also

=blinking

) indicate the Black (K), Yellow (Y), Magenta (M), Cyan (C) toner cartridges from left to right.

Although you can print up to 300 additional pages (at 5% coverage) after the Toner Low message first appears, be sure to replace the toner cartridge with a new one before it becomes completely empty. When this occurs, the

indicator on the LCD will disappear.

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Toner Life End message

When the following message appears on the LCD, you need to replace the toner cartridge:

Toner Life End

Replace Black(K)

The second line of the LCD indicates which colour you need to replace.

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Replacing a toner cartridge

Note

•	To ensure high quality printing, we recommend that you use only genuine Brother toner cartridges. When you want to buy toner cartridges, call your dealer or Brother Customer Service.
•	We recommend that you clean the printer when you replace the toner cartridge.See Cleaning.

CAUTION

	Wait to unpack the toner cartridge until immediately before you put it in the printer. If toner cartridges are left unpacked for a long time the toner life will be shortened.
	If an unpacked drum unit is put in direct sunlight or room light, the unit may be damaged.
	Put the toner cartridge in the drum unit immediately after you have removed the protective cover. To prevent any degradation to the print quality, DO NOT touch the shaded parts shown in the illustrations.

CAUTION

For USA and Canada

Brother strongly recommends that you do not refill the toner cartridge provided with your printer. We also strongly recommend that you continue to use only genuine Brother brand replacement toner cartridges. Use or attempted use of potentially incompatible toner and/or cartridges in the Brother machine may cause damage to the machine and/or may result in unsatisfactory print quality. Our warranty coverage does not apply to any problem that is caused by the use of unauthorized third party toner and/or cartridges. To protect your investment and obtain premium performance from the Brother machine, we strongly recommend the use of genuine Brother supplies.

CAUTION

	For UK and other countries
	Brother machines are designed to work with toner of a particular specification and will work to a level of optimum performance when used with genuine Brother branded toner cartridges. Brother cannot guarantee this optimum performance if toner or toner cartridges of other specifications are used. Brother does not therefore recommend the use of cartridges other than genuine Brother branded cartridges with this machine.
	If damage is caused to the drum unit or other part of this machine as a result of using other manufacturer’s products with this machine, any repairs required as a result may not be covered by the warranty.

Turn off the printer power switch. Press the front cover release button and then open the front cover.

Hold the green handle of the drum unit. Lift the drum unit up and then pull it out until it stops.

Hold the handle of the toner cartridge and pull it out of the drum unit. Repeat this for all the toner cartridges.

CAUTION

	We recommend that you place the toner cartridges on a clean, flat surface with a piece of disposable paper underneath them in case you accidentally spill or scatter toner.
	DO NOT put a toner cartridge into a fire. It could explode, resulting in injuries.
	Handle the toner cartridge carefully. If toner scatters on your hands or clothes, wipe or wash it off with cold water at once.
	To avoid print quality problems, DO NOT touch the shaded parts shown in the illustrations.

Note

•	Be sure to seal up the toner cartridge tightly in a suitable bag so that toner powder does not spill out of the cartridge.
•	Discard the used toner cartridge according to local regulations, keeping it separate from domestic waste. If you have questions, call your local waste disposal office.

Clean the corona wire as follows:

(1)

Push to release the latches of the white corona wire cover (1), and then open the cover.

(2)

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

CAUTION

Be sure to return the tab to the home position

(1). If you do not, printed pages may have a vertical stripe.

(3)

Close the corona wire cover.

(4)

Repeat steps (1) to (3) to clean each of three remaining corona wires.

Unpack the new toner cartridge. Hold the cartridge with both hands and gently rock it five or six times to spread the toner evenly inside the cartridge.

Remove the protective cover.

Hold the handle of the toner cartridge and slide the toner cartridge into the drum unit. Make sure that you match the toner cartridge colour to the same colour label on the drum unit, and make sure that you fold down the toner cartridge handle (1) once the toner cartridge is in place. Repeat this for all the toner cartridges.

1.C - Cyan

2.M - Magenta

3.Y - Yellow

4.K - Black

Put the drum unit back in the printer.

Close the front cover of the printer.

Turn on the printer power switch.

CAUTION

DO NOT turn off the printer power switch or open the front cover until the LCD shows Ready.

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