To perform a factory reset on your Brother HL-2240, you can follow these instructions:Ĭheck that the front cover of the printer is closed. If you are having an issue in addition to the Toner reset problem, have mistakenly placed your printer into maintenance mode by pressing the Go button an incorrect number of times or you are encountering another problem, you can try resetting the printer to the factory default settings. You will save yourself a TON of money over the long haul. Buy your toner off of eBay and refill the Brother cartridge that came with the printer. So there you go! Support the Brother corporation because they make fantastic printers! Go out and purchase a Brother HL-2240 printer - they are great -, BUT keep your hard earned money in your pocket when it comes to refilling your toner. Power off printer, wait 5 seconds and turn it back on. If Linux computer is searching for maintenance mode driver, Sound stops, your green Ready light will be on and solid.ġ0. The sound it makes when you initially cut it on. Times (You will see the Ready light blink green every timeĩ. With all of the lights on, press and release the Go button 5 Green every time you press the Go button)ħ. Press the Go button twice (You will see the Ready light blink When all 3 lights light up, release the Go button.ĥ. Here is how you reset the toner light on your Brother HL 2240:ģ.
Thanks to below and added power cycle at step 10, homework got printed.
As you likely know, it is not really out, just reached the 700 page limit in a memory counter of the printer to encourage me to buy toner and keep the land fill full.
Tonight the starter cartridge ran out just as my kids were needing to print homework at 10pm. I use it attached to my router via for secure printing over SSH tunnel remotely, and native printing via CUPS AppSocket/JetDirect Protocol socket://192.168.1.1:9100 on home network. I purchased the Brother HL-2240 printer on close out sale and love it.