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Saturday September 22 2012

How To Reset Your Brother HL-2240 After Toner Refill AndHow To Get Rid Of The Toner Light On The Brother HL-2240 When You Have Toner In The Machine

Printer companies want to make money There is nothing wrong with that I think ALL of us want to

make money However there is a problem when a printer company is trying to take YOUR money

when you dont want to part with it Brother makes excellent small office laser printers They make

other larger office printers but their small office laser printers are extremely easy to maintain and they

last a very long time The one issue they have is that Brother cartridges are ridiculously expensive I

say they are ridiculously expensive because in my case they cost more than I paid for the printer I

REFUSE to buy a cartridge that cost more than I paid for the printer The only problem is that if you

refill the toner cartridge that came with the printer (which you can do forever by the way - without

replacing any gears or anything crazy like that) the toner light will stay on and you still wont be able

to print Well I have a solution for that

I am going to show you how to reset your Brother HL-2240 when the toner light comes on This will

allow you to use generic toner cartridges without jumping through crazy hoops and it will allow you to

simply refill the Brother cartridge your printer came with over and over again You dont need reset

gear that some companies sell and you CERTAINLY DO NOT need to buy expensive cartridges that

Brother sells I love Brother but I dont love spending more than the cost of the printer when I need

more toner That is money better spent at the shoe store -)

If you need toner refills click on one of the links in the sidebar to find what you are looking for

Here we go Here is how you reset the toner light on your Brother HL 2240

1 Turn your Brother HL-2240 off

2 Open the front cover of the printer

3 Press and hold Go and turn power on Do not let the button go

4 When all 3 lights light up release the Go button

5 Press the Go button twice (You will see the Ready light blink green every time you press the Go

button)

6 All of the lights will light up

7 With all of the lights on press and release the Go button 5 times (You will see the Ready light

blink green every time you press the Go button)

8 The Error light will start blinking (Dont be alarmed This is expected)

9 Close door and wait The printer will cycle through and make the sound it makes when you initially

cut it on After that sound stops your green Ready light will be on and solid

10 You are now ready to print

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 Buy your toner off of eBay and refill the Brother cartridge

that came with the printer You will save yourself a TON of money over the long haul

Kila Morton

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UPDATE - 732013 - BHL2 MAINTENANCE MODE

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

To perform a factory reset on your Brother HL-2240 you can follow these instructions

a Check that the front cover of the printer is closed

b Turn OFF the power switch on the right side of the printer

c Press and hold the GO button and keep holding it down as you turn on the power switch

d Keep the GO button pressed down until all the LEDs light up and the Ready LED turns off

Release the GO button Make sure that all the LEDs turn off

e Press the GO button 10 times The Ready LED will flash while the printer is reset After the

printer is reset the Ready LED will be lit

Smooches

Kila Morton

Problem

The toner light on your Brother HL-2240 is on

You need to reset your Brother HL-2240

Solution

Follow the steps listed above

Seeing the BHL2 Maintenance Mode message

Reset your printer using the steps outlined above and THEN follow the instructions to reset your toner

cartridge

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61 comments

Anonymous said

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH JEEZ -- I JUST SPENT $$$ ON THE HIGH VOLUME

BROTHER PRINTER CARTRIDGE AND IT WOULDNT PRINT THIS SOLUTION SOLVED

MY PROBLEM LOVE THE MACHINE HATE THE INK SITUATION

November 18 2012 at 732 PM

Kila Morton said

I am SO GLAD this helped you get on with life ENJOY

November 19 2012 at 1242 PM

Anonymous said

Thanks for posting this The reset procedure worked perfectly I am now able to print with

my newly installed high capacity cartridge Until I saw your post I was concerned that I

had just wasted money purchasing the replacement cartridge

December 9 2012 at 905 PM

Anonymous said

Thank you SO MUCH I was in the middle of printing a very important document for filing

in court tomorrow and I got that pesky toner light Searched for an hour before I stumbled

upon your site YOU ROCK

December 10 2012 at 832 PM

Kila Morton said

AWESOME Im so happy to see people being helped YEAH That is just AWESOME

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December 10 2012 at 926 PM

Sweet Fairy said

Great post with nice details Can i print Plastic cards by any laser printer

December 31 2012 at 328 AM

Nadia Yaseen said

a perfect tutorial Im very glad to find this postWhich model of Brother printer is best for

Discount card printing

January 10 2013 at 155 AM

Kila Morton said

Sweet Fairy and Nadia I would suggest that you print on paper cards and then

laminate them Glad you were able to be helped with this post

January 12 2013 at 1243 PM

Mika said

January 16 2013 at 110 PM

Anonymous said

OMG This worked Thank you so much Youve saved us so much money time and

hassle Our toner light was solid on and when I called Brother they told us that they cant

tell us how to reset it until we buy an actual Brother Toner THANK YOU SO MUCH

January 24 2013 at 1053 AM

Robert George said

There are many problems with the Internet but it is a thing of beauty with folks pool their

greatest resource(knowledge)to help another

February 7 2013 at 1015 PM

Robert George said

Will this procedure also work with an unmodified (no flag gear) HL-2240 starter cartridge

February 8 2013 at 120 AM

Kila Morton said

Robert thanks for viewing this article It absolutely will work with the starter cartridge I

still use my starter I just refill it with toner do this process and print

February 8 2013 at 127 AM

Robert George said

Kila

More thanks to you I have ordered toner and look forward following your procedure Good

Day and God Bless

February 8 2013 at 1046 PM

Robert George said

I received my toner and filled the starter cartridge Following your procedure was on the

easiest process Irsquove ever had to do and the best part ldquoIT WORKEDrdquo

I took and chance and purchased this printer at a thrift store for under $15 including

taxes I printed over 200 pages using what was left in the starter cartridge and purchase

new toner on ebay for under $5 This HL-2240 printer will replaced my canon LBP-430 I

purchased almost 20 years ago at a price of $399 $20 is not bad for a mono laser that I

now use on my home network that can be access by all computers

February 13 2013 at 1233 AM

Celine Hedlund said

With this I can solve my big problem on my printer Thank you for making a guide on

how to reset brother toner after refill

February 13 2013 at 201 AM

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Kila Morton said

Robert and Celine I am SO GLAD you were able to get your printer working I just

LOVE it Robert you got a real deal there Now you have a functional printer and you never

have to worry about buying another cartridge again Dont you just love that

February 13 2013 at 843 PM

Anonymous said

Thanks just wanted to let you know it was appreciated

February 17 2013 at 509 PM

Tops In Stone Inc said

We have 2 of these printers Thanx so much for the info Does anyone know how to refill

the starter TN cartridges

February 26 2013 at 146 PM

Kila Morton said

Tops In Stone Inc Im glad you could be helped It is VERY easy to refill the starter

toner cartridge I think I might need to do a tutorial on that All you do is pop off the

plastic plug on the side pour the toner in and put the plug back in Be gentle with the

plug so you dont damage it

February 26 2013 at 312 PM

Tops In Stone Inc said

Thank you so much Kila

February 26 2013 at 428 PM

Anonymous said

Thank you so much How did you figure this out You are so smart I have been

snatching up a couple of Brother HL-2240 printers whenever they are on sale at Staples

for $60 It is cheaper than buying a new catridge Now I dont have to have a pile of

Brother printers in my storage I thought they were broken or something THANKS

Sincerely

Your new fan

March 20 2013 at 805 PM

Mike Kalmbach said

Wonderful thank you for posting this Really saved my bacon when trying to print off

some last-minute documents for an author signing Much appreciated

March 23 2013 at 1210 AM

Anonymous said

After I did this I got a message saying my computer had found new hardware and wanted

to install software for BrotherBHL2-Maintenance The printer was previously saved as

Brother HL-2240 and that no longer works

April 2 2013 at 414 PM

Anonymous said

Thank you I was about to start kicking my printer when I found this Crisis averted

April 4 2013 at 834 PM

Kellie Franklin said

Thank you very much for posting these instructions It worked exactly like you said You

saved me a lot of time and frustration )

April 6 2013 at 716 PM

Kila Morton said

Anonymous Mike and Kelly I am SO GLAD I could help you These printers are great

and having them work perfectly Im glad I can help you enjoy your Brother printer

April 8 2013 at 1033 PM

Anonymous said

So I guess I am the only one this didnt work for My printer is still not working (now

identified and brother bhl2-maintenance) and I see you only reply to positive

comments

April 11 2013 at 936 AM

Kila Morton said

Anonymous I reply to positive and negative comments but you left a comment with no

information How can you expect help when no one knows what you did List the steps

you took AND what happened Tell me something more than it didnt work I am many

many things but I am not a mind reader I repeat - I have NOT mastered the art of mind

reading yet So stop complaining and start typing MrMs ANONYMOUS Post

EXACTLY what you did AND what happened and then I can help

April 12 2013 at 1208 AM

Tara Wilkins said

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH

April 15 2013 at 857 AM

Kila Morton said

Tara - YES Good to know it worked for you

April 15 2013 at 925 PM

Anonymous said

Pure genius My mistake was taking my TN-450 toner cartridge out of one machine and

putting it into another VERY BAD MOVE I read a variety of instructions on how to solve

this problem and ONLY your instructions worked Nothing like having 400 copies on a

3000 copy cartridge and being told its out of toner Thank you thank you thank you Im

not going to look into refilling them myself-)

Regards

Monique

April 15 2013 at 1007 PM

Kila Morton said

Hi Monique Well alright Im so glad you were helped Refilling is easy When you do it for

the first time make sure you wear gloves It is so easy that you are going to wonder why

you didnt do it before

April 17 2013 at 127 AM

inkjets rus said

After so long i find found a post that help me in a true way thanks for a great post printer

ink cartridge

April 24 2013 at 246 AM

Anonymous said

Thank you so much This solved my problem

April 26 2013 at 816 PM

Innah | Inkjet said

I have a Brother printer and though I am satisfied with the print output that I get I often

get annoyed with problems on using the machine Thank you so much for sharing this

reset tip This will really be a handy information in case Ill need it in the future

May 2 2013 at 435 AM

Anonymous said

thank you thank you

May 9 2013 at 224 AM

Lasertek said

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May 30 2013 at 1226 PM

Lasertek said

May 30 2013 at 1230 PM

Lasertek said

Thank you for these clear instructions Now I do not have to spend a fortune to refill my

[url=httpwwwtonerrefillstorecom]inkjet cartridge[url] again

May 30 2013 at 1234 PM

faiza said

Sorry to repost thing but curious to know how to refill the cartridge is there a link with

instructions

Thank you for posting your article I have it bookmarked )

June 3 2013 at 957 PM

Jesse said

Thanks so much for this blog post This was incredibly helpful My problem was that my

actual ink cartridge said low toner And it is low but I want to run it into the ground

like I could on my old inkjet I dont want to buy a new one when theres plenty more ink

left for unimportant documents

June 12 2013 at 234 PM

saramawis said

Hi I have the same problem as anonymous--that the maintenance thing is being

searched and that it cannot be searched It seems that Im being required to reinstall my

printer I reinstalled it already but its still not working Its on ready mode but its

detected as online by the status monitor What does it mean Thanks

June 24 2013 at 719 AM

Anonymous said

Kia

First I would like to thank you for sharing this info I wanted to ask you about the

following I have refilled the starter cartridge of my HL-2240 and reset the printer as you

have indicated The first few pages come out clear however now the printer leaves black

marks all over the page I realized that the sentences are being reprinted over and over on

the page as the (drum or wherever part) rotates and print Any suggestion or information

you can provide on how to solve this problem would be greatly appreciated

Thank you in advance

Sean

July 2 2013 at 150 AM

Kila Morton said

Hi saramawis You have another issue When you say the maintenance thing what

does that mean Are you having a computer issue What type of computer are you

using Did the printer ever work for you In your case it isnt just the toner light that is

blinking If you tell me what OTHER issues you had and EXACTLY what you did before

and after I can likely help you with your printer

Sean this is very simple to solve You can do two things One is likely going to give

you a few good pages for a little bit and the other is going to be a long term remedy

First you can take the printer cartridge out of the tray shake it from side to side to

distribute the toner take a dry white paper towel and wipe the roller Put the catridge

back in This is going to get you a few more clean pages You can also wipe the roller

with a paper towel that has isopropyl alcohol on it but you need to let it dry completely

before you put it back in That is a short term solution The SECOND solution is to get a

new roller They sell them on eBay for $14 I purchased one myself and replaced it It was

simple That will get you working with clean sheets quickly

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July 2 2013 at 852 AM

RoseliaALBImagecom said

Before refilling ink cartridges were so economical Thanks to the new development

refilling is made easier by new feature of continuous ink system I hope theyrsquoll do

something about the waste ink pad in the future

July 2 2013 at 924 AM

Merri said

I followed these steps and now my printer is stuck in maintenance mode and wont

register on my computer I tried to reload the printer and its not even seeing it ( any

suggestions

July 3 2013 at 739 PM

Merri said

from what I seee you are confused by the bhl2 maintenance I followed these steps to a

T it even printed a test page My computer told me it detected new hardware and is now

calling my printer bhl2 maintenance will not even detect it when I use the install disk

provided with the printer

July 3 2013 at 752 PM

Kila Morton said

Merri it sounds like your printer was having an issue other than just the toner When

you follow these steps your printer does NOT print a test page The toner light just goes

out I have updated this post with instructions on resetting your printer to the factory

settings That may or may not help you get started You didnt list what your printer was

displaying before you got started but I would suggest that you reset the printer as

outlined After you reset see what your printer is saying If it is ONLY showing a toner

light then you should be able to follow the steps to get your printer to print If not you

have another issue

July 4 2013 at 149 AM

Merri said

THANK YOU You are AWESOME that worked

July 4 2013 at 409 PM

Kila Morton said

Merri - Perfect Im glad it worked for you Now get on out there and get yourself some

inexpensive toner so you never have to buy another cartridge again -)

July 4 2013 at 837 PM

MJ Moreland said

Kila I guess Im not following I have an HL-2240 Are you saying that in order to save

money and not have to buy expensive Brother toner I can buy cheap compatible

cartridges and pour the toner from it into the original starter cartridge How do I do this

Why cant I just instal the compatible toner cartridge Does the cheap compatible

cartridge cause problems with the printer and cause a toner reset light to come on or

just refilling the cartridge cause the lights to come on Why do I need the reset

instructions Please help I would love to save money

July 20 2013 at 1036 PM

Kila Morton said

Hi MJ Thanks for stopping by

Here is the deal

Brother makes EXCELLENT printers

They are cheap efficient and hold up well Brother would like us to ONLY use their

cartridges

However the Brother toner cartridges for the printer can cost as much as a brand new

printer

For example I purchased my HL-2240 new for about $40 on sale The Brother cartridge

for this printer is the TN-450 That cartridge costs about $60 Why would I spend $60 on

ONE Brother Toner cartridge when I spent $40 on the printer

When you run out of toner with the HL-2240 the toner light will come on and you wont be

able to print anything Sometimes the printer says you are out of toner even when you are

actually not How can you squeeze that last bit of toner out of the cartridge This is

where resetting and refilling come in

First the instructions in my post allow you to reset the printer so the toner light goes out

and you can get the last little bit of toner out Second you can purchase a refill kit off of

eBay or Amazon or the links to refill places on this page and refill the ink USING THE

STARTER CARTRIDGE THE PRINTER CAME WITH That means instead of spending

$60 on a new Brother cartridge you can spend $14 on refill toner and load the cartridge

you have in the printer up with toner YOU SAVE MONEY

Refilling the cartridge is VERY simple You need the toner the cartridge and some

gloves Put the gloves on On the side of the cartridge there is a plastic plug Take it out

Well you may have to pry it up but dont damage it It has to go back into the cartridge

Then once you have it out pour the toner into the cartridge Put the plug back in Shake

the cartridge from side to side to distribute the toner Put it back into the printer The

toner light will still blink Follow the toner reset instructions listed above Now you can

print You might have a few streaks on the first few sheets If you do just take the

cartridge out of the printer take a paper towel wipe the print roller and put the cartridge

back in There you go

You are officially a money saver

July 21 2013 at 300 PM

Anonymous said

Thank You and Thank you back printing instead of paying out more $$$$$ Danny

July 22 2013 at 828 AM

Bill Clark said

This also works on my docuprint 203A Excellent advice Thanks

July 30 2013 at 1011 AM

Anonymous said

You are AMAZING My old school Brother was giving me the change toner and offline err

I ran throught the factory reset and Voila Fixed Bookmarked

July 30 2013 at 1227 PM

Kelly Padua said

You ROCK thank you so much )

August 7 2013 at 743 PM

Bill Clark said

This also works for docuprint203a machines running on linux using brother 2060 driver

Luvya and thanks

August 8 2013 at 151 AM

Kila Morton said

Awesome Bill amp Kelly

Im glad this information helped you

August 15 2013 at 1130 PM

Eva Smith said

Hey thanks a large amount for providing Maine the data concerning brother duplex

network printer it is terribly helpful stuff to grasp For any help concerning please

follow the link Brother Printer Technical Support for more help

Thanks

August 16 2013 at 138 PM

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