Brother 2040 Toner Light Stuck

May 14th, 2008 by Jim Olding

 After changing a toner cartridge and drum, a user’s printer would no longer print, and the Toner light was staying on.  The following procedure fixed it.

  1. Turn the unit off.
  2. Open the front cover.
  3. Hold the Go button while turning the unit back on.
  4. When all the LEDs come on, release Go, then press Go twice.
  5. When all the LEDs come on a 2nd time, press Go 5 times.
  6. Once the Ready light comes on, close the front cover.

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11 Responses to “Brother 2040 Toner Light Stuck”

  1. phil miller | July 22, 2008 at 11:00 am

    I could not be happier. For two days of frustration and then I find this wonderful solution. I’d buy you a beer if I could. It would have to be a Miller, but, it worked! Wahoo! phil

  2. NinjaPablo | July 23, 2008 at 3:37 pm

    Glad to hear it! And I don’t care where the beer comes from as long as it’s cold!

  3. brothermark | November 8, 2008 at 9:48 am

    Oh wow, that is the coolest thing ever, I had 3 days of frustration, about ready to pitch the dang thing, then I tried this & boom I’m back in business!!! Thank You

  4. Henry | January 14, 2009 at 4:45 pm

    Thanks a lot man,I have been fighting my printer for over a month and this method worked perfectly.You just saved my life :)

  5. Nicola | July 6, 2009 at 2:52 pm

    how about brother hl-2035 ?

    my one used to be working even after I refill the toner.. however after around 200pages printing, the toner light on.. and it stuck and not printing anything now..
    I just got this printer for 3 months only..

  6. Nicola | July 7, 2009 at 4:20 am

    I cannt believe that I could fix a printer.. I was thinking to buy a new one..
    THANKS X 20000000000000 times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  7. Peter Utz | August 24, 2009 at 9:18 pm

    Thanks, it worked! Who’d a thunk to try THAT arcane procedure. I salute you, saving me hours.

  8. Robert Hughes | August 25, 2009 at 2:41 pm

    Thanks, it also got rid of the flashing toner problem I was having.

  9. Sam | October 6, 2009 at 8:01 pm

    I’ve tried this, and it works for a few pages, but then the stinkin’ toner light comes back on. I tried re-setting the toner cartridge as well, but no luck. Anyone know of other alternatives? After searching the web quite a bit, I only get this one option. My pages are still printing out fine, so I don’t know why the printer refuses to let me print more.

  10. john | November 13, 2009 at 5:03 am

    what a hero

  11. Johny Devlin | December 14, 2009 at 8:04 am

    One word amazing

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