[Hidden-tech] Brother Printer Issues

David Korpiewski davidk at cs.umass.edu
Thu Apr 26 07:20:14 EDT 2012


Hi Annamarie,
    To be honest, to replace it would cost less than the time that 
you've spent trying to fix it (in terms of what your dollars-per-hour 
rate is I would think).  Although to be honest I've had a lot of 
problems with my brother HL-2070N myself when I used a third party 
toner.  It just refuses to print properly with the cheap toner.   So I 
guess that could play into it.   You could try a different toner 
cartridge if you have one.  The red light is pretty generic warning that 
I remember.  I replaced mine with a Samsung ML-2525W and have been 
happier with that printer.

   Also there is a web page built into the 2070.  If you connect to the 
printer through a browser does it tell you what is wrong with the 
status? (e.g., http://10.0.0.100)

Good luck
David


On 4/25/2012 1:26 PM, Annamarie Pluhar wrote:
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> I have a Brother HL-2070N. It's been a workhorse. Now, it simply won't
> clear a red light flashing which is supposed to indicate a paper jam.
> I've done everything I can find: corona wire, taking it apart and
> looking for mechanical difficulties, resetting empty toner cartridge
> indicator...
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> The folks at Brother stopped providing support when I told them I was
> using a third-party toner cartridge ($17 vs. $81!) . Does it really make
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