How to Replace Brother TN221 Toner Cartridges on Your Brother HL-3140CW

The Brother HL-3140CW is a fast, reliable high-impact color digital laser printer designed for small businesses. For today’s article, we’re going to give step-by-step instruction on how printer users who happens to be using Brother HL-3140CW laser printer replace their laser toner cartridges once the printer notifies them that it is already out of toner. Brother HL-3140CW color laser printer works with Brother TN221 toner cartridges: Brother TN221BK black toner cartridge, Brother TN221C cyan toner cartridge, Brother TN221Y yellow toner cartridge and Brother TN221M magenta toner cartridge.

Steps in Replacing Brother TN221 Toner Cartridges on Your Brother HL-3140CW (via Brother Solutions)

• Step 1 – Make sure that the Brother HL-3140CW printer is turned on.
• Step 2 – Open the top cover panel of your printer until it is locked in the open position.
• Step 3 – Take out the empty toner cartridge and drum unit assembly for the color shown on the LCD.
• Step 4 – Next is to push down the green lock lever and take the toner cartridge out of the drum unit.
• Step 5 – Unpack the new Brother TN221 toner cartridges. For each toner cartridges, hold the cartridge level with both hands and gently shake it from side to side several times to spread the toner evenly inside the cartridge.
• Step 6 – Pull off the protective cover.
• Step 7 – Put the specific Brother TN221 toner cartridge firmly into the drum unit until you hear it lock into place. If you install it correctly, the green lock lever on the drum unit will lift automatically.
•  Step 8 – Clean the corona wire inside the drum cartridge unit by simply sliding the green tab from left to right and right to left several times.
•  Step 9 – Repeat Step 3 and Step 8 to clean each of three remaining corona wires.
• Step 10 – Slide the Brother TN221 toner cartridge and drum unit assembly into your Brother HL-3140CW. Make sure that you match the toner cartridge color to the same color label on the machine.
• Step 11 – Close the top cover of the Brother HL-3140CW.

Once you’re done with these steps, you have to do some test printing to make sure that the Brother TN221 toner cartridges work perfectly with your Brother HL-3140CW laser printer. If it does, then you can now resume back to printing your documents. OEM Brother TN221 toner cartridges cost around $294.99 while alternative printer consumables, compatible Brother TN221 toner cartridges have a price of $189.99.