Cleaning the Drum Unit of Your Brother HL-4150CDN

Brother HL-4150CDN is a digital color laser printer that offers high performance color printing with duplex and networking features that is perfect for small businesses and workgroups. If you happen to be working with this printer in the office or more importantly own one at your own home, then definitely you know that there are times where the printer begins to be having problems in its printing quality. Most users will blame the toner cartridge for this but you should take note that sometimes, all you need to do is to clean the drum unit of your Brother HL-4150CDN to solve this problem.

The Brother HL-4150CDN uses Brother DR-310CL laser drum cartridge as its drum printer consumable. This drum unit offers a higher page yield of 25,000 pages and is basically needed to install the Brother HL-4150CDN laser toner cartridges. Below are the following steps on how you can easily clean the drum unit to maintain the printing performance of your Brother HL-4150CDN laser printer from Brother Solutions Center.

• Step 1 - Make sure the Brother HL-4150CDN  is in the ready state.
• Step 2 - Press + or - to choose Machine Info then press OK.
• Step 3 - Press + or - to choose Drum Dot Print. Press OK to print out the drum dot check sheet. Turn off the machine's power switch. Disconnect all interface cables, and then unplug the AC power cord.
• Step 4 - Press the front cover release button and then open the front cover.
• Step 5 - Hold the green handle of the drum unit. Pull the drum unit out until it stops.
• Step 6 -Turn the green lock lever (1) at the left of the machine counterclockwise to the release position.
• Step 7 - Holding the green handles of the drum unit, lift the front of the drum unit and remove it from the machine.
• Step 8 - Hold the handle of the toner cartridge and slightly push it to unlock. Then pull it out of the drum unit. Repeat this for all the toner cartridges.
• Step 9 - Turn the drum unit over by holding the green handles.
• Step 10 - Make sure that the drum unit gears (1) are on the left hand side.
• Step 11 - Check the drum dot check sheet printed in Step 3: (1)Dot Color problem: The color of printed dots is the color of the drum you should clean.(2)Dot location: The sheet has eight numbered columns. The number of the column with the printed dot in it is used to find the dot position on the drum.
• Step 12 - Confirm suspected area of the appropriate color drum by using the numbers beside the drum which relate to the numbers of column.
• Step 13 -Turn the drum unit gear toward you by hand while looking at surface of the suspected area.
• Step 14 -When you have found the mark on the drum that matches the drum dot check sheet, wipe the surface of the drum gently with a cotton swab until the mark on the surface comes off.
• Step 15 - Hold the handle of the toner cartridge and slide it into the appropriate colored section of the drum unit until it clicks into place.
• Step 16 - Make sure the green lock lever (1) is in the release position as shown in the illustration.
• Step 17 - Match the guide ends (2) of the drum unit to the Arrow mark marks (1) on both sides of the machine then gently slide the drum unit into the machine until it stops at the green lock lever.
• Step 18 - Turn the green lock lever (1) clockwise to the lock position.
• Step 19 -Push the drum unit in until it stops.
• Step 20 - Close the front cover of the machine.
• Step 21 - Connect interface cables and then plug the machine back in. Turn on the power switch.

Take note that cleaning the drum unit of your Brother HL-4150CDN will extend your printer consumables’ installed life and will also help in printing excellent printouts with brilliant colors.