You should never forget to reset the drum on your Brother printer if you just installed a new one.

If you skip resetting, you will keep getting warnings like:

• Replace Drum
• Drum Stop
• Drum Near End
• Drum End Soon
• Replace Parts! Drum Unit and so on…..

But remember, you should never reset the existing drum / old drum on your Brother printer.

Doing so will reset the life counter of the old drum, and stops the printer from alerting you when it’s truly time to replace the drum.

With that said, let’s see how to reset drum on different models of Brother printer.

On Touch Screen Printers

1. Open Menu and go to Machine Info.
2. Move down to Reset Menu.
3. Choose Drum.
4. Confirm the reset.

On Printers with LCD Panel and Go Button

1. Turn on your printer.
2. Make sure the front cover is closed.
3. Press both; the OK button and the Up Arrow button simultaneously.
4. This will bring up the Drum menu on the display.
5. Press OK.
6. You will see “Reset Drum?” message appearing on the screen.
7. At this point, press the Down Arrow button to confirm.
8. “Accepted” will show on the screen, confirming that the drum has been successfully reset.

On Printers with Four Indicators and Go Button

1. Open the front door of your printer and turn it on.
2. Press-Hold the Go button and release it once all the four LED light glow.
3. Press the same button again for one time.
4. Shut the printer’s front cover.
5. The drum is now reset.

On Printers with LCD Panel and Numeric Keypad

1. Make sure the front cover is closed.
2. Turn your printer on.
3. Next, press both the Up Arrow and OK buttons together.
4. This will bring up the Reset Menu, where you’ll find the Drum sub-menu.
5. Once there, press OK.
6. If the Drum sub-menu doesn’t appear right away, you can use the Down Arrow button to navigate to the Drum option and select OK.
7. Press the Up Arrow button. It will reset the drum on your printer.

Note: Depending on the printer model, you might need to either close or open the front cover to reset the drum. If you’re unable to do it with the front cover closed, try with cover open, and it should work.

On IntelliFax Series Printers

1. Make sure the front cover is closed.
2. Turn your printer on.
3. Wait till the home screen appears.
4. Press 3 and 9 simultaneously.
5. You will see Reset Menu: Drum message on the printer screen.
6. Press OK.
7. Then, press 1. It will reset the drum.

Well, that’s all for today. If you need assistance to reset drum on any other model, do let me know in the comment section below. I’ll get back to you shortly.

What Next?

Read our article on how to fully reset Brother printer settings.