How to reset waste ink counter on Brother MFC-J460DW MFC-J480DW MFC-J485DW printers

Here are two solutions to reset the waste ink counter on Brother printers MFC-J460DW MFC-J480DW MFC-J485DW:


Solution 1:

1. Press Settings.
2. Press a or b to select the following:

• a. Select [Initial Setup]. Press OK.
• b. Select [Reset]. Press OK.
• c. Select the reset option you want to use. Press OK.

3. Press 1 for [Yes] to confirm.
4. Press 1 for [Yes] to reboot the machine
Solution 2:

1. Clear the screen with the stop/exit button
2. Hit the settings button (wrench)
3. enter the following 5 keys * 2 8 6 4
4. use the down arrow until you come to the purge followed by some numbers.
5. Press 2 7 8 and 3
6. I got a ‘cannot detect’ message, and the stop/exit button didn’t work so then I did step 7 and got out
7. press 9 and then 9 again
8. machine reboots and page count is clear

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Message Replace Fuser on Brother DCP-9010 and MFC-9120 printers

If you have the message "Replace fuser" on printers Brother DCP-9010CN, MFC-9010CN, MFC-9120CN, MFC-9125CN, MFC-9320CW, MFC-9325CW, it means you have to change the fuser unit: LU5797001



Here the procedure to reset the fuser counter

• Press at the same time the "3" et "9" buttons
• "Reset Menu/Drum" will display on the screen
• Press upper arrow to choose "Fuser"
• Press "OK"
• "Fuser/1. Reset 2. Exit" will display on the screen
• Press "1" to reset the fuser counter
• The message "Fuser/ Accepted" will display on the screen

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How to reset waste ink counter on Brother MFC-J4410DW, DCP-J172W and others

Solution for resetting the waste ink counter for these Brothers printers: MFC-J4410DW, DCP-J172W:


Solution 1:

• Press the house symbol for 4 to 8 seconds.
• 4 lines of information appear
• Press sur 4th line (must be empty) for about 3 seconds.
• A numerical pas appear
• Press *, 2, 8, 6, 4
• "Maintenance" is displayed
• Press "01"
• "Select 01?" appears
• Press under the double right arrow until "Mono" appears
• Press "Mono"
• "Param. init." is displayed
• Press 2,7,8,3
• Press 9,9 to finish

Solution 2:

• Press "menu" (house symbol)
• Press "Mono Start" and press 4 times "Scan" (or arrow up)
• After a bip, "Maintenance" is displayed.
• Press 8 and 0
• Press "Mono Star" until "Purge count" appears
• Press 2,7,8,3
• Press "Stop/Exit"
• Press 9,9 to finish

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Reset purge counter for Brother MFC-J265W

To reset the purge counter of Brother MFC-J265W:

• Unplug the power cable.
• Hold down the "Start" button.
• Without release the "Start" button, connect the power cable.
• When "Maintenance" appears on the screen, release the "Start" button.
• Enter 80 with the numerical keypad.
• With down button go to the purge counter: "Purge00xxx"
• Enter 2783 with the numerical keypad.
• Press on "Stop/Exit" to go back in Maintenance mode
• Enter 9 and 9 to quit the Maintenance mode.

This solution is available for these Brothers printers too:

• MFC-210C, MFC-215C, MFC-235C, MFC-260C, MFC-240C, MFC-250C, MFC-255CW, MFC-295CN, MFC-297C
• MFC-3240C, MFC-3340CN, MFC-3342C, MFC-3360C
• MFC-410CN, MFC-420CN, MFC-425CN, MFC-440CN, MFC-465CN, MFC-490CW
• MFC-5440CN, MFC-5840CN, MFC-5460CN, MFC-5860CN, MFC-5490CN, MFC-5890CN, MFC-5895CW,
• MFC-620CN, MFC-640CN, MFC-640CW, MFC-660CN, MFC-665CW, MFC-680CN, MFC-6490CW, MFC-6890CDW
• MFC-790CW
• MFC-820CW, MFC-845CW, MFC-885CW, 
• MFC-990CW, 
• MFC-J220, MFC-J265W
• MFC-J410, MFC-J415W, MFC-J430W
• MFC-J5910DW
• MFC-J615W, MFC-J625DW, MFC-J6510DW, MFC-J6710D, MFC-J6710DW, MFC-J6910DW, 
• MFC-J825DW

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