SOURCE: Toner
Trick the thing. Put a piece of black electrical tape on the "eye". (Take cartridge out, on right side there's a small clear hole). Worked for me!
SOURCE: Paper jam in Brother HL-2140 printer
I have the same problem - try what it says at this link. http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/BSC/public/us/us/en/faq/faq/000000/000000/000026/faq000026_015.html?reg=us&c=us&lang=en&prod=hl2140_all
SOURCE: Brother 2140 toner light on, won't even try to print.
To get every bit of toner powder out of the cartridge, first remove the toner unit from the drum assembly. Second, find the little circular window on the right-side of the toner cartridge. Third, place a piece of black electrical tape over the clear window, cannot be clear tape. Fourth, re-install the toner cartridge into the drum assembly. Last, put the complete unit back into your printer. This worked for me.
SOURCE: HL 2140 does not print
Hi,
This is a common problem to your brother printer model 2140. You need to turn off your printer and take out the toner. Look for the side and you will see a small hole on both sides. This is the sensor. You need to cover it with electrical tape.
Here is a detailed video on how to do it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPCGZZIdXyM
Good luck and hope this helps you.
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SOURCE: On my Brother HL 2140
On the toner cartridge, just to the right of the refill hole ( you
know... the one that has a label tape over it warning dire
consequences... fines, prosecution, imprisonment, etc... if you remove
it ) there is a small plastic window that allows the printer to see if
there's toner in the cartridge. There's one on the other side too, so
if you hold one up to a light you might see that light though the
other. Sooo.... simple! Cover the window with a bit of black tape, and
if you're lucky you can keep printing! Useful if you're right in the
middle of a print job and want to finish!
Of course, if you are
really running low on toner ( and this proves it... it's not a driver
glitch... or maybe the printer's "toner-detect-light" is too bright )
you will likely run out soon. But I've had this problem when print
quality was still just fine... and it gets me through a few more jobs.
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