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Brother DCP-L2500D Refill Instructions

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Three refills, and maybe then some
If you’ve been following us since the early 1990s (and who hasn’t) you might know that we put “our corporate
neck on the chopping block and say that the rule of thumb is three refills, and maybe then some”.
As far as problems due to “wear and tear” go, the HL-L2300D is example of “and then some”. During testing we
got multiple refills out of the starter cartridge, for example. And did nearly 11,000 test prints all told.
“Toner Ended” message?
Delve deeply enough into the PDF User Guides for this family of printers, and you’ll find the suggestion that
sometime after you’ve repeatedly pulled the trick of “resetting”, the machine won’t have it any more and then
you’ll get the Toner Endedstatus.
Long story short: we did 6 refills and printed 10,911 copies while mixing a refilled starter cartridge with refilled
bought cartridges willy-nilly. At no point were we stopped from printing. So we’ve released this product on the
basis that the reset/refill technique is good for at least 10,911 prints (as we weren’t able to provoke or witness
a Toner Ended message during testing).
The possible “hard reset” solution of the future
Should the much anticipated Toner Ended message appear. And should that state be insuperable by the
techniques found in these instructions. Or should a reset technique fail for your particular model, we do foresee
a fix.
It’s a catch-all fix for all models that use the TN-2310 or TN-2320 cartridges. In fact, it’s the one the cartridges
themselves use.
It involves putting a wheel found in the cartridges back to a certain position. That achieves the reset and we
call it a “hard” reset because it depends on physical mechanisms.
The draw back is that, at the time of releasing this product, we don’t have independently produced reset wheels
available. And starter cartridges (probably not by any accident) don’t have them on. This would mean that the
only way to get a “hard” reset on a starter cartridge would be to buy a Brother original cartridge and
cannibalise the reset wheel off that.
Although, we, in fact did exactly that (and that’s how we know all this is true), of course people are interested
in refills precisely so that can avoid buying original cartridges. Duh!
For that reason, we’re releasing this kit on a “soft” reset and a prayer as the best way of helping people save
money quickly.
We would look to usher in a “hard” reset solution were it seen to be needed once it were technically possible.
Other things the machine uses
Don’t forget that as well as the toner cartridge, your machine also uses a drum unit …
DR-2300 quoted as yielding 12,000 prints
It has its own duty cycle which isn’t affected by whether or not you refill the toner cartridge. See the section
“Consumable items” in your PDF User Guide for more on that.

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Brother DCP-L2500D Specifications

General IconGeneral
Duplex printingYes
Print technologyLaser
Maximum resolution2400 x 600 DPI
Duplex printing modeAuto
Time to first page (black, normal)8.5 s
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)26 ppm
Duplex print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)6.5 ppm
Copier resize25 - 400 %
Maximum copy resolution600 x 600 DPI
Maximum number of copies99 copies
N-in-1 copy function (N=)2, 4, 6, 9, 16, 25
Time to first copy (black, normal)10 s
Copy speed (black, normal quality, A4)26 cpm
Scan toE-mail, File, Image, OCR
Scan driversICA, SANE, TWAIN, WIA
Grayscale levels256
Input color depth30 bit
Maximum scan areaA4 (210 x 297) mm
Output color depth24 bit
Maximum scan resolution19200 x 19200 DPI
Optical scanning resolution600 x 2400 DPI
FaxingNo
Printing colorsBlack
Maximum duty cycle10000 pages per month
Recommended duty cycle250 - 2000 pages per month
Number of print cartridges1
Page description languagesGDI
Processor familyARM9
Sound power level (standby)33 dB
Sound pressure level (printing)49 dB
Sound pressure level (quiet mode)45 dB
Paper input typePaper tray
Total input capacity250 sheets
Total output capacity100 sheets
Multi-Purpose tray input capacity1 sheets
Auto document feeder (ADF) input capacity35 sheets
Custom media width76.2 - 215.9 mm
Custom media length127 - 355.6 mm
Paper tray media typesBond paper, Envelopes, Labels, Plain paper, Recycled paper, Thick paper, Thicker paper, Thin paper
Paper tray media weight60 - 105 g/m²
Non-ISO print media sizesExecutive
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)A4, A5, A6
JIS B-series sizes (B0...B9)B5
Maximum ISO A-series paper sizeA4
Multi-Purpose Tray media weight60 - 163 g/m²
DisplayLCD
Product colorBlack, Grey
Market positioningHome & office
Display number of lines2 lines
Display number of characters16
Online services supportedEvernote
Mobile printing technologiesApple AirPrint, Brother iPrint & Scan, Google Cloud Print
Direct printing-
Standard interfacesUSB 1.1, USB 2.0
USB 2.0 ports quantityUSB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
AC input voltage220 - 240 V
AC input frequency50 - 60 Hz
Power consumption (max)1104 W
Power consumption (off)0.08 W
Power consumption (standby)60 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)6.6 W
Power consumption (average operating)480 W
Minimum storage drive space500 MB
Mac operating systems supportedMac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks
Windows operating systems supportedWindows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 8, Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows 8 Enterprise x64, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Pro x64, Windows 8 x64, Windows 8.1, Windows 8.1 Enterprise, Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64, Windows 8.1 Pro, Windows 8.1 Pro x64, Windows 8.1 x64, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Business x64, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Enterprise x64, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Basic x64, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Home Premium x64, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Home x64, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Professional x64
Sustainability certificatesNordic Swan Ecolabel, Blue Angel, ENERGY STAR
Package depth567 mm
Package width517 mm
Package height414 mm
Package weight12500 g
Storage temperature (T-T)0 - 40 °C
Operating temperature (T-T)10 - 32 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)10 - 90 %
Operating relative humidity (H-H)20 - 80 %
Weight and Dimensions IconWeight and Dimensions
Depth409 mm
Width398.5 mm
Height267 mm

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