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1. #CHANGEING TONER IN BROTHER MFC 9330CDW PRINTER HOW TO#
2. #CHANGEING TONER IN BROTHER MFC 9330CDW PRINTER WINDOWS#

So I found the OID that returns a 1 when it's green, and a 2 when its orange. Ok, since I wasn't going to get any toner levels returned, the easiest thing I've found is for the snmp check to just throw a warning when anything is out of the ordinary, and then I can just go to the web interface and see what it is.Īs it happens on these Brother printers, the LCD screen has an orange backlight when there is a status message other than "all OK". But apparently, the toner levels are out of reach at the moment. Colour LED Multi-Function Centre with Wireless & Network Connectivity, Automatic 2-sided Colour Print, Dual CIS ADF - Multi-page Duplex Scan, Copy, Fax, High Productivity with Fast Print Speeds & Multi-tasking, Wi-Fi Direct, Mobile & USB Print, Low Cost Quality Print - Affordable Toner. For instance, I can return what is displayed on the screen of the printer itself, and alert myself when it says "toner low" or something. There is still useful information in the MIBs. Present there is no support for toner levels. This is something that might be added in a future generation, but at The information you have regarding toner information is correct andīrother does not offer an OID for monitoring toner levels. Is there an alternate standard OID, or some other place I should be looking?Īfter contacting Brother via email, this was the reply: That is the information I am looking to get via snmp. If I hit the web interface, there is a graph of sorts that depicts toner remaining. They are, however, aware of the same information. The Brothers just don't use the "remaining space" version. That could potentially work, but would offer nothing to graph, etc. My understanding is that there is a low threshold, beyond which the printer returns a -2. That the printer knows that there is some supply/remaining space,Ĭlearly, the -3 is not unexpected. Specifically indicates that the sub-unit places no restrictions on Is read-only otherwise, the value may be written (by a Remote Contol If this supply container/receptacleĬan reliably sense this value, the value is sensed by the printer and The current level if this supply is a container the remaining space On my older Brother printers (the 94) that OID returns a single integer -3. On the Dells, that OID returns a number that represents the number of units left, whether that's pages, grams, impressions, whatever, but an actual number that counts down as the printer is used. There is a standard printer OID for supply levels that is working great on most of my printers. I've got Opsview working with all my Dell printers. Take out the drum unit and toner cartridge assembly by pulling it straight up for the unit indicated on the LCD display. These instructions work on the following printers: Lift the top cover using the indented handle in the center until you hear click.

#CHANGEING TONER IN BROTHER MFC 9330CDW PRINTER HOW TO#

Press Home Brother mfc-9330cdw uses the following supplies: Brother tn-221 black toner, Brother tn-225c cyan toner, Brother tn-225y yellow toner, Brother tn-225m magenta toner and Brother dr-221cl drum units. How to Install a New Drum for Brother HL-3180cdw, MFC-9130cw, MFC-9330cdw, MFC-9340cdw. Press the color of the drum unit you replaced 10. I can hit the web interface of course, but I'm looking for something more automated. Press until the machine’s display message changes 9. At the moment, the "alert" comes when someone can't print because the toner is out. The most immediate use for the system will be monitoring (or more to the point, alerting me about) printer toner levels. Not fatal, but limits the printer drastically for color printing.I'm setting up an Opsview (nagios) server for monitoring. I suppose the toner itself is hot and the paper isn't. Again, on normal paper this is just barely noticable but on anything thicker it is clear as day. Oh, it also leaves track lines from a roller? across your images.

Now I am left looking for another printer, and regretting having bought this one before I knew the big drawback. I SURE WISH IT COULD HANDLE THICKER PAPER this is quite the issue for my hobby and tiny business. Printer is quiet, not as huge as you might think (not as big as the HP Deskjet that it replaced) and nice looking. I only had to get the CD out for the Window s boxes, which installed a lot of "stuff". My setup out of the box was plug it in, use the menu to set it up on the wireless network here, and voila everyone was happy. The scanner is great, the images printed on normal paper are SUPER clear and crisp.

#CHANGEING TONER IN BROTHER MFC 9330CDW PRINTER WINDOWS#

Easy to set up with Linux, Solaris, Mac, (and yes, Windows too). If you bought this COLOR printer to actually print a lot of COLOR images on anything but normal paper, it is very disappointing. The toner is unable to "stick" fast enough because, apparently, the paper is not sufficiently heated. I used very thin label paper and a light, very light card stock. A little disappointing for a higher cost printerĪ few complaints that make this printer less than stellar.īiggest complaint, it can't handle paper of any serious weight.