Brother DCP 1510 Drum Unit Reset Instructions

The Brother DCP-1510 printer counts drum rotations and shuts the drum unit down when it reaches its page yield of 10,000 pages

Reset procedure for the Brother DCP 1510 drum unit. This procedure will reset the drum counter back to zero and allow you to keep using your drum unit long after the Drum End Soon / Replace Drum message appears. It will not fix any quality issues it will simply allow you to keep printing beyond the set life of the drum unit.

• Press Menu.
• Press the Up or Down arrow key to choose Machine Info.. Press OK.
• Press the Up or Down arrow key to choose Reset Drum. Press OK for 3 seconds.
• Press the Up arrow key to reset the drum unit counter.
• The LCD shows Accepted.
• Press Stop/Exit.

Will I ever have to buy a drum?

The answer to this question is YES. Our reset information above will allow you to extend the life of your drum unit considerably, but you will need to replace the drum unit when it can no longer produce a quality printed page.