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SUMMIT Technologies
Cartridge/Machine Reset Guide Version 16
Now with HP & Lexmark common chip error codes!
By Mike Josiah
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Welcome to the 16 version of our Reset Guide!
This guide continues to expand (sometimes on a
daily basis), and it will continue to expand for the
for-seeable future. Although most machines these
days are chip based, some still use the machine
menu to reset the counter. As for the chip based
Brother HL-720 OPC
machines, it basically comes down to if
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Open the front cover. Locate the black button under the LED lights on the left side. Press and hold in the button until all the lights are lit. Release the button. The counter is reset! Brother HL-1040 OPC Brother Cartridge Part #DR-300 OEM Stated Yield: 20,000 New drum cartridges come with a clear “Starter Sheet” installed inside the cartridge. When the cartridge is installed and the cover closed, the printer will eject the sheet and at the same time, reset the
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OEM Stated Yield: 25,000 Laser Printers: make sure the machine is turned on and the Drum LED is blinking. Open the front cover. Press and hold the GO button for 4 seconds until all the LEDs light up. Once all the LEDs are lit, release Brother HL-3260N OPC the GO button. Close the front cover. The counter is Brother Cartridge Reset! Part #DR-1200 OEM Stated Yield: 60,000 Fax Machines: Open the front cover. Press the CLEAR/BACK button. Press 1, when the display The HL-
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for 5% pages, so it is very possible that you have an empty cartridge with a green wheel showing, or a half full cartridge with a red wheel showing. It all depends on how much toner is used per page. To reset the counter, remove the clear cover from the counter by releasing the 4 tabs. Carefully remove the Brother HL-7050 Toner small gear next to the color wheel and turn the wheel Brother Cartridge so that the notched area is up. Insert the small gear Part #TN-700 (TN-5500) so
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Canon PC-2000 Canon Cartridge Canon NP-6016/C-160 OPC Part # A-20) Canon Cartridge OEM Stated Yield: 2,000 Part # F43-4921-700 (NPG-9) OEM Stated Yield: 40,000 These cartridges have a color wheel that indicates The drum unit for these cartridges is rated for 40,000 the approximate amount of toner left in the cartridge. pages. The machine will show “Replace Drum” at This wheel does not actually stop the machine; it 40,000 pages or when the waste toner section is full
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for 5% pages, so it is very possible that you have an If copies are too dark or too light after you have empty cartridge with a green wheel showing, or a replaced the cartridge, open the front door and adjust half full cartridge with a red wheel showing. It all the copy exposure using the exposure re-calibration depends on how much toner is used per page. slide control switch. To reset the counter, grasp the color wheel in your right hand, the gear assembly in your left. While bend
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Goldstar GL-660 HP Color LaserJet 1500/2500 HP Black # C9700A, Cyan C9701A, Magenta (Xerox W.C. Pro 610) C9703A, Yellow C9702A 6R00833 Toner, 13R00532 OPC OEM Stated Toner Yield: 5000 Black, 4000 Color Toner: 5,000 pages, OPC: 10,000 Pages Toner These cartridges have what HP now calls “Smart With the Machine on, open the access cover. Chips” Similar to other HP chips, these chips Press “MENU”, Press “6”, Press “3” monitor toner usage, Internet supplies ordering, and
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HP Color LaserJet 2600 HP Black # Q6000A, Cyan Q6001A, Magenta Q6003A, Yellow Q6002A HP Color LaserJet 3500/3550 OEM Stated Toner Yield: 2500 Black, 2000 Color HP Black # Q2670A, Cyan Q2671A, Yellow Q2672A, Magenta Q2673A These cartridges have what HP now calls “Smart OEM Stated Toner Yield: 6000 Black, 4000 Color Print Technology Chips”. These are the latest in HP chips, they are very small, and contain all new code. These cartridges have what HP now calls “Sm
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HP Color LaserJet 3700 HP Black # Q2670A, Cyan Q2681A, Yellow HP Color LaserJet 4500 (Canon Q2682A, Magenta Q2683A LBP-83X) OEM Stated Toner Yield: 6000 Black, 6000 Color HP-4500 General Note: If the transfer belt kit or These cartridges have what HP now calls “Smart Fuser is replaced before the change fuser/transfer Chips” Similar to other HP chips, these chips messages are displayed, placing a new part in the monitor toner usage, Internet supplies ordering, an
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accept the cartridge and will not print. Further testing is needed to see if once a cartridge actually runs out, if it can be refilled with the old chip. Toner and chips are available. HP Color LaserJet 4500 Transfer Belt HP OPC Part # C4196A OEM Stated Yield: 100,000 Black, 25,000 Color Press the menu button until “RESET MENU” is displayed. Press the “ITEM” button until “NEW HP Color LaserJet 4700 TRANSFER KIT, SELECT IF DONE” is displayed. HP Black # Q5950A,
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until the chip finishes its page count. The chip also contains information on the characteristics of the drum that is used during the calibration sequence. HP Color LaserJet 5500/5550 HP Black # C9730A, Cyan C9731A, Magenta C9733A, Yellow C9732A OEM Stated Yield: 13,000 Black, 12,000 Color These cartridges have what HP now calls “Smart HP Color LaserJet 9500 Chips. Similar to the HP-4100, these chips monitor HP Black Toner C8550A, Cyan C8551A, toner usage, Int
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the toner low sensors will be disabled, and will not work again until a new HP cartridge is installed. Replacement chips are available. HP LaserJet 1300 HP Part # Q2613A/X OEM Stated Yield: 2,500/4,000 The HP-1300 uses the second generation black toner cartridge ARD’s. These chips (ARD’s) only HP LaserJet 2300 monitor toner usage not page counts. Each chip also HP Part # Q2610A has its own serial number which in effect gives the OEM Stated Yield: 6,000 c
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set to YES on the cartridge chip. Even after the cartridge is refilled, the printer display will still show “Toner Low” for the supplies status section of the menu. Since these machines do not have a display, only the supplies status page will show “Non HP Toner cartridge”. If the chip is removed, the toner low sensors will be disabled, and will not work again until a new HP cartridge is installed.. Replacement chips are available HP LaserJet 4200 HP Part # Q1338A OEM
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the menu. The main display will then show “Non HP Toner cartridge”. If the chip is removed, the toner low sensors will be disabled, and will not work again until a new HP cartridge is installed. Replacement chips are available. Specific 4250 Error Codes: “10.32.00” If it is displayed, it means the printer senses this is not an HP original cartridge, and HP LaserJet 4345MFP declares the cartridge to be “Unauthorized”. This HP Part # Q5945A does not mean that the chi
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HP LaserJet 9000 HP LaserJet M5035 HP Part # C4583X HP Part # Q7570A OEM Stated Yield: 30,000 OEM Stated Yield: 15,000 rd Like the HP-4100, the 9000 cartridge also uses a The M5035 uses the latest or 3 generation chip. chip. The chip in the 9000 is the same as the 4100 in They are very small, and the code is all new. They that they only monitor usage not page counts. Each are identical in looks to the 5200 series. As these chip also has its own serial number which in effec
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The cartridge may have been removed from the printer and the Kyocera F-3010 OPC exposed chip damaged in some way Kyocera OPC Part # DK-2 before reinstalling in the printer. OEM Stated Yield: 10,000 “929 Toner Sensor Error” (or similar). When this There is a small black fuse located on the board is displayed, it is: inside the cartridge. This fuse must be replaced each NOT chip related cycle by un-soldering the old and soldering in the a MECHANICAL breakdown of the new. Thi
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Lexmark 4023 Lexmark 4045 (Optra W820/Xerox 4525) (Optra M) Lexmark Cartridge Part # 17G0152/17G0154 Lexmark Cartridge Part # 12B0090 (4K00198/4K00199 Discontinued) OEM Stated Yield: 5840/5740: 10,000. 5845/5745: OEM Stated Yield: 0152: 5,000, 0154: 15,000 25,000 The “Return” cartridges have an ARD on a small Included here only because of the physical similarity board located inside the right end cap of the to the other Optra S, Se. & T. These cartridges do cartridge
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OEM Drum cartridge 12A8302, Stated drum yield: 30,000 Toner cartridges: The “Return” toner cartridges have an ARD on a small board located inside the right end cap of the cartridge. Like other cartridges in this series, the board for these cartridges has two E-120 Drum cartridge: With the printer turned on, contact pads where the machine makes direct open the front door. Press and hold the CANCEL contact. New replacement chips are available now. button until all the lights be
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This series was just released as of this writing. No information is available yet on the chips, or resets if needed. Check with your supplier for more information. Lexmark E238 Lexmark Toner Cartridge Part #’s 23800SW, (Return Program), 23820SW (Standard) OEM Toner Stated Yield: 2,000 Lexmark E450 OEM Drum cartridge 12A8302, Stated drum yield: Lexmark Toner Cartridge Part #’s E450A11A, 30,000 (Return Program), E450H11A (Standard) Toner cartridges: The
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Lexmark T430 Lexmark Cartridge Part # 12A8420/12A8425 Non-return # 12A7310/12A7315 Lexmark E321/323 OEM Stated Yield: 12A8420 6,000: 12A8425 Lexmark Cartridge Part 12A7400/12A7405 (Prebate), 12,000 12A7305 (Non Prebate)) OEM Stated Yield: 3,000 (7400), 6000 (7305) The “Return” cartridges have an ARD installed on The “Return” cartridges have an ARD on a small the front left side of the cartridge, (as the cartridge board located inside the right end cap of
