Remanufacturing the Brother HL-2170W
by Mike* Josiah and the Technical Staff · Summit Technologies, a division of Uninet Imaging Inc. · April 1, 2008 - page(s): 23-38
Released in January 2008, the Brother HL-2170W printer engine is based on a new 22-ppm, true 1,200-dpi laser engine. These machines have a first page out in less than 10 seconds, and come standard with 8MB, 16MB or 32MB of memory depending on the machine. The HL-2170W also is wireless capable. All machines come with a starter cartridge rated for 1,000 pages. The first section of this article covers the theory behind these cartridges. The first three paragraphs have some interesting information on the reset gears and how they work. The rest is standard Brother theory. If you are not familiar with Brother cartridges, it would be best to read through this entire section. It may save you a few very frustrating hours.
Current machines released so far are:
- HL-2140
- HL-2150N
- HL-2170W
There are two different yielding toner cartridges available for these machines, the TN-330 and TN-360 (TN-2110/2120 Europe, TN-2130/2150 Asia). The TN-330 cartridge is rated for 1,500 pages at 5 percent coverage; the TN-360 is rated for 2,600 pages at 5 percent. The drum unit is new as well with part no. DR-360 (DR-2125, DR-2100) and is rated for 12,000 pages. It will be covered in a future article.
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