Brother Laser Printer

[Rockytime]

I have a small Brother B&W laser printer. Is it possible to replace the black toner cartridge with a red one? It is a DCP-L2550DW. I want to use a red toner cartridge to print patterns. Wondering if the cartridges are interchangeable.

[jollyred]

Why not look up the printer on the manufacturer's site and see what cartridges it will accept?

Tom

[Rockytime]

I tried a search and it just says it includes a black cassette.

[John B]

It is something I used to do many years ago with B&W Photocopiers. Could get a blue or red cartridge to replace the black. Don't know about now, sorry.

Edited November 29, 2020 by John B

[Dan]

Maybe you can find red (magenta) toner and an empty black toner cartridge and refill it yourself. There are some videos that show how to do this. 

[BadBob]

Why not just change the color on the pattern?

 

BTW There is not a red toner cartridge.

[Rockytime]

5 hours ago, Dan said:

Maybe you can find red (magenta) toner and an empty black toner cartridge and refill it yourself. There are some videos that show how to do this. 

That's an idea. 

[Rockytime]

2 hours ago, BadBob said:

Why not just change the color on the pattern?

 

BTW There is not a red toner cartridge.

Not sure what you mean. 

[kmmcrafts]

2 hours ago, BadBob said:

Why not just change the color on the pattern?

 

BTW There is not a red toner cartridge.

I think there is a misunderstanding.. he has a red pattern I believe.. but a laser printer that is black and white.. and wanting to get ink so he could print it a brighter red type color.. At least that is what I got from the topic

[Rockytime]

Explanation: I want to print a pattern from my computer and have it come out red. Also copy a B&W pattern and have it come out red. Dan came up with a workable plan. I looked at You Tube and it appears reloading with red is simple. I may go that way.

[BadBob]

18 hours ago, Rockytime said:

Not sure what you mean. 

I didn't catch that you were talking about a monochrome printer.

I've worked wit a lot of color printers over the years. I've never seen red toner or ink cartridges.

[Badgerboy]

On 11/29/2020 at 4:21 PM, Rockytime said:

Explanation: I want to print a pattern from my computer and have it come out red. Also copy a B&W pattern and have it come out red. Dan came up with a workable plan. I looked at You Tube and it appears reloading with red is simple. I may go that way.

I was also curious on this Rocky and saw you can refill cartridges and just substitute Red.  My concern is unless I can dedicate that printer to just patterns what happens when I slide a black cartridge  in, do I get colored smudges.  May need to experiment. 

[Rockytime]

I viewed a couple of You Tube videos. Since I am deaf I don't heat the audio and just get to view. BadBob sid he had not heard of red toner so I don't know if it is even available. It did appear very simple to add black toner though. My thought was to buy a red toner cartridge and then just refill it if the red cartridge would fit my printer, hoping the cartridges were the same. I just thought I would avoid going to Office Depot to get my patterns printed in red. I might be barking up a hollow tree!

[Dan]

17 minutes ago, Rockytime said:

I viewed a couple of You Tube videos. Since I am deaf I don't heat the audio and just get to view. BadBob sid he had not heard of red toner so I don't know if it is even available. It did appear very simple to add black toner though. My thought was to buy a red toner cartridge and then just refill it if the red cartridge would fit my printer, hoping the cartridges were the same. I just thought I would avoid going to Office Depot to get my patterns printed in red. I might be barking up a hollow tree!

A quick search for magenta (red) toner for brother's printers. I'm not sure if it is compatible but may be worth a try. Some cartridges have a code on them and if you install a magenta cartridge where a black one should go you could get an error. That's why I suggest just replacing the color of the toner in the black cartridge. Even if there is a little black still in the cartridge, just add the red, give it a shake and you should see mostly red. 

[Rockytime]

Red toner (magenta) is available on ebay. I think I can empty my black toner and replace it with red. If I want to print in black I have a very nice HP ink jet printer. I just have to convince myself to waste the black toner. I'm not cheap, just frugal.

[OCtoolguy]

5 hours ago, Rockytime said:

Red toner (magenta) is available on ebay. I think I can empty my black toner and replace it with red. If I want to print in black I have a very nice HP ink jet printer. I just have to convince myself to waste the black toner. I'm not cheap, just frugal.

Whatever you decide to do, it sure sounds like a very messy job to me and could turn into a real fiasco. Best of luck my Friend.

 

Edited December 2, 2020 by octoolguy

[kmmcrafts]

Just post a ad online to trade a full black toner for a empty one or two..  That might sound a bit suspicious to someone but who knows you might be able to grab a couple of empty ones for a full one so you can experiment.. Get good enough at it you might be able to run a photo though several times with the different toners and print a color photo.. just print with the magenta and then swap to yellow and run the print again, swap to cyan run it through again etc etc..  

It'll be interesting to know if you'll be able to do this.. I'd like a laser printer but like you.. I'd like to be able to print patterns in red.. Inhave a color inkjet printer now but if I only use it for color things.. The ink would be dry by the time I need color.. other than the red patterns, LOL and I print enough patterns a year that it would defeat the purpose of having the laser printer.. I just need a color laser printer..  

Edited December 2, 2020 by kmmcrafts