Brother MFC-215C service manual

Unplug plug from printer
When you plug back in push menu set button, and all four lights should come up on printer
Scan, Fax, Copy,Photo Capture
On numerical pad
Select 80 should be in Maintenance
using the Arrow key, arrow up until you come to
Purge
push 2 7 8 and 3, this should reset the counter to 000.000
Turn printer off and then on

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On most Brother MFC machines it is the buttons:
function, *, 2, 8, 6, 4, hit the buttons within 2 seconds and in order like push function than push *, than push 2. and on within 2 seconds.
If you do this right Maintenance should show up in the display.
Now press 01 which clears all memory and puts the machine back to factory default.
Realize that all addresses in the fax and cover page will be gone and you will need to set it up again.
Now hit 99 to leave maintenance mode and try the machine.

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1) Enter machine maintenance mode (on MFC210C all four photo/copy/fax/scan lights flash in maintenance mode). Care is needed in maintenance mode, otherwise critical settings may be inadvertently corrupted.

FAX models with numerical keypads: Press the Menu/Set, *, 2, 8, 6 and 4 keys within two seconds. (if you fail to complete the correct key sequence within two seconds, press the Stop key to try again).

Other (non-FAX) models: Press the Menu/Set and Black Start keys. Next press the “up arrow” key four times to enter the maintenance mode).

2) Press the 8 then 0 keys in the initial stage of the maintenance mode to call up the machine's log information list (function code 80).

3) Press the Black Start key several times to scroll through the log information list to reach the purge counter. The purge counter is the 25th item in the list.

4) Press the 2, 7, 8, and 3 keys in this order to reset the purge count to zero.

5) Press the Stop/Exit key to return to the initial stage of the maintenance mode.

6) Press the 9 key twice to return to the standby state.

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