Nope, language does not change that easily.
I've changed my printers language, but it's a lot of work.
Here are the steps needed:
1. You need to download the Filedl32.exe (brother's tool for uploading firmware to the printer) and the brothers Maintenance mode drivers. These can be found here: http://downloadcenter.mustek.co.za/list.php?dir=Repository%2FPrinters%2FBrother%2FOther%2F
2. You need to enter maintenance mode on the printer. To do this, follow the steps below:
Press and hold the Home Icon on the printer's screen
After you see the firmware info, press and hold the last box (which is empty) until a menu appears
Within 3 seconds type the following *,2,8,6,4 (without commas)
If you did everything correct you should be in Maintenance mode
A video showing the above can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt2FlT-qulw
3. Now you need to change language. To do this, type 74 and press set mono. In the language menu change the language from 0003 (Germany) to 0001 (USA) then press set mono again. Now the printer will set the language to English and will prompt you with Please DL Rom
4. With the printer in maintenance mode, connect it via USB to your PC in which you already have installed the Maintenance drivers. The PC should recognise the brother printer as Maintenance Brother Printer
5. Now comes the tricky part, you need to get your firmware file, which is not easy. My solution was based on this post: http://pschla.blogspot.gr/2013/08/resurrecting-brother-hl-2250dn-after.html
My issue though was finding the correct values to post to Brother, as my printer was differently. Unfortunately using SNMP didn't help as none of the parameters did show up on snmpwalk.
So I did another trick, since I also have a Mac. I did use a proxy (Charles) and run the firmware update jar file. Now initially I failed, since Brother is using SSL, which made it impossible to get the post data, but I was able to change in the updater tool the BrUpdSys.xml file and change the file URL (FileGet XML node) to something random, http://www.google.com, which allowed me to get finally the post XML data.
Using those and posting those with CURL I finally got my firmware, which I installed.
The firmware request file of mine look like this:
<REQUESTINFO>
<FIRMUPDATETOOLINFO>
<FIRMCATEGORY>MAIN</FIRMCATEGORY>
<OS>MAC</OS>
<INSPECTMODE>1</INSPECTMODE>
</FIRMUPDATETOOLINFO>
<FIRMUPDATEINFO>
<MODELINFO>
<SELIALNO>E71359M3F391200</SELIALNO>
<NAME>MFC-J4510DW</NAME>
<SPEC>0001</SPEC>
<DRIVER>Brother MFC-J4510DW</DRIVER>
<FIRMINFO>
<FIRM>
<ID>FIRM</ID>
<VERSION>M1405200717:EFAC</VERSION>
</FIRM>
</FIRMINFO>
</MODELINFO>
<DRIVERCNT>1</DRIVERCNT>
<LOGNO>2</LOGNO>
<ERRBIT />
<NEEDRESPONSE>1</NEEDRESPONSE>
</FIRMUPDATEINFO>
</REQUESTINFO>
So as you can see it's quite different than the one on the blog post.
Anyway, after posting this I got the firmware URL for the english firmware which is this: http://update-akamai.brother.co.jp/CS/LZ4228_M.djf
Note, the above is for the model MFC-J4510DW ONLY. so don't use it in another model.
Note 2: If you want to change the language to something else (not English), you'll need to change the 0003 to 000X in the printer's maintenance mode and also in the <SPEC> XML node above.
You can see the country list codes in this pdf: http://support.brother-usa.com/Virdata/Content/en-US/MFC/Technical/ServiceManual/SM_MFC_J280W_J425W_J430w_J435W_J625DW_J825DW_J835DW_EN_5063.PDF
If you scroll to 1.4.26 EEPROM Customizing (Function code 74)
6. After you have the file, just open the Filedg32.exe, locate the Brother Maintenace USB printer icon and drop it there. It will upload the firmware to the printer and the printer will reboot. After reboot your printer should have finally an English menu!
Good Luck and remember you are responsible for what you do.
To help you I have also uploaded my firmware file on dropbox, so you can use that one and skip the curl steps, if you like!
My firmware file: https://db.tt/5WvbcRyl
My request.xml file: https://db.tt/EUJ74ttI
I've also uploaded the driver and filedg32.exe files in case you can't find them anymore in the website I did provide: https://db.tt/sUgqYP53
Clean the corona wire again using a q-tip moistened lightly with water or glass cleaner. Try carefully shaking the new toner cartridge back and forth to evenly distribute the toner inside the cartridge.
Wipe the scanner window (inside the machine close to where the drum rotates) clean with a soft, lint-free cloth. See page 74 of the user manual.
Power down the printer and clean all silver contacts on the toner cartridge, drum cartridge, and corresponding contacts inside the printer body.
Re-seat all components ensuring the drum cartridge is fully inserted and try printing again.
Here is a link to your user manual Page 91 for troubleshooting image problems. http://www.brother-usa.com/ModelDocuments/Consumer/Users%20Manual/UM_HL_2140_2170W_EN_1160.PDF Hope It's resolve all Your Printer Problem,
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You can reset the toner cartridges via the printer's menu.
if an error message appears on the LCD display, press the Cancel (X) button to show the main menu.
Press the Fax button to make the numeric keypad visible. Then, locate and only locate the Asterisk (Star) button on the numeric keypad. It is important to remember its location as it will not be lit up later when needed.
Press the Home button to return to the main menu.
Open the front cover of the printer (to access cartridges).
With the front cover open, press and hold the unlit Asterisk (Star) button for 5 seconds.
The reset menu will now appear on the LCD display.
Scroll through the menu to select a color and yield to reset.
The LCD will read "Accepted" once the reset is complete.
Try scanning at a lower DPI setting. The machine is only rated to a certain DPI which is how much information it can handle per inch. Lower the DPI the more pixilated an image you get becomes when blown up but unless you are planning on printing 6/4 photos in A3 size then 600-1200 DPI is plenty.
Load the envelopes in like paper, tell the printer the size of these to set the paper size, then whatever you're using to print on the envelopes, set up the page size the same size as the envelopes. You should then be able to print on envelopes
1. Unscrew these three 12.1mm screws holding the control panel in place.
2. Lift up the front panel from the device.
3. Before removing the unit, apply 2 or 3 pieces of tape to secure the top and bottom of the unit.
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Hello there:
for the document you want to print click on print and your printer should show up now just click on the printer and look down where it says use printer offline and click on it again and than it will say use printer online and just print from there ok please dont forget to rate this solution for me
best regards mike
