How to Stop the Drum Light From Blinking on a Printer
A blinking drum light on a laser printer is a drum status alert that typically comes on because of a problem with the drum or printer or user error. To stop this light, you must first troubleshoot and correct any problems that you can self-repair. If you find issues you can't repair, you must then try to get professional assistance from your printer's manufacturer or a repair person who has extensive experience with your printer's brand and model.
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Instructions
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Replace the drum per the instructions in the manual for your specific brand and model of printer. This usually involves removing the printer toner cartridge first, or a drum assembly that has the cartridge in it, and then installing a brand new drum or cartridge and drum.
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Remove the drum, then return it to the printer. If the light is blinking after you just replaced or removed it from the printer, then the printer may not have registered that you inserted a new drum or inserted the drum incorrectly.
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Confirm that you installed the type of drum recommended by the printer manufacturer. Use of a non-recommended brand of drum or the wrong model can also cause a printer drum light to blink.
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Reset the drum page count as instructed in the printer manual to stop the light if the printer doesn't automatically reset the count. Resetting the count usually involves pushing one or more buttons on the printer's console or following on-screen instructions in the printer's included computer software.
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Clean the drum and printer to see if debris has caused the printer to malfunction. Remove the drum, check it for flecks of toner or paper, rub away any flecks with a cotton swab, wipe the interior with an electronics or lint-free microfiber cloth and then reinstall the drum. If the printer has automatic cleaning feature, turn on the printer's self-cleaning system via the printer's console or in the printer computer software.
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Pull your printer's power cable plug from the electrical outlet, wait five minutes, then plug it back in to see if the light stops blinking. Sometime power surges or a printer malfunction can cause a drum light to blink even if the drum is find and the printer undamaged.
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Contact the manufacturer of your printer, or a repair person who specializes in repairing your type of printer, for additional assistance if you can't determine the cause of the blinking light or if the manufacturer doesn't recommend that you replace the drum yourself.
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Tips & Warnings
If you don't have your printer manual, go to your printer's manufacturer website and look for an online manual or contact the manufacturer and ask for a mailed paper or emailed electronic copy.
Always check your printer manual before troubleshooting if the drum light is blinking at a different speed or in a different color then you've seen in the past. Some manufacturers design printer drum LEDs to change to alert you to different problems. For example, a slow blink would indicate one type of problem and a fast blink another.
Never remove the drum from your printer or clean it in direct artificial or sun light as doing so can damage it.
Use of abrasive cleaning supplies such as household chemical cleaners and paper towels can damage your printer's drum.
