How to Turn Off Deep Sleep on the Brother HL-L2350DW Printer

Short video showcasing how you disable the not very well functioning function called Deep Sleep on Brothers printer HL-L2350DW.

Added 2022-09-30: If - for any reason - the combination "Back + Down Arrow" does not work, instead try "Cancel + Down Arrow" to access the Deep Sleep menu. Thx for the tip Yong Yue!

As far as I know, this also works on the following Brother printers:
HL-L2370DW
HL-L8350CDW
HL-L2390DW

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[Solin.]

I appreciate your effort. Many thanks! 🙏🏼

[zteburner]

Thank you... this worked on our very similar Dell E310dw model, except that the confirmation of going to deep sleep was not shown.

[TheoB-wugj]

I do all of this stuff, the printer *STILL* sits there saying "sleep" and doesn't respond until I mash buttons and somehow it wakes up. I occasionally use this printer mostly to print labels, which means 100% of the time this thing has gone to sleep when I need it and nothing wakes it up. Anyone who works at Brother - what the hell were you thinking with this absolutely unusable garbage? What on earth is the point of a WIFI printer that you are supposed to be able to operate from anywhere in your network if you have to PHYSICALLY GO TO THE PRINTER to wake it up and troubleshoot it EVERY TIME YOU NEED TO PRINT. Honestly it is comically frustrating and stupid. Eco features are not supposed to break the product.

[EliseAngelofHealing]

It did not work for me this time. It keeps on going back to sleep mode. I don't know what to do. I used your video before and it worked great.

[yongyue]

In newer models (mine is 3230CDW) that has a "Cancel" button, the method in the video does not work. However, if you "Cancel" (rather than "Back") + "Down Arrow", it works fine!

[lynndawomack]

Thx. I need those steps in print. Thx.

[Spankmepink]

Worked great but I actually have the correct model unlike people in the comments who are complaining it didn't work.

[joycechong]

I have the Brother HL L2350dw printer and followed your instructions but no matter what I do, it keeps returning to the sleep display with that icon on the right that looks like the number 8. And it will not print. Help!

[catherinaaarts]

Same here, nothing happens when I press back and minus at the same time 😢

[suzyq]

I have the HL-L2390DW as you show also is supposed to work to do this. What is the back button on this model? The only button I see with an arrow is the clear button. It didn't work when I pressed that and the minus button together and it didn't do what you said it would. Help, please.

[ryancarmody]

These printers are terrible. They are build around Sleep mode. It is the most important feature. It takes me 30 minutes to wake up my printer to print 1 sheet of paper.

[wes_dean]

Can't get this to work on a Brother HL-L6200DW

[Phil]

That doesn't work? It shows exactly what you go through in the video on the screen, but then after its gone back to general settings, the sleep message just reappears after a while. I don't understand why its gone into sleep in the first place I only printed something off a couple of hours earlier. My printer is using WSD PORT as well. Is it because my printer is wireless?

[Smuthole]

Hello, thanks for the video. Im looking into these brother models for a friend in a wheelchair. And I keep reading about these printers not waking up after they have not been used for a while? My friend would not enjoy having to push a button on the printer before every print job between a few weeks?

[mikeyis]

BROTHER 6200
KILL DEEP SLEEP

-General setup
-Ecology
-Sleep Time then OK
- press CANCEL and DOWN together.
-DEEP SLEEP hit OK
TURN OFF!!!

*Real Solution: Be Sure Your Printer is USING WSD PORT Under Printer Properties > Ports > checkboxes* If you use the Std TCP/IP reg port which is installed by he brother software it won't wake the printer. Installing with windows printer page prefers the WSD protocol on the same port. Tested on 5 computers with multiple configs Windows 10 & Ubuntu & Bro HL-2350DW

[skchandan]

what is the difference between sleep and deep sleep?

[kenpappas]

Does it always show SLEEP mode or can I turn that off also?