CHAPTER 5 ROUTINE MAINTENANCE

Toner Cartridge

A new toner cartridge contains enough toner to print approximately 3,000 (standard cartridge) or 6000 (high yield cartridge) A4/Letter-size single-sided pages at about 5% coverage.

✏Note

yToner consumption varies according to the image coverage on the page and the print density setting. The greater the image coverage, the greater the toner consumption.

yIf you change the print density setting for lighter or darker printing, toner consumption varies accordingly.

yWait to unpack the toner cartridge until immediately before you install it in the printer.

Toner Low Message

Drum

Ready

Paper

Alarm

Toner

Data

Blinking every 5 seconds

If the LED shows this message, the toner will soon run out. Purchase a new toner cartridge and have it ready before you get a Toner Empty message.

✏Note

Both Alarm and Data (Toner) LEDs will blink continuously to indicate that the toner cartridge is nearly empty. This blinking will not stop until you have installed a new toner cartridge.

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