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Drum Life Considerations forYour Brother Machine
Your Brother machine uses a drum and toner assembly for document printing. The toner life is directly dependent upon the amount of black printing on the printed pages. The drum will last for 77 hours of continuous printing time, which in normal use will be up to 20,000 A4 sized pages. Maintaining quality print during this period will depend on factors such as the number of pages printed per day, time between print jobs, the quality of the printing paper and the environment in which the machine is used.
The drum unit
To assist you, the machine will advise when approximately
This indication takes the number of pages printed and the total printing time into consideration. When the message appears we advise that a new drum be obtained for replacement at a convenient future time.
1Press Menu until you see 1.INITIAL SETUP, then press 1 on the numeric keys to select it.
2Press Menu repeatedly until you see 6.DRUM LIFE, then press 6 on the numeric keys to select it.
3The following indication appears on the LCD for 5 sec, and the display returns automatically to 1.INITIAL SETUP menu.
REMAINING:XXX%
4Press Stop to exit.
We emphasise that even if the drum life remaining indicates 0%, you only need to replace the drum if the print quality is unacceptable. By using a drum past the 0% indication no damage will be caused to the machine and whilst the print quality remains acceptable then the drum may be used beyond its designed life.