Print-cartridge life expectancy

The life of the print cartridge depends on the amount of toner that print jobs require and the length of life for the components inside the cartridge. When printing text at 5 percent coverage (typical for a business letter), an HP print cartridge lasts an average of 6,000 pages. This assumes that toner density is set to 3 and EconoMode is off. (These are the default settings. For details about these settings, see the description of ECONOMODE and TONER DENSITY in “Print Quality submenu” on page 151.)

At any time, you can verify life expectancy by checking the supply level, as described in “Checking the supply level” on page 69.

Checking the supply level

You can check the supply (toner) level using the printer control panel, the embedded Web server, printer software, or HP Web Jetadmin.

To check the supply level using the control panel

1Press (SELECT button) to open the menus.

2Use (UP button) or (DOWN button) to scroll to INFORMATION, and then press SELECT ().

3Use (UP button) or (DOWN button) to scroll to PRINT SUPPLIES STATUS PAGE, and

then press (SELECT button). See “Supplies status page” on page 74 for information about the supplies status page.

To check the supply level using the embedded Web server

1In your Web browser, enter the IP address for the printer home page. This takes you to the printer status page. (See “Opening the embedded Web server” on page 62.)

2On the left side of the screen, click Supplies Status. This takes you to the supplies status page, which provides supply level information. (See “Supplies status page” on page 74 for information about the supplies status page.)

To check the supply level using the printer software

Three things are required to use this feature:

￿The Printer Status and Alerts software on the CD-ROM that came with the printer must be enabled on your computer. (See “Using Printer Status and Alerts” on page 65.)

￿The printer must be directly connected to your computer with a parallel cable.

￿You must have access to the Internet.

1At the bottom right of your screen, double-click the Printer icon. This opens the status window.

2On the left side of the status window, click the Printer icon from which you want to obtain status.

3At the top of the status window, click the Supplies link. You can also scroll down to Supplies Status.

Note

If you want to order supplies, click Order Supplies. This opens a browser that produces a URL

 

from which to purchase supplies. Select the supplies you wish to order and finish the ordering

 

process.

 

 

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