7 Maintenance

Determining supply status

Print the menu settings page to check the status of printer supply items. See Printing the menu settings page for detailed instructions.

One or two pages print depending on the number of menu settings you have. Look for “Supplies Menu” on the page; each item indicates the percentage of remaining life.

You can also check the status of printer supply items using the operator panel.

1Press Menu until you see Supplies Menu.

2Press Select.

3Press Menu until you see Supplies Life.

4Press Select.

5Press Menu to scroll through the printer supply items.

Conserving supplies

Several settings in your program’s software or on the display let you conserve toner and paper:

 

 

 

For more information,

Supply

Setting

What the setting does

see...

Toner

Toner Darkness in the Color

Lets you adjust the amount

Toner Darkness

 

Menu

of toner released on a sheet

 

 

 

of paper. The values range

 

 

 

from 1 (lightest setting) to 5

 

 

 

(darkest setting).

 

 

 

 

 

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