Maintaining the MFP
Conserving supplies
Several settings in your application software or through the touch screen let you conserve toner and paper. For more information on changing these settings, see the Menus and Messages Guide on the Software and Documentation CD.
Supply | Menu selection item | What the setting does |
Toner | Toner Darkness; touch the | Lets you adjust the level of toner released on a sheet of print media. |
| Menus button Æ Printer | The values range from 1 (lightest setting) to 10 (darkest setting). |
| Settings Æ Quality Menu | Note: When toner is low, firmly shake the cartridge to redistribute |
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Print media | Multipage Print; touch the Menus | Causes the MFP to print two or more page images on one side of a |
| button Æ Printer Settings Æ | sheet. Values for Multipage Print are 2 Up, 3 Up, 4 Up, 6 Up, 9 Up, 12 |
| Finishing Menu | Up, and 16 Up. Combined with the duplex setting, Multipage Print |
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| Duplex; touch the Menus | Duplex printing is available when you have a duplex unit. It lets you |
| button Æ Printer Settings Æ | print on both sides of a sheet of paper. |
| Finishing Menu |
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| Use your software application or | Lets you examine the first copy of a |
| MFP driver to send a Verify Print | satisfactory before you print the other copies. If the job is |
| job. | unsatisfactory, you can cancel the job. |
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| See Printing and deleting held jobs for more information about a |
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Ordering supplies
To order supplies in the U.S., contact Lexmark at
Ordering a toner cartridge or photoconductor
When the Toner Low message appears, you should order a new toner cartridge.
When the PC unit life warning message appears, you should order a new photoconductor.
You need to have a new toner cartridge or photoconductor available when the current one no longer prints satisfactorily. The following table lists the part numbers for ordering these items.
Part number | Description |
X850H21G | Toner cartridge |
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X850H22G | Photoconductor |
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Maintenance kit
80Scheduled Maintenance appears on the display after 300,000 pages have printed to let you know it is time to replace MFP maintenance items. Order a maintenance kit when 80 Scheduled Maintenance first appears on the display. The maintenance kit contains all the items necessary to replace the pick rollers, the fuser, and the transfer roller.
Conserving supplies
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