Consumable Life Expectancies50

Consumable Life Expectancies
Plain Paper
The stated life expectancy of each consumable is based on printing under
specific operating conditions such as media type, number of color planes,
page size, and page coverage (at normal 5% coverage of letter-/A4-size
media). The actual life expectancy will vary depending on these and other
printing variables, including continuous or intermittent printing, ambient
temperature, and humidity. For current information about consumable life
expectancies, refer to www.minolta-qms.com/support, then click on the
Answer Base.
The following messages on the control panel’s message window indicate that
a consumable needs to be replaced.
If multiple toner cartridges or consumables are empty at the same time, each
message will flash for 3 seconds. Handle each message displayed on the
message window.
Message This item needs replacing by
user after...
Comment
DRUM
CART-
RIDGE
END OF
LIFE
Up to 45,000 continuous
monochrome or 11,250 continuous
four-color pages, or 10,000
intermittent (one-page jobs)
monochrome or 7,500 intermittent
color pages.
See “Replacing the OPC
Drum Cartridge” on page
59.
TONER
EMPTY
<COLOR>
Standard capacity: Approximately
1,500 single-sided pages per
cartridge—yellow, magenta, cyan
at 5% coverage of each color.
See “Replacing a Toner
Cartridge” on page 53.
High capacity: Approximately
4,500 single-sided pages per
cartridge—black, yellow, magenta,
cyan at 5% coverage of each color.
WASTE
TONER
BOX
FULL
Approximately 25,000 continuous
monochrome or 21,600 intermittent
(one-page jobs) monochrome, or
6,250 continuous or intermittent
color pages (based on the
standard mode with 5% toner
coverage of letter/A4 media).
See “Replacing the Waste
Toner Bottle” on page 58.