Tektronix 560 user manual Replacing the components, Toner cartridges, Diagnosing print quality

Caring for Your Printer 6

Replacing the components

This section describes the basic steps for removing and installing the replaceable components. Detailed, illustrated instructions are shipped with each of the replaceable components.

Toner cartridges

Front panel messages

<color>: low

Stopped:replace <color>

■Replace the designated color toner cartridge soon. After the message appears, the cartridge may still yield about 700 pages, depending on the complexity of your prints.

■Replace the cartridge now; it is empty and the printer stops until you replace the cartridge.

Diagnosing print quality

■Uneven, streaky or mottled color.

■Faded or missing color in a single color.

■One or more straight and even, vertical, light or dark streaks in one color.

■Print the Consumables Page from the front panel.

■Check the % Remaining gauge.

■Compare your output with the print quality examples in “Maintaining print quality” on page 7-6 to diagnose and correct the symptoms.

■Print the Confi guration Page from the front panel or access the front panel System Counts menu.

■Check the color toner Count; compare the number to the component’s average life (refer to page 6-3).

Replacing a toner cartridge

1.Remove the new toner cartridge from its packaging.

2.Remove all tape and the protective sheet; then remove the plastic shipping cover from the cartridge.

3.Remove any media from the output tray.

4.Open the printer’s right side door; remove the empty cartridge and discard it as normal office waste.

5.Insert the new cartridge and close the printer’s right side door.

Caution Because the printer keeps track of the toner usage when a new cartridge is installed after the front panel has reported <color>: low, if you switch toner cartridges between printers the % Remaining counts will not be correct.

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