QMS Magicolor WX, User Manual

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About
Consumables
5-3 Maintenance
About Consumables
Consumable Life
Toner Cartridges Black 5,000 pages
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow 3,000 pages
Developer Cartridges Black 30,000 pages
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow 15,000 pages
Oil Bottle and Cleaning
Pad The first oil bottle and cleaning pad will last
approximately 1,500 pages. After that, they will
last approximately 3,000 pages.
OPC Belt Cartridge 50,000 planes/12,500 pages in continuous use
26,000 planes/6,500 pages in intermittent use
Waste Toner Pack 6,000 planes per pack (sold in 5-pack sets for a
total of 30,000 planes per set)
Notes: The numbers in this table are based on the industry standard of 5%
coverage on letter- or A4-size media, and assume a normal duty cycle
(5,000 color prints per month or 20,000 monochrome prints per month).
A plane is a single pass of the OPC belt (one toner color). For example, a
one-color print job makes one pass (one plane), and a two-color job makes
two passes (two planes).
A page usually makes four passes of the OPC belt, since most color jobs
use all four toner colors. OPC life is affected by usage, coverage,
temperature, humidity, and exposure to light (even minute amounts).
The fuser unit is an integral part of the color imaging process and is also
very expensive to replace. The fuser life will be shortened or the fuser
permanently damaged if the cleaning pad is not installed properly or if
proper care is not taken to change the cleaning pad and oil bottle when
needed. This type of damage is not covered under warranty or service
contract.
An OPC belt that is used continuously (24 hours a day) will yield more
output than one that is used intermittently because the OPC belt loses yield
capacity as it ages.