5.1 Toner Container Replacement
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5.1
Toner Container Replacement
5.1.1
Frequency of toner container replacement
The life of the toner containers depends on the amount of toner required to accomplish your
printing jobs. When 5 % coverage (a typical business document) of individual toner colors
is assumed for A4 or letter size paper in landscape orientation:
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The black toner container lasts an average of 25,000 monochrome pages.
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The cyan, magenta, and yellow toner containers last an average of 10,000 color images.
You can print a status page to check how much toner remains in the toner container. For
details, see
Chapter 3 Using the Operator Panel, section 3.3.2 Printing a Status Page on
page 3-17
. The Toner Gauge section on the status page shows a progress bar for each color,
which roughly represents how much toner is left in the toner container.
Starter Toner Containers
The toner containers packed with the new printer are starter toner containers. The black
starter toner container lasts an average of 12,500 monochrome pages. The cyan, magenta,
and yellow starter toner containers last an average of 5,000 color images for each.
Toner Kits
It is strongly recommended to use the new Kyocera Mita TK-800 Toner Kit supplied from
Kyocera Mita to prevent printer troubles and ensure a long printer life.
The TK-800 Toner Kits are supplied in each of the following four colors. The letter
following TK-800 describes the color of toner included in the container as follows:
A new TK-800 toner kit for each color contains the following items:
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Toner Container
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Cleaning cloth
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Grid cleaner for main charger cleaning
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Plastic waste bags for old toner container and old waste toner box
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Waste toner box
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Installation Guide
Note
Do not remove the toner container from the carton until you are ready to install it in
the printer.
TK-800C
Cyan
TK-800M
Magenta
TK-800Y
Yellow
TK-800K
Black