Routine Maintenance
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Toner cartridge
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The life of the original toner cartridge that came with the printer may be either a standard
or high yield toner
, and depends on the model and country you bought the printer in.
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Standard toner cartridges print approximately 3,000 A4 or Letter-size single-sided pages. Approx. cartridge yield is declared in accordance with
ISO/IEC 19752.
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High yield toner cartridges print approximately 8,000 A4 or Letter-size single-sided pages. Approx. cartridge yield is declared in accordance with
ISO/IEC 19752.
Note
• The amount of toner used varies according to what is printed on the page and the print density setting.
• If you change the print density setting for lighter or darker printing, the amount of toner used will change.
• Wait to unpack the toner cartridge until immediately before you put it into the printer.
TONER LOW message
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(Appears at intervals.)
TONER LOW
If the LCD shows
TONER LOW
, the toner cartridge is near the end of its life. Buy a new toner cartridge and
have it ready before you get a
REPLACE TONER
message. To replace the toner cartridge, see
REPLACE TONER message
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REPLACE TONER
If the LCD shows
REPLACE TONER
, the toner cartridge is near the end of its life or the toner is not evenly
distributed inside the cartridge.
In both situations, the printer will stop printing until a new toner cartridge has been put into the printer.
REPLACE TONER
can only be cleared by putting a new toner cartridge into the drum unit.