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Maintaining Your Printer
5.6
Replacing the Waste Toner Container
The life of the waste toner container unit is approximately 1,250
pages for full color 5% image or 5,000 pages for black. When the
life span of the waste toner container has expired, the Smart Panel
program window appears on the computer, indicating the waste
toner container needs to be replaced. Otherwise your printer
stops printing.
To replace the waste toner container:
1
Turn the printer off, then wait a few minutes for the
printer to cool.
2
Open the front cover.
3
Pull the waste toner container out of the printer using its
handle.
N
OTE
: Make sure that you lay the waste toner container on a
flat surface so that the toner does not spill.
4
Remove the container’s cap from the container as shown
below, and use it to close the waste toner container
opening.
C
AUTION
:
Do not tilt or turn over the container.
5
Take a new waste toner container out of its package.
6
Insert the new container into position and then push it to
make sure that it is firmly seated in place.
7
Close the front cover firmly.
C
AUTION
:
If the front cover is not completely closed, the
printer will not operate.
8
Turn the printer on.