8.3
<Maintenance>
Printing a cleaning sheet
If you are experiencing blurred, faded, or smeared printouts, you can
clear the problem by printing a cleaning sheet, provided by your printer.
You can print:
• OPC cleaning sheet: cleans the OPC drum of the toner cartridge.
• Fuser cleaning sheet: cleans the fuser unit inside the printer.
This process will produce a page with toner debris, which should be
discarded.
1
Make sure that the printer is turned on with paper loaded in the tray.
2
Press Menu until System Setup appears on the bottom line of the
display and press OK.
3
Press the Scroll buttons until Maintenance appears and press
OK.
4
Press the Scroll buttons until
Clean Fuser
or
Clean Drum
appears
and press OK.
Your printer automatically picks up a sheet of paper from the tray
and prints out a cleaning sheet with dust or toner particles on it.
Maintaining the toner cartridge
Toner cartridge storage
To get the most from the toner cartridge, keep the following guidelines in
mind:
• Do not remove the toner cartridge from its package until ready for
use.
• Do not refill the toner cartridge. The printer warranty does not cover
damage caused by using a refilled cartridge.
• Store toner cartridge in the same environment as the printer.
• To prevent damage to the toner cartridge, do not expose it to light for
more than a few minute.
Expected cartridge yield
The toner cartridge yield depends on the amount of toner that print jobs
require. The actual number may also be different depending on the print
density of the pages you print on, and the number of pages may be
affected by operating environment, printing interval, media type, and
media size. If you print a lot of graphics, you may need to change the
cartridge more often.
Your machine sets the toner remains in 3 levels, Toner Low, Replace
Toner, and Toner Exhausted. The machine is designed to detect the
toner remains and stop printing when the level is Toner Exhausted, for
preventing your machine from severe contamination or malfunction.
Refer to page 7.1 for supplies information.
Saving toner
To save toner, press Toner Save on the control panel. The button
backlight turns on.
Using this feature extends the life of the toner cartridge and reduce your
cost per page, but it also reduces print quality.
Checking the remaining toner
You can check the level of toner left in the cartridge.
If you are having print quality problems, this can help you determine if
the problem is caused by low toner.
1
Press Menu until System Setup appears on the bottom line of the
display and press OK.
2
Press the Scroll buttons until Maintenance appears and press
OK.
3
Press the Scroll buttons until Supplies Life appears and press
OK.
4
Press the Scroll buttons until Toner Remains appears and press
OK.
The display shows the percentage of the remaining toner.
Note
While the following messages are appearing on the display, the
sub-menu(s) under Supplies Life can be changed:
-
Invalid Toner, NonGenuine Toner, Replace Toner,
Toner Exhausted