How to know when you need new supplies, Checking the toner and photoconductor levels – Lexmark E234 User Manual
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How to know when you need new supplies
The following sections describe a couple ways to determine when new supplies are needed.
Checking the toner and photoconductor levels
You can determine approximately how much toner is left in your cartridge and how full the
photoconductor kit is by printing out a menu settings page. This helps you decide when you might
need to order replacement supplies. For help printing a menu settings page, see
menu settings and network setup pages” on page 88
Also, the
light sequence (see page 60) is displayed when the toner cartridge is nearly
empty. You can still print for a short time while this sequence is displayed, but print quality begins to
decrease as the toner level decreases.
To ensure print quality and to avoid damage to the printer, the printer stops operating after the
photoconductor kit has reached a maximum of 40,000 pages. (See
(printer hard stop)*” on page 103
for the light sequence associated with this stop.) The printer
automatically notifies you before the photoconductor reaches this point. To avoid having the printer
stop operating, replace the photoconductor kit when you first receive the “Replace photoconductor
kit” light sequence.
While the printer may continue to function properly after the photoconductor kit has reached its
official end-of-life (approximately 30,000 pages), print quality begins to significantly decrease until
the photoconductor stops operating at the maximum of 40,000 pages.