Print-cartridge life expectancy, Checking the supply level, Cartridge-low and cartridge-out conditions – HP LaserJet 4250 User Manual

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Print-cartridge life expectancy

The life of the print cartridge depends on the amount of toner that print jobs require and the
length of life for the components inside the cartridge. When printing text at 5% coverage
(typical for a business letter), the HP print cartridge lasts an average of 10,000 (Q5942A) or
20,000 (Q5942X) pages.

At any time, you can verify life expectancy by checking the supply level, as described in

Checking the supply level

.

Checking the supply level

You can check the supply (toner) level by using the printer control panel, the embedded
Web server, HP Toolbox software, or HP Web Jetadmin.

To check the supply level by using the control panel

1. Press

M

ENU

to open the menus.

2. Use (

U

P

button) or (

D

OWN

button) to scroll to INFORMATION, and then press

(

S

ELECT

button).

3. Use (

U

P

button) or (

D

OWN

button) to scroll to PRINT SUPPLIES STATUS PAGE,

and then press (

S

ELECT

button). See

Supplies status page

for information about the

supplies status page.

To check the supply level by using the embedded Web server

1. In your Web browser, type the IP address for the printer home page. This takes you to

the printer status page. (See

Opening the embedded Web server

.)

2. On the left side of the screen, click Supplies Status. This takes you to the supplies

status page, which provides supply level information. (See

Supplies status page

for

information about the supplies status page.)

To check the supply level by using the HP Toolbox software

You can configure HP Toolbox to notify you when the print cartridge is low. You can choose
to receive alerts by e-mail or as a pop-up message or taskbar icon. To check the supplies
status by using the HP Toolbox software, click the Status tab, then click Supplies Status.

To check the supply levels by using HP Web Jetadmin

In HP Web Jetadmin, select the printer device. The device status page shows supply-level
information.

Cartridge-low and cartridge-out conditions

The printer alerts you if the print cartridge is low on toner or out of toner.

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