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Understanding display messages
Message
Meaning
Suggested solutions
•
Replace new cartridge
•
Toner Exhausted
A toner cartridge has reached its estimated cartridge life. The
machine stops printing.
Estimated cartridge life means the expected or
estimated toner cartridge life, which indicates the
average capacity of print-outs and is designed pursuant
to ISO/IEC 19752 (see "Available supplies" on page 66).
The number of pages may be affected by operating
environment, percentage of image area, printing
interval, media, percentage of image area, and media
size. Some amount of toner may remain in the cartridge
even when replace new cartridge appears and the
machine stops printing.
• You can choose
Stop
or
Continue
as shown on the control panel.
If you select
Stop
, the printer stops printing and you cannot print
any more without changing the cartridge. If you select
Continue
,
the printer keeps printing but the printing quality cannot be
guaranteed.
• Replace the toner cartridge for th e best print quality when this
message appears. Using a cartridge beyond this stage can result in
printing quality issues (see "Replacing the toner cartridge" on
page 72).
Dell does not recommend using a non-genuine Dell toner
cartridge such as refilled or remanufactured. Dell cannot
guarantee a non-genuine Dell toner cartridge's quality.
Service or repair required as a result of using non-genuine
Dell toner cartridges will not be covered under the machine
warranty.
• If the machine stops printing, replace the toner cartridge (see
"Replacing the toner cartridge" on page 72).
4. Troubleshooting
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