- 123 -
Replacing Toner Cartridge or Image Drum
5
5.
Maintenance
●
●
Replacing Toner Cartridge or Image Drum
If the ES7131/MPS4900b/
MPS5501b is used
Life Span of a Toner Cartridge
When the [
Toner Low
] message is displayed on
the display screen of the operator panel, prepare
a replacement toner cartridge.
If you continue printing, the message [
Install
toner
] will be displayed and printing will stop.
Approximately 250 sheets may be able to
be printed after [
Toner Low
] is displayed
until [
Install toner
] is displayed (when ISO/
IEC19752 print-pattern printing).
Life Span of an Image Drum
When the [
Image Drum Near Life
] message is
displayed on the display screen of the operator
panel, prepare a replacement image drum.
If you continue printing, the message [
Image
Drum Life
] will be displayed and printing will
stop.
Approximately 500 sheets may be able to be
printed after [
Image Drum Near Life
] is
displayed until [
Image Drum Life
] is displayed
(when single-sided printing is performed on A4-
sized paper with 3 sheets at a time).
If you continue to print more than the above,
the printer will force the printing to stop.
Note
● The actual number of sheets you can print with the image
drum depends on how you use it. The above guideline
may be reduced by more than half, depending on the
conditions of printing.
●
Though opening and closing the top cover may extend the
life of an image drum for a while, it is recommended to
replace it soon after the [
Image Drum Life
] is displayed.
● The print quality may deteriorate after an image drum has
been unpacked for a year. Replace it with a new one.
●
When [
Near Life Status
] (to be accessed by pressing
the button then selecting [
Admin Setup
] then [
Panel
Setup
]) is set to [
Disable
], the [
Image Drum Near
Life
] message does not appear.
Replacing a Toner Cartridge
1
Prepare a new toner cartridge.
2
Insert your finger into the recess on
the right side of the printer and pull the
front cover open lever (1) to open the
front cover (2) forward.
Note
● Open the front cover gently. If you open it rapidly,
the MP Tray may open.
3
1
2
Turn the right blue lever (4) of the toner
cartridge (3) forward while pressing the
top of the toner cartridge to unlock.
4
3
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
