IndexTroubleshooting12 Maintenance- 60 -Replacing consumables and maintenance unitz Replacing consumables and maintenance unitThis section describes the replacement method of consumables and maintenance unit and their lifespan.Consumables and maintenance unit service lifeBallpark indicator of replacement of consumables and maintenance unit is as follows.z Toner cartridge (CMYK)With a standard toner cartridge, the printable pages for continuous printing is about 10,000. With a highcapacity toner cartridge, the printable pages for continuous printing is about 24,000. (A4 1-side printing.Print density is as far factory default settings and compliant to ISO/IEC19798)Printing quality will decline after 1 year has passed from opening the package. Therefore, prepare anew toner cartridge.Even if the cyan (blue), magenta (red), yellow toner cartridge life has been reached, black&whiteprinting can be done by specifying “Mono”. See “Printing using monochrome (black and white)” in“Advanced” for black&white print.z Ballpark indicator of image drum (CMYK) replacementWhen 3 pages of A4 size documents are printed at once with transverse feed with 1-side printing, itwill reach its service life after printing about 40,000 copies.When one page is printed at once, it will reach its service life when about half the number of copiesare printed.Printing quality will decline after 1 year has passed from opening the package. Therefore, prepare anew image drum.z Fuser unitWhen A4 size documents are printed with long edge feed with 1-side printing, it will reach its servicelife after printing about 150,000 copies.z Belt unitWhen 3 pages of A4 size documents are printed at once with long edge feed with 1-side printing, itwill reach its service life after printing about 150,000 copies.When one page is printed at once, it will reach its service life when about half the number of copies are printed.z Waste toner boxWhen 3 pages of A4 size documents with print density* of 5% are printed at once with transversefeed with 1-side printing, it will reach its service life after printing about 40,000 copies.z Feed rollerFeed roller is attached to each tray.It will reach its service life after printing about 120,000 pages for each tray.*: Print density is the proportion of area having toner on printable area of 1 page.Memoz The printable pages/lifespan is for reference. The actual printable pages/lifespan might decrease depending on the printenvironment such as the details of the document to be printed, usage status, powering ON/OFF, and adjustment operation atthe time of cover opening/closing.z Replacing the toner cartridge may be required after the image drum is replaced when the toner cartridge level is low. It isrecommended to get a new toner cartridge along with a new image drum when the toner cartridge level is low.