Replacing Consumable Items- 163 -Maintenance8Notez Do not use solvents, such as methyl alcohol or thinners.They damage the LED head.4 Close the top cover.5 Close the scanner unit.Memoz If you dispose of a toner cartridge by necessity, put it in apolyethylene bag or something and then dispose of it inaccordance with your municipality's ordinances or guidelines.Replacing the Image DrumLife Duration of Image DrumWhen the [Image Drum Near Life] messageappears on the display screen, prepare areplacement image drum.If you continue printing, the message [PleaseReplace the Image Drum] will be displayedand printing will stop.A guideline for replacing the image drum is every30,000 pages or so for A4 sized paper (withsingle-sided printing). However, this number ofpages is for printing with general conditions (3pages at a time). Printing one page at a timereduces the drum life by about half.The actual number of printed pages may behalved again relative to the above guideline,depending on the printing conditions.Notez The actual number of pages you can print with the imagedrum depends on how you use it. The above guideline may bereduced by more than half, depending on the conditions ofprinting.Notez The print quality may deteriorate after the toner cartridgehas been unpacked for a year. Replace it with a new one.Procedure for ReplacementNotez The image drum (the green tube) is very delicate. Handleit carefully.z Do not expose the image drum to direct sunlight or verybright interior light (approximately more than 1500lux).Even under the normal interior light, do not leave it formore than 5 minutes.z In order for the machine to have its full performance,please use original Oki Data consumables.z If you use consumables other than Oki Data original onesand a fault occurs, dealing with it will be charged for,regardless of whether it is in the free fault service period.(This is not for all faults occurring with non-original OkiData products, however, please bear this in mind whenusing them.)1 Open the top cover and remove the usedimage drum.Remove the image drum upward slowly.If the image drum is removed, the tonercartridge is also removed.Memoz When making duplex copies using the document glass, thecontinuous scan mode is automatically enabled. Follow theon-screen instructions.2 Install a new image drum.
Take the new image drum out of the wrappingbag. Remove the silica gel.Notez Always use a new image drum. An image drum that hasbeen attached or used on another printer cannot be used.WARNINGBe sure not to throw used imagedrum and toner cartridges intofire; toner in the cartridges fliesand explodes and burn injury mayresult.Silica gel
