7.1 Replacing Consumables 207Replacing Drum CartridgesThe following messages appear on the printer's control panel when a drum cartridge is nearor reaches the end of its life.Replacement ProcedureImportant• Make sure that the power is on when replacing a drum cartridge.• Check the position of the applicable drum cartridge (R1, R2, R3, R4) on the left side of the control panel,and then replace it.1. After confirming that the printer is notperforming any operation, open the frontcover.Message ActionReady to printOrder Drum: X*1The displayed drum cartridge does not need to be replaced rightaway, but have a new drum cartridge ready.The drum cartridge will be able to print approximately 1500 *2 morepages.Ready to printReplace Drum: X *1• Drum Cartridge Xneeds to bereplaced soon.Order a newcartridge.The displayed drum cartridge needs to be replaced soon.The drum cartridge will be able to print approximately 800 *2 morepages. Have a new cartridge ready.Ready to printReplace Drum: X *1• ReplaceDrum Cartridge X.Appears when a drum cartridge reaches the end of its life after youchoose to continue *3 with [Drum Life End]. Printing can continue fora while, but quality is not guaranteed and replacement with a newdrum cartridge is recommended.Replace DrumCartridge X *1A drum cartridge is at the end of its life.The printer will stop and become unable to print. Check the locationof the applicable drum cartridge on the left side of the control panel.Replace the drum cartridge indicated in the message using theprocedure under “Replacement Procedure” (P. 207).*1: The actual display shows R1, R2, R3, or R4 in place of X. R1 through R4 indicate drum cartridgenames.*2: The page yield of each consumable varies depending on print requests, documents printed, andhow often the power is switched on/off. For more information, see “A.3 Life of Consumables andRegular Replacement Parts” (P. 275).*3: In this case, the [Ready to print Replace Drum: X] message will remain on the display. Forinformation about how to configure this setting, refer to “[Drum Life End]” (P. 144).
