Maintenance kit
The maintenance kit is a set of a fuser and a transfer roller.
Service life of the maintenance kit
The fuser unit and the transfer roller can print approximately 120,000 sheets of A4-sized paper (fed in landscape for simplex printing), but the actual printable number of sheets may vary with the usage condition.
The above number is based on the general usage condition (three sheets at a time). If you print a single sheet at a time, the life may be reduced by half.
A message appears indicating preparation for replacement when the end of life is approaching.
To check the life of the fuser, select [Functions] - [Configuration] - [Supplies Status] - [Fuser] on the operator panel.
For Windows, when you are using the Monitoring Tool, the Monitoring Tool will pop up a message to notify you that it is time to replace the maintenance kit.
Replacement cycle of the maintenance kit
When the time for replacement is approaching or has arrived, the following message appears on the display.
When the time for replacement is approaching | → | When the time for replacement has arrived | |
|---|---|---|---|
Displayed message | Fuser Near Life. | → | Fuser Life. Change Fuser. |
Response to the message | Prepare a new fuser. | → | Replace With A New Fuser Unit. |
State of this machine | Printing is possible, but the fuser is approaching the end of its service life. | → | Printing is possible, but the print quality cannot be guaranteed. |
About 2,500 pages can be printed from when the time for replacement is approaching to when the time for replacement has arrived. (When printing under general usage conditions with factory default settings)
- If [Admin Setup] - [Panel Setup] - [Near Life Status] is set to [Disable], a message indicating the time for replacement will not be displayed.
- You can change the timing for displaying a message indicating the time for replacement of the fuser. The factory default setting is [2500].
This timing is set from [Admin Setup] - [Others Setup] - [Near Life Setup] - [Fuser Near Life Timing] on the operator panel.
The setting range is from 500 to 5,000 (in increments of 500).