Replacing Drum Cartridges
This section describes how to replace or handle the drum cartridges and
precautions on storing them.
Contact your local authorized Canon dealer to obtain replacement drum cartridges.
When <PREP."color" DRM>/<CHG."color" DRUM> Appears
Drum cartridges are consumable products. When any drum cartridge is nearing the
end of its life, any of the following messages appears in the display. Follow the
directions in the message.
E0 PREP.X DRM
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(X indicates K, Y, M, or C)
EF CHG.X DRUM
(X indicates K, Y, M, or C)
98 CHG.X DRUM
(X indicates K, Y, M, or C)
* "K", "Y", "C", and "M" in a message indicate each Black, Yellow, Cyan, and Magenta drum cartridge respectively.
NOTE
The lifetime of the drum cartridges (Canon Genuine Drum Cartridges) used by this
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printer is as follows.
The numbers of the pages are estimated when printing in the following conditions.
Paper size: Letter; Paper type: Plain paper; Printing ratio: 5 %; Print density: the default;
Continuous/1-sided Printing
- Black: Approx. 50,000 pages
- Yellow: Approx. 50,000 pages
- Magenta: Approx. 50,000 pages
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Replacing Drum Cartridges
Message
When it is Displayed
When a drum
cartridge needs to be
replaced soon
The drum cartridge
has reached the end
of its life.
When the drum
cartridge cannot be
used.
Contents and Remedies
- You can continue to print.
- Have ready a new drum cartridge of the
indicated color.
- It is recommended that you replace the
drum cartridge before printing a large
amount of data.
- The printer stops printing.
- You can continue to print by pressing
[Online], however, this may result in
deterioration in print quality.
- Replace the drum cartridge of the
indicated color with a new one.
- The printer stops printing, and you
cannot continue the job.
- Replace the drum cartridge of the
indicated color with a new one.