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C H A P T E R E I G H T
Drum Life Considerations for Your Brother
Machine
Your Brother machine uses a drum and toner assembly for document
printing. The toner life is directly dependent upon the amount of black
printing on the printed pages. The drum will last for 77 hours of
continuous printing time, which in normal use will be up to 20,000 A4
sized pages. Maintaining quality print during this period will depend on
factors such as the number of pages printed per day, time between print
jobs, the quality of the printing paper and the environment in which the
machine is used.
The drum unit (DR-6000) is a consumable and to maintain an acceptable
printing quality it should be replaced at the end of it's 20,000 A4 page or
77 hours life. Printing quality is a subjective issue and the drum should
be replaced at a time when the printing quality becomes unacceptable to
the user in relation to the documents being printed. The print quality will
deteriorate over time and replacing the drum will return the printing
quality to its optimum level. In order to maintain optimum print quality,
we also recommend that the drum is replaced after 18 months service.
To assist you, the machine will advise when approximately 5–15% of the
drum life remains by showing the message CHANGE DRUM SOON on
the display.
This indication takes the number of pages printed and the total printing
time into consideration. When the message appears we advise that a new
drum be obtained for replacement at a convenient future time.
1
Press Menu until you see 1.INITIAL SETUP, then press 1 on the
numeric keys to select it.
2
Press Menu repeatedly until you see 6.DRUM LIFE, then press 6
on the numeric keys to select it.
3
The following indication appears on the LCD for 5 sec, and the
display returns automatically to 1.INITIAL SETUP menu.
REMAINING:XXX%
4
Press Stop to exit.
We emphasise that even if the drum life remaining indicates 0%, you
only need to replace the drum if the print quality is unacceptable. By
using a drum past the 0% indication no damage will be caused to the
machine and whilst the print quality remains acceptable then the drum
may be used beyond its designed life.
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