Replacing supplies

Replacing the waste toner box

Replace the waste toner box when 82 Replace waste toner appears. The printer will not continue printing until the waste toner box is replaced.

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Top door

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Waste toner box

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Right side cover

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Front door


  1. Unpack the replacement waste toner box.

  2. Grasp the front door at the sides, and then pull it toward you.

    hot_surface caution icon CAUTION—HOT SURFACE: The inside of the printer might be hot. To reduce the risk of injury from a hot component, allow the surface to cool before touching.

  3. Open the top door by sliding the button forward.

  4. Remove the right side cover.

  5. Press the green levers on each side of the waste toner box, and then remove it.

  6. Place the waste toner box in the enclosed packaging.

    For more information, see Recycling Lexmark products.

  7. Insert the new waste toner box.

  8. Replace the right side cover.

  9. Close the top door.

  10. Close the front door.

Replacing a black and color imaging kit

Replace the black and color imaging kit when 31.yy Defective Imaging Kit appears.

  1. Grasp the front door at the sides, and then pull it toward you.

    hot_surface caution icon CAUTION—HOT SURFACE: The inside of the printer might be hot. To reduce the risk of injury from a hot component, allow the surface to cool before touching.

  2. Open the top door by sliding the button forward.

  3. Remove the toner cartridges by lifting the handles, and then gently pulling them away from the imaging kit.

  4. Remove the right side cover.

  5. Press the green levers on each side of the waste toner box, and then remove it.

  6. Lift the blue levers on the imaging kit, and then pull it toward you.

  7. Press down on the blue levers, grasp the green handles on the sides, and then pull the imaging kit out.

    Warning—Potential Damage: Do not touch the underside of the imaging kit. This could damage the imaging kit.

  8. Remove the yellow, cyan, magenta, and black developer units.

  9. Unpack the replacement black and color imaging kit, and leave the packaging on the developer units.

  10. Gently shake the yellow, cyan, magenta, and black developer units side to side.

  11. Remove the packaging from the developer units.

  12. Insert the yellow, cyan, magenta, and black developer units.

    replacing black and color developer units
    Note: Make sure each developer unit is inserted into a matching color slot.

  13. Place the used black and color imaging kit in the enclosed package.

    For more information, see Recycling Lexmark products.

  14. Align and insert the imaging kit.

  15. Gently, but firmly push the blue levers down until the imaging kit drops into place.

  16. Replace the waste toner box.

  17. Replace the right side cover.

  18. Replace the toner cartridges.

  19. Close the top door.

  20. Close the front door.

Replacing a toner cartridge

Replace the specified toner cartridge (yellow, cyan, magenta, or black) when 88 Replace <color> Cartridge appears. The printer will not continue printing until the specified cartridge is replaced.

Warning—Potential Damage: Damage caused by use of a non-Lexmark toner cartridge is not covered under warranty.
Note: Degraded print quality may result from using non-Lexmark toner cartridges.

  1. Make sure the printer is on and Ready or 88 Replace <color> Cartridge appears.

  2. Unpack the new cartridge, and then set it near the printer.

  3. Open the top door by sliding the button forward.

  4. Remove the toner cartridge by lifting the handle, and then gently pulling it away from the imaging kit.

    picture shows toner cartridge removal

  5. Align the new toner cartridge, and then press down until it clicks into place.

    shows arrow and unlock symbol and toner cartidge allignment

  6. Close the top door.

Replacing a developer unit

Replace a developer unit when a print quality defect occurs.

Note: When a developer unit is replaced, you must manually calibrate the color. For more information, see Color misregistration.

  1. Grasp the front door at the sides, and then pull it toward you.

    hot_surface caution icon CAUTION—HOT SURFACE: The inside of the printer might be hot. To reduce the risk of injury from a hot component, allow the surface to cool before touching.

  2. Open the top door by sliding the button forward.

  3. Remove the toner cartridges by lifting the handles and then gently pulling them away from the imaging kit.

  4. Remove the right side cover.

  5. Press the green levers on each side of the waste toner bottle, and then remove it.

  6. Lift the blue levers on the imaging kit, and then pull it toward you.

  7. Press down on the blue levers, grasp the handles on the sides, and then pull the imaging kit out.

    Warning—Potential Damage: Do not touch the underside of the imaging kit. This could damage the imaging kit.

  8. Remove the used developer unit.

  9. Place the used developer unit in the enclosed package.

    For more information, see Recycling Lexmark products.

  10. Unpack the replacement developer unit, and leave the packaging on.

  11. Gently shake the developer unit from side to side.

  12. Remove the red shipping cover from the developer unit.

  13. Insert the developer unit.

  14. Align and insert the imaging kit.

  15. Gently, but firmly push the blue levers down until the imaging kit drops into place.

  16. Replace the waste toner box.

  17. Replace the right side cover.

  18. Replace the toner cartridges.

  19. Close the top door.

  20. Close the front door.