Replacing supplies

Replacing the waste toner bottle

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

  1. Unpack the replacement waste toner bottle.

  2. Grasp the front door at the side handholds, 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.

  4. Remove the right side cover.

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

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

  7. Insert the new waste toner bottle.

    install the waste toner bottle

  8. Replace the right side cover.

    install the right side cover

  9. Close the top door.

  10. Close the front door.

Replacing a black imaging kit

Replace the black imaging kit when Replace Black Imaging Kit appears.

  1. Grasp the front door at the side handholds, 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.

  3. Remove the toner cartridges by lifting the handles, and then gently pulling 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 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, and magenta developer units.

  9. Unpack the replacement black imaging kit.

    Leave the packaging on the black developer unit.

  10. Gently shake the black developer unit side to side.

  11. Remove the red shipping cover from the black developer unit.

  12. Insert the black developer unit.

  13. Replace the yellow, cyan, and magenta developer units.

    Note: Make sure each developer unit is inserted into a matching color slot.

  14. Place the used black imaging kit in the enclosed package.

  15. Align and insert the imaging kit.

  16. Rotate the blue levers down until the imaging kit drops into place.

  17. Replace the waste toner bottle.

    install the waste toner bottle

  18. Replace the right side cover.

    install the right side cover

  19. Replace the toner cartridges.

  20. Close the top door.

  21. Close the front door.

Replacing a black and color imaging kit

Replace the black and color imaging kit when Replace Color Imaging Kit appears.

  1. Grasp the front door at the side handholds, and then pull it toward you to open it.

    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.

  3. Remove the toner cartridges by lifting the handles, and then gently pulling 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 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. Unpack the replacement black and color imaging kit.

    Leave the packaging on the developer units.

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

  10. Remove the red shipping cover from the yellow, cyan, magenta, and black developer units.

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

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

  13. Align and insert the imaging kit.

  14. Replace the waste toner bottle.

    install the waste toner bottle

  15. Replace the right side cover.

    install the right side cover

  16. Replace the toner cartridges.

  17. Close the top door.

  18. 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 set it near the printer.

  3. Open the top door.

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

    picture shows toner cartridge removal

  5. Align the new toner cartridge, and then press down until it is all the way into the slot.

    shows arrow and unlock symbol and toner cartidge allignment

  6. Close the top door.

    close the top cover

Replacing a developer unit

Replace a developer unit when a print quality defect occurs or when damage occurs to the printer.

  1. Grasp the front door at the side handholds, and then pull it toward you to open it.

    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.

  3. Remove the toner cartridges by lifting the handles and then gently pulling 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 in the enclosed package.

  10. Unpack the replacement developer unit.

    Leave the packaging on the developer unit.

  11. Gently shake the developer unit 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. Replace the waste toner bottle.

    install the waste toner bottle

  16. Replace the right side cover.

    install the right side cover

  17. Replace the toner cartridges.

  18. Close the top door.

  19. Close the front door.