HP 2500 Service Manual - Page 57

Managing supplies Note For warranty information about these supplies, see "Limited warranty for the print cartridge and drum" on page 24. Supplies life The life of the imaging drum depends on the number of black-only or color pages that print jobs require. An HP Color LaserJet 2500 series imaging drum lasts an average of 20,000 pages when printing black-only pages and 5,000 pages when printing color pages. Actual life lies somewhere between these two numbers, depending on the number of black-only pages you print versus color. The average life is between 6,000 and 8,000 pages. The life of a print cartridge depends on the amount of toner that print jobs require. When printing text at five-percent coverage, an HP Color LaserJet 2500 series cyan, magenta, or yellow print cartridge lasts an average of 4,000 pages, and a black print cartridge lasts an average of 5,000 pages. Checking and ordering supplies You can check the supplies status by using the printer control panel, printing a Supplies Status page, viewing the embedded Web server, viewing Printer Status and Alerts, or viewing HP Web Jetadmin. Hewlett-Packard recommends that you place an order for a replacement print cartridge when you first receive the Low message for a print cartridge. The Low message indicates that approximately two weeks of life remain. When you use a new, authentic HP print cartridge or imaging drum, you can obtain the following types of supplies information:
amount of cartridge or drum life remaining
estimated number of pages that can be printed
number of pages printed
other supplies information If the printer is connected to the network, you can set the embedded Web server to notify you by e-mail when a print cartridge or the imaging drum is low. If the printer is directly connected to a computer, you can set Printer Status and Alerts to notify you when supplies are low. To check status and order supplies at the control panel Do one of the following:
Check the supplies status lights on the printer control panel. These lights indicate when a print cartridge or the imaging drum is low or empty. The lights also indicate when a non-HP print cartridge is first installed. See "Understanding supplies status" on page 33 to interpret the light patterns.
Press (GO) and (CANCEL JOB) simultaneously. A Supplies Status page (and the Configuration page and, possibly, the HP Jetdirect page) prints. Check the supplies levels on the Supplies Status page. See the HP Color LaserJet 2500 Series Printer User Guide for more information. If the supplies levels are low, you can order supplies through your local HP dealer, by telephone, or online. See chapter 7 for part numbers. See http://www.hp.com/go/ljsupplies to order online. EN 3 Maintenance 55