Panasonic KX-P8415 Operating manual

Settings and Printing Maintenance Specifications

Care and Maintenance

Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

External . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Internal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

User Replaceable Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Average Life of Printer Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Clearing a Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Clearing “Media type mismatch” Error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Jam at A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Jam at B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Jam at C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Jam at D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Jam at E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Jam at MPT (Multi-purpose tray) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Jam at F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Jam at G, H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Printer LCD Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Repacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

BMicrosoft, Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation

in the United States and/or other countries.

Settings and Printing Maintenance Specifications

Periodic cleaning of the printer is recommended. The frequency of cleaning is dependent upon the

environment in which the printer is used. You should clean the printer:

BAt least once a month.

BWhen the printer experiences frequent media jams.

BWhen print quality has deteriorated.

Turn the power OFF.

Clean all the covers with a soft cloth. Use any mild commercial cleaner.

CAUTION

BDo not use benzine, thinner, aerosol cleaners, or any abrasive powder.

When using isopropyl alcohol with a lint-free cloth, make sure that the alcohol is at least 90% pure,

obtainable from your local pharmacy. (Do not use rubbing alcohol; it can damage the printer.)

■Cleaning the paper-pick rollers:

Slide the media tray out (you do not have to remove it) to allow access to the

paper-pick rollers.

Open the left side door.

Cleaning

External

Internal

Cleaning

Settings and Printing Maintenance Specifications

Use the green handles to pull out the paper feeder.

While pressing the metal tab (A), gently rotate the paper-pick rollers 180° (the

paper-pick rollers are D-shaped) and wipe them with a lint-free cloth that has

been moistened with isopropyl alcohol.

Reinsert the paper feeder (#) and close the left side door ($).

# $

Cleaning

(Continued)

metal tab (A)

paper-pick rollers

Settings and Printing Maintenance Specifications

Slide the media tray back into place.

■Cleaning the optional 2nd Cassette Feeder and the auto duplex printing unit:

Open the left side door and clean the rollers for the middle and lower media

trays.

Close the left side door.

Remove the auto duplex printing unit.

Cleaning

Settings and Printing Maintenance Specifications

#Open the lid of auto duplex printing unit while squeezing the green knob.

$Clean the rollers.

Close the lid and press down firmly on it to snap both sides into place.

Reinsert the auto dulpex printing unit.

Rollers

Cleaning

Settings and Printing Maintenance Specifications

User Replaceable Components

When the printer panel indicates that a supply needs to be replaced, make sure that you have

replacement supplies (see below) on hand. The printer may continue to print until the supply is

completely used up; then it stops until you replace the indicated supply.

■Color imaging unit (see below)

■Fuser unit (see page 7)

■Oil supply roll (see page 7)

■Toner cartridge (see page 8)

Average lifePrinter component

Monochrome

60,000 pages

Color

15,000 pages

Monochrome

57,000 pages

Color

14,250 pages

Change the color imaging unit soon.

Printer panel message

Imaging Unit wearing out

Change the color imaging unit now.

Color imaging unit *1

Imaging Unit

Worn out

*1Average life is based on an average of 5%

coverage of the printable area and standard

density for any one color when the

recommended media is used (refer to Example

A : Monochrome 5% coverage). For the

components below, the average life may

decrease depending on the percentage of

colors and coverage used. For more details

see page9.

BColor imaging unit

BFuser unit

BToner cartridge

BCleaning pad

■Cleaning pad (see page 8)

■Charge unit (see page 8)

■Transfer unit (see page 8)

Example A

User Replaceable Components

Settings and Printing Maintenance Specifications

Printer component Average life

57,000 pages

Fuser unit *1 *2 *3

(Oil supply roll

installed)

Change the Fuser unit now.

Printer panel message

14,500 pages

15,000 pages

Change the Oil supply roll soon.

Change the Oil supply roll now.

Oil supply roll*2

[Cleaning pad

enclosed]

Oil Roll wearing out

Oil Roll

Worn out

60,000 pages

Change the Fuser unit soon.

Fuser Unit wearing out

Fuser Unit and Oil Roll

Worn out

Oil Roll wearing out

Display

alternately

*1Refer to *1 on page 6 for average life.

*2Specialty media (transparencies, coated paper, etc.) and duplex printing will result in

shortening the life of a consumable to maintain better print quality. When one page is printed

on this type of media, 2 pages are counted. So when only speciality media is used, it may reduce

the life of components by half. When replacing the fuser unit, replace the oil supply roll as well.

Do not insert the used oil supply roll into the new fuser unit; it may damage the new fuser

unit.

*3Using media except the recommended media (see “Specifications”) will result in shortening the life

of consumable.

Note when performing duplex printing:

Duplex printing will result in shortening the life of fuser unit. When one sheet is printed, 2 pages are

counted per one side.

User Replaceable Components

Settings and Printing Maintenance Specifications 8

Printer component Average lifePrinter panel message

Monochrome

30,000 pages

Color

7,500 pages

Change the cleaning pad soon.

Cleaning pad*1 *3 *4Cleaning Pad wearing out 15,000 pages

Change the color toner cartridge soon.

Change the color toner cartridge now.

Low <Color> Toner 10,000 pages

(CMY)

Toner cartridges

*1*2

<Color> Toner

Empty 12,000 pages

(Black)

80,000 pages

Change the transfer unit soon.

Transfer unit*3Transfer wearing out

Change the Charge unit soon.

Charge unit Charge Unit wearing out

*1Refer to *1 on page 6 for average life.

*2The starter toner cartridges that are shipped with the printer have an average life of approximately

5,000 pages (Black) / 4,000 pages (Y, M, C), based on an average of 5% coverage.

If you print with high density when “Low <Color> Toner” is displayed, you may get faded printout

before “<Color> Toner Empty” is displayed.

*3When you have just replaced the cleaning pad or transfer unit, you must reset the counter to 100%

remaining [Refer to“Using the Printer Panel (Menu Mode)” in Settings and Printing].

*4Using media except the recommended media (see “Specifications”) will result in shortening the life

of consumable.

User Replaceable Components

Settings and Printing Maintenance Specifications

The average life of printer components (color imaging unit, fuser unit and cleaning pad) varies

depending on the percentage of colors and coverage used. When printing at full color with high

percentage of coverage, the average life of these components will be decreased.

Average Life of Printer Components

Print pattern

Coverage of the printable area (%)

Monochrome 5%

coverage (Example A)

Cyan Magenta Yellow Black

Life (pages)

Color imaging unit Fuser unit Cleaning pad

15,000

60,00060,0005000

5555

10101010

3119104

Full color 5% coverage

Full color 10% coverage

Full color (Example B) 17292232Full color (Example C)

15,000

7,500

4,688

3,000

30,000

18,750

12,000

7,500

4,688

3,000

Example A Example B Example C

NOTE

•Each file’s coverage is measured by pixel counter on letter size. The coverage will differ depending

on printers.

User Replaceable Components

Settings and Printing Maintenance Specifications

If the printer has frequent media jams, make sure that you follow these guidelines:

BAlways use high-quality laser paper and transparencies. Refer to Specifications.

BMake sure that you load specialty media only in the multi-purpose tray and that you set the media

thickness switch to the correct setting for the media used. Refer to Settings and Printing .

If a media jam occurs, the printer panel reports “Jam at <Location>”. The <Locations> are the various

sensors throughout the paper path, listed as A through E.

Clearing a Jam

Jam at A

Jam at C

Jam at D

Jam at E

Jam at MPT

(see page 11)

(see page 17)

(see page 24)

(see page 27)

Jam at B

(see page 15)

2nd cassette

feeder (option)

Jam at F*1

Jam at H*1Jam at G*1

(see page 29)

(see page 28)

Standard cassette or auto duplex

printing unit (option)*1

*1Optional auto duplex printing unit is installed in the standard cassette slot. When the automatic

duplex printing is performed, media jam at F, G or H may occur.

Clearing a Jam

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