How To Check The Ink Level Of Canon Laser Toner Cartridge And Replace It

Canon laser toner cartridge produces a much higher quality printing. Though it's expensive your money is worth it. This type of canon toner cartridge needs extra care to maintain its high performance and durability. Regular checking of toner level is necessary to ensure you have extra toner at hand before disposing it and buying a new one.
If you don't know how to check for the ink level of you canon toner, here are the simple guidelines on windows 7 starter.

• Click on the start key and select "devices and printers on the left pane. If you can't see the devices and printers upon clicking the start key click on control panel, select hardware and sound. There you can click on devices and printers.
• Next, look for the canon laser toner icon then double click it. After double clicking there appears a dialog box.
• Select the printing properties and printing preferences
• Look for the maintenance tab then select view ink level. This key will show the ink level of your canon printer toner.

Canon laser toner has black and color type. Canon color printer have specialized window that alerts if toner is nearly depleted. This window will also notify you if which color needs to be replace however the canon black printer do not have this feature. Replacing the canon laser toner is not difficult but it requires extra carefulness.  The right way to replace canon toner is through following these steps:

First, open the cover of printer and remove the toner cartridge. Look for the key that says toner replacement in front of the printer. Push and grip it for 2 sec in order for the pour out cartridge to rotate to the crest. After rotary sound stop, grip the cover then pull it up.

Second, get the new toner cartridge. Hold the toner cartridge on both ends then softly revolve it in an askew. This action will ensure that the toner distribution is equal. Subsequently, smoothly remove the cover strip from both ends of the toner cartridge. Be cautious in doing so to evade leaking toner. Do not quickly pull or bend the cartridge until the cover tape is removed for this might smash the strip on the cartridge. Likewise, do not ever grab the canon laser  toner cartridge protective shutter when pulling the seal.

Third is the installation of the toner cartridge. Grip the toner cartridge and look for the triangular shaped mark at the top.

Fourth, close the cover up then push the toner replacement switch for it to rotate and when the revolving sound stop find the blue light on and you're all set light.

After these steps, the canon laser toner cartridge will print a test page to ensure that it's working well. If the test page is printed and it show quality printing you are good to produce and print bulk files again.

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