How To change a Konica Minolta 2300W cartridge

 If the printer has indicated that the unit is low/empty/depleted, then you need to purchase a BRAND NEW unit and install it.

Toner Cartridge Life

A high-capacity toner cartridge contains enough toner (yellow, magenta, cyan, or black) to print a maximum of 4,500 (at normal 5% page coverage) simplex letter/A4-size pages of continuous print. The standard-capacity toner cartridge contains enough toner to print a maximum of 1,500 (at normal 5% page coverage) simplex letter/A4-size pages of continuous print.

With heavier coverage, the approximate maximum capacities will decrease:
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Replacing Toner Cartridges

When it’s time to replace the toner, COLOR Toner Low displays in the Status Display. Printing can continue even though the warning appears. However, the color gradually fades out, so replace the toner cartridge as soon as possible.

Caution:  If the current toner cartridge installed was a 4500K cartridge, and you forgot to reset the printer panel to reflect that when the cartridge was installed, you may get a premature 'low' or 'empty' or 'replace' message.

If you have changed the toner cartridge, the printer must  complete a calibration cycle (up to 150 seconds). If you open the door before the Ready indictor on the control panel lights up and the Error indicator turns off, the printer stops and repeats the calibration cycle.

1.  Open the Status Display (double-click on Status Display icon in the system tray on the lower right-hand portion of the task bar, OR click Start/Programs/KONICA MINOLTA magicolor 2300W Utilities/KONICA MINOLTA magicolor 2300W Status), and then check which toner color is empty.

2.  From the Print menu choose Toner Replace...

3.  In the Color list box, select the color of the toner cartridge to be replaced (CYAN, MAGENTA, YELLOW, or BLACK).

4.  Select the capacity of the new toner cartridge (1500 or 4500).

5.  Click OK.

6.  When the toner indicator on the control panel starts flashing, open the printer's front door. The carousel is automatically repositioned so that the appropriate toner cartridge can be removed.

 7.   Insert you thumb and index finger into the two holes in the front of the toner cartridge, and then pull the cartridge straight out about 6" (15 cm).

8.  Support the middle of the cartridge with your left hand, and then pull out the cartridge.

9.  Remove the new toner cartridge from its shipping carton.

10.  Remove the protective cover clearly marked 'Remove'.

Each toner cartridge has a colored end that corresponds to a color inside the cartridge slots. Always install the toner cartridge in the slot of the same color.

Each toner cartridge has a colored end that corresponds to a color inside the cartridge slots. Always install the toner cartridge in the slot of the same color.

11.  Support the middle of the cartridge with your left hand, insert the thumb and index finger of your right hand into the two holes in the front of the toner cartridge, and then insert the cartridge so that the guides on the cartridge fit into the rails in the cartridge compartment in the carousel.

12.  Gently push the new toner cartridge into the printer.

13.  Close the printer's front door.

The printer must complete a calibration cycle (up to 150 seconds) after any consumable has been replaced.  If you open the door before the Ready indictor on the control panel lights up and the Error indicator turns off, the printer stops and repeats the calibration cycle.