After a period of use, it may become necessary to turn on a function called Drum Cleaning. This will perform a cleaning of the substrate on all of the drums in the printer when printing a job.
Good indicators for using Drum Cleaning are the following:
- Banding on the output
- When the Configuration Page shows ~60%-40% life left on average between all four drums (will vary greatly based on usage and coverage)
- As directed by the support team
Here are the steps to enable it:
- Press the MENU button on the Printer
- Using the LED screen on the printer, scroll down to Menus, press ENTER
- Select System Adjust, press Enter
- Scroll down (way down) until you see Drum Cleaning, press ENTER
- Select On, press ENTER
- Use the BACK button to get back to the Online/Ready to print screen.
Make sure to run at least several significant size jobs through the printer after changing this setting. Example: Four or more 20+ page 11x8.5/A4 books is a good benchmark to use.
Once you have let Drum Cleaning run for several significant jobs, please use the same directions above to turn it off again. Leaving Drum Cleaning on for an extended period of time beyond several large jobs will significantly shorten the life of the drum.