General Procedures and Information
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GP 4 Print Cartridge Characteristics
For the print cartridge a counter assigns the percentage of toner that can still be used.
For a new cartridge this counter is initialized to the capacity announced by the vendor. This ca-
pacity is stored on the smart card provided with the new cartridge and requested for print cartridge
replacement.
The percentage displayed (remaining quantity) is calculated in relation to the initial capacity of the
cartridge (from 100% to 1%).
The values of the counter are regularly updated in the EEPROM memory. Each time the machine
is switched on, the counter is read in the EEPROM memory.