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  • tony286
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    • Aug 2002
    • 57021

    #1

    Low laser toner

    Got a black and white laser printer. It was cheap and works great. After printing hundreds of pages it starts telling me toner low. Gives a warning every time I print. I go buy another cartridge and decide to wait until its printing blanks. Well its 2 months and around 100 pages later and guess what? It's still printing fine. I wonder how long before its really done.The new toner is sitting in the box in the closet.
  • Mr Pheer
    So Fucking Banned
    • Dec 2002
    • 22083

    #2
    How much is toner? I just paid $25 for a damn inkjet cartridge and it doesnt last long.

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    • tony286
      lurker
      • Aug 2002
      • 57021

      #3
      Man if you are printing just text, it's a great deal. The new cartridge I got was $70 and it yields 2600 pages. Thats the one sitting in the box in the closet.
      I got the brother wireless printer I think for $129. It was so worth it, compared to an inkjet.

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      • 2013
        So Fucking Banned
        • Dec 2012
        • 4390

        #4
        start printing out chubby girls

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        • HandballJim
          Confirmed User
          • Sep 2008
          • 4024

          #5
          just keep shaking it
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          • Mr Pheer
            So Fucking Banned
            • Dec 2002
            • 22083

            #6
            Originally posted by 2013
            start printing out chubby girls
            Need a 3d printer for that and a shitload of plastic.

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            • Supz
              Arthur Flegenheimer
              • Jul 2006
              • 11057

              #7
              I think the ones the come with printers usually have less prints then the ones you buy in the store afterwards.

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              • rowan
                Too lazy to set a custom title
                • Mar 2002
                • 17393

                #8
                Originally posted by Mr Pheer
                How much is toner? I just paid $25 for a damn inkjet cartridge and it doesnt last long.
                Printers are sold at a loss so they can make $ on the consumables. There have been cases where it was cheaper to buy 10 printers rather than 1 printer and 9 refills.

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                • bronco67
                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                  • Dec 2006
                  • 29032

                  #9
                  Printers always been shit, but they seem to be getting worse. I've gone through one at least every 6 months, and I don't even use it that much. Either the wi-fi doesn't work from the beginning, or it stops working sometimes, or paper gets jammed all the time, or it just sits there when you hit print. It's always some bullshit to deal with right when you have a printing emergency. I lost track of how many printers I've thrown in the dumpster because the piece of shit pissed me off too much. Then I drive to Best Buy and get another brand. I've been through various models of Canon, Epson, Brother, Hewlett Packard. I don't know how many more brands I can try before I find the one printer that'll last for a few years.

                  With all of the crazy technology we have, why can't someone make a printer that prints consistently?
                  Last edited by bronco67; 02-04-2013, 07:27 PM.

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                  • CYF
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                    • Mar 2009
                    • 10973

                    #10
                    for the Brother printers, the starter cart will give you a low warning really early. There's a little hole on it that you can cover with tape to get rid of the warning.
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                    • Katie-LifeSelector
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                      • Jan 2013
                      • 147

                      #11
                      Nothing gives me more office stress than a printer that doesn't work.

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                      • BIGTYMER
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                        • Nov 2004
                        • 17066

                        #12

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                        • Some Guy
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                          • Dec 2001
                          • 1750

                          #13
                          Printers really are a pain in the ass. I have an HP and it fucks-up on a regular basis. Super frustrating.

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                          • JamesM
                            Confirmed User
                            • Nov 2012
                            • 732

                            #14
                            i still have the hp inkjet, sucks big time though, thinking of buying laser one.
                            brother fax machine used to print better at the time of emergency.


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                            • JamesM
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                              • Nov 2012
                              • 732

                              #15
                              Originally posted by bronco67
                              Printers always been shit, but they seem to be getting worse. I've gone through one at least every 6 months, and I don't even use it that much. Either the wi-fi doesn't work from the beginning, or it stops working sometimes, or paper gets jammed all the time, or it just sits there when you hit print. It's always some bullshit to deal with right when you have a printing emergency. I lost track of how many printers I've thrown in the dumpster because the piece of shit pissed me off too much. Then I drive to Best Buy and get another brand. I've been through various models of Canon, Epson, Brother, Hewlett Packard. I don't know how many more brands I can try before I find the one printer that'll last for a few years.

                              With all of the crazy technology we have, why can't someone make a printer that prints consistently?
                              imho laser gives less issues.


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                              • MrMaxwell
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                                • Jul 2005
                                • 10057

                                #16
                                There's nothing worse than a fucking printer.

                                Rowan is right- they make their money on the cartridges. They even set their printers up to refuse to use the cartridge well before it's "empty". There are ways around that on some of them.

                                Fuck printers.

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                                • tony286
                                  lurker
                                  • Aug 2002
                                  • 57021

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by CYF
                                  for the Brother printers, the starter cart will give you a low warning really early. There's a little hole on it that you can cover with tape to get rid of the warning.
                                  I didnt know that thanks.

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                                  • tony286
                                    lurker
                                    • Aug 2002
                                    • 57021

                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by rowan
                                    Printers are sold at a loss so they can make $ on the consumables. There have been cases where it was cheaper to buy 10 printers rather than 1 printer and 9 refills.
                                    I agree I remember they would give the lexmark printer free with desktops. Those printers sucked up inkjet ink. lol

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                                    • bl4h
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Jul 2006
                                      • 1282

                                      #19
                                      i didnt know people still used paper

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                                      • Choopa Phil
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                                        • Apr 2009
                                        • 3965

                                        #20
                                        I had a brother laser printer that did the same thing. It printed for about another year before actually running out.
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                                        • Jim_Gunn
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Feb 2003
                                          • 5702

                                          #21
                                          I have an HP color Laserjet printer that has been giving me the same low ink warning for over a month and a half now. And I print a LOT of model releases and 2257 docs. Must be hundreds of pages so far. It actually stopped giving me the low ink warning at this point. I have an extra cartridge in my desk drawer, but I'm waiting to see how long I can go before it actually runs out.

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                                          • videobunch
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                                            • Apr 2008
                                            • 781

                                            #22
                                            I have gone almost a year on my HP 2100 Laserjet. I just take out the cartridge and shake it once an awhile when the pages start to get light. I have printed at least 500 pages since I first got the low level warning.
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                                            • Diomed
                                              Converting like it's 1999
                                              • Jan 2009
                                              • 6167

                                              #23
                                              Isn't there a way just to inject ink into the cartridges to save cash? It works real good for black ink.
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                                              • LeeD
                                                Confirmed User
                                                • May 2012
                                                • 142

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by tony286
                                                Man if you are printing just text, it's a great deal. The new cartridge I got was $70 and it yields 2600 pages. Thats the one sitting in the box in the closet.
                                                I got the brother wireless printer I think for $129. It was so worth it, compared to an inkjet.
                                                Been looking into doing the same thing myself. By the way, check on amazon, that same toner(the TN450 I assume) is about $46 on there.

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                                                • tony286
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                                                  • Aug 2002
                                                  • 57021

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by LeeD
                                                  Been looking into doing the same thing myself. By the way, check on amazon, that same toner(the TN450 I assume) is about $46 on there.
                                                  Thanks , I bought it a while ago at Staples. Usually I buy stuff like that online, but we were out and I was like we got the low toner warning, thinking the next day I would be out of ink. lol

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                                                  • tony286
                                                    lurker
                                                    • Aug 2002
                                                    • 57021

                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by videobunch
                                                    I have gone almost a year on my HP 2100 Laserjet. I just take out the cartridge and shake it once an awhile when the pages start to get light. I have printed at least 500 pages since I first got the low level warning.
                                                    Thats amazing and what a scam they run with the low toner warning.

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                                                    • BIGTYMER
                                                      Junior Achiever
                                                      • Nov 2004
                                                      • 17066

                                                      #27
                                                      Costco refills them.

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                                                      • lucas131
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                                                        • Aug 2004
                                                        • 11475

                                                        #28
                                                        low laser toner ... sounds cool just reading it

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                                                        • georgeyw
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                                                          • Jul 2005
                                                          • 9865

                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by Mr Pheer
                                                          How much is toner? I just paid $25 for a damn inkjet cartridge and it doesnt last long.
                                                          A newspaper did a piece about this not so long ago

                                                          Printer ink worth more than $3000 a litre
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                                                          • rowan
                                                            Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                            • Mar 2002
                                                            • 17393

                                                            #30
                                                            This is one reason I still keep my 8 year old printer... there's no chip on the ink tanks, so although the printer warns me it still lets me print until the ink really does run out.

                                                            I buy generic ink for paper black, only use genuine for photo colours. The generic ink costs roughly 1/7th that of genuine. A full set of genuine inks costs $100+. We're being royally ripped off.

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