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What is the smart chip in a laser printer cartridge?
This is a rather academic question, because I've almost decided what to
buy, and where. But I want to understand "chip". BTW, my printing volume is very low. Two or 3 pages a week. But the copies are getting dim. I plan to turn the current cartridge over a few times and see if that darkens things, but iiuc, either way, I'll soon need a new one. (I have another Epson ink-jet printer for color, but I use that even less. I make a point to print something every two months so cartridges don't dry out. Last time I forgot until 3 months had passed, and it was still good, but I'm going back to 2 months..) What is the smart chip in a laser printer cartridge? Is that like a chip off the old block, or a chip on his shoulder? My printer has to be 15 years old** by now, a Samsung ML-4500. I don't remember if I have the manual for it or not, but I don't remember anything about a smart chip **Yes, review for it dated Jan. 2001. Manual is copyright 2000. The url below says "Containing new and used parts, including a new smart chip," What did the smart chip do, especially in a printer that old? Do you think it means new in the sense that it never had one before? Or do you think they just use the same text from other ink cartridges that actually have chips, and this one never had one and still doesn't? http://www.amazon.com/LD-Remanufactu.../dp/B000VKXXS0 Should I take this part seriously: "While most competitors simply refill the toner cartridge and hope the drum and other key components last we fully disassemble the toner cartridge and rebuild it to ensure the highest quality prints. " So there is some little drum within the toner cartridge??? Not like the Royal brand copier my boss gave me in 1983 when they bought another one, that drum was 12" in diameter and separate from the toner cartridge. The whole copier was biggggg. |
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What is the smart chip in a laser printer cartridge?
micky,
What is the smart chip in a laser printer cartridge? Its simply a "key" that fits the "lock" thats inside your printer. If the key does not fit the lock then the cartridge is rejected. In short: its a method to force you to buy a specific cartridge, one thats only made by the printer manufacturer and most often sold at highly inflated prices*. *other parties would certainly want to make such cartridges, but thats normally made impossible because of the copyrights that are put on that "key". Another function of that "smart chip" sometimes is to also hold an expiry date. When that date passes no matter how full the cartridge still is its also rejected*. *something thats defended by the printer/cartridge manufacturers by reasoning its to "protect the printer form being damaged" (by ink that supposedly "has gone bad"). Bottom line: If you buy a chipped cartridge from any other source than from the printer manufacturer (or someone it has licenced to make such cartridges) you're on your own. Its possible the cartridges will work, but as easy that they will not. In your case it might be that the printer manufacturer doesn't realy care anymore about those counterfeit(?) chipped cartridges, 'cause your printer is "obsolete" for them (read: not in their assortiment anymore and not servicable in any way). Regards, Rudy Wieser -- Origional message: micky schreef in berichtnieuws ... This is a rather academic question, because I've almost decided what to buy, and where. But I want to understand "chip". BTW, my printing volume is very low. Two or 3 pages a week. But the copies are getting dim. I plan to turn the current cartridge over a few times and see if that darkens things, but iiuc, either way, I'll soon need a new one. (I have another Epson ink-jet printer for color, but I use that even less. I make a point to print something every two months so cartridges don't dry out. Last time I forgot until 3 months had passed, and it was still good, but I'm going back to 2 months..) What is the smart chip in a laser printer cartridge? Is that like a chip off the old block, or a chip on his shoulder? My printer has to be 15 years old** by now, a Samsung ML-4500. I don't remember if I have the manual for it or not, but I don't remember anything about a smart chip **Yes, review for it dated Jan. 2001. Manual is copyright 2000. The url below says "Containing new and used parts, including a new smart chip," What did the smart chip do, especially in a printer that old? Do you think it means new in the sense that it never had one before? Or do you think they just use the same text from other ink cartridges that actually have chips, and this one never had one and still doesn't? http://www.amazon.com/LD-Remanufactu...inters/dp/B000 VKXXS0 Should I take this part seriously: "While most competitors simply refill the toner cartridge and hope the drum and other key components last we fully disassemble the toner cartridge and rebuild it to ensure the highest quality prints. " So there is some little drum within the toner cartridge??? Not like the Royal brand copier my boss gave me in 1983 when they bought another one, that drum was 12" in diameter and separate from the toner cartridge. The whole copier was biggggg. |
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What is the smart chip in a laser printer cartridge?
In message , micky
writes: This is a rather academic question, because I've almost decided what to buy, and where. But I want to understand "chip". BTW, my printing volume is very low. Two or 3 pages a week. But the (Mine's a lot less than that, as I usually use the nice up-to-A3 colour laser at work!) copies are getting dim. I plan to turn the current cartridge over a few times and see if that darkens things, but iiuc, either way, I'll soon need a new one. (I have another Epson ink-jet printer for color, but I use that even less. I make a point to print something every two months so cartridges don't dry out. Last time I forgot until 3 months (Not just the cartridges, the print heads. Especially in printers where the head isn't part of the cartridge, such as Epson and Brother. [For most HP printers - I think this is still the case - when you buy a new cartridge, you get a new head. HP use resistive-heating heads, Epson piezo-electric. Not sure about Brother - I think resistive but separate.]) had passed, and it was still good, but I'm going back to 2 months..) I've recently bought a continuous-ink-supply system for my EPSON; I'll fit it next time a cartridge runs out. What is the smart chip in a laser printer cartridge? Is that like a chip off the old block, or a chip on his shoulder? I hadn't heard the suggestions Rudy Wieser makes of them just being an identity check, or containing an expiry date. But that doesn't mean those can't be the case! (Though I'd be surprised at the expiry date one, as printers don't usually have a calendar. Though if used from Windows, they could always demand the date be sent from the PC - though I'd expect someone to hack that and send it an old date.) I always understood these "chips" to be, in effect, drop counters - they count how many drops have been fired, and refuse to proceed once a certain number has been passed, ostensibly to prevent damage caused by attempting to print when there is no ink. My printer has to be 15 years old** by now, a Samsung ML-4500. I don't remember if I have the manual for it or not, but I don't remember anything about a smart chip **Yes, review for it dated Jan. 2001. Manual is copyright 2000. The url below says "Containing new and used parts, including a new smart chip," What did the smart chip do, especially in a printer that old? Do you think it means new in the sense that it never had one before? I think that last suggestion is unlikely. Or do you think they just use the same text from other ink cartridges that actually have chips, and this one never had one and still doesn't? I suspect that is the most likely. I've never heard of laser printers having these chips, though that doesn't mean that none do. From the printer driver on the computer, can you see how empty the cartridge is? If so, that would _suggest_ there is something in the printer that the computer can talk to, though not guarantee it (the computer could just itself count drops - or, I suppose, pixels, for a laser printer. But it'd then have to know when you changed the cartridge). Similarly, the _absence_ of such a facility wouldn't mean there _isn't_ a pixel-counter in the cartridge (just that the driver writer hadn't bothered to implement talking to it). http://www.amazon.com/LD-Remanufactu...e-Printers/dp/ B000VKXXS0 I'm a bit surprised to see a shelf life quoted, especially one so short, for a laser toner cartridge. Should I take this part seriously: "While most competitors simply refill the toner cartridge and hope the drum and other key components last we fully disassemble the toner cartridge and rebuild it to ensure the highest quality prints. " So there is some little drum within the toner cartridge??? Not like the Royal brand copier my boss gave me in 1983 when they bought another one, that drum was 12" in diameter and separate from the toner cartridge. The whole copier was biggggg. Some laser printers do have a drum within the cartridge, some have it as a separate item. I think the drum-in-cartridge is commoner now. You might look into cartridge refilling: it can be done with laser cartridges! Last time I looked, the better kits came with a sort of round metal thing you heat over the gas, then use to make a hole in the cartridge, through which you filled it from the toner container in the kit (and then sealed the hole - I forget how, probably with a supplied cap). If your prints are _not_ streaky, i. e. the drum inside the cartridge is OK, this might be worth looking into. Obviously, don't bother if the printer one day refuses to print, rather than just producing white paper, as that suggests there _is_ a chip. If there is - there might be a way of resetting it; as I say I wasn't aware of such chips existing in laser printers anyway, but certainly there are softwares out there (the best-known one written by a Russian) that can reset the chips in a wide variety of printers, especially Epson. (In some cases they can only "freeze", i. e. you have to run them before a cartridge declares empty.) There's also a waste ink reservoir counter in some inkjets: when they think the reservoir is full, they stop the printer. There are softwares - possibly the same one, I can't remember - that reset these too; obviously, though, they don't actually empty the reservoir, so if you keep doing it, you'll eventually get to the point where it overflows and mucks up the inside of the printer. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf A 'right' and an 'obligation' are two entirely different concepts. - "Mac" 2015-5-2 |
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What is the smart chip in a laser printer cartridge?
On 8/8/15 6:34 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
I've never heard of laser printers having these chips, though that doesn't mean that none do. Unfortunately, some laser printers do have chips, and not always where you think they may be. I have a Samsung CLP-315W color laser. The network model. A couple years ago, it simply stopped booting up. I tried new cartridges, which also have chips, all to no avail. I took the printer to a printer repair shop, no luck there either, although he tried everything he could think of. In the meantime, I bought the USB version off eBay, so I was still able to print after installing the USB driver. I eventually set the network printer back up to do some troubleshooting. I took the cartridges from the USB and installed in the network printer. No go. I like this printer, so contacted Samsung about repairs. The person at the other end asked what the error message was on the Smart Panel. Huh? What's that? Turns out the Smart Panel wasn't installed on this Mac, I don't know why. Told him I'd get back with him. I then tried the printer on my Windows computer, which did have the Smart Panel. It said to change the excess toner bin. What does that have to do with anything? Just a few dregs of excess toner in it, no way was it full. Since the USB printer was working, I took the toner bin from the USB printer and put it in the network printer, and the network printer worked! A close inspection of the toner bin revealed there is a chip embedded in the bin!!! Apparently, after X number of pages, it assumes the bin is nearly full and shuts you down. Cost me $25 to get a new bin, but it's still working along. Now it seems I'm having similar chip counting problems with the cyan cartridge, and a replacement cartridge I'd used for testing during the earlier toner bin problem won't let the printer work. @^*(^)^&^$Q$# Not sure how I'm going to resolve this. -- Ken Mac OS X 10.8.5 Firefox 36.0.4 Thunderbird 31.5 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" |
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What is the smart chip in a laser printer cartridge?
In microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, on Sat, 8 Aug 2015 13:34:37
+0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote: In message , micky writes: This is a rather academic question, because I've almost decided what to buy, and where. But I want to understand "chip". BTW, my printing volume is very low. Two or 3 pages a week. But the (Mine's a lot less than that, as I usually use the nice up-to-A3 colour laser at work!) copies are getting dim. I plan to turn the current cartridge over a few times and see if that darkens things, but iiuc, either way, I'll soon need a new one. (I have another Epson ink-jet printer for color, but I use that even less. I make a point to print something every two months so cartridges don't dry out. Last time I forgot until 3 months (Not just the cartridges, the print heads. Especially in printers where the head isn't part of the cartridge, such as Epson and Brother. [For most HP printers - I think this is still the case - when you buy a new cartridge, you get a new head. HP use resistive-heating heads, Epson piezo-electric. Not sure about Brother - I think resistive but separate.]) had passed, and it was still good, but I'm going back to 2 months..) I've recently bought a continuous-ink-supply system for my EPSON; I'll fit it next time a cartridge runs out. Did I post here about the all-in-one Brother, about 4 years old, that I found out by the curb not too far from my home? It has a door right in the right front to reach the cartridges, which don't move, And if you leave the door open, the machine won't work. Maybe that's to thwart conitinuous ink. What is the smart chip in a laser printer cartridge? Is that like a chip off the old block, or a chip on his shoulder? I hadn't heard the suggestions Rudy Wieser makes of them just being an identity check, or containing an expiry date. But that doesn't mean those can't be the case! (Though I'd be surprised at the expiry date one, as printers don't usually have a calendar. Though if used from Windows, they could always demand the date be sent from the PC - though I'd expect someone to hack that and send it an old date.) I always understood these "chips" to be, in effect, drop counters - they count how many drops have been fired, and refuse to proceed once a certain number has been passed, ostensibly to prevent damage caused by attempting to print when there is no ink. My printer has to be 15 years old** by now, a Samsung ML-4500. I don't remember if I have the manual for it or not, but I don't remember anything about a smart chip **Yes, review for it dated Jan. 2001. Manual is copyright 2000. The url below says "Containing new and used parts, including a new smart chip," What did the smart chip do, especially in a printer that old? Do you think it means new in the sense that it never had one before? I think that last suggestion is unlikely. Okay. Or do you think they just use the same text from other ink cartridges that actually have chips, and this one never had one and still doesn't? I suspect that is the most likely. I've never heard of laser printers having these chips, though that doesn't mean that none do. From the printer driver on the computer, can you see how empty the cartridge is? No. I don't think it even tells the computer if has no paper. If so, that would _suggest_ there is something in the printer that the computer can talk to, though not guarantee it (the computer could just itself count drops - or, I suppose, pixels, for a laser printer. But it'd then have to know when you changed the cartridge). Similarly, the _absence_ of such a facility wouldn't mean there _isn't_ a pixel-counter in the cartridge (just that the driver writer hadn't bothered to implement talking to it). http://www.amazon.com/LD-Remanufactu...e-Printers/dp/ B000VKXXS0 I'm a bit surprised to see a shelf life quoted, especially one so short, for a laser toner cartridge. I wondered about that too, especially since I've had the same printer for 7 or 10 years, with the same cartridge. The print has been dim for the last year, but I don't think that's a factor of shelf life. Should I take this part seriously: "While most competitors simply refill the toner cartridge and hope the drum and other key components last we fully disassemble the toner cartridge and rebuild it to ensure the highest quality prints. " So there is some little drum within the toner cartridge??? Not like the Royal brand copier my boss gave me in 1983 when they bought another one, that drum was 12" in diameter and separate from the toner cartridge. The whole copier was biggggg. Some laser printers do have a drum within the cartridge, some have it as a separate item. I think the drum-in-cartridge is commoner now. You might look into cartridge refilling: it can be done with laser I did that with my first ink-jet printer, which I used for at least 10 years. It went well. I'll check it out. cartridges! Last time I looked, the better kits came with a sort of round metal thing you heat over the gas, then use to make a hole in the cartridge, through which you filled it from the toner container in the kit (and then sealed the hole - I forget how, probably with a supplied cap). If your prints are _not_ streaky, i. e. the drum inside the cartridge is OK, this might be worth looking into. Obviously, don't bother if the printer one day refuses to print, rather than just producing white paper, as that suggests there _is_ a chip. If there is - there might be a way of resetting it; as I say I wasn't aware of such chips existing in laser printers anyway, but certainly there are softwares out there (the best-known one written by a Russian) that can reset the chips in a wide variety of printers, especially Epson. (In some cases they can only "freeze", i. e. you have to run them before a cartridge declares empty.) There's also a waste ink reservoir counter in some inkjets: when they think the reservoir is full, they stop the printer. There are softwares - possibly the same one, I can't remember - that reset these too; obviously, though, they don't actually empty the reservoir, so if you keep doing it, you'll eventually get to the point where it overflows and mucks up the inside of the printer. I'm totally opposed to some kinds of chicanery that I consider stealing, but here it's like a battle of wits and it doesn't bother me so much. |
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What is the smart chip in a laser printer cartridge?
In message , micky
writes: In microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, on Sat, 8 Aug 2015 13:34:37 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote: [] I've recently bought a continuous-ink-supply system for my EPSON; I'll fit it next time a cartridge runs out. Did I post here about the all-in-one Brother, about 4 years old, that I found out by the curb not too far from my home? It has a door right in the right front to reach the cartridges, which don't move, And if you leave the door open, the machine won't work. Maybe that's to thwart conitinuous ink. I have a Brother. (He's associate editor on the Dictionary. Sorry.) I've seen pictures of the CI systems for the model I've got; the (they're rather thin) tubes for it I think run along the channel for the USB cable. [] The url below says "Containing new and used parts, including a new smart chip," What did the smart chip do, especially in a printer that old? Do you think it means new in the sense that it never had one before? I think that last suggestion is unlikely. Okay. [] No. I don't think it even tells the computer if has no paper. In that case, I'd _imagine_ it has no cartridge chips either. If you look all over the current cartridge, can you see any electrical contacts on it? [] I'm a bit surprised to see a shelf life quoted, especially one so short, for a laser toner cartridge. [] Some laser printers do have a drum within the cartridge, some have it as a separate item. I think the drum-in-cartridge is commoner now. You might look into cartridge refilling: it can be done with laser I did that with my first ink-jet printer, which I used for at least 10 years. It went well. I'll check it out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toner_refill says some refill kits include chips if required. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmLZAa6Z27U seems to back that up, though with a rather posh hole-making tool that looks a bit like a soldering iron (the one I saw a few years ago was just something you warmed over a heat source). [] I'm totally opposed to some kinds of chicanery that I consider stealing, but here it's like a battle of wits and it doesn't bother me so much. Indeed. The manufacturers charge so much over the odds, at least for inkjet ink, that I have no qualms about bypassing them. I once worked out that one ink - I think HP, which is _slightly_ unfair as their cartridges do include a new head, but still - costs more per CC than Chanel #5 (which is an expensive perfume). -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf If you can't construct a coherent argument for the other side, you probably don't understand your own opinion. - Scott Adams, 2015 |
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In microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, on Sun, 9 Aug 2015 03:26:03
+0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote: I think HP, which is _slightly_ unfair as their cartridges do include a new head, but still - costs more per CC than Chanel #5 (which is an expensive perfume). I can get Channel 5. I think it's WNUV. For free. So I beat them again! |
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What is the smart chip in a laser printer cartridge?
In microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, on Sun, 9 Aug 2015 03:26:03
+0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toner_refill says some refill kits include chips if required Wow. Wikip has an entry for everything ! it seems. |
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What is the smart chip in a laser printer cartridge?
In microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, on Sun, 9 Aug 2015 13:03:18
+0200, "R.Wieser" wrote: Micky, And if you leave the door open, the machine won't work. Maybe that's to thwart conitinuous ink. Its more likely that having the door closed means a) the cartridges are seated correctly and b) nothing is in the way of the mechanisms (they can move freely) Well, there are other messages about the indidividual cartridges. For example, if I've taken out the yellow, it ask if I have replaced the yellow. I don't know if it means replaced it with itself or with a new one, so I'm not sure what to answer, but I say Yes. OTOH, if someone wanted to avoid the door open message, to have continuous ink, he could burn a hole in the door with a soldering iron. I would do that even if the printer permitted the door to be open, because it would annoy me to have the door open all the time. No. I don't think it even tells the computer if has no paper. :-) I think it does. I think it doesn't. And I have a better view than you do. Even the *very* old ASCII-only printers did send that status back to the computer by *a dedicated wire* on the old-school printer connector (25-pin D-connector: pin 22). I'm not sure what "very" old means but this one doesn't. In your honor I looked at the manual again and it was interesting. There is a DCU, a code reader/tool that is used for troubleshooting. and to use it one has to take off a front cover and a side cover, and then connect it. I think the problem being troubleshot here is NO IMAGE. The steps are Is the connection of OPC GND and Frame Ground correct? (less than 10%) If Yes, Developing (-350V) and supplying (-550V) voltage are OK? If Yes, Does the counter indicate over the toner’s guarranty life? If Yes,, Replace the toner cartridge So there is a counter. But it's not available to the user. But for LIGHT IMAGE, Is it not over the guaranty life of dot counter? If no, replace the developer If yes Is the toner save mode or the light mode is selected? Why not check that first!! It's a light on the top of the printer. I have light image. That's why I'm planning to buy a new toner cartridge, but I think I'll read the instructions here first. Hmmm. The flow chart doesn't list Replace Toner anywhere. It does have Replace the Developer (which I think includes the toner) and it has Replace the High Voltage section. And Replace the LSU. Anyhow, the counter is under the cover panel or that is, the CDU connector is under the cover panel. - Origional message: micky schreef in berichtnieuws ... In microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, on Sat, 8 Aug 2015 13:34:37 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote: In message , micky writes: This is a rather academic question, because I've almost decided what to buy, and where. But I want to understand "chip". BTW, my printing volume is very low. Two or 3 pages a week. But the (Mine's a lot less than that, as I usually use the nice up-to-A3 colour laser at work!) copies are getting dim. I plan to turn the current cartridge over a few times and see if that darkens things, but iiuc, either way, I'll soon need a new one. (I have another Epson ink-jet printer for color, but I use that even less. I make a point to print something every two months so cartridges don't dry out. Last time I forgot until 3 months (Not just the cartridges, the print heads. Especially in printers where the head isn't part of the cartridge, such as Epson and Brother. [For most HP printers - I think this is still the case - when you buy a new cartridge, you get a new head. HP use resistive-heating heads, Epson piezo-electric. Not sure about Brother - I think resistive but separate.]) had passed, and it was still good, but I'm going back to 2 months..) I've recently bought a continuous-ink-supply system for my EPSON; I'll fit it next time a cartridge runs out. Did I post here about the all-in-one Brother, about 4 years old, that I found out by the curb not too far from my home? It has a door right in the right front to reach the cartridges, which don't move, And if you leave the door open, the machine won't work. Maybe that's to thwart conitinuous ink. What is the smart chip in a laser printer cartridge? Is that like a chip off the old block, or a chip on his shoulder? I hadn't heard the suggestions Rudy Wieser makes of them just being an identity check, or containing an expiry date. But that doesn't mean those can't be the case! (Though I'd be surprised at the expiry date one, as printers don't usually have a calendar. Though if used from Windows, they could always demand the date be sent from the PC - though I'd expect someone to hack that and send it an old date.) I always understood these "chips" to be, in effect, drop counters - they count how many drops have been fired, and refuse to proceed once a certain number has been passed, ostensibly to prevent damage caused by attempting to print when there is no ink. My printer has to be 15 years old** by now, a Samsung ML-4500. I don't remember if I have the manual for it or not, but I don't remember anything about a smart chip **Yes, review for it dated Jan. 2001. Manual is copyright 2000. The url below says "Containing new and used parts, including a new smart chip," What did the smart chip do, especially in a printer that old? Do you think it means new in the sense that it never had one before? I think that last suggestion is unlikely. Okay. Or do you think they just use the same text from other ink cartridges that actually have chips, and this one never had one and still doesn't? I suspect that is the most likely. I've never heard of laser printers having these chips, though that doesn't mean that none do. From the printer driver on the computer, can you see how empty the cartridge is? No. I don't think it even tells the computer if has no paper. If so, that would _suggest_ there is something in the printer that the computer can talk to, though not guarantee it (the computer could just itself count drops - or, I suppose, pixels, for a laser printer. But it'd then have to know when you changed the cartridge). Similarly, the _absence_ of such a facility wouldn't mean there _isn't_ a pixel-counter in the cartridge (just that the driver writer hadn't bothered to implement talking to it). http://www.amazon.com/LD-Remanufactu...e-Printers/dp/ B000VKXXS0 I'm a bit surprised to see a shelf life quoted, especially one so short, for a laser toner cartridge. I wondered about that too, especially since I've had the same printer for 7 or 10 years, with the same cartridge. The print has been dim for the last year, but I don't think that's a factor of shelf life. Should I take this part seriously: "While most competitors simply refill the toner cartridge and hope the drum and other key components last we fully disassemble the toner cartridge and rebuild it to ensure the highest quality prints. " So there is some little drum within the toner cartridge??? Not like the Royal brand copier my boss gave me in 1983 when they bought another one, that drum was 12" in diameter and separate from the toner cartridge. The whole copier was biggggg. Some laser printers do have a drum within the cartridge, some have it as a separate item. I think the drum-in-cartridge is commoner now. You might look into cartridge refilling: it can be done with laser I did that with my first ink-jet printer, which I used for at least 10 years. It went well. I'll check it out. cartridges! Last time I looked, the better kits came with a sort of round metal thing you heat over the gas, then use to make a hole in the cartridge, through which you filled it from the toner container in the kit (and then sealed the hole - I forget how, probably with a supplied cap). If your prints are _not_ streaky, i. e. the drum inside the cartridge is OK, this might be worth looking into. Obviously, don't bother if the printer one day refuses to print, rather than just producing white paper, as that suggests there _is_ a chip. If there is - there might be a way of resetting it; as I say I wasn't aware of such chips existing in laser printers anyway, but certainly there are softwares out there (the best-known one written by a Russian) that can reset the chips in a wide variety of printers, especially Epson. (In some cases they can only "freeze", i. e. you have to run them before a cartridge declares empty.) There's also a waste ink reservoir counter in some inkjets: when they think the reservoir is full, they stop the printer. There are softwares - possibly the same one, I can't remember - that reset these too; obviously, though, they don't actually empty the reservoir, so if you keep doing it, you'll eventually get to the point where it overflows and mucks up the inside of the printer. I'm totally opposed to some kinds of chicanery that I consider stealing, but here it's like a battle of wits and it doesn't bother me so much. |
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