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As a consumer, naturally, you can almost always ignore the warning and use the toner until you can't even read granny's apple pie recipe anymore.
i’m not buying it. i’ve replaced enough toner cartridges to know there’s significant weight difference between full and empty. it’s a shill article for their industrial CT scanners
i’m not buying it. i’ve replaced enough toner cartridges to know there’s significant weight difference between full and empty. it’s a shill article for their industrial CT scanners
The printer industry needs a revolution.
Does it? It’s a dying industry. When was the last time you printed anything?
Sometimes I think I've singlehandedly kept one paper mill open with my current project.
E: With the submittals I'm preparing this morning, I expect to print just north of a thousand pages of documentation by the end of the day.
Also, the difference between a full cartridge and an empty cartridge is minimal; about 20% of the toner reservoir is filled in a new cartridge, dropping to 15% when the printer says the cartridge is empty.
I would like to see cartridges designed ecologically - refillable perhaps, or at least designed to flow as much out as possible - and allowing you to override the "toner low" warning and keep printing even if it's almost dry.
I have never used one, but I think it is interesting that Epson does sell a line of printers that have easily refillable ink reservoirs. https://epson.com/ecotank-ink-tank-printers
They use ink to clean the heads. They say empty when they’re not. The cartridges that come with the printer aren’t full. There is a constant firmware update war to defeat third party cartridges for obvious reasons.
Buy a tank printer that you fill with ink bottles.