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| Thread ID: 80063 | 2007-06-10 06:21:00 | Canon multi function | Nomad (952) | PC World Chat |
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| 557917 | 2007-06-10 06:21:00 | Hi, I have a Canon multi function scanner with a laser printer. Nothing wrong with it. I have never seen a laser printer refusing to print because of a low toner warning. So this a bit of cheek with my one? Also for some reasons my older HP Laserjet 6L needed a toner like each 2-3 years. My printing has not really changed, had this printer brand new from less than 12 months ago and it already doing this. Do new printers get shipped with a 40% capacity toners? N. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 557918 | 2007-06-10 06:45:00 | Probably. Like they give you part full ink with inkjets when you buy them. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 557919 | 2007-06-10 07:33:00 | Hi, I have a Canon multi function scanner with a laser printer . Nothing wrong with it . I have never seen a laser printer refusing to print because of a low toner warning . So this a bit of cheek with my one? Also for some reasons my older HP Laserjet 6L needed a toner like each 2-3 years . My printing has not really changed, had this printer brand new from less than 12 months ago and it already doing this . Do new printers get shipped with a 40% capacity toners? N . If your only needed to put in a toner every 2-3 years then you don't do a lot of printing do you? |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 557920 | 2007-06-10 07:34:00 | I have a Canon MP500 and it warned me ink was low in one of the colours and I should replace the cartridge. As an experiment I carried on printing out holiday 6x4 photos and did another 23 before it actually ran out of ink. This is why printer manufacturers are rated down there with politicians and perverts (and not because of alphabetical order) Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 557921 | 2007-06-10 08:18:00 | Some Panasonic laser MFC's I purchased for a company several years ago would indeed stop printing if the toner was low. They were faxes as well, the principle was that you would not want "blank faxes" printed so it refused to print and stored a certain number of pages in memory until you renewed the toner. As you choose not to mention the model, so we cannot draw conclusions in parallel however. Does your Canon MFC include a fax function? |
godfather (25) | ||
| 557922 | 2007-06-11 05:13:00 | The ink/toner level sensors are not high precision measuring instruments . Inkjet printers which have fixed nozzles can be damaged if run with no ink going through . They are saving you money by refusing to print if ink is too low . Any colour printer will waste ink of the other colours (and black) if you run out of ink of one colour . You and all the other customers are costing you money by insisting on the printers being priced below the cost of production, so the only way the manufacturers can make money is by selling small quantities of ink at high prices . :( If the ink cartridges were a decent size, you wouldn't complain if the printer said they were empty when there was enough ink for another 23 prints . (Some people would still complain . :D ) Printing without ink does mean that you can reuse the paper . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 557923 | 2007-06-11 05:38:00 | Inkjet printers which have fixed nozzles can be damaged if run with no ink going through . They are saving you money by refusing to print if ink is too low . Any colour printer will waste ink of the other colours (and black) if you run out of ink of one colour . You and all the other customers are costing you money by insisting on the printers being priced below the cost of production, so the only way the manufacturers can make money is by selling small quantities of ink at high prices . :( If the ink cartridges were a decent size, you wouldn't complain if the printer said they were empty when there was enough ink for another 23 prints . (Some people would still complain . :D ) Printing without ink does mean that you can reuse the paper . I think he mentioned he has a laserjet . Unless new lasers now use nozzles to apply their toner! :eek: |
Greg (193) | ||
| 557924 | 2007-06-11 10:39:00 | Canon MF5630. Without fax ability. I been in workplaces that used the larger version HP Laserjets and they printed least 200 pages before the toner started fading after the warning sign came on. Even if it started to fade, you could roll the toner and still get 200 pages out of it. I got a Epson 2200 color inkjet and when the low ink comes on, all it say is you can swap a new one in or it says, you can continue printing until the ink runs out. IMHO I think the company is forcing you to buy ink more regularly. I was printing a document out and it was 30 pages, the low ink came on and so I repeatedly turned the printer on and off and each time I got 5 pages out of it before the low ink kicked in then it stopped printing. We don't use it much, all we do is photocopying bills and stuff and printing out some webpages or PDF articles. Under 50pages a month on average. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 557925 | 2007-06-12 01:49:00 | Back when I had a laser (without a sensor) it was recommended to pull out the cartridge & give it a bit of a side-to-side shake. See if that makes any difference. | mmmork (6822) | ||
| 557926 | 2007-06-12 04:00:00 | My HP LJ2100 works for many pages after I shake it side to side, when white banding occurs. Probably another 500 pages. It's a recommended activity in the handbook. | godfather (25) | ||
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