Color Laser that does not LIE about toner?

[John Thomas Smith]

I discussed wife's problem with a clogging inkjet over
in message NON-Clogging Inkjet of any brand?

Since my general experience (home and office) is that a
laser may be left idle for days/weeks and works without
the "head clogging" problem of an inkjet, I am thinking
about buying her a "small" color laser (by small, what I
mean is, not networked and a low duty cycle... and must
have a USB port since her Lpt1 is already used)

But... while it is hard to find the TRUTH from vendors,
I have read as many web sites as I can locate, and it
seems that color laser printers have a major flaw (from
my perspective... evidently the vendors like the "design
feature" just fine!) in that the cartriges are chipped,
or there is some other counting process, which FORCES a
cartridge change even if there is toner remaining

The Brother 8440 we share for our main printer does not
do this... the cartridge goes to EMPTY before it must be
changed... so my question is...

Is there a color laser that does not LIE and force a
change even if there is toner left in the cartridge?


John Thomas Smith
http://www.direct2usales.com
http://www.pacifier.com/~jtsmith

 

[Rene Lamontagne]

I discussed wife's problem with a clogging inkjet over
in message NON-Clogging Inkjet of any brand?

Since my general experience (home and office) is that a
laser may be left idle for days/weeks and works without
the "head clogging" problem of an inkjet, I am thinking
about buying her a "small" color laser (by small, what I
mean is, not networked and a low duty cycle... and must
have a USB port since her Lpt1 is already used)

But... while it is hard to find the TRUTH from vendors,
I have read as many web sites as I can locate, and it
seems that color laser printers have a major flaw (from
my perspective... evidently the vendors like the "design
feature" just fine!) in that the cartriges are chipped,
or there is some other counting process, which FORCES a
cartridge change even if there is toner remaining

The Brother 8440 we share for our main printer does not
do this... the cartridge goes to EMPTY before it must be
changed... so my question is...

Is there a color laser that does not LIE and force a
change even if there is toner left in the cartridge?


John Thomas Smith
http://www.direct2usales.com
http://www.pacifier.com/~jtsmith

I purchased an OkiData C5150n unit some months ago and am more than pleased
with it. I too was totaly fed up with plugged heads, head cleaning and
nozzle tests, not to mention the tiny ink carts in the newer HP printers.

Not having used up the original toner yet I can not be positive about this ,
but the manual clearly states that the unit will continue to print after the
low toner message untill the cartridge runs out.
There is provision in the setup menu to have it stop or not stop, user
selectable.
This unit is not the cheapest color printer out there but to me it is one of
the best. It has USB and network ports, I am using it on my network but the
USB worked fine also.

Regards, Rene

 

[Tony]

I discussed wife's problem with a clogging inkjet over
in message NON-Clogging Inkjet of any brand?

Since my general experience (home and office) is that a
laser may be left idle for days/weeks and works without
the "head clogging" problem of an inkjet, I am thinking
about buying her a "small" color laser (by small, what I
mean is, not networked and a low duty cycle... and must
have a USB port since her Lpt1 is already used)

But... while it is hard to find the TRUTH from vendors,
I have read as many web sites as I can locate, and it
seems that color laser printers have a major flaw (from
my perspective... evidently the vendors like the "design
feature" just fine!) in that the cartriges are chipped,
or there is some other counting process, which FORCES a
cartridge change even if there is toner remaining

The Brother 8440 we share for our main printer does not
do this... the cartridge goes to EMPTY before it must be
changed... so my question is...

Is there a color laser that does not LIE and force a
change even if there is toner left in the cartridge?


John Thomas Smith
http://www.direct2usales.com
http://www.pacifier.com/~jtsmith

See my reply to your other thread, I agrre with what Rene has said.
Tony