Toner Cartridge Problem

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gecko

I had become so accustomed to large toner cartridges on the big laser
printers I had that I forgot that my printer has quite small
cartridges. The Canon unexpectedly announced that it was out of toner
--- not a low-toner warning, but out --- a couple of evenings ago. I
jumped on eBay and bought the best deal I could find on a genuine
Canon cartridge because I don't have a backup printer working and I've
have mixed experience with reconditioned and no-name "compatible"
cartridges.

For my big printer I bought reconditioned cartridges from Verbatim
largely because it was a name I recognized. They were very good about
sending replacements, but it took about three go get one that held up.
This made me wary of anything but a genuine factory replacement. There
likely are some high quality "compatible" cartridges, but I have no
way to sort through them. Some claim to have ISO numbers, but I have
no way to verify their authenticity. Anyone in this group have
anything useful on this?

-GECKO
 
M

measekite

Ato_Zee wrote:

I've have mixed experience with reconditioned and no-name "compatible" cartridges.



The problem with reconditioned cartridges is that you may be buying someone elses problem.


Thats for sure


Output quality deteriorated, cartridge replaced, old one ends up at a refiller. Many non-OEM cartridges are just refilled, not rebuilt, so scavenger blades may not get replaced, result grey streaks, or for integral drum ones a worn out drum. Best is to use

a new state of the art printer and use mfg ink.


an older model printer, as these are discarded corporate users tend to dispose of stocks of OEM cartridges and these find their way on to eBay. So for older models if you wait, OEM originals appear, at bargain prices. I have bought several OEM HP laser cartridges for the old Canon SX engine that way, as well as Epson OEM's for an old Stylus Color, from the days before chipped inkjet cartridges. Some of the older printers were a better build standard.
 
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gr

gecko said:
I had become so accustomed to large toner cartridges on the big laser
printers I had that I forgot that my printer has quite small
cartridges. The Canon unexpectedly announced that it was out of toner
--- not a low-toner warning, but out --- a couple of evenings ago. I
jumped on eBay and bought the best deal I could find on a genuine
Canon cartridge because I don't have a backup printer working and I've
have mixed experience with reconditioned and no-name "compatible"
cartridges.

For my big printer I bought reconditioned cartridges from Verbatim
largely because it was a name I recognized. They were very good about
sending replacements, but it took about three go get one that held up.
This made me wary of anything but a genuine factory replacement. There
likely are some high quality "compatible" cartridges, but I have no
way to sort through them. Some claim to have ISO numbers, but I have
no way to verify their authenticity. Anyone in this group have
anything useful on this?

-GECKO
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I went through half a dozen places, gave up, bought OEM for a year, now
am back to cheap at lovetoner.com. I still open and test each
one...depends on the model cart, some batches perfect, other models need
return. They are excellent about returns.
gr
 
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