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- ?? Laser Printer Toner Carts? - 4 Updates
- ?? Laser Printer Toner Carts? - 5 Updates
| Derald <derald@invalid.net>: Nov 24 11:12PM -0500 >I bought a TN-360 cartridge for my cheap Brother laser printer for >$20-25 in March 2012 from "25 Toner" via Rakuten/buy.com. Still using >it (I don't do much printing) and I'm happy. Thanks; cheap Samsung here. Seeing refurbs online and nonames online $34-40. OEM $77-90 online AWA local B&M (Staples). Same price range as the rakuten vendors. Haven't checked local refurbs yet. -- Derald |
| Derald <derald@invalid.net>: Nov 25 08:46AM -0500 >and I'd had it for at least two years. >And the moral of this story is don't buy the cartridge until you're >pretty sure you're going to need it real soon now. Well, I'm getting the 10% warning but I print so little I've no idea how long it will last. Have noticed that online descriptions incude shelf life. I guess there's a reason, eh? I shall heed the warning; thanks. -- Derald |
| Derald <derald@invalid.net>: Nov 25 06:01PM -0500 >dark than when the cartridge was new, but it keeps on ticking. I have no >reason to believe it's getting stale because it's sat in the printer all >this time. My printer is just finishing its original limited quantity "starter" cartridge and I think it's a couple of years old. All I know about shelf life is that those cartridges I saw online have a clearly stated finite shelf life (24 months). I suspect that, as a practical matter, shelf life is irrelevant but "technically" the chances of early failure from moisture intrusion, oxidation, etc. increase as the unit ages in storage. -- Derald |
| Derald <derald@invalid.net>: Nov 25 06:50PM -0500 >I seem to remember that you can eke out a few more pages by removing the >cartridge, shaking it and reinstalling it. This may be what we did to >the Xerox machine back in 1994 :-( Yeah, that's what we did with our copy machine years ago. Probably will try it with the cart in this printer when it begins producing defective copies butr it's not there yet. Just want to have a replacement in-hand. -- Derald They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -B. Franklin |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Nov 24 08:23PM -0800 On 11/24/2014 08:12 PM, Derald wrote: > Thanks; cheap Samsung here. Seeing refurbs online and nonames > online $34-40. OEM $77-90 online AWA local B&M (Staples). Same price > range as the rakuten vendors. Haven't checked local refurbs yet. The local refiller charges way more than that. Long ago I bought a cheap Samsung printer and a spare cartridge (not cheap) at the same time. When it came time to put in the new cartridge it wouldn't work. Staples was sorry, but the warranty was only a year, and I'd had it for at least two years. And the moral of this story is don't buy the cartridge until you're pretty sure you're going to need it real soon now. -- Cheers, Bev ---------------------------------------------- "Luge strategy? Lie flat and try not to die." -- Carmen Boyle Olympic Luge Gold Medal winner - 1996 |
| Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>: Nov 25 02:05PM -0500 |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Nov 25 02:42PM -0800 On 11/25/2014 05:46 AM, Derald wrote: > idea how long it will last. Have noticed that online descriptions > incude shelf life. I guess there's a reason, eh? I shall heed the > warning; thanks. I ordered mine in March because I knew I was going to have to print our tax returns in April. It may have been starting to print badly, I just don't remember. I guessed right, though. -- Cheers, Bev *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* It is just a bicycle. It is not dedication and bugs in your teeth and dust and rain and mud. It is not madness and harmony and glory and rhythm. It is not muscle and flesh and sweat and lycra and wind. It is just a bicycle. -- Bianchi *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Nov 25 02:46PM -0800 On 11/25/2014 11:05 AM, Michael Black wrote: > from buying something in July, and putting it away until given as a gift > in December, one shouldn't expect to be able to return it after all that > time. The printer itself was flaky -- it jammed and crumpled paper frequently (I tried several weights) and eventually printed black vertical streaks more often than not. Product support said it was probably the cartridge. I swore I'd never buy anything Samsung again, but I changed my mind. Still, I replaced it with a Brother cheap laser printer which has never given me a day of trouble. -- Cheers, Bev *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* It is just a bicycle. It is not dedication and bugs in your teeth and dust and rain and mud. It is not madness and harmony and glory and rhythm. It is not muscle and flesh and sweat and lycra and wind. It is just a bicycle. -- Bianchi *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Nov 25 03:25PM -0800 On 11/25/2014 03:01 PM, Derald wrote: > matter, shelf life is irrelevant but "technically" the chances of early > failure from moisture intrusion, oxidation, etc. increase as the unit > ages in storage. Given that they come sealed in a mylar bag, attack from outside seems unlikely. I seem to remember that you can eke out a few more pages by removing the cartridge, shaking it and reinstalling it. This may be what we did to the Xerox machine back in 1994 :-( -- Cheers, Bev "It's important to never be arrogant. Especially if you're one of the little people whose opinion doesn't matter." --Rat |
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