Reply 20 of 69, by cyclone3d
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Nemo1985 wrote on 2022-07-01, 05:19:I'm quite curious to try a laser printer then, I noticed that the one you buy now, guess what? They have a toner with chips...
Is anyone willing to help me find a good quality used one? I tried to look some of the models you mentioned but I had no luck finding them used on ebay.
The aftermarket toner carts come with chips that are set for some amount of prints higher than the toner carts will ever last for. I've never had an aftermarket cart say the toner was empty before the toner ran out.
If you get an b/w one that is worth refilling the cart, you can either buy chips a la carte or you can get them included with the refill toner.
Here is the thing with small laser printers and why the mfgs don't restrict the use of aftermarket toner... There are companies that lease these printers and also have service / supply contracts that they sell companies. None of them that I am aware of use OEM carts due to the cost and if the printer mfgs restricted the use of aftermarket carts it would mean a not insignificant loss of business for them.
HPs just tell you that the carts are not genuine. Pretty sure Brothers don't say anything.
Konica Minolta also don't say anything but I won't bother with them because most of their laser printers are costly to upkeep and also because years ago I bought a brand new one and a few months later Windows 7 was released and Konica dropped driver support and the Vista drivers would not work in 7. I found a workaround by using drivers for a different model but that kind of horrid customer support just turned me off completely from ever desiring to own another printer from them.