Does the printer stop printing when it thinks the toner is out? Does it allow you to take the toner out and shake it to get more copies?
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You can change a setting in the menu to get it to continue to print on an empty cartridge. The manual says you can damage the printer this way but I did it while waiting for new toner to arrive with no problem (and the printouts were fine).
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It sends a warning message when the toolbox is displayed, during printing. It warns you when it's low and if you do decide to shake it, be sure to cover the little hole where it comes out or you'll be covered in toner. When the low toner warning comes up, you still have a week or so before it's completely empty. I don't shake this particular toner, as it's too messy and it was paid for by my company anyway so I just put in a new one when the cartridge feels very empty, about a week to ten days after the low toner warning displays in the printer's toolbox. I don't use mine a whole lot, since if we have large print jobs we send them to our print center. It sends a warning message when the toolbox is displayed, during printing. It warns you when it's low and if you do decide to shake it, be sure to cover the little hole where it comes out or you'll be covered in toner. When the low toner warning comes up, you still have a week or so before it's completely empty. I don't shake this particular toner, as it's too messy and it was paid for by my company anyway so I just put in a new one when the cartridge feels very empty, about a week to ten days after the low toner warning displays in the printer's toolbox. I don't use mine a whole lot, since... » Read More It sends a warning message when the toolbox is displayed, during printing. It warns you when it's low and if you do decide to shake it, be sure to cover the little hole where it comes out or you'll be covered in toner. When the low toner warning comes up, you still have a week or so before it's completely empty. I don't shake this particular toner, as it's too messy and it was paid for by my company anyway so I just put in a new one when the cartridge feels very empty, about a week to ten days after the low toner warning displays in the printer's toolbox. I don't use mine a whole lot, since if we have large print jobs we send them to our print center. « Show Less
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Kathy, This drum does print alot of pages, but I learned a trick to making it last for a very long time that worked very well for me. If the drum starts to give notice its life is about to expire, just take a chip off of one of your spent toners and switch it out with the imaging drum chip. It tricks the printer into thinking it is a new imaging drum and doubles the life. HP sets the imaging drum at a factory preset so it expires after so many pages but switching out the micro chip tricks it into thinking it is a new generic drum and the quality stays excellent for a very long time. I hope this helps. I got 2 years of heavy use out of my imaging drum doing this little trick I learned from reading tips online.
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The toner comes inside, not completely full but you print plenty of pages, but don't worry, the toner is inside of the printer, you just have to check the quick guide and follow all the steps to set it up and you are ready to print
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How about ink usage? Will it print if one of the colors is out? Or, does it completely shut down and make you buy a new color cartridge before it will print again?Thanks.
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Yes, the printer has four separate toner cartridges - BYCM. Note that when the printer stops printing because the software is reporting one of the toner cartridges is empty, it may not be true. The printer software uses page counting to gage the toner. One dot on a page is all it takes to count as a page. Just reset the page count for that cartridge and you may find as I did you have several hundred pages left in the "empty" cartridge.
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In my experience, no it doesn't. Also the printer stops working when the cartridges are "shown" to be empty - when in actuality they aren't. There is a way to work around this though. Google this on youtube - for resetting printer cartridges. My cartridges claimed to be empty just two months after I purchased this printer. I reset them and they've been running on the same ones for a few weeks now without a problem.
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I am still using it I think over 3000. But I learned a trick from the other one I used (that came with the printer) - the printer automatically stops if it detects the toner is thinning. It does this by monitoring a small transparent window in the toner itself. If you cover that window with duct tape the window, the toner will magically function for another 3000 pages or so.
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When the print from a toner cartridge begins to fade after couple thousand pages or so, remove the cartridge and give it a good shaking. Then, replace the cartridge. It will behave as new again for an unknown period of time. Good machine.
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The one I got had started cartridges so they work for a limited number of copies but you will need to replace them pretty soon with replacement toner cartridges.
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Another trick is to take out the toner cartridge and shake it (horizontally) back & forth to re-distribute the toner inside the cartridge. I have routinely gotten several hundred more pages out of toner cartridges after the 'replace toner' message appears !
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I have one now, have owned one before this... it prints in full color. Check the 4 refill cartridges to see the toner colors.
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There are work arounds to make the printer "think" that you have put in a new toner. If you are not getting stripes on the pages or faded ink, and feel you probably still have toner in the cartridge - follow the steps that you would do when you add a new toner cartridge and you will be up and running again. I do it and sometimes print for MONTHS longer depending on the color. I never replace my toner color until you can tell it's needed when the ink is barely printing any longer. :)
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Mine kept printing for awhile after I got the "replace ink" message. Also, it is my understanding that the ink cartridges that come with the printer are generally sample cartidges and do not contain as much ink as the full, replacement cartridges. While that seems kind of crummy, I think most companies that supply cartridges with the newprinter are doing that. When I was shopping for this printer, I was suprised to find that many companies have stopped including any ink with their new printers!!
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Well, sort of. If you run out of cyan, it does require you to at some point attend to the out of toner message. If you open the printer, reseat the toner and close it, it assumes you attempted to fix the toner capacity and will continue to print. If you had switched to monochrome printing at that point it would probably be fine. I have not tried this specifically though so I cannot warrant if this works in practice. I can say I have taken a toner out, did the old shake back and forth and put it back in and it kept printing from there. In this case, I continued printing color and eventually that toner cartridge did need to be replaced. I keep extra toner on hand anyway. Well, sort of. If you run out of cyan, it does require you to at some point attend to the out of toner message. If you open the printer, reseat the toner and close it, it assumes you attempted to fix the toner capacity and will continue to print. If you had switched to monochrome printing at that point it would probably be fine. I have not tried this specifically though so I cannot warrant if this works in practice. I can say I have taken a toner out, did the old shake back and forth and put it back in and it kept printing from there. In this case, I continued printing color and eventually... » Read More Well, sort of. If you run out of cyan, it does require you to at some point attend to the out of toner message. If you open the printer, reseat the toner and close it, it assumes you attempted to fix the toner capacity and will continue to print. If you had switched to monochrome printing at that point it would probably be fine. I have not tried this specifically though so I cannot warrant if this works in practice. I can say I have taken a toner out, did the old shake back and forth and put it back in and it kept printing from there. In this case, I continued printing color and eventually that toner cartridge did need to be replaced. I keep extra toner on hand anyway. « Show Less
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Printout quality is usually the indicator that the toner is low. Give it a good shake and you'll get another 100 prints which might give you time to order a new one. I can get 2-3 reams out of one of these cartridges. (generally text only printing under half page)
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Before panicking, I would unplug the printer for 30 seconds after shutting it down, and do a reboot with the new cartridge in. If that doesn't work you can try it with the old cartridge in and then change cartridges after the reboot. I'm figuring you probably have this resolved by now, so can you tell us what ended up happening? Thanks.
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Had the same exact thing happen to me. Unplugging it for a day worked twice, but only temporarily. I usually buy several toner cartridges extra so I don't run out. Would love to get ths working again so I can use them. Any luck reinstalling software?