Does it drain your toner even without or very little use? I have an old Dell color laser printer that I had for 3 years and still using the starter toner because I print just a few pages a month. I do the same with the Samsung and the toner is now empty after 6 months with probably less than 100 pages being printed. Does it drain your toner even without or very little use? I have an old Dell color laser printer that I had for 3 years and still using the starter toner because I print just a few pages a month. ... » Read More Does it drain your toner even without or very little use? I have an old Dell color laser printer that I had for 3 years and still using the starter toner because I print just a few pages a month. I do the same with the Samsung and the toner is now empty after 6 months with probably less than 100 pages being printed. « Show Less
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I just bought this printer about 2 months ago. I have printed about 600 pages and the toner is about half way.
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That is the trouble with most printers I had more of a problem with ink jets every few hours cleaning the jets
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I haven't noticed any toner "drainage". The printer comes with starter toner cartridges that print much fewer pages than the regular of high throughput ones. The *504S cartridges will produce fewer pages than the *504L.
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I have found that this printer uses a LOT of toner. I only had it for 4 months and had replaced all 4 toners 3 times. I no longer own this printer--It quit working. (said there wasn't any toner installed!) Samsung sent me a replacement--It didn't work at all. I'm sending it back for a refund.
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To be honest, I have no idea. I have both a straight mono-chrome laser printer as well as the color printer. Both from Brother. Most of my printing is on the mono-chrome printer, so I replace the color cartridges about every 18 months or so.
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OK, I am answering my own question per Samsung website-- but is this infact true?http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/office/printers-multifunction/color-laser-printers/CLP-315/XAA/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail&tab;=spec1000 pages from the initial black ink toner; 1500 pages per replacement toner?
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The first toner cartridge that comes with the machine is a starter cartridge and there is not as much toner as a new replacement. I do a lot or printing with my brother in my HO (home office) as well as my other 5 Brothers (all the same model located at our manufacturing facility) and I have not notice excessive usage of the black toner. If the issue continues, I would contact Brother since it is apparently a new machine. Hope this helps.
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Gobby,I have never heard there is an expiration date for those kind of items. I have owned Brother printers for years and never had a problem with them - except when super storm Sandy took my color laser printer :-(But I quickly purchased another one, a monochrome this time because of my budget. The high yield toner last me over a year with no problems.
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Gobby, I have never heard there is an expiration date for those kind of items. I have owned Brother printers for years and never had a problem with them - except when super storm Sandy took my color laser printer :-( But I quickly purchased another one, a monochrome this time because of my budget. The high yield toner last me over a year with no problems.
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It comes with low capacity toner cartridge. However the printer it self is JUNK. It ran through a few reams of paper. The network card failed and it is $200 to replace. It is a brand new printer and dead as hell. I also bought a Dell laptop, high end. It lasted exactly 13 months. Had a KNOWN, by them, thermal problem. CPU cooked 1 month past warranty. Their attitude was YOUR TOUGH LUCK although much info on net about cooked CPU. Net is I WILL NEVER BUY another DELL anything. Caveat Emptor. Buy a lenovo computer. I did. I replaced printer with Brother 2270DW and no more problems. Brother laser printers superior to Dell, any day of week. It comes with low capacity toner cartridge. However the printer it self is JUNK. It ran through a few reams of paper. The network card failed and it is $200 to replace. It is a brand new printer and dead as hell. I also bought a Dell laptop, high end. It lasted exactly 13 months. Had a KNOWN, by them, thermal problem. CPU cooked 1 month past warranty. Their attitude was YOUR TOUGH LUCK although much info on net about cooked CPU. Net is I WILL NEVER BUY another DELL anything. Caveat Emptor. Buy a lenovo computer. I did. I replaced printer with Brother 2270DW and no more problems. Brother... » Read More It comes with low capacity toner cartridge. However the printer it self is JUNK. It ran through a few reams of paper. The network card failed and it is $200 to replace. It is a brand new printer and dead as hell. I also bought a Dell laptop, high end. It lasted exactly 13 months. Had a KNOWN, by them, thermal problem. CPU cooked 1 month past warranty. Their attitude was YOUR TOUGH LUCK although much info on net about cooked CPU. Net is I WILL NEVER BUY another DELL anything. Caveat Emptor. Buy a lenovo computer. I did. I replaced printer with Brother 2270DW and no more problems. Brother laser printers superior to Dell, any day of week. « Show Less
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While I did not count the number of pages printed, it was comparable to the number printed out from OEM cartridges. In fact, some generic cartridges seemed to equal the number printed from the extended-life cartridges. In terms of drying out, the good thing about laser toners is that they are dry to begin with, so they can last for years and years and not suffer degradation. Inkjet cartridges have a limited shelf-life, but I don't think laser toners do. If they do, then it is a very long shelf life. I use generic toner cartridges now because of substantial savings. Hope this helps.
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Since I am still using the cartridge that I purchased, I have no idea. Even if I was out, I don't keep track of the number of pages I print on a print cartridge. Actually, my experience with toner cartridges depends on how you print... mostly text = more pages, mostly pictures (more toner per page) = less pages yield. Right now, I am expecting a yield that is similar to the yield of the official Brother cartridge.
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Ok, I see this style of comment a lot, and I can explain this. Stock printer that "comes with toner" is really about half empty (in this case about 600 pages). Cost $300/ 600 Pages, or $0.50/page Regular yield toner costs $240 but lasts for about 1200 pages, so about $0.20/pageThese are high yield toners at $300 but will print about 2200 pages, which comes out to $0.14/pageSo, new printer that comes with toner is over 3.5 times more expensive per page. By the way, I have owned Samsung, Lexmark, HP, and Brother printers, some inkjet and some laser and they all seem to follow this pattern. Ok, I see this style of comment a lot, and I can explain this. Stock printer that "comes with toner" is really about half empty (in this case about 600 pages). Cost $300/ 600 Pages, or $0.50/page Regular yield toner costs $240 but lasts for about 1200 pages, so about $0.20/pageThese are high yield toners at $300 but will print about 2200 pages, which comes out to $0.14/pageSo, new printer that comes with toner is over 3.5 times more expensive per page. By the way, I have owned Samsung, Lexmark, HP, and Brother printers, some inkjet and... » Read More Ok, I see this style of comment a lot, and I can explain this. Stock printer that "comes with toner" is really about half empty (in this case about 600 pages). Cost $300/ 600 Pages, or $0.50/page Regular yield toner costs $240 but lasts for about 1200 pages, so about $0.20/pageThese are high yield toners at $300 but will print about 2200 pages, which comes out to $0.14/pageSo, new printer that comes with toner is over 3.5 times more expensive per page. By the way, I have owned Samsung, Lexmark, HP, and Brother printers, some inkjet and some laser and they all seem to follow this pattern. « Show Less
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To my knowledge, toner will remain usable for a very long time, assuming there are no drastic changes in humidity where the printer is located. My first cartridge lasted 9 months with infrequent use.
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I am not entirely sure how to answer your question. I bought raw toner and this lets me run my cartridges like they are brand new. I have refilled the black 3 or 4 times since I bought the chips. In general I have found that if I refill when it gets about half way down I can keep going and never get the samsung prompts. By the way the chips are specific to each color. They are color coded. They just stick on to the cartridge, really easy. Good luck
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That depends on the size of the print, number of line on the page, and the number of pages printed connectively. Also depending were you buy the toner and if it is a refill that has measured the proper amount of ink into the cartilage. I do a lot of printing and mine last a year on color but black is used more so it last only about 6 mo.
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The toner runs out quickly, maybe a month tops. The other two last longer as I used them less.
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The printer started complaining about low toner at about 1,000 pages with the starter cartridges, but I adjusted the settings (low threshold and low color toner behavior) and continue printing until I notice loss of quality on the printed page. This will save thousands of dollars over the life of the printer. Learned this trick with my previous HP color Laserjet. The HP default settings suggest replacing these very expensive cartridges LONG before you'll notice any degradation of the print quality.
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The machine calculates when the toner is low by the number of pages. It does not have a sensor to tell when the toner is actually low. So after you reset the toner the count on the number of pages resets. There is no way to know when the cartridge is truly empty until print quality diminishes because of low toner. It is very noticeable when the toner starts to actually get low. I had to reset my toner 3-4 times before the black needed to actually be refilled because it was truly running out of toner.
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Since we bought the printer for our engineering office last October, we have printed 1495 pages, 1116 of which had at least some color content, though only about 150 of those had large color pictures, the rest were mostly black and white drawings with a few color graphics and lines. We are still using the original color toner cartridges that came with the printer, and they are are all 2/3 full. We used up the black starter toner cartridge that came with the printer, plus we have used up about 45% of a TN-221BK black toner cartridge. Brother claims that the TN-221BK cartridge will print 2500 pages, and the TN-225C, M and Y cartridges will print 2200 pages. I paid $283 for a four pack of toner cartridges, one black and three color high-yield Brother brand cartridges. But it looks like I will mostly be buying black toner cartridges at $60 each. While not cheap, it is a heck of a lot cheaper per page than using ink jet printers, plus the printer is faster and quieter than ink jet printers, and the print quality is great. Plus there are no print heads to clog, which eventually killed most of the ink jet printers I've owned. Also, if the toner is not completely used up when the printer says it is you can reset the cartridge and keep printing until the cartridge is empty.