From: olive on
Ian Bell wrote:
> Migs wrote:
>
>
>>Good to hear.
>>
>>I'm really looking forward to getting one, since most of my prints will
>>be docs anyway. The toner lasts for how many pages though (if anyone's
>>run through one already)?
>

The first cartridge is for 1000 pages; the subsequent ones are for 2500
pages. Here in Europe I have found that the prize per page of all
cheap laser printer are about the same. For printing docs for a
personnal usage; this printer gives entire satisfaction.

>
> Had mine for a year and still one the same toner cartridge. Don't buy a new
> cartridge though, they cost more than the printer. You can get a refiller
> kit for about ?15 on line. The cartridge has a nice convenient bung in the
> side for refilling.

I have a ML-1610 without convenient bung (don't you mistake with a
similar printer). On the internet, we find refill kits but it is
necessary to melt a hole in the cartridge and the cartridge can only be
refilled once before degrading quality (according what I have found on
the net; I never tried myself). Here in Europe a new cartridge cost
about 70 EUR (the printer itself costs 100 EUR).

Olive
From: Ian Bell on
olive wrote:
>
> I have a ML-1610 without convenient bung (don't you mistake with a
> similar printer). On the internet, we find refill kits but it is
> necessary to melt a hole in the cartridge and the cartridge can only be
> refilled once before degrading quality (according what I have found on
> the net; I never tried myself). Here in Europe a new cartridge cost
> about 70 EUR (the printer itself costs 100 EUR).
>
> Olive

Actually I have an ML1510 and there certainly is a bung on the side of that.
Maybe the 1610 is different. The cartridge in the UK costs about 70 GBP
(about 100 euros) and the printer costs only 50 GBP (about 70 euros).

Ian
From: Blumf on
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Ian Bell wrote:
> Actually I have an ML1510 and there certainly is a bung on the side of that.
> Maybe the 1610 is different. The cartridge in the UK costs about 70 GBP
> (about 100 euros) and the printer costs only 50 GBP (about 70 euros).

The 1610 carts goes for 40-50 GBP, one of the things I checked before
buying the printer.

Out of interest, does anybody know how well laser printers handle being
left for months on end between jobs (switched off of course)? I can't
think of anything, except dust, that'd be an issue.

Blumf
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From: Henrik Carlqvist on
Blumf <blumf(a)hotSPAMmail.com> wrote:
> Out of interest, does anybody know how well laser printers handle being
> left for months on end between jobs (switched off of course)? I can't
> think of anything, except dust, that'd be an issue.

I keep my HP LaserJet 1200 on 24/7 even though I do not use it every week.
It still works fine and is now about 5 years old. As I don't use it much I
have never replaced the toner cartridge.

My mother has a color LaserJet 2550L which is also on 24/7. She uses the
printer even less often than I use mine. However, that printer does some
kind of "exercises" a few times a day even though it is unused. My guess
is that it wants to shake its toner. For this reason I beleive that the
printer prefers to be on even though it is not used for a long time.

Earlier experiences with inkjet printers showed me that the ink cartridges
had to be replaced about once a year. Not because they were empty, but
because they got clogged when the printer wasn't used much.

regards Henrik
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From: No_One on
On 2006-02-23, Blumf <blumf(a)hotSPAMmail.com> wrote:
>
> Out of interest, does anybody know how well laser printers handle being
> left for months on end between jobs (switched off of course)? I can't
> think of anything, except dust, that'd be an issue.
>
> Blumf

FWIW I run three HP 1300's 24/7, several thousand pages a month, however, a
fourth is keep aside in the event of a break down, that one can't have more
than a hundred pages in the last two years.

No dust problems, however, not much dust here. You could go to the local
office supply and buy one of those generic dust covers for a couple dollars
if you're that worried about dust.

ken
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