But some cheap laser printers don’t have a seperate container for this waste toner and just mix it back in with the new stuff. Every time you put in a new toner cartridge then you would put in a new collection bottle (it’s not usually suitable for recycling because it’s contaminated with dust from the air and from the paper, plus whatever else happens to be floating around that part of your printer, and so won’t for sure take the electrostatic charge needed to make the process work). Older printers used to have a seperate container for collecting this. Posted in Linux Hacks, Peripherals Hacks Tagged linux, low toner, postscript, printer Post navigationĮvery time you print a page on a laser printer then a small amount of toner gets wasted. We imagine that since he’s using Linux, the process could probably be scripted to save time, though we’re not sure if the same can be said for Windows-based PCs. While a bit time consuming, his workaround should let him get by on this toner cartridge at least for a little while longer. After a few shell commands, he had his document converted and was on to bigger and better things. He discovered that his printer’s software allowed him to specify a custom test page document, though it required that the document be in PostScript format. Annoyed at the fact that he felt Samsung was trying to strong arm him into buying another pricey toner cartridge, he looked for a way around the restriction. He held down the button that prints a test page, which came out just fine despite the printer’s insistence that there was not enough toner left. Unable to find any documentation explaining the issue, he called Samsung directly and found that it was indicating the toner cartridge was nearly empty. Was getting ready to print out an assignment when his Samsung printer suddenly started blinking a red error light at him.
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