CT scan shows there's still lots of toner left in an “empty” cartridge

Re:CT scan shows there's still lots of toner left in an “emp... by jonbruner on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @01:00PM (#33804733)

Also, the difference between a full cartridge and an empty cartridge is minimal; about 20% of the toner reservoir is filled in a new cartridge, dropping to 15% when the printer says the cartridge is empty.

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Re:CT scan shows there's still lots of toner left in an “emp... by loyukfai on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @01:31PM (#33805307)

Sounds like a lot of space wasted?

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Re:CT scan shows there's still lots of toner left in an “emp... by kevin_thibedeau on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @02:04PM (#33805855)

Many laser cartridges are legacy designs from before they started cheating on the amount of toner. That "extra" space was used to provide 10,000+ sheet capacity standard cartridges.

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Re:CT scan shows there's still lots of toner left in an “emp... by nebula8804 on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @04:28PM (#33807984)

This does not pass the sniff test given if you look at a new printer cartridge it is quite compact from the old school HP Laserjet behemoths.

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Re:CT scan shows there's still lots of toner left in an “emp... by daneel_w on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @01:54PM (#33805710)

So effectively you only get to use 25% of what has been manufactured and what you pay for? What a terrible waste.

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Re:CT scan shows there's still lots of toner left in an “emp... by colechristensen on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @02:13PM (#33805996)

At least for my laser printer you can buy two kinds of cartridge: the one that’s kind of full and the one that’s actually full.

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