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We have a Brother color laser printer. The printer takes 4 cartridges to fill it up. When you first get the printer you get "starter cartridges" which last a short time. Next you have the choice of regular or "high yield" (more expensive) cartridges. A refill is within a few bucks of $400.00
Since we do a lot of printing, we looked at after market toner. The color rendition was terrible so we are stuck with factory.
The cartridge uses a flag gear to alert the printer that it's empty. We quickly learned to reset the flag gear and run the cartridges through a second time.
I saved up spent cartridges with the idea of seeing if I could recover enough toner to refill a set .
I found there is a LOT of toner left in "empty" cartridges. There is NO physical difference between starter, regular or high yield cartridges. A starter cartridge lacks a flag gear, and the flag gear shape differs between the regular and high yield cartridges.
Bah humbug
Since we do a lot of printing, we looked at after market toner. The color rendition was terrible so we are stuck with factory.
The cartridge uses a flag gear to alert the printer that it's empty. We quickly learned to reset the flag gear and run the cartridges through a second time.
I saved up spent cartridges with the idea of seeing if I could recover enough toner to refill a set .
I found there is a LOT of toner left in "empty" cartridges. There is NO physical difference between starter, regular or high yield cartridges. A starter cartridge lacks a flag gear, and the flag gear shape differs between the regular and high yield cartridges.
Bah humbug