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bolind
Jun 19, 2005



Pillbug
We have a HP Color LaserJet M554, and it says it's time for new toner. I just expected to be able to buy some non-HP cartridges at a fourth of the cost, but the pickings seem slim. Only place I found was a dodgy German webshop with instructions on how to move a chip from the old OEM cartridge.

What's the skinny on non-original toner for this model of printer? I'm 100% OK with toner levels not being reported, as long as it prints.

All four CMYK colors are at 10% or lower, it'll cost more than the printer did to replace them all with OEM.

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bolind
Jun 19, 2005



Pillbug
Having recently been burned by HP laser printers and their cartridges having the chip, preventing me from buying non-HP toner cartridges... are they all like that?

What are the recommendations for a multi function laser printer (scan, fax, copy. print, duplex) where a new set of toner doesn't cost as much as the printer itself?

bolind
Jun 19, 2005



Pillbug

Quackles posted:

Brother printers are currently the gold standard for laser printers imo.

Don't worry about HP, their quality just went off a cliff in the last 10 years.

Thanks I'll check those out.

tribbledirigible posted:

Which model do/did you have?

I have a HP Color LaserJet M554 and a site office is asking about the HP Colour LaserJet Pro MFP 4301fdw. Both only work with OEM cartridges, unless you spend an hour with a pair of tweezers moving over the chips.

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