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Laser OKI color printer isn't different. Each toner (CMYK) has a life based on printed pages and stop working even if there's toner inside. No third part suppl

Laser OKI color printer isn't different. Each toner (CMYK) has a life based on printed pages and stop working even if there's toner inside. No third part supplier, because the printer won't recognize it. And it's useless torefill it if you don't change some chip in each toner. And then the fusor will also stop after some number of pages, no matter if the quality was still good. To replace it you spend more than you paid for the printer. So OKI was in my banned list, now HP joins it.

izacus 10y ago
Which OKI do you have? Since I'm running my C301dn on 3rd party toners for awhile now.
- woliveirajr 10y ago
  Oki C110.
- pingec 10y ago
  I also have the C301dn and am very satisfied with it compared to previous printers (inkjets). Works when you need it even after months of non-usage and toner replacements are cheap off ebay. The only thing that worries me is the drum unit / fuser / belt life as I have no idea what happens when they reach 0%. There is a hardware hack though to reset those as well.
  - woliveirajr 10y ago
    I couldn't find hard resets to my drum unit/fuser. No soft ones too. Here the replacement costs more than I would pay for a new printer. And, what makes me sick, the quality was as good as brand new, so the "we limit the amount of printings because we care about the quality loss" yada-yada is pure #@$#*!$@
vlehto 10y ago
Life based on printed pages would be OK. If you actually print the number pages you promise, I can compare the total costs of cartridges and printers. But I think some models also have timer. After 6 months or year, the printer starts to complain that the ink has "dried up". To prohibit you from saving up that unicorn blood by printing less. By banned list is HP, Canon and I'm very cautious about Samsung.
- calgoo 10y ago
  Samsung printers where just bought by HP, so forget about them as well? http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-12/hp-inc-buying-samsung-s-printer-business-for-1-05-billion http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-12/hp-inc-buy...
- PavlovsCat 10y ago
  Would you buy a water bottle that contains a certain amount of water but closes itself after X sips regardless of remaining content?
  - vlehto 10y ago
    Thats bad analogy. I could easily just sip three times every time and have empty bottle. If that bottle was cheaper than regular bottle, then sure.
    - PavlovsCat 10y ago
      Why is that a bad analogy? You can also print out solid black / coloured pages and get rid of the ink before it hits the hardcoded page limit.
      - vlehto 10y ago
        I get no benefit from black pages. I get lot's of benefit from long sips.
        deleted 10y ago
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        PavlovsCat 10y ago
        Sucks for poor and/or disabled and/or elderly people, sucks for people with infants, and of course, for everyone who doesn't like to have games played on them so they save one cent which others get to pay with five cents. Oh well, amirite?

izacus 10y ago

Which OKI do you have? Since I'm running my C301dn on 3rd party toners for awhile now.

woliveirajr 10y ago
Oki C110.
pingec 10y ago
I also have the C301dn and am very satisfied with it compared to previous printers (inkjets). Works when you need it even after months of non-usage and toner replacements are cheap off ebay. The only thing that worries me is the drum unit / fuser / belt life as I have no idea what happens when they reach 0%. There is a hardware hack though to reset those as well.
- woliveirajr 10y ago
  I couldn't find hard resets to my drum unit/fuser. No soft ones too. Here the replacement costs more than I would pay for a new printer. And, what makes me sick, the quality was as good as brand new, so the "we limit the amount of printings because we care about the quality loss" yada-yada is pure #@$#*!$@

vlehto 10y ago

Life based on printed pages would be OK. If you actually print the number pages you promise, I can compare the total costs of cartridges and printers. But I think some models also have timer. After 6 months or year, the printer starts to complain that the ink has "dried up". To prohibit you from saving up that unicorn blood by printing less. By banned list is HP, Canon and I'm very cautious about Samsung.

calgoo 10y ago
Samsung printers where just bought by HP, so forget about them as well? http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-12/hp-inc-buying-samsung-s-printer-business-for-1-05-billion http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-12/hp-inc-buy...
PavlovsCat 10y ago
Would you buy a water bottle that contains a certain amount of water but closes itself after X sips regardless of remaining content?
- vlehto 10y ago
  Thats bad analogy. I could easily just sip three times every time and have empty bottle. If that bottle was cheaper than regular bottle, then sure.
  - PavlovsCat 10y ago
    Why is that a bad analogy? You can also print out solid black / coloured pages and get rid of the ink before it hits the hardcoded page limit.
    - vlehto 10y ago
      I get no benefit from black pages. I get lot's of benefit from long sips.
      - deleted 10y ago
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      - PavlovsCat 10y ago
        Sucks for poor and/or disabled and/or elderly people, sucks for people with infants, and of course, for everyone who doesn't like to have games played on them so they save one cent which others get to pay with five cents. Oh well, amirite?