Re: Off topic -toner cartridges for hp laserjet 4 and 5

["Fred Weiner" fw1948@xxxxxxxx]

Friends.
 
To add my two cents worth, if only to share an anecdote, I had an inexpensive OEM cartridge (for an Epson Stylus C80) come apart in my hand. Took a few days for the black hand to revert to normal flesh color, and although I had some fun with it, that cured me of bargain hunting when it comes to inkjet cartridges.

 
Fred Weiner.

 
On 6/22/06, Patricia M. Godfrey mailto:priscamg@xxxxxxxx wrote:
Avrom Fischer wrote:
> I have to get toner cartridges for my hp laserjet 4 and for my laserjet
> 5.  Both work fine.  I am looking for suggestions on where to buy toner

> cartridges.  I am thinking that since I do a lot of printing in draft
> and only a small amount in final that goes out of my office to use
> original hp toner cartridges for my hp 4 to take no changes 5 and non-hp

> or rebuilt toner cartridges  on my hp5 which I will use for draft to

I've heard that the rebuilt/remanufactured cartriges
can leak and ruin the printer, so I'd avoid them.

Wouldn't it make more sense to use the LJ 5 (which I

assume has more fonts and sharper output) for the
"good" (for out-of-house) docs, and the LJ 4 for the
draft? Or does the greater speed of the LJ 5 justify
using it for what you do the most?


About "OEM" cartridges, there's a lot of dispute. Some
printers (notably recent Epson inkjets) simply won't
let you use them: put one in and up pops a message:
This is not a genuine Epson Cartridge. And no printing.


They can be used in the older models, and some people
say they're just as good as the name brands, some say
not. I would never use an OEM cartridge in a printer
that was still under warranty, because the

manufacturers consider that to void the warranty.
Obviously not an issue with printers that old.

Look at the following dealers:
Quill
Reliable
TechDepot/Office Depot

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Patricia M. Godfrey

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