• Pretzilla@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    My Brother was giving a toner end of life message and refusing to print.

    I took the toner end cap off and reset the gear toggle, and now it prints again.

    Cool story.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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        6 months ago

        I did it, but eventually it didn’t. So I gave in and replaced the toner.

        I got nearly 3k prints from the starter cartridge, so not bad. My replacement should get like 25k. Given that I had the original for ~8 years, I don’t think I’ll ever need a B&W printer ever again.

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          6 months ago

          Ah ok mine is newer. I just run the cartridges dry after turning that option off.

          • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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            6 months ago

            Probably. I had to enter a special code, which overrode the block on printing, and that worked for a few hundred prints. But then I couldn’t override it anymore.