It was a big problem for Lexmark.
I’d love to print some of the research I did back then on laser printers, but (a) it’s the IP of a former company and (b) I suspect I’d get sued.
I ran an old Samsung laser printer through about ten refills of toner per cartridge till it basically died of old age, and I’ve just had to replace a Ricoh because somebody managed to get a piece of wool (go figure) in the fan hole, which ended up damaging too many internal parts to repair. New Epsons, however, have refillable ink tanks down to quite modest models,so if you’re doing 10 000 or more pages a year they are worth looking at.
Basically support manufacturers that charge you a fair price for the printer and the ink, and perhaps the message will get through.
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