[gryf]

Yeah. My HP toner cartridge has been "empty" for about a year and is still printing fine! It has done more pages since it was empty than before it was empty.

[sidewndr46]

My HP LaserJet has been telling me that it is low for the better part of 10 years. Still prints fine.

[pugworthy]

It's hard to really judge what this means without knowing how often and much you print, as well as how much was printed before the warning was given.

PS

Blame/thank Canon. It's their mechanism and cartridge in the HP printers. Also some utilize Samsung print engines for A3 paper.

PPS

It's a testament to ink vs toner that it can remain functional after 10 years.

[Steve44]

We have about five HP 4200 printers in our office and I use genuine 38X toners which I think are rated at 12,000 pages.

When we get a Toner Low message it'll then do about 500 pages before it reports Toner Out, after that print will rapidly fade. We can probably scrape 1-200 pages on Toner Out, but it's not good enough quality to send out.

Basically their Low and Out warnings seem pretty accurate in my experience.

[landswipe]

Same here, I'll only change it once I start seeing streaks, it must be a scam it has been like this for years.