Unlike some printers that rely on liquid ink when generating documents, laser printers use a powdery substance known as "toner" that sets into place when heat is applied. This material is stored ...

To a large extent, the way you use your printer determines how long your toner cartridge lasts. The more you print and the more toner your design choices put on a page, the more frequently you'll ...

Our family laser printer recently started flashing the "Low Toner" warning. I did the usual trick of rocking the cartridge, and then allowed the Geeklings to print out their essays and assignments for ...

Be wary of running dry of toner on units that have a true “toner cartridge” (such as Kyocera printers) as opposed to combined toner/OPC drum units. The toner contains as a lubricant which keeps the ...

Toner is one of those everyday products we all take for granted. When the printer runs low you pop a new cartridge in—out of sight, out of mind. Well, we got to wondering what’s actually in that ...

I bought a cheap laser printer a couple years ago, and for a while, it worked perfectly. The printer, a Brother HL-2040, was fast, quiet, and produced sheet after sheet of top-quality prints—until one ...