Laser printers require toner cartridges with a chip.The chip in the toner cartridge electronically indicates the lifespan and limits the number of prints based on a counter present in this chip. That is, if a toner has an estimated life of one thousand impressions, when it reaches one thousand impressions the chip will inform the logic board that it is necessary to change the toner. From that moment on, depending on the printer model, it will no longer be possible to print without changing the toner cartridge.
However, it is very common that even after the chip reports the end of life for that toner, there is still toner powder present in the cartridge compartment, so the toner cartridge could make more impressions and lower cost per page. Another possibility would be if there was no electronic limitation by the toner cartridge chip, refilling the cartridge with toner powder, making the cost per page even lower.
And is it possible to eliminate the use of the chip in toner cartridges? Yes, many models of laser printers support this possibility with the use of resets, which make the electronic level of the supply always 100%. It can be applied to the life level of the imaging unit in some printer models. It is worth mentioning that some firmware versions in models that support this procedure require a downgrade with direct interference in some component of the logic board. We provide the binaries for the procedure to be carried out by a specialized technician but we cannot be responsible for its success, so we recommend that the logic board be sent to us so that our team can carry out the procedure on the logic board and addendum to that apply the reset.
