Brother laser - toner cartridge question

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Sounds like your printing coverage is more than 5%.

A full page of 10 point text text uses 3 times the estimated
coverage produced by the 5% standard. If you are printing with larger font
sizes and any graphics the page yield drops even further.

Possibly you could have a low toner sensor error, as 1200 pages does sound a
little low.

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"Steve" <htr@wfc.inv> wrote in message
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> I have a Brother HL1440. On March 24, I replaced the toner cartridge
> with a TN460, which is supposed to yield 6,000 pages. The printer is
> now flashing a low-toner warning. I average less than 10 pages per
> day, no graphics, just plain text. Have other folks had their Brother
> toner cartridges run out so soon?
>

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"Steve" <htr@wfc.inv> wrote in message
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> "WeInk.com Technical Support" >Toll Free Support: 1-888-825-0759
> >> I have a Brother HL1440. On March 24, I replaced the toner cartridge
> >> with a TN460, which is supposed to yield 6,000 pages. The printer is
> >> now flashing a low-toner warning. I average less than 10 pages per
> >> day, no graphics, just plain text. Have other folks had their Brother
> >> toner cartridges run out so soon?
>
> >Sounds like your printing coverage is more than 5%.
> >A full page of 10 point text text uses 3 times the estimated
> >coverage produced by the 5% standard. If you are printing with larger
font
> >sizes and any graphics the page yield drops even further.
>
> Thanks. So when they advertise 6,000 pages, it really means 2,000
> full pages, or 6,000 pages that are 2/3 blank? Seems kinda misleading
> to me...


5% coverage is standard. It's pretty useless when judging ink jet photos
usage, for instant. How many pages have you printed so far?

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"WeInk.com Technical Support"
<ink_N_O_S_P_A_M_support@WeN_o_S_P_A_M_Ink.com> wrote:
>A full page of 10 point text text uses 3 times the estimated
>coverage produced by the 5% standard. If you are printing with larger font
>sizes and any graphics the page yield drops even further.

Thanks for the info. Not sure I understand how the font size relates
to the yield. There would be fewer characters on the page with a
larger font - wouldn't that offset the increased font size?