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Hi Tony,

I have this printer, although I haven't set it up yet. Where did you
read that the printer cannot use refilled cartridges or 3rd party product?

I did read something on the Konica-Minolta website that if you did use
non-KM cartridges the printer would take double time to print, for some
reason.

Art


Tony Olson wrote:

> I had a Minolta QMS 1250W PagePro. I liked the printer except they don't
> last very long. I was able to get toner cartridge refills for much less than
> Minolta charged for there's.
>
> The next version of this printer is the 1350W and I inadvertently read a
> message somewhere that this printer wouldn't allow toner cartridge refills
> except from Minolta.
>
> I was wondering if anyone knows what lasers still allow toner cartridge
> refills from 3rd party vendors?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Tony
>
>

Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (More info?)

Hi Tony,

Thanks for the rundown. I hope they improved the paper feed in the new
model ... doesn't seem like a good business model for KM to have the
printer die after the first toner cartridge ;-)... that's where all the
money is.

Art

Tony Olson wrote:

> I was in Froogle pricing them (1350) and it seems I was in a vendor website
> reading the Customer Reviews and one of the customers mentioned it in their
> review. I can't be sure though, but I'm certain it wasn't in a NG. That's
> why I mentioned it here to find out if it were true or not. Sorry!! I liked
> the 1250W, but the first one I had stopped being able to feed paper just shy
> of the 1 year warranty. KM paid for all return shipping and sent me out a
> replacement. I printed for whole year after that without having to replace
> the toner cartridge. The toner cartridge was probably worth the price of the
> printer. Recently my second printer had the same problem, so that's takes
> care of that printer. I'm not going to buy another with that track record.
> It may make it a little longer than the warranty :-) .
>
> Tony
>
> "Arthur Entlich" <artistic@telus.net> wrote in message
> news:eoONd.11094$K54.1287@edtnps84...
>
>>Hi Tony,
>>
>>I have this printer, although I haven't set it up yet. Where did you read
>>that the printer cannot use refilled cartridges or 3rd party product?
>>
>>I did read something on the Konica-Minolta website that if you did use
>>non-KM cartridges the printer would take double time to print, for some
>>reason.
>>
>>Art
>>
>>
>>Tony Olson wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I had a Minolta QMS 1250W PagePro. I liked the printer except they don't
>>>last very long. I was able to get toner cartridge refills for much less
>>>than Minolta charged for there's.
>>>
>>>The next version of this printer is the 1350W and I inadvertently read a
>>>message somewhere that this printer wouldn't allow toner cartridge
>>>refills except from Minolta.
>>>
>>>I was wondering if anyone knows what lasers still allow toner cartridge
>>>refills from 3rd party vendors?
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>>
>>>Tony
>>
>
>

Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (More info?)

Thanks....

I liked the overall performance of the 1250W and it appears that the 1350 is
better. I used to buy toner cartridges from 3rd party vendors, not the toner
refill kits. If you want to fill your own your URL is a solution.

Tony
"Rui Sá" <rui_sa@myrealbox.com> wrote in message
news:e5oh015d5skdkjt126dr1meuav6e2v2kkm@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 15:48:20 -0700, "Tony Olson" <tonyolsonaz@cox.net>
> wrote:
>
>>I had a Minolta QMS 1250W PagePro. I liked the printer except they don't
>>last very long. I was able to get toner cartridge refills for much less
>>than
>>Minolta charged for there's.
>>
>>The next version of this printer is the 1350W and I inadvertently read a
>>message somewhere that this printer wouldn't allow toner cartridge refills
>>except from Minolta.
>>
>>I was wondering if anyone knows what lasers still allow toner cartridge
>>refills from 3rd party vendors?
>
> The Konica Minolta 1350W does, take a look at:
> http://www.tonerrefillkits.com/ref [...] ePro_1350W
>
> It uses a chip that slows the printer to 6 ppm if you just refill the
> toner, but these guys also have replacement chips to restore the
> printer's normal speed (if you want it, you can also use it without
> the chip, at 6 ppm).
>
> I have had a 1300W for almost a year and experienced a problem with
> the paper feed but only when manual duplexing 100+ pages, otherwise it
> has worked well. However, this seems to be common, according to a post
> here by Dennis Rech, less than a month ago (talking about the 1250W):
>
>>Its pretty common for the pick up rollers to get covered with paper
>>dust and then not have enough grip to pull the paper off the stack.
>>Unplug the printer and use a damp (water or alcohol) towel to wipe off
>>the roller and rubber pads that grab the paper.
>>My Minolta needs a good wipe down about every 1000 pages.
>
> HTH
>
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