His comment was about how to extend the life of this particular toner cartridge so that all of the toner inside the cartridge is used before the printer requires the cartridge to be replaced. His tip was:

“The Toner Life LED flips on, requiring you to replace the cartridge, even when there’s still toner left in the cartridge. The machine detects end of life by shining a light through from one side to the other.

To circumvent the detection mechanism, remove the cartridge and put a piece of masking tape over the clear opening/circle on the right side of the toner cartridge, and then pop the cartridge back in. Eventually, you’ll start seeing streaks, and then you’ll know that the cartridge is truly empty. ”

You can see the entire comment on the Amazon.com website by clicking here: http://www.automaticmoms.com/laser-cartridge-refill-tip

By the way, if you are in the market for the high-yield Brother TN360 laser printer cartridge, Amazon is selling them now for $46.99 which is about 18% less than the list price.
http://www.automaticmoms.com/brother-tn360-high-yield-cartridge

I know…I went for months still purchasing inkjet ink and when I looked back at my receipts I was horrified at how much I had spent in comparison to a new laser printer!

As for the paper…in all honesty, I use the cheapest copier paper I can find at the store. I recently purchased a case of it (10 reams of 500 sheets each) for about $20 or so when it was on sale. It works just fine and since much of my printing is rather “throwaway” (online coupons, a quick print of an email to read on the run, etc) it doesn’t pay to use nicer paper.

Hope it all works out for you! It was, by far, the best financial decision I made for my business and home this year. I never worry about running out of ink and I get so much mileage out of the toner that I feel really free to print whatever, whenever.

As a side note, I mentioned that I print lots of online coupons to use in stores. I can honestly say that I think this printer has allowed me to also save more money in my regular shopping because I print many more coupons with less concern about cost. As a result, I find that I always seem to have a good coupon for something in my coupon folder when shopping and MOST of them are printed from online sources. Before the laser printer, I was much more careful about printing only specific coupons that I knew I would really use because I was concerned about wasting ink.

So the savings have extended past even my immediate savings on ink!

Good luck and let me know which one you chose and how it’s working for you!
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Thank you very much for this. Lynette’s advice is spot on. The ink for my CA$20 inkjet printer was costing me CA$50 every couple of months. I could have bought a laser printer with all that money months ago!

A quick question: you don’t need laser paper to use in a laser printer, right?

Thanks,
Lexi
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But thanks for the heads up on another great site to check out printers!

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