Printer Toner

[zoopy3]

Hi, I recently bought a Samsung Laser MFP and I'd like to know if the warm up process use's up toner? reason i'm asking is i've already printed about 100 pages (mostly black text documents) and the toner is already about 1/4th finished.

And is it safe to use inkjet photo paper to print out photo's? i can't seem to find laser photo paper

 

[Archer]

I seem to remember something about new printers come with very small cartridges, so the first one probably isn't going to last very long. Also, I definately would not use inkjet paper in a laser printer. I dont think laser printers can print to glossy photo paper yet.

 

[P924]

Theres no such thing as laser photo paper AFAIK, but you could print on most inkjet paper, depending on the type. Try to google for it, if it doesnt work, it melts and sticks to your fuser, which is not good.

The warmup sequence uses no toner, but printing photos uses significantly more ink than the 5% on which yield numbers are based, so you would get much less pages per cartridge.

I assume its a color laser printer?

 

[zoopy3]

yep... colour laser printer. i've seen Hp laser photo paper @ incredible, but they only have stock of A4 sizes. i'll keep looking, i won't chance messing up a new printer.
i've been googling and i've just found that warm up only warms the fuser unit.

thanks for the replies

 

[P924]

I think you can test the inkjet photo paper with a clothes iron, if it melts and sticks to the iron, don't try it in your printer. But using inkjet paper would be a bit of a waste in a laser - you won't get the same improvement that you would in an inkjet. Inkjet photo paper has a special coating on it that absorbs the ink and also makes it dry more quickly and makes it look more vibrant. And it would just serve as glossy paper in a laser. And remember that the layer on photo paper is water soluble.