LJ 1518 color false out of toner

Collapse
X
 
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
  • CBMWilson
    Technician

    50+ Posts
    • Sep 2010
    • 53

    #1

    LJ 1518 color false out of toner

    I'm trying to decide if i'm having a bad run on cartridges or if i have another problem causing this. 3 days ago, I replaced cyan and magenta toner cartridges for a CQ problem, while there the new cyan cartridge went from 100% (1345 pages remaining, 55 pages printed) to 6% (3 remaining, 56 pages printed) in the span of 1 printed supply status page, which I had to replace. They just called back with magenta cartridge empty that i just changed 3 days ago.

    Is there any way to bring these counts back up or is the only solution once it thinks it's empty to replace the cartridge? Could this be a board problem? I know i can override and tell it to ignore the out of toner message and would like to reserve that as a last resort. (I've JUST finally got them trained enough to not think every CQ problem may not be a cartridge problem).

    Is there something i'm missing?

    Edit: for clarity, the toner cartridges i'm using are not OEM.
    Last edited by CBMWilson; 08-04-2011, 03:06 PM.
  • Lasersupplies
    Trusted Tech
    • Jul 2011
    • 221

    #2
    Re: LJ 1518 color false out of toner

    You didn't say if the cartridges were Oem or compatibles. We had chip failures on compatibles that showed the exact same message.

    Comment

    • CBMWilson
      Technician

      50+ Posts
      • Sep 2010
      • 53

      #3
      Re: LJ 1518 color false out of toner

      Finally went and told the machine to ignore the out of toner message and explained to the end-user what to look for when the cartridge runs out, still haven't found a permanent solution.

      Is it possible something is blowing those chips?

      Comment

      Working...