[arch-general] Canon MP280 turboprint

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AFAK refilling the toner is fine for 2 or 3 times maybe. but refilling it a
lot will cause loss of print quality. It depends also on the type of the
toner and the quality of ink. sometimes even 6 or 7 refills might work, but
that's a rare case! :D

On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2805 at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Martti Kühne <mysatyre at gmail.com> wrote:
> > R7h0re4 said it works on Debian 32. As I understand it, it should be
> > possible to clone the config on other distributions. If you can't
> > clone it, ask the debian devs what they did there.
> > Another hacky suggestion, although not very nice to resources, but may
> > spare config-diving: run a virtual machine with an os which works with
> > the canon printer, and use it as a print server. You can make snapshot
> > with some virtual machines, which would speed up starting and stopping
> > the server, which just could be automated in a script.
> >
> > mar77i
> >
>
> Just wanted to ask something off-topic. What do you guys think about
> refilling laser printer toner? Is it good? The original toner
> cartridges are very expensive.
>