Brother TN580 High Yield Black Toner Cartridge
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Customer Review: How to get more copies from your toner.
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm going to re-post a review from Oct, 2007 by David Tutwiler because what he says really works and I wanted to pass it along to other Brother toner purchasers.
"This cartridge will disable your printer once it (the cartridge) tells your printer it's empty. The cartridge has a window that is closed (blocked) by toner. This window runs through the cartridge from one side to the other. When the toner is full, the window is blocked, when the toner is seemingly empty, a laser is able to shine through the cartridge one side to the other thus signaling to the printer to shut down for cartridge replacement. I have found that when you obstruct this window with a simple piece of masking tape, you will have at least 33-50% more toner left. I'll leave any manufacturer motive speculation up to you."
I put two tiny pieces of masking tape over the windows on each end and the printer started printing again. Don't know how long it will go but for now it's working perfectly.
Customer Review: A great purchase!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the first time I have had to replace the cartridge in my Brother MFC-8460N, which has, so far, proven to be the best and most reliable multi-purpose printer I have owned over the last two decades.
I am a rather diligent shopper, always looking for the best "value" (that's the place where price and quality intersect!). After checking out local sources for both new and remanufactured cartridges, and intensive research online, this was, by far, the sweetest deal anywhere.
I was able to obtain this long-life cartridge, new in the box, for only five dollars more than the prevailing Cartridge World refilled price and/or otherwise available remanufactured price. This was also 30% or more less expensive than the Big Box retail price.
A great price and very prompt shipping made this a Great Purchase!
Customer Review: Another trick if the black tape over the holes does not work
Summary: 4 Stars
TN580 cartridge in Brother HL-5250DN.
To get more life from my cartridge when the toner light came on, I tried the black tape over the holes method.
That did not work.
So I googled to find a solution that would work and found that there is a gear on the left side of the cartridge at the upper right that will lock the cartridge and turn on the toner light when it thinks the cartridge life is done.
If the black tape does not work for you, try resetting the "flag gear" which involves removing two screws and resetting that gear.
You may need to google this as the only thing I found was a pdf that showed pictures on how to do that - the url would not copy.
Best of luck.
Customer Review: Excellent Value
Summary: 4 Stars
Biggest bang for your buck on the market. I have tried refills before but with awful results. Now I will only purchase original manufacturer, new cartridges. The only 'catch' is that on all the Brother printers I have owned, which is several, they all prematurely signal 'low toner' at somewhere around the halfway point. So, when the printer finally stops printing, I remove the cartridge and rock it back and forth a few times, re-insert it into the printer and it works great for a few more thousand sheets. I use this initial 'low toner' signal as the point to re-order another cartridge and, unless you print over a ream of paper per day, this should be plenty of lead-time. If not for this slightly annoying feature I would have rated this 5 stars.Customer Review: Official Brother toners great improvement over refurbished
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased refurbished 3rd party toners that were about a 3rd of the price of official Brother new toners, but our office had a lot of difficulty- toners leaked and ran all over our printers after several weeks, pages came out with huge blotches of ink on the side, and lines up and down the pages. My staff begged me not to purchase them anymore, since the pages looked terrible, unprofessional and unreadable. I've gone back to new official Brother toners for our Brother printers and have not had any more trouble. At Amazon, the prices were about 30% less than at other online office supply stores, although I wish shipping were less. It's pricier than refurbished, but worth it for the reliability of the product.