Brother Black High Yield Toner Cartridge (TN450)

Final update: April 23rd. Starter cartridge finally says it’s run completely out (though it still seems to print). That’s a total of about 200 pages since I first got a message. The 3-times-Go printout shows a total of 730 pages – roughly what the starter cartridge is supposed to have, and I’ve now installed the hi-room cartridge

—– first update
Update. It’s now April 11th. I’ve printed at least another 100 pages and things are still going well. But I’ve exposed another feature. In addition to the 7-times-Go (described below), there’s a 3-times-Go that will print a three page report showing all you ever sought after to know about your printer, including the amount of toner really left.

—– first post
Like others I started getting a ‘toner-low’ message with maybe 450 or so pages. In looking for a way to trick the printer, I read the blue-collar(!). It said to press the Go button seven times in a row to clear the toner-low lockout, and that once that was vacant the cartridge would continue to print until the toner was really gone.

Worked like a charm. I’ll update this when the thing really runs completely out.

Understanding this, the way they do it makes sense: really early warning that you should peacefulness another cartridge – and a lockout that you can’t ignore, keeping you from having a really terrible day in the future.

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I converted to a Brother monochrome laser printer a few months ago with years of frustration with another brand’s all-in-one printer that consumed huge amounts of affect ink even though I printed all in black and white. The toner cartridge that came with the Brother laser unit ran out promptly, as I was warned, and it took a while to figure out how to replace the cartridge the first time around but now it’s simple. I’ve got the printer set for 300 dpi (and for text instead of graphics) to maximize my yield. Like others, I started to get a “low toner” warning around 1500 copies and if it weren’t for seeing other Amazon reviews for other Brother cartridges, I might have changed the cartridge shortly with getting the first warning. Having read the other reviews, but, I removed the existing cartridge, shook it a bit to assure the remaining toner was well distributed, ran the “carona wire” back and forth a link of times and returned the printer to regular use. So far, I’ve printed over 1200 additional pages since the first warning and all is still printing fine, with no lines or other problems that come when the toner really is low. I’m watching to see how much longer the ancient cartridge will work, but wow, the other reviewers certainly helped by warning of this problem. It’s something Brother ought to right. By the way, I didn’t place tape over the holes as others have suggested since I don’t want any complications from that, even if may do so the next time around. As an additional note, unless Amazon has fixed the problem, ignore some of their drop down menus when selecting the right cartridge for the right Brother unit. They say the TN 450 isn’t right for a Brother HL2270DW when in fact it is.

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Brother toner cartridges have always been brilliant buys for me. The extra cost to go to the high-yield version is value it – it lasts a LONG time.

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