[GPSCC-chat] toner for Canon 117 color laser cartridges?

[Spencer Graves]

Hello, All:


       Does anyone have suggestions for low-cost color copies?


       More specifically, does anyone know a good source for toner for 
Canon 117 color laser cartridges?


       I ask, because last night I got sticker shock with the new Canon 
ImageCLASS MF8450c color laser printer telling me to prepare a new black 
toner cartridge, and I didn't think I had printed anywhere near the 
6,000 copies rated for that toner cartridge.  By calling Canon, I 
learned that the 6,000 count was at 5% coverage, which is probably all 
plain text -- and virtually everything I've  printed has probably had 
more than that with things like an image of a credit card, the Green 
party logo, photographs, etc.  I don't yet have enough information to 
know, but it looks like a single sheet of paper printed on both sides 
could be costing me 50 cents.


       I know the Green Party might be willing to reimburse me, but 
before I ask for reimbursement at a rate like that, I thought I'd ask 
what other suggestions people have.


       Thanks,
       Spencer


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Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Technology Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
San José, CA 95126
ph:  408-655-4567
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