Lexmark, HP, Canon, Brother, and others all effectively require users to purchase first-party ink and toner. To enforce the use of first-party cartridges, manufacturers typically embed chips ...

Canon is reporting that it has been forced to ship toner cartridges without chips that identify toner levels, leading to error messages when the cartridges are ...

"As such, we’re now shipping toner cartridges for some of our MFP devices without this chip to ensure we’re still providing a continuous supply of consumables to our Canon U.S.A. customers.

But wait, there’s a simple solution, says Canon! See all our warnings about how your toner cartridge might be “malfunctioning”? Ignore them. Just hit the close button, and you’ll be good ...

Your Canon fax/copy machine uses a powdered substance called toner to print text and images to a sheet of paper when you receive an incoming fax or copy a document. When the toner runs low you'll ...

Canon has been sending out emails to its customers, letting them know that changes are coming to its ink and toner cartridges for multifunction printers (MFP). It wasn't too long ago that Canon ...

If you use third-party toner cartridges rather than genuine Canon toners, this chip may report incorrect toner levels. You can work around this by recording your printer's page count -- also ...

Reader Nicholas notes that Canon’s laser printers do let you scan without a toner cartridge as well. “Small & Medium business class printers often may not be as shiny, but they do the basic ...