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		kevin_thibedeau on Nov 30, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CT scan shows there's still lots of toner left in ... Many laser cartridges are legacy designs from before they started cheating on the amount of toner. That "extra" space was used to provide 10,000+ sheet capacity standard cartridges.

nebula8804 on Nov 30, 2022 [–]

This does not pass the sniff test given if you look at a new printer cartridge it is quite compact from the old school HP Laserjet behemoths.

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