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 ...

Every time a warning message pops up on your PC letting you know that your printer's toner is low, you have a laser toner chip to thank. These chips, also called printer or ink smart chips, are used ...

There’s never a good time to run out of toner, especially when you’re in the middle of a busy day at the office. Many Xerox printers will alert you when they’re running low. But it’s also helpful to ...

Most businesses must print receipts, invoices and other documents as a part of day-to-day operations. This means that running out of ink can sometimes have disastrous results, so it's imperative to ...

Printer makers have long used chips to thwart third-party ink cartridge sales and drive you toward their own products, but they're now feeling the sting of those restrictions. The Register and USA ...

A typical reminder screen showing a low ink level for two cartridges. The Light Cyan cartridge is shown as having less than 10% ink remaining. Another warning will appear when the ink level drops to 5 ...

The global semiconductor shortage has disrupted production across the board. Although one would expect the impact of this short supply of chips to be limited to only consumer electronics, the crisis ...