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The life of a toner cartridge may be extended, in some cases, by taking it out and gently taping it to loosen the settled toner inside. However, many copiers include mechanisms to do this automatically, so doing it manually may not gain anything.

When printing, you can choose draft quality in Properties--it won't print as dark and you won't use as much toner. If you have color cartridges, you can opt for black rather than color and save the colors.

In addition, many toner cartridges are designed to operate for a specific number of copies and stop after that even though toner may remain in the cartridge. In that case, the cartridge life cannot be extended.

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