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Old 10-18-2007, 08:02 PM
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I think pretty much all of the color laser printers and most of the B/W printers will have chipped cartridges. Originally called CRUM chips (Consumer Replaceable Unit Monitor). Originally a Xerox patent, I believe, now probably expired.

One series that doesn't seem to have chipped cartridges is the HP 1000 series (1010, 1012, 1020, etc). Nice little low volume printers. Usually you can find one on sale for $100 or so. Two drawbacks though: 1). Cost per page is higher on the low-end printers like these. 2). It doesn't tell you when the cartridge is empty. You find out it's empty when the pages start coming out blank.
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