toner cartridge

[Henry]

Greetings. I just bought a (genuine) (HP) toner cartridge (96A) for my
LJ 2100. We don't print very very much and the last time I did this was
three years ago.

I have looked carefully all over the box and what I don't see is an
expiration (or 'use before') date. Didn't they use to have that info?

The only thing I can find that is at all individualised is a code number
printed on with a dot-matrix look to it. It says 4J18M2. Is that just a
serial number, or does it convey an expiration date as well?

TIA.

cheers,

Henry

[Guest]

On 1-Apr-2005, henry999@eircom.net (Henry) wrote:
Greetings. I just bought a (genuine) (HP) toner cartridge (96A) for my LJ 2100. We don't print very very much and the last time I did this was three years ago. I have looked carefully all over the box and what I don't see is an expiration (or 'use before') date. Didn't they use to have that info?

HP manual quotes for storage + use 2.5 years.

[Henry]

<ato_zee@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 1-Apr-2005, henry999@eircom.net (Henry) wrote: Greetings. I just bought a (genuine) (HP) toner cartridge (96A) for my LJ 2100. We don't print very very much and the last time I did this was three years ago. I have looked carefully all over the box and what I don't see is an expiration (or 'use before') date. Didn't they use to have that info? HP manual quotes for storage + use 2.5 years.

Well and good; thanks. But how do you know when the 'storage' period
began?

cheers,

Henry

[Guest]

On 1-Apr-2005, henry999@eircom.net (Henry) wrote:
Well and good; thanks. But how do you know when the 'storage' period began?

The (authentic) HP manual doesn't say. I guess it starts at date of
manufacture, there are usually some codes on the cartridge, that I
guess only HP can decode.

[Bob Headrick]

"Henry" <henry999@eircom.net> wrote in message
news:1guc7n8.11rawo6bej78lN%henry999@eircom.net... Greetings. I just bought a (genuine) (HP) toner cartridge (96A) for my LJ 2100. We don't print very very much and the last time I did this was three years ago. I have looked carefully all over the box and what I don't see is an expiration (or 'use before') date. Didn't they use to have that info?

At one time the LaserJet cartridges had a limited lifetime warranty, good until
the original HP toner was depleted. The 96A warranty information is available
from
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/WarrantyBridge.jsp?contentType=WarrantyBridge&locale=en_US&docIndexId=178706&taskId=101&prodTypeId=12771&prodSeriesId=70570.

Regards,
Bob Headrick, not speaking for my employer HP