Does laser printer toner dry out?

[Robert Bindler]

I am considering replacing my aging ink jet printer with a low-end laser
printer. My printing habits equate to a very fast ink jet cartridge
replacement cycle. I may go weeks or months without printing anything,
and then will print many (>10) pages at once. I am aware that toner
cartridges can produce thousands of pages. Would my printing habits
affect the output from a toner cartridge. That is, will the toner dry
out if I don't use it in a while?)

[Tom Ruben]

In article <BUP4b.63587$J_1....@fe14.atl2.webusenet.com>, Elmo P.
Shagnasty <el...@nastydesigns.com> writes
>In article <bj0elo$e1t1a$1...@ID-160764.news.uni-berlin.de>,

>No, not at all. Toner is dry ink. With a well made cartridge, you can
>let it sit there for a long, long time with no ill effects.
>
Which you cannot say for any inkjet.
--
Tom

[Andrew Rossmann]

In article <bj0elo$e1t1a$1...@ID-160764.news.uni-berlin.de>, someguy456
@phreaker.net says...

Laser toner is supposed to be dry. In the proper environment, it will
last forever. In reality, in high heat and/or high humidity, it could
start to clump together. Also, it could settle and be hard to properly
spread across the drum. If the toner is in a cartridge, you can remove it
and give it a light talk back and forth a few times every once in awhile
to keep it loose.

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