Comments on: Brand New Canon CRG-104, L104, 104 Compatible Laser Toner Cartridge for Canon ImageCLASS Canon LaserBase MF4100, Canon Faxphone L100, L120, L75

By: Tim E. Ake

Tim E. Ake — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:49:56 +0000

We decided to try a generic as a way of saving a few dollars. The toner works as advertised and we’ve had no problems as a result of using the product. Toner is toner.

By: Pete Chen

Pete Chen — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:35:15 +0000

This “compatible” toner cartridge is not the same as the original one from Canon. It prints just great on regular paper. I print post cards for my business. I found that the toner won’t stick to the post cards at all. The toner is smeared all over the place. I didn’t have this problem with the Canon toner cartridge. So to me, this toner cartridge is useless. That is why you see the reviews are either very good or very bad. When it works, it is great. You pay less than half of the real thing. But when it doesn’t work, then it is useless. I am not going to buy another printer to print the things that this toner catridge cannot print.

I know the cost of genuine Canon cartridge is very high per page. But this “compatible” one is simply not compatible. If you print more than plain printer paper, do not buy this.

By: O. Goldfarb

O. Goldfarb — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:34:42 +0000

I am on my 2nd 104 compatible toner cartridge. Print quality & number of pages equals that of the Canon toner AND at almost 1/2 the price.

By: R. G. Adams

R. G. Adams — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:28:57 +0000

Received the toner cartridge on time and it has been working just like the very pricey Canon cartridge…no difference in print quality. Works so well that I just ordered two more of the same, and still saved big vs. the cost of one Canon OE cartridge. The jury is still out on how long the compatible toner cartridge will last, but quite frankly, the last Canon OE we had didn’t last anywhere near as long as advertised.

By: Design User

Design User — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:31:54 +0000

I was first skeptical about getting an non-OEM print cartridge for my Canon MF-4350 printer, but I was pleasantly surprised about the quality of the toner I received from SuperMediaStore. I only used the toner for a few days and it appears that the print quality is no different than that from the original Canon cartridge.

The toner came well packed too. It was placed in a thick black plastic bag with silica gel pack inside a retail carton box. That box was placed inside another larger box filled with eco-friendly packaging peanuts.

The toner out of the box looked slightly different than the original Canon one. Just as Canon cartridge, this non-OEM had a thin plastic seal to contain the toner powder inside the cartridge. You have to pull that plastic strip off before using the toner. However, in addition it had another wide paper wrapper wrapped around the drum that needed to be pulled. Upon removing that, the drum appeared to have concentric marks from the toner residue, but it turned out that they cleared off after printing the first page and didn't affect the print quality. The toner also had a sticker "no tearing" that covered a plastic cap for the compartment with the toner powder. The original Canon toner does not have that cap exposed. The plastic sticker is made from some fragile material and was already broken from being bent.

The original Canon toner cartridge is built of a slightly better plastic, but as I cannot see the difference in the print quality, I'm very happy to use this non-OEM one.