HP Color LaserJet Pro M454dn - uses too much toner

[Andi69]

I recently bought a HP Color LaserJet Pro M454dn. After few weeks, and after few pages (not more than 200), black and blue toner are already down. Anyone else has such bad experience? Blue toner is incredibly expensive ...

[Repairatrooper]

We have not experienced unusual toner usage with any of our clients. What sort of printing are you doing? Keep in mind that toner usage and cartridge yield is based on an international standard that is about 5% coverage per page, which is roughly a standard text page that is double spaced. Any graphics or large black sections will increase toner usage dramatically. Also keep in mind that like gas gauges, remaining toner is not 100% accurate and often printers will run for weeks with out changing and other times drop quickly.

[Andi69]

Thank you very much for your response. I did not count pages, and there were certainly few pages with graphs or pictures, but certainly not that much. I now ordered replacement toner, and will carefully count how long it lasts. 

What, btw, is also somewhat strange: I can opt for "low quality" printing only through the app, but not on "print command" in Windows/PC. Is this normal? I recall I could opt for that with previous printer(s).