prEN 15462-1

Minimum requirements for remanufactured and compatible user replaceable cartridges to safeguard proper interaction with electro photographic printer systems or multi-functional devices that may contain printer components - Part 1: Monochrome prEN 15462-1

Scope

This document applies to remanufactured and compatible toner cartridges for operation in a typical office environment.
The objective of the standard is to provide two areas for common testing:
1) Provide test methodologies to asses cartridge interactions with the printer and to safeguard the continuous functioning of the printer
2) Measurement of yield
No other claims can be made from this testing regarding image quality, reliability, etc.
In general throughout the text, only printers and prints are mentioned for the purpose of simplification. Nevertheless this standard also applies to copiers, fax machines and multifunction machines as well as to the copies and facsimiles produced by them however the methods described in this standard are for use on the digital input printing part of any of these systems.