Dell ships new printers with only partially filled toner cartridges. This helps keep the price down and makes the purchase attractive when compared to other vendors.

 

The replacement carts will be full, and will last much longer!

Thank you for bringing this up.  I too am having the same issue except that I changed the toner cartridge and it is still saying that it is low.  Is there something that can be done?

Has this problem cleared up for you?

I bought a 3010cn only a few weeks ago. After printing only 30 or so black and white pages and two colour ones the printer is telling me that I've only 80% black toner left and that the yellow toner needs replacing! I know the printer ships with reduced capactity cartiridges, but they are still claim to be good for 1,000 pages. Have I missed something or just bought a useless printer? I've always bought EPSON in the past and am now regretting buying my first DELL.