Comments on: Laser Toner Cartridge Refill

By: Ilene

Ilene — Thu, 06 May 2010 16:13:34 +0000

I have been trying to save by refiling my toner cartridges and have proved unsuccessful. I spent a good chuck of money purchasing Brother DCP-9040CN printer/copier which prints beautifully . I purchased bulk toner for it but cannot reset the gear properly on the TN110 cartridges. I REALLY NEED HELP!!!!! I am convinced that the new printers and copiers are made so that they cannot be reffilled by the average Joe. Will someone please share their smarts with me.
PS I am ressetting the gear exactly the way UNI-KIT says the gear should be set for a Brother TN-110 cartridge.

By: BrotherTonerRefillsWork

BrotherTonerRefillsWork — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:32:58 +0000

I used to work for Brother and can tell you that refilling cartridges does work and will save you a boat load of money. They will give you reasons to buy Genuine Toner, but that is bogus as toner is the way they make money on overpriced supplies. Save yourself cash, and go for it. I have a Brother MFC-8860 that I have been refilling for 2 years now, and it works just fine. And Yes So Far, I have spent 36 dollars on toner, having printed over 13000 pages. Refill Starter Cartridges

By: Rickey Williams

Rickey Williams — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:56:43 +0000

I have two questions:
Is it possible and/ or worth it to refill toner cartridges for a Lexmark C500N color laser printer?
Are the refurbished cartridges for this printer okay and if so where is a good place to get them.

I tried to have the cartridges refilled at Cartridge World but they, at that time, were not able to refill the Lexmark color laser cartridges.

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Question: Can you refill toner in a laser printer? - TideFans.com — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:05:05 +0000

[...] Re: Can you refill toner in a laser printer? There are several options available. The most popular are either purchasing new or recharged cartridges or taking your cartridges to a company that specializes in performing that service. There are even DIY kits that you can purchase and do the refills yourself. The following link might provide some useful information. Laser Toner Cartridge Refill : Nifty-Stuff.com [...]

By: bill

bill — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:00:25 +0000

I found a document online for refurbishing toner cartridges (brother actually). The beginning of the document goes into theory about toner and why certain parts should be cleaned etc. This document goes on to say there WILL BE TONER LEFT in the cartridge and that it MUST be cleaned out because it is essentially bad (won’t hold a charge…which of course is necessary to get it onto the drum). If the bad toner gets onto the imaging drum it can damage the print quality of the drum (I think make it print a gray background??). Worse, the bad toner can be transferred from the drum into a perfectly good cartridge rendering it completely damaged if the bad toner mixes with the good. Now, you have to read the whole document to be more convinced…I’m convinced. I have enough technical knowledge (physics degree) to know a convincing argument when I see it. My theory, is it worth losing an imaging drum and potentially a new toner cartridge to save a few dollars (literally) on toner? I don’t think so. For the cost savings of refilling these cartridges yourself compared to purchasing new I think it is a small price to pay. But…to each their own. Here is the link where you can find the document.

http://www.uninetimaging.com/newsletter/Brother_HL_2170W_TN360_Reman_eng.pdf

By: digidave

digidave — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:24:32 +0000

I use an HP Color Laser 2550. Like Richard & Rob above, I too, found almost 1/2 cup of toner in a yellow cartridge that was showing as “empty” in the browser status page. After cleaning it out, I refilled it with toner, replaced the page-count chip and reinstalled it. Now it shows 100% full (due to the page-count chip, not the actual toner content.) There were 2 other cartridges that were showing “low” in the status window. I assumed that they, too, still contained plenty of toner. So I just replaced the page-count chips on them without refilling the toner and now the status page shows them at 100%. I’ll report back when toner runs out or problems arise. But it make a lot of sense to me to just replace the $10 page-count chip and then refill the more expensive toner when it actually runs out. does anyone know if there anything inherently wrong or risky with this approach?

By: Common Cents

Common Cents — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:14:09 +0000

…I’m going to join you refillers soon. I can’t afford new ones.

By: Common Cents

Common Cents — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:13:37 +0000

I recently bought a Brother HL2140 after having used a large old HP LaserJet 5M for years. I used to go 6 months on a cartridge, now I am lucky to get 2 weeks. I must say I was a bit disturbed when I found out the new low capacity toner carts were $46 at Home Depot (1600 sheets) and the high capacity were $66 (2600 sheets). My cost per page went through the roof with this new printer.

Here’s a novel idea. How about the manufactures quit jacking up the price so high on the these relatively simple hunks of plastic. Sheesh. You’d think they were made of solid gold or something.

By: moe

moe — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:02:50 +0000

To walter
guys , what about the message that says ” toner empty ” !! it doesnt go even when i refilled my cartridge . the problem is that the printer doesnt print ..
by the way , i’m using xerox pe220 … does anyone knows how to remove this msg and make the printer print again ????

I had the same issue. The machine counts the amount of pages printed and when it hits that # it tells you “toner empty” even if you have abrand new toner!
The way to reset this is buy replacing a small bus fuse (.o3 amp) on the front of the toner (easily bought in a hardware or electronics store). When the cartridge is put into printer, the fuse ” short circuits” and blows the little fuse which resets the printer. The fuse looks like a small glass tube capped by metal caps about 3/4 of an inch long and sits in a little plastic clip on the front end (the end that goes into the printer first) of the printer.
I hope this helps you!
Moe

By: Robin

Robin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:52:09 +0000

Marly, your HP 4L is only a baby – I bought mine in the Spring of 1992, and it’s a workhorse! Still going strong and making great prints. I hope you refer back to this, since I’m looking for information on that Xerox toner. That’s why I ended up at this page. Anyone have any experience with the XEROX 6R899, or any XEROX replacement toners?