Anyone out there had experience of refilling laser printer cartridges? Does 
it work? Is it a viable proposition? I use a lot of refills in my publishing 
and want to cut down my costs.

Rex.

"Norcot"  wrote in message
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> Anyone out there had experience of refilling laser printer cartridges?
Does
> it work? Is it a viable proposition? I use a lot of refills in my
publishing
> and want to cut down my costs.
>
> Rex.


Cheaper to buy a new printer?

Edith Knownouwt.

"Norcot"  wrote in message 
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> Anyone out there had experience of refilling laser printer cartridges? 
> Does it work? Is it a viable proposition? I use a lot of refills in my 
> publishing and want to cut down my costs.
>

I used laser printers for years before these cheap inkjet things appeared, 
but I never tried refilling the cartridges. I still had nightmares from my 
youth, when I worked in an office with an early Xerox machine. (Similar 
technology.) They didn't use cartridges back then: you just had to pour raw 
toner into a little drawer and push it back in again. You can imagine the 
mess from something like that. Being the youngest member of staff, I 
invariably ended up with this unpleasant job.

Those Xeroxes actually came supplied with their own fire extinguishers. They 
ran so hot that every time there was a paper jam it would catch light. Oh 
happy days....

ally

>> Anyone out there had experience of refilling laser printer
>> cartridges? Does it work? Is it a viable proposition? I use a 
>> lot of refills in my publishing and want to cut down my 
>> costs.
>>
>> Rex.
> 
> Cheaper to buy a new printer?
> 
> Edith Knownouwt.


I'm not sure what you mean by 'refills'. Certainly you do not 
mean DIY like there are kits for inkjet printer cartridges. We 
use reconditioned toner cartridges. Have for ten years. The 
fellow from whom we buy our laser printers somehow refills the 
toner. We have HP printers BTW. There's no issue of them working 
poorly. So long as the photo drum is undamaged (some models of 
laser printers have the pohoto drum separate from the toner 
cartrige), they can be refilled with the appropriate toner. 
There's different size particles in various toners - obviously 
you need a finer grind for 1200 dpi printing than for older 300 
dpi. There's been the odd bad one but the fellow always makes 
good on them. They do save some money.

Johnny-reconditioned

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<Johnny@ominous.portent> wrote in message >



> I'm not sure what you mean by 'refills'. Certainly you do not
> mean DIY like there are kits for inkjet printer cartridges. We
> use reconditioned toner cartridges. Have for ten years.


I mean refill the empty toner cartridge with more toner. There are firms 
that advertise toner by the bottle. It would reduce the cost of a toner 
cartridge by over 50% but is no doubt rather messy. The mess doesn't bother 
me  - I have workshop space and rubber gloves - but the print standard does.

Rex.

PS           Ally, I do not wish to catch fire doing it!

"Norcot"  wrote in message
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>
> <Johnny@ominous.portent> wrote in message >
>
>
> > I'm not sure what you mean by 'refills'. Certainly you do not
> > mean DIY like there are kits for inkjet printer cartridges. We
> > use reconditioned toner cartridges. Have for ten years.
>
> I mean refill the empty toner cartridge with more toner. There are firms
> that advertise toner by the bottle. It would reduce the cost of a toner
> cartridge by over 50% but is no doubt rather messy. The mess doesn't
bother
> me  - I have workshop space and rubber gloves - but the print standard
does.
>
> Rex.
>
> PS           Ally, I do not wish to catch fire doing it!


and the quality is lesser.

Edith

"The Traveller"


SNIP
 The mess doesn't

> bother> me  - I have workshop space and rubber gloves - but the print 
> standard
> does.
>>
>> Rex.
>>
>> PS           Ally, I do not wish to catch fire doing it!
>
> and the quality is lesser.
>
> Edith


How do you know? Have you tried it. Edith? Or are you guessing again?

Rex.   (Never sure whether to believe you)

>
> 

"Norcot"  wrote in message
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>
> "The Traveller"
>
>
> SNIP
>  The mess doesn't
> > bother> me  - I have workshop space and rubber gloves - but the print
> > standard
> > does.
> >>
> >> Rex.
> >>
> >> PS           Ally, I do not wish to catch fire doing it!
> >
> > and the quality is lesser.
> >
> > Edith
>
> How do you know? Have you tried it. Edith? Or are you guessing again?
>
> Rex.   (Never sure whether to believe you)
>

WHAT! I never tell lies. Me Mam said shid cuff me ear if I told a lie.
Orlando says never use bottles uv stuff on lazer. Use powder and there's a
limit for how many times you can fill up, SO THERE! Orlando has a Lexmark
Optra C710

"Norcot"  wrote in message
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>
> "Ron(UK)"  wrote in message > I tried to fill a
HP
> 6L cartridge once, I made a fitting for a soldering
> > iron that wold melt a hole in the top - following some instructions on
> > t'interweb,  and filled it with photocopier toner, taping over th'ole
> > afterwards.
> >
> > Did it work I hear you all shout...  nope. bloody useless. twas all
smeary
> > and the toner didn`t fuse properly into the paper.  It seems you have to
> > match the melting point of the toner to the heater roller temp in the
> > printer.
> >
> > You can buy specific kits,  but I just buy remanufactured carts from
> > Viking now at about half the price of genuine, I use a lot, My trusty
old
> > HP6L has done easily over 150,000 prints and still works, tho the paper
> > feed is cranky.  I have an almost full cartdirge that has a faulty
cleaner
> > blade, I neglected to sent it back under warranty, I might one day hex
> > periment in transferring the toner to an empty cart.
> >
> >  From the ads on the net it does seem the toners offered are
manufacturer
> > specific. Probably the correct melting temp. as you suggested.
>
> Rex.


When the colours get darker or it leaves black marks on the paper then it's
the glass roll on the tone cassette that's dirty and you can try to clean
away the dust on it very carefully using an air compressor,never touch the
glass or it will be ruined....and if you think I know what I'm talking
about....gasp!!!!!!!!!

I should have received an OSCAR for that translation.
Edith.

<Johnny@ominous.portent> wrote in message
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> > I mean refill the empty toner cartridge with more toner.
> > There are firms that advertise toner by the bottle. It
> > would reduce the cost of a toner cartridge by over 50% but
> > is no doubt rather messy. The mess doesn't bother me  - I
> > have workshop space and rubber gloves - but the print
> > standard does.
> >
> > Rex.
> >
> > PS           Ally, I do not wish to catch fire doing it!
>
> Sounds ambitious, but good luck. Nothing ventured, nothing
> gained (or saved in this case).
>
> Johnny-lets-someone-else-do-his-dirty-work


Orlando has had his printer for 5 years. I doubt it would be good enough to
print 10 more of my books, containing 1000 pages all together and with lots
of colours again. Orlando would have to buy a new printer.

Edith.

"a l l y"  wrote in message
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>
> "The Traveller"  wrote in message
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> >
> > Orlando has had his printer for 5 years. I doubt it would be good enough
> > to
> > print 10 more of my books, containing 1000 pages all together and with
> > lots
> > of colours again. Orlando would have to buy a new printer.
> >
> Next time you'd do well to think about making the books a bit smaller.
Make
> the pages half the size; use lesser quality paper; use fewer colour
> illustrations; print on both sides of the paper; edit the content a bit.
> It's hard to leave things out, but it's just too expensive to put
everything
> in, and there are always some things that can be removed without spoiling
> the book.
>
> Hmm. I might even offer my editing services if I'm feeling in a generous
> mood...
>
> ally


I edited my first book myself which was dumb. I noticed all the mistakes
afterwards, mostly because I didn't expect to get to completion with it. I
plan to do a better job on my next one- if ever Orlando has the time to help
me :0(

Edith.

The Traveller wrote:

> "Norcot"  wrote in message
> news:H_jTe.3265$zw1.1695@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net...
> 
>>"Ron(UK)"  wrote in message > I tried to fill a
> 
> HP
> 
>>6L cartridge once, I made a fitting for a soldering
>>
>>>iron that wold melt a hole in the top - following some instructions on
>>>t'interweb,  and filled it with photocopier toner, taping over th'ole
>>>afterwards.
>>>
>>>Did it work I hear you all shout...  nope. bloody useless. twas all
> 
> smeary
> 
>>>and the toner didn`t fuse properly into the paper.  It seems you have to
>>>match the melting point of the toner to the heater roller temp in the
>>>printer.
>>>
>>>You can buy specific kits,  but I just buy remanufactured carts from
>>>Viking now at about half the price of genuine, I use a lot, My trusty
> 
> old
> 
>>>HP6L has done easily over 150,000 prints and still works, tho the paper
>>>feed is cranky.  I have an almost full cartdirge that has a faulty
> 
> cleaner
> 
>>>blade, I neglected to sent it back under warranty, I might one day hex
>>>periment in transferring the toner to an empty cart.
>>>
>>> From the ads on the net it does seem the toners offered are
> 
> manufacturer
> 
>>>specific. Probably the correct melting temp. as you suggested.
>>
>>Rex.
> 
> 
> When the colours get darker or it leaves black marks on the paper then it's
> the glass roll on the tone cassette that's dirty and you can try to clean
> away the dust on it very carefully using an air compressor,never touch the
> glass or it will be ruined....and if you think I know what I'm talking
> about....gasp!!!!!!!!!
> 
> I should have received an OSCAR for that translation.
> Edith.
> 
> 

So should we!

Ron O'doubledutchman  - who`s this Oscar she`s on about?  Peterson? 
Maddison? Wilde?



-- 

www.lunevalleyaudio.com

"Ron(UK)"  wrote in message
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> The Traveller wrote:
> > When the colours get darker or it leaves black marks on the paper then
it's
> > the glass roll on the tone cassette that's dirty and you can try to
clean
> > away the dust on it very carefully using an air compressor,never touch
the
> > glass or it will be ruined....and if you think I know what I'm talking
> > about....gasp!!!!!!!!!
> >
> > I should have received an OSCAR for that translation.
> > Edith.
> >
> So should we!
>
> Ron O'doubledutchman  - who`s this Oscar she`s on about?  Peterson?
> Maddison? Wilde?
>

 > www.lunevalleyaudio.com

Roooooooooooofl. How you all put up with me, I don't know. lol lol lol.

Edith.