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Is It Possible To Refill A Laser Toner Cartridge?
There has been much talk on generic cartridges nowadays. Is it possible to refill a laser toner cartridge?
yes, but you will likely not want to do it at home. the toner powder is messy and somewhat toxic. these cartridges are quite a bit more complicated than the little liquid ink cartridges that most home printers use.
there are a number of companies who offer this type of service, including arlington industries (in illinois), and westpoint products (in pennsylvania). also, places like office depot offer remanufactured toner cartridges as a small discount over oem.
If it isn’t then the design goes against whatever eco-friendly or green-happy course that Humans are moving towards.
It is in the Corporates interest to make them Un-refillable, or economically unfit to recycle or re-use.
Depends on the brand, I guess.
The short answer is yes, however you better be very skilled
Toners have moving parts that need to be replaced upon refilling, there are gears, rollers, and ribbons that all need to completely checked and reconditioned. Most toner cartridges will have smart chip that need to be set or replaced, not to mention you cannot put a hole in a toner cartridge, so knowing where to actually put the toner can be a challenges.
Some toners also have integrated drum units that need to be properly cleaned. This would include, most monochrome HP printers, all samsung printers, most lexmark, some konica minolta.
As a final point, toner dust is messy and carcinogenic and tough to keep from getting airborne, so ideally you would be using a particulate respirator and filling it under an industrial fume hood.
yer its posible, they go throught more ink than the ink jets
Well, refilling Laser toner cartridges is usually not recommended as during manufacturing of laser toners, old drums are replaced with new ones.
You might also need to change other parts of your laser toner which is a costly and messy process. So it’s generally avoided.
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No but some companies will accept them for credit.
I think there’s some confusion on the question here. The question was can you refill a toner cartridge – ‘not re-manufacture a cartridge”
There’s some rubbish here – “industrial fume hood” FFS ! I’ve done it for years you just make a hole and pour the ink in. It’s like liquid if you buy decent stuff and it’s extremely simple to do. Takes about ten minutes and saves loads. the only reason it gets harder is because printer companies put killer chips on the cartridges to stop you refilling them so you have to replace those too (thanks Taiwan!)
FörtyTwö is spot on !!!!