Some asked me if it was possible to refill the Samsung CLP315 Toner Cartridge. Unfortunately it is not possible currently purely because Samsung want you to buy or refurbish their own cartridges.

So those proud owners of the very good Samsung printer the CLP 315 will have to buy new cartridges each time they are out of ink.

The reason the Samsung CLP315 cannot be easily refilled with new toner, is quite simple. The cartridge is perfect usable, it’s internal mechanisms are fine, in fact they are fine for many thousands of more prints with a little ink. All the blades, rollers will be working correctly, there is only one thing besides the lack of ink that is stopping this nice little Samsung CLP printer being refilled – that’s because Samsung have made it so.

Samsung CLP315 Refilled or not ?

Nope, not currently, you see Samsung have put a little computer chip on the side of their toner cartridges. This little chip stops the cartridge functioning, yep in these days of eco awareness, companies are actually putting in self destruct mechanisms to stop it working. Imagine how you’d feel if your perfectly good Television set shut itself down after watching 2000 hours of television – well that’s what is happening with these cartridges.

Forget about the recycling schemes, forget about the packages with green trees all over them to send your cartridge back. The Samsung CLP315 and similar printers in their range have an encrypted chip on the side of them so you can’t refill or reuse them. The printers used to have an ordinary computer chip but recycling companies produced copies meaning you could reuse the cartridges and refill them.

Pretty bad huh – but they are not alone, printer firms are all adding these killer chips to stop you taking the green option (or should I say the less profitable option). So sorry no you can’t refill the Samsung CLP315 toner cartridge.

Shame on you Samsung !!! (even if you did make my wonderful laptop)

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