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Old February 19th 19, 09:11 PM posted to comp.periphs.printers
Percival P. Cassidy
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Default Refilling one's own toner cartridges?

On 2/17/19 3:22 PM, Tony wrote:

Anyone here with experience of refilling LaserJet toner cartridges? In
particular, the 96A cartridges for the 2200 printers?

Sorry no, when we looked into the economics - it just wasnt worth it,
the eBay warriors can do it cheaper and easier than refilling yourself -
at least in the case of the HPCP1025 sets anyway. Youtube?


I've bought aftermarket 96A cartridges on Amazon -- two different
vendors -- and they've lasted less than a year, compared with original
HP or with OfficeMax-branded "remanufactured" cartridges that were
printing far more pages per month and lasting several years.

I've seen a few YouTube videos. Some show pulling the whole cartridge
apart, while others show just cutting a couple of holes.

Any particular eBay vendors whose refilled cartridges you'd recommend?

Perce

A little advice; I used to do this. The original drum can be re-used once and
after that needs replacement.
It is a fairly easy process, you just need to buy good quality toner.


Well, now I am wondering about persisting with this printer at all or
replacing it by something more modern, such as a Brother laser printer,
for which genuine cartridges are far cheaper than genuine HP cartridges.
(And, yes, I know that the drum is a separate "consumable," but not for
a long time, given the number of pages I print these days.)

Perce