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Refilling your own laser printer cartridge with toner (specifically HP 5L)
Refilling your own laser printer cartridge with toner (specifically HP
5L and 6L). Well, I just got a case of free toner for a Pitney Bowes C600. Well with so much free toner, I think I'll take one of those empty HP5L cartridges and melt a hole in the top an re fill it with toner. I know this toner might be wrong size, lack magnetic or electric charge particles properties, but all the ingredients are trash otherwise. I also have some other Canon Toner from another cartridge. So where do I melt the hole? PRobably in the top? Probably the waste bin in the cartridge does not need to be emptied, but it is probably in the bottom? I suppose waste bin toner can be moved back to the supply bin and re used? Thanks in advance J |
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Refilling your own laser printer cartridge with toner (specifically HP 5L)
On Feb 17, 9:14 pm, "J" wrote:
Refilling your own laser printer cartridge with toner (specifically HP 5L and 6L). Well, I just got a case of free toner for a Pitney Bowes C600. Well with so much free toner, I think I'll take one of those empty HP5L cartridges and melt a hole in the top an re fill it with toner. I know this toner might be wrong size, lack magnetic or electric charge particles properties, but all the ingredients are trash otherwise. I also have some other Canon Toner from another cartridge. So where do I melt the hole? PRobably in the top? Probably the waste bin in the cartridge does not need to be emptied, but it is probably in the bottom? I suppose waste bin toner can be moved back to the supply bin and re used? Thanks in advance J J12 -- I would be reluctant to reuse toner that has passed thru the machine, as it has likely picked up contaminants. As far as procedure, my friend Curtiss writes he http://groups.google.com/group/comp....2e10a20745934e ----------------- Here are my hints in refilling either PC (A20) or CX (EP) cartridges: 1. Always use a small soldering iron to make openings (do not drill, as shavings will drop in) 2. Cut the two small openings to remove the "spent toner" in such a way you know 2" plastic tape will reseal to all surfaces. (These holes must run almost to the side and no more than about 1 inch in, or you hit an inner plastic wall towards the middle. They go on the narrow sloped area below the finned plastic area and above the rolling door to the drum. So they measure about 1/4 inch high and about 7/8 inch wide) 3. Trim excess plastic rim from each opening 4. Take 2 paper towels and tape them lengthwise above and below the holes, and then 2 more paper towels on each side (on the outside of each hole). Now -- when you shake the spent toner out, it won't coat the outside of the cartridge! 5. STAND UP WIND (and outdoors)! Shake one end out, then shake the other end out. Do that twice until no more is liberally coming out. (Toner washes from hands with soap and water, easily) 6. Peel away the papertowel masking -- clean cartridge! 7. Wipe lip around holes and cut 2" tape about 1 1/2 inch long and tape so that you see sealing on all four sides of each hole, and the tape must not buldge or the door that opens to expose the drum will snag on it. 8. Of course, the 2-5th fills are easier, the holes are already cut. 9. Remove cardboard instructions from toner vessel and cut an oblong hole about 1 1/4 inch high, and about 2 inches wide. Put the hole at one end of the vessel, not in the middle. Again, with an exacto knife (and a papertowel in the hole to catch anything plastic) trim the lip away so tape will be smooth later. (I originally would cut a hole that matched the mouth of the toner bottle -- but that always made the hole come too close to the sides, and the tape wouldn't seal all 4 sides, and it would leak. There should always be about 1/4 inch of flat plastic around this hole.) 10. Remove cap from toner bottle, crush the end of the bottle and lip so that it is oblong to match the oblong hole in the cartridge. This is the real "trick" to avoid a funnel. 11. Poke the snout of the bottle into the cartridge, hold the cartridge so the fill hole is up and the other end is leaning down. Just shake everything. The toner falls into the vessel, and the shaking causes it to fall to the other end of the vessel, away from the hole. If you've been careful there isn't even a trace of toner on the surface. 12. Cut a 2 inch strip of 2" wide plastic tape and seal. Make sure you see all 4 edges go to black as the tape adheres. (don't use electrical tape and do this well because the next time you start shaking the cartridge to remove the spent toner, stuff will fly out of here if not well sealed.) 13. Remove old wick from toner wiper blade (the one on the fuser roller) with a flat bladed screwdriver. Take replacement wick, remove "sticky back tape" and press into holder, and reinsert into green fuser holder. Note: use PC toner for A20's and CX toner for the other. One is charged negatively and the other positively. That's it. Total time for a cartridge that needs cutting is less than 1/2 hour. For a cartridge with the holes, total time goes to 15 minutes. |
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