Laser toner refills

[eSCHEn]

Yep old 4050N. There's a 4050N, TX and a 3000 series colour one in the loft somewhere. Can't bear to see them scrapped for no good reason.

 

[eSCHEn]

This one came with a half full X cart about eight years ago. Still haven't gotten on the the replacement one I have!

 

[eSCHEn]

Dude. Film

 

[Fazerruss]

What is the toner anyway ? Graphite dust or something ?

There are two basic main types of toner, mono component and dual component.
Mono component black toner particles mainly consists of carbon (for the colour), and an iron particle encapsulated in plastic.

Dual component particles (usually found in colour laser print devices) have a colour pigment, wax, then encased in plastic. There is then is a separate iron particle which is pre mixed in if the machine has automatic carrier refresh.

The plastic is used to fuse the toner to the paper using a combination of heat and pressure. The wax in colour toner is to prevent image shift or ghosting during the fixing process.

 

[CompoSimmonite]

I used refilled toner off eBay - works fine and a fraction of new price.

 

[ronan]

HP laserjet?

I actually thought about one of them, couldn't persuade the college to sell me one when they were skipping them though (working...)

@ronan - whats the model number?

Samsung xpress m2026w, cartridge 111s

 

[wristpin]

I've been using brother mono lasers for the last 15 years, get good print value from them

I run a Brother mono laser and refill the cartridges. Buy the toner from fleabay and it comes with instructions, a reset tool and replacement reservoir cap.
Wear a dust mask and do it out of doors!
The name on the toner is Uni-Kit and the supplier is www.topinks.co.uk

 

[the snooper]

I run a Brother mono laser and refill the cartridges. Buy the toner from fleabay and it comes with instructions, a reset tool and replacement reservoir cap.
Wear a dust mask and do it out of doors!
The name on the toner is Uni-Kit and the supplier is www.topinks.co.uk

Thanks for that

 

[Omniata]

There are two basic main types of toner, mono component and dual component.
Mono component black toner particles mainly consists of carbon (for the colour), and an iron particle encapsulated in plastic.

Dual component particles (usually found in colour laser print devices) have a colour pigment, wax, then encased in plastic. There is then is a separate iron particle which is pre mixed in if the machine has automatic carrier refresh.

The plastic is used to fuse the toner to the paper using a combination of heat and pressure. The wax in colour toner is to prevent image shift or ghosting during the fixing process.

The issue is dependent on the type of "iron", whether either "dendrite" or "spherical", dendrite, or "tree" structures aren't so bad as your body can either block or remove them, spherical on the other hand open a whole different kettle of fish with regards to iron bonding within the human body.
I/We spent years working on safety aspects with regards to usage and type in manufacture of magnetic memory foam and stress relief foam materials.

 

[Paul99]

I've refilled our cartridges with cheap ebay toner (only the black so far). It took all of 5 mins and it's worked faultlessly for the last 12 months. I've also kept a few freebie broken toners that came with the printer that are full of toner but otherwise knackered - when the time comes this toner will be recovered and recycled... really is a simple job on our Konica Minolta cartridges at least.

As for toner being hazardous - in Uni we spent quite a while playing with ESDA & ESLA kit and always ended up covered in toner (recovered from broken toner cartridges) no PPE ever required (other than standard gloves and lab coat of course) and they were mind numbingly anal about that side of things.

 

[Barlidge]

I have a Dell 3100 colour laser that I picked up 2nd hand about 10 years ago, I regularly keep an eye on ebay and every now and then the toners (2k page) will come up about £10 each for genuine one's. I find its massively cheaper to pick them up here and there when not in need rather than wait till its run out.