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Choose the right toner cartridge for your laser printer
On the other hand, we recommend you to select OEM cartridges if you have high expectations on the printing results and primarily print in full color. For example, if you are a graphics designer producing samples of your work to show clients, you should probably buy a genuine inkjet cartridge. This will give you the best chance of producing high quality graphics prints. Besides, you are not price sensitive. Please also remember that the quality of the compatible ink or toner please remember that it is not the only factor affecting the print quality. The capabilities of the printer and the quality of the printing paper also have significant impact on the end printing results.
What about remanufactured toner cartridge?
Huge savings can also be done on printer cartridge costs by buying remanufactured cartridges instead of OEM ink cartridges. Remanufactured cartridges are together with compatible ink cartridges the cheapest alternative to go with. Besides, when buying remanufactured ink cartridges you support the reuse of cartridge parts for environmental sustainability. If you are interested in reading more about the environmental benefits of using recycled printer cartridges, read our Toner Cartridge Recycling Guide! Some printer manufacturers, like Lexmark, even have a prebate recycling program for used-up printer cartridges. Read our Return Program Toner Cartridges to learn more about having a significant discount of toner cartridges.
Should I buy a low yield or a high yield toner cartridge?
The high yield inkjet cartridges are obviously more expensive but are cheaper on a page yield basis. Your choice will depend on the number of pages you expect to print per year and the expected coverage of toner per page. The rated capacity of a toner cartridge is based on 5% coverage of toner on a Letter or A4 page. If your coverage is 10%, you will use twice as much toner and get half as many printed pages. Cartridges do deteriorate over time, usually of 2-year shelf life. You should choose a cartridge that will last you two years or less; if you do not do much printing, buy a low yield cartridge.
Laser Toner Cartridges for Printers: Durability Gives Them Value
Toner cartridges are the most important parts of your printers. Since toner cartridges hold and control the ink, we cannot do without them. That makes taking care of laser toner cartridges is crucial. It’s very important to make your printer function efficiently. A laser toner cartridge contains the powder-like substance that releases ink to create images on your paper. The toner cartridges are made of plastic and are installed in the cartridge holder. Whenever you buy a toner make sure you get an original toner cartridge.
Original equipment manufacturer (or OEM) laser toner cartridges are ones that are designed by printer manufacturers companies. A toner cartridge will work for a particular printer models only. Usually OEM toner cartridge comes with new laser printers at the time of purchase. There are other types of toner cartridge also available. These are called compatible laser toner cartridges. These are made by third-party toner cartridge manufacturers. These manufacturers use the brand new OEM parts in making these toner cartridges. The compatible laser toner cartridges are as good as the OEM cartridges and offer great alternative to original equipment manufacturer cartridges. Since these toner cartridges are manufactured with same high quality and meet the standards of OEM cartridges, they are of great help when it comes to reduce costs without compromising print quality. Almost every branded company that deals in printers sells these toner cartridges. Another type of toner cartridges are remanufactured laser toner cartridges. These are reassembled toner cartridges. Though these are the cheapest cartridges but will not give you’re the same quality either.
The toner cartridges are developed to deliver high quality black text and image printing and they are really excellent when it comes to print something professional. But there is a drawback as well. These toner cartridges can be used for black printing purposes. This is when the necessity of ink cartridges arises. Ink cartridges are very good when we need to print these color text and images. However, getting the best quality ink cartridges is very important. To get quality printing results, it’s very crucial that you choose a superior quality ink cartridge. If the printer is a quality product, it’s always advisable that you use an equally high quality ink cartridges. Since branded ink cartridges are printer specific also, any kind of ink cartridge may not suit your branded printer. For example, if your printer is of a particular brand you would also need ink cartridge of similar brand only. If your have a HP printer, you will have to use HP Ink Cartridges of that particular printer type only. To get the superior quality printing results and to minimize the running costs, it’s very important that we use good quality ink cartridges only. Select the best quality ink cartridges that will enable you to save some money while you need not to compromise the quality of your work.
All these factors indicate that instead of getting some cheap and inferior ink cartridges and toner cartridges, get the best quality and branded one. There is a lot of discount rate branded ink cartridges also available.
How you can Recycle & Refill Brother Ink Cartridges or Laser Toner Cartridge
1. Place any absorbent material like a towel underneath before refilling the brother ink cartridges.
2. After filling ink in the syringe bottle remove the needle and put the cone shaped adaptor on it.
3. Find the hole in the cartridge through which the ink flows out and turn the exit port down facing your lap.
4. Slowly inject the ink from the syringe bottle into the cartridge until the ink starts coming out of the vent hole and is not foamy.
5. Now turn the cartridge the other way round so that the vent hole faces you and the exit port is towards your lap.
6. Put the needle back into the syringe bottle and inject the needle into the vent hole. Continue injecting till the ink comes out of the exit hole and stops foaming.
7. Leave the cartridge in this position for about ten minutes. Then repeat the 6th step and let it rest for another ten minutes.
8. Install the cartridge in the printer. If it has to be transported then an electrical tape can be used to cover the exit and vent holes but must be removed before printing.
How to Recycle & Refill Brother Ink Cartridges or Laser Toner Cartridge
The refilling of this cartridge is messy therefore it is advised that gloves should be worn and the place where refilling is done should be covered with a newspaper or some other absorbent material.
The following steps can guide you to an easy refill of your brother printer cartridges. The different models have little variations in the procedures other remaining the same.
Brother printer cartridge LC01C, LC01Y, LC01M and LC01BK (MFC 7000 series)
1. Place any absorbent material like a towel underneath before refilling the brother ink cartridges.
2. After filling ink in the syringe bottle remove the needle and put the cone shaped adaptor on it.
3. Find the hole in the cartridge through which the ink flows out and turn the exit port down facing your lap.
4. Slowly inject the ink from the syringe bottle into the cartridge until the ink starts coming out of the vent hole and is not foamy.
5. Now turn the cartridge the other way round so that the vent hole faces you and the exit port is towards your lap.
6. Put the needle back into the syringe bottle and inject the needle into the vent hole. Continue injecting till the ink comes out of the exit hole and stops foaming.
7. Leave the cartridge in this position for about ten minutes. Then repeat the 6th step and let it rest for another ten minutes.
8. Install the cartridge in the printer. If it has to be transported then an electrical tape can be used to cover the exit and vent holes but must be removed before printing.
Brother printer cartridge for Brother MFC-7150 and MFC-7160
There is a sponge inside the cartridge which makes the refilling procedure sticky. The first step remains the same.
1. Locate the exit hole at the bottom where there is a large plug.
2. Also locate the vent hole at the bottom which exists on the same side as the large handle on the top of the cartridge.
3. Turning the exit port towards the lap place the vent hole to the right and vice versa. Seal the exit port with a black electrical tape.
4. Take out the handle on the top of the cartridge. Inside you will see two metallic seals, the smaller one round and the larger one rectangular. Either remove the seals or make holes in them.
5. To fill the syringe bottle with ink squeeze the syringe bottle and the needle be inserted into the ink bottle. Relax the grip and let the syringe suck the ink into the bottle.
6. Taking the syringe bottle slowly inject the ink into the sponge deeply through the rectangular hole till the sponge saturates.
7. Also inject ink in the round hole till the outer chamber is full. After injection seal the round hole with black electrical tape carefully. Also seal the rectangular hole with tape.
8. Put the plastic handle back on the top. Take the cartridge to a sink and remove the tape from the bottom. Let the extra ink drops flow out.
9. Printer should be installed now.
Brother printer cartridge LC41C, LC41Y, LC41M, and LC41BK
In this model the ink is retained because of the valve. The first step is the same.
1. Find the label saying LC41 with the letters such as C, M, Y or BK representing colors.
2. Holding the label side up, on the right side find a window towards the top of the cartridge. Make a hole in the window with a smoldering iron or some heated metal thing.
3. Fill the syringe bottle like step 5 mentioned above.
4. Inject the ink slowly with the syringe bottle into the window on top right of the cartridge. Fill the entire cartridge.
5. Seal the window with black electrical tape.
6. Install in the printer.
Brother printer cartridge HJ100 and HJ400
There is very difference in this cartridge. The first step remains the same.
1. Start with a screw in the vent hole which is opposite to the longest side of the cartridge which is opposite to the print head.
2. Draw the plug out with screw. Fill the syringe bottle half with ink and insert in the hole. Inject slowly and deeply into the sponge.
3. Expect some dripping. Tape the cartridge you have to transport it.
Laser Toner Cartridge
The refilling of a laser toner cartridge is very mush similar to adding petrol or gas to your car. The refilling of toner should be done at a place where there is no breeze. It can burn so work where there is no flame. Also do not inhale it as it is irritating.
The three basic types of laser toner cartridges are:
o Canister: a tube for holding toner
o Drum: a cartridge with gears and a drum which has a gelatin coating
o Toner and developer: similar to drum cartridge but using toner and developer both.
Canister Cartridge
1. Spread some absorbent material like a towel or newspaper. Locate a plug at the end of cartridge.
2. Remove the plug if you find it. If you don’t then create a hole which is away from the paper path (smooth plastic surface).
3. If you create a hole then carefully remove the shavings. 4. Shake the bottle of toner and pour the entire bottle into the cartridge with a funnel or paper funnel.
5. Put the plug back and seal it with a black electrical tape.
6. Install in the printer. The refilling of these cartridges can be done a lot of times.
Drum Cartridges
These are more complex cartridges. The ‘pretty’ drum can have three colored coatings: red, blue or green. Before refilling you have to find the toner hopper and the waste hopper.
o Locate the drum and imagine that it runs down to the end of the cartridge.
o Lay it down to that the drum runs from left to right in front of you. The side near to you is the ‘near side’ and the one far from you is ‘far side’.
o One of these sides is larger than the other.
o The largest side is ‘toner hopper’ and smaller one is ‘waste hopper’.
Now to refill follow the following steps.
1. Locate the drum but do not touch it. It may be under a shutter.
2. Find the toner hopper. You will see a translucent plug on one side. Remove it. If you do not find it then create a hole in the toner hopper away from the paper path.
3. Vacuum the drum of shavings but do not touch the drum.
4. Shake the bottle of toner and pour the entire bottle into the cartridge with a funnel.
5.Seal the hole with the pug or a black electrical tape.
Toner & Developer Cartridges
This cartridge is very much like the drum cartridge but it has two plugs. The larger one is for toner and smaller one for developer. You will need medium sized flat and cross headed screwdrivers.
1. Find the waste box at the end of the cartridge and remove the screws. There is a sliding door for the waste box.
2. Behind the waste box is a plastic plate held by a single screw. You are to arrange it in such a way that the green colored part is towards the upper right and screw towards lower left. Screw it open.
3. There is a clip above the green side. Push it with a flat screw driver to release the plate.
4. You will now see a large cap for the toner. Get off the cap or make a hole in it.
5. Fill the cartridge with toner and seal it.
6. Towards the left centre is a small plug for the developer. Make a hole or unplug it.
7. Fill the hole with developer and seal. 8. Place the plastic plate and the waste box.
9. Shake the cartridge softly.