Refilling Toner Carts (was RE: Rubber Restorer...)

From: Roger Merchberger <zmerch_at_30below.com>
Date: Tue Nov 6 20:10:58 2001

Rumor has it that UberTechnoid_at_home.com may have mentioned these words:
>Having been inside thousands of laser, led, and Inkjet printers in my
>time, I'd have to agree with HP.

As much as I hate "me too" posts... "Me Too!"

>Third-party recycled toner carts can cause an ungodly mess a tech is gonna
>have to clean up. Inkjet refill kits can have the same effect (but
>gooeyer).

Or worse. There are some inkjet printers out there that have an "overflow"
valve & tiny reservoir that will take up excess ink - if you refill these
cartridges, once that overflow reservoir fills you can actually ruin your
printer!

Granted, there are some inkjet printers that IMHO should have never seen
the light of day... but I'll not get into that. :-)

>For those on the list, you know what you are doing and know what you are
>getting into, but PLEASE tell your customers/clients to buy original toner
>carts or carts from a known maker (such as Xerox tonor carts for hp
>printers).

I did *just that.* The local officemax was out of HP carts for our 4000N,
so I purchased a Xerox. Works as good as the original...

> Shopping for price is ok, but refilled carts from Joedy
>Rottenkrotch are recipe for disaster.

;-) I dunno if I'd have put it *quite that way* but you are indeed correct.

Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
Received on Tue Nov 06 2001 - 20:10:58 GMT