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| Thread ID: 126335 | 2012-08-21 08:49:00 | Swapping Brother Laser toner cartridges - OK ? | Digby (677) | Press F1 |
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| 1295963 | 2012-08-21 08:49:00 | Hi guys I have a Brother HL 2240D laser printer. I have two toner cartridges (not starter ones) but I don't think they have the reset gear wheel. Does anyone know if it is possible to swap toner cartridges without setting up the machine or the drum balance or the counters etc ? Thanks Digby |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1295964 | 2012-08-21 11:04:00 | Not sure what you're asking, really. But, with most printers you just pull the old cartridge out and put the new one in, and off it goes. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1295965 | 2012-08-21 19:03:00 | Thanks I want to pull out a half full cartridge and replace it with another half full cartriudge. (and then maybe swap the back) I am just worried about how the counter systems work Does the printer need to register the cartridges ? |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1295966 | 2012-08-21 22:32:00 | I don't know about your Brother HL 2240D in particular, but I can't imagine there being a problem, I've swapped cartridges to and fro on both my Lexmark T522 and HP Laserjet IIIP (but not between each other, of course!) and neither kicked up a fuss. The printer will have its own total page count in its firmware (regardless of cartridges) - the cartridges may have their own firmware and page counter, or they may not, they may just have something to detect toner level, or even nothing. Some printers will stop printing when they think the toner is low, others will carry on and give you horribly streaky pages. If the printer keeps track of the page count of a cartridge by itself and uses that to determine if it's empty or not, I have no idea. Your best bet is to check the manual for cartridge replacement procedures and note if it requires anything more than just physically swapping them. I wouldn't expect so, though. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1295967 | 2012-08-21 23:56:00 | HP Laserjet IIIP - I have one of these, old but good. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1295968 | 2012-08-22 01:23:00 | Thanks Agent 24 Your reply makes sense. There is nothing to do when you put the toner cartridge in. So I imagine it will be OK for me to swap them. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1295969 | 2012-08-22 01:39:00 | This is how you extend the life of a HL2140 tone cart. It may be helpful for you if they are constructed the same way www.youtube.com |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 1295970 | 2012-08-22 02:37:00 | I'd be a little l wary of some of the extending the life of toner cartridge techniques etc. As a photocopier salesman from way back there is another powder called developer. It is what carries the toner from the toner cartridge to the drum and to the paper. Developer is magnetic. And Developer has some toner it it. So if you run low on toner, then the machine will start to use some of the toner in the developer. This then puts it out of balance and you have a major expense/problem of getting it back to into balance. In photocopiers, the developer used to be stored in in a separate cartridge. In laser printers I am not so sure. But what I have found out is that although I have been buying refilled toner cartridges from places such as Cartridge World for half price. You can buy toner bottles (from Trademe) and top up the toner cartridges yourself (messy but...) For less than half the price of a refilled toner cartridge ! What do you think ? |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1295971 | 2012-08-22 03:05:00 | As a photocopier salesman from way back there is another powder called developer. It is what carries the toner from the toner cartridge to the drum and to the paper. Developer is magnetic. And Developer has some toner it it. So if you run low on toner, then the machine will start to use some of the toner in the developer. as far as printers go....Thats all nonsense :) .... most dont use a separate developer unit , its built into the drum unit or toner cart ( just a magnet in a tube) There is no separate developer powder (in B&W) printers) I used to have the job of refilling/remanufacturing these things many years ago. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1295972 | 2012-08-22 03:11:00 | as far as printers go....Thats all nonsense :) .... most dont use a separate developer unit , its built into the drum unit or toner cart ( just a magnet in a tube) There is no separate developer powder (in B&W) printers) I used to have the job of refilling/remanufacturing these things many years ago. OK Thanks for that. That's good news. |
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