I'd be very careful handling toner (refilling cartridges, etc.), a few years
ago a company I worked for serviced laser printers they manufactured, the
service people used a special vacuum cleaner for cleaning the inside of the
printer and disposable gloves. I was told that the very fine toner was
carcinogenic if it got into your system.
...Wayne
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Subject: [OM] OT: Laser printer cartridges
Off topic, but maybe somebody knows. Does the actual composition of black laser
printer toner powder vary from model to model?
I'm asking because... I recently replaced my 7 year-old Brother home laser
printer because the drum wore out. At that point, it seemed reasonable to buy a
new printer, which was not much more expensive than a drum kit. This left me
with a nearly new OEM toner cartridge for it.
The new replacement printer, of course, takes a different cartridge. My
question is, would it be OK to empty the old toner cartridge into a suitable
bottle and transfer it into the new printer cartridge, which is now saying
"Toner Low." That might be less hassle than selling the old cartridge.
Old printer: Brother HL-5470 DW. Cartridge: TN750 (3000 pages) New printer:
Brother HL-L2460 DW. Takes cartridges TN830 (1200 pp) or TN830XL (3000 pp)
There are several other possibilities: use aftermarket toner powder in my OEM
cartridge, buy an aftermarket "compatible" cartridge, or just suck it up and
pay Brother's high prices.
--Peter
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