Thanks Wayne, that brings back memories. :)
my first few years at my previous employer (late 1990s) was general
office equipment repairs and we had contracts to maintain terminals and
printers. Keyboards full of staples and bread crusts etc. We used to fix
certain IBM and another brand of printers (name escapes me for the
moment), and we'd need to dismantle the gear train, clean all of the
spilled toner out, lube and reassemble. As there was a policy of
shirt-and-tie-when-out, invariably I'd be wearing a white business shirt
that day... :)
davidt
On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 06:01:40PM +1000, wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus
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> Behalf Of Peter Klein
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> To: lug <lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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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