Yeah, and back in my early years cigarette ash from keyboards!
...Wayne
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Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Laser printer cartridges
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
>
>
>
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> On Behalf Of Peter Klein
> Sent: Tuesday, 15 April 2025 11:39 AM
> 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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