[Gllug] Anyone tried toner refill

[salsaman at xs4all.nl]

On Sat, August 27, 2011 10:07, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
>
> I got a "new" old HP LJ 5M printer, based on a recommendation from
> GLLUGers several years ago[1].
>
> But also I have acquired a Lexmark C522N colour laser printer from a
> company I used to work for.  It seems to work but at least two of the
> toner cartridges are empty, and sites online want up to 300 quid(!!!)
> for a new set of toner cartridges.  Since I don't really need the
> Lexmark I don't want to spend lots of money on this.
>
> Has anyone tried these extremely dodgy looking toner refill products?
> eg: picked at random from Google Ads and not necessarily recommended
> refilltoner.com who have something for melting a hole into the toner
> cartridge before pouring in toner.
>
> Rich.
>
> [1] http://lists.gllug.org.uk/pipermail/gllug/2005-September/054576.html
>
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In Brazil there are shops that will clean and refill cartridges for you
for the equivalent of a few quid. I've refilled my original cartridges
here like that several times and not had any problems. Never tried doing
it myself though.

Salsaman.


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