joyce%isieng@isieng.UUCP.UUCP (03/12/87)
I'm trying to locate someone who either purchases or refills empty toner cartridges for the Apple LaserWriter. Rumor has it that such a person exists. If you know anything about this, I'd like to hear from you. Also, if you have any first-hand experience with using second-hand cartridges, I'd like to get your opinion on readability and reliability of the cartridges. Thanks in advance. Joyce Perrelli Integrated Solutions (408) 943-1902
dlc@LANL.ARPA (Dale Carstensen) (03/15/87)
Newsgroups: mod.computers.laser-printers Subject: Re: Toner cartridges Summary: LaserWriter (Canon LBP/8) cartridge refilling Keywords: toner, refills, Apple LaserWriter, Guru, Synergetics Message-ID: <2285@beta.UUCP> Date: 15 Mar 87 01:37:28 GMT References: <8703112142.AA12345@isieng.IS> Organization: Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, N.M. Lines: 20 In article <8703112142.AA12345@isieng.IS>, joyce%isieng@isieng.UUCP (Joyce Perrelli) writes: > I'm trying to locate someone who either purchases or refills empty > toner cartridges for the Apple LaserWriter. There are instructions in the February 1987 Computer Shopper "Ask the Guru" column by Don Lancaster (the Betty Crocker of electronics, I guess -- he's written several "cookbooks"), pages 97, 98 and 196. He says, "It is definitely not feasible to ship refilled cartridges except by hand carrying." If you can't find the February Computer Shopper, you can buy a complete set of reprints of "Ask the Guru" for $21.50 from: Synergetics Box 809 Thatcher AZ 85552 (602)428-4073 The article includes sources for tools and toner, but no source for refilled cartridges or buyer of used cartridges. DISCLAIMER: I have no connection with Don Lancaster, except as a reader of some of his books.
rsl@well.UUCP.UUCP (03/28/87)
In article <8703112142.AA12345@isieng.IS> joyce%isieng@isieng.UUCP (Joyce Perr elli) writes: >I'm trying to locate someone who either purchases or refills empty >toner cartridges for the Apple LaserWriter. Rumor has it that such >a person exists. If you know anything about this, I'd like to hear >from you. Also, if you have any first-hand experience with using >second-hand cartridges, I'd like to get your opinion on readability >and reliability of the cartridges. Thanks in advance. > >Joyce Perrelli >Integrated Solutions >(408) 943-1902 Try American Ink Products Company 527 Howard St. San Francisco 982-0161 This amazing little company has cheap printer ribbons for almost anything and reinks old ribbons. One of their newest projects is refilling laser toner cartridges for the Cannon engine (used in Apple LaserWriter) give them a call. as to the durability and reliability of refilled cartridges, that I do not know but we'd appreciate hearing about your experience if you do use a refilled cartridge. Let us know on this BBS, will you?? [[Editor's note: The durability of refilled cartridges is something we have discussed in great length in the past. My recollection of what was said then was that they seem to work but they are not necessarily up to 100% of the new ones. I would suggest that you send any comments you might have directly to the author of this message and ask him to please post a summary to the list if he learns anything interesting. --Rick ]]
patwood@unirot.UUCP.UUCP (03/31/87)
I've had one cartridge refilled (actually that's not quite true, the cart sent to me isn't the same one as the one I sent them), and I've been quite happy with it. The company that did the refill runs a test print off of the cart and sends it to you. The cart is overfilled by about 10%, meaning that there's 10% more toner in it. Print quality is good; not as good as a new, broken-in cart, but good. I use it for everything but final copy for printing (I even use it for letters). The company is Michlin Computer Consultants, and their # is 313-747-0840. I don't have their address handy... Pat Wood