Recycle Ink Cartridges

Brother Printer Cartridge

The refilling of this cartridge is messy accordingly it is advised that gloves ought to be worn and the place where refilling is done must be covered with a newspaper or numerous other absorbent material.

The following steps may guide you to an easy refill of your brother printer cartridges. The dissimilar models have little variations in the procedures other remaining the same.

Brother printer cartridge LC01C, LC01Y, LC01M and LC01BK (MFC 7000 series)

1. Place any absorbent material like a towel under before refilling the brother ink cartridges.

2. After filling ink in the syringe bottle remove the needle and put the cone shaped adaptor on it.

3. Find the hole in the cartridge through which the ink flows out and turn the exit port down facing your lap.

4. Slowly inject the ink from the syringe bottle into the cartridge until the ink starts coming out of the vent hole and is not foamy.

5. Now turn the cartridge the other way round so that the vent hole faces you and the exit port is towards your lap.

6. Put the needle back into the syringe bottle and inject the needle into the vent hole. Continue injecting till the ink comes out of the exit hole and stops foaming.

7. Leave the cartridge in this position for when it comes to ten minutes. Then repeat the 6th step and let it rest for another ten minutes.

8. Install the cartridge in the printer. If it has to be transported then an electrical tape may be employed to cover the exit and vent holes but will have to be got rid of before printing.

Brother printer cartridge for Brother MFC-7150 and MFC-7160

There is a sponge inside the cartridge which makes the refilling procedure sticky. The firstborn step remains the same.

1. Locate the exit hole at the bottom where there is a big plug.

2. Also locate the vent hole at the bottom which exists on the same side as the big handle on the top of the cartridge.

3. Turning the exit port towards the lap place the vent hole to the right and vice versa. Seal the exit port with a black electrical tape.

4. Take out the handle on the top of the cartridge. Inside you will see two metallic seals, the littler one round and the more spectacular one rectangular. Either remove the seals or make holes in them.

5. To fill the syringe bottle with ink squeeze the syringe bottle and the needle be inserted into the ink bottle. Relax the grip and let the syringe suck the ink into the bottle.

6. Taking the syringe bottle tardily inject the ink into the sponge deeply through the rectangular hole till the sponge saturates.

7. Also inject ink in the round hole till the outer chamber is full. After injection seal the round hole with black electrical tape carefully. Also seal the rectangular hole with tape.

8. Put the plastic handle back on the top. Take the cartridge to a sink and remove the tape from the bottom. Let the extra ink drops flow out.

9. Printer will have to be installed now.

Brother printer cartridge LC41C, LC41Y, LC41M, and LC41BK

In this model the ink is held because of the valve. The basi step is the same.

1. Find the label saying LC41 with the letters such as C, M, Y or BK representing colors.

2. Holding the label side up, on the right side find a window towards the top of the cartridge. Make a hole in the window with a smoldering iron or some heated metal thing.

3. Fill the syringe bottle like step 5 noted above.

4. Inject the ink tardily with the syringe bottle into the window on top right of the cartridge. Fill the entire cartridge.

5. Seal the window with black electrical tape.

6. Install in the printer.

Brother printer cartridge HJ100 and HJ400

There is very divergence in this cartridge. The firstborn step remains the same.

1. Start with a screw in the vent hole which is opposite to the longest side of the cartridge which is opposite to the print head.

2. Draw the plug out with screw. Fill the syringe bottle half with ink and insert in the hole. Inject tardily and deeply into the sponge.

3. Expect a great deal of dripping. Tape the cartridge you have to transport it.

Laser Toner Cartridge

The refilling of a laser toner cartridge is very mush similar to adding petrol or gas to your car. The refilling of toner must be done at a place where there is no breeze. It may burn so work where there is no flame. Also do not inhale it as it is irritating.

The three basic types of laser toner cartridges are:

o Canister: a tube for keeping toner

o Drum: a cartridge with gears and a drum which has a gelatin coating

o Toner and developer: similar to drum cartridge but using toner and developer both.

Canister Cartridge

1. Spread a heap of absorbent material like a towel or newspaper. Locate a plug at the end of cartridge.

2. Remove the plug if you find it. If you don’t then invent a hole which is away from the paper path (smooth plastic surface).

3. If you develop a hole then cautiously remove the shavings. 4. Shake the bottle of toner and pour the entire bottle into the cartridge with a funnel or paper funnel.

5. Put the plug back and seal it with a black electrical tape.

6. Install in the printer. The refilling of these cartridges may be done a lot of times.

Drum Cartridges

These are more complex cartridges. The ‘pretty’ drum may have three colored coatings: red, blue or green. Before refilling you have to find the toner hopper and the waste hopper.

o Locate the drum and imagine that it runs down to the end of the cartridge.

o Lay it down to that the drum runs from left to right in front of you. The side near to you is the ‘near side’ and the one far from you is ‘far side’.

o One of these sides is larger than the other.

o The biggest side is ‘toner hopper’ and littler one is ‘waste hopper’.

Now to refill follow the following steps.

1. Locate the drum but do not touch it. It may be beneath a shutter.

2. Find the toner hopper. You will see a translucent plug on one side. Remove it. If you do not find it then fabricate a hole in the toner hopper away from the paper path.

3. Vacuum the drum of shavings but do not touch the drum.

4. Shake the bottle of toner and pour the entire bottle into the cartridge with a funnel.

5.Seal the hole with the pug or a black electrical tape.

Toner & Developer Cartridges

This cartridge is very much like the drum cartridge but it has two plugs. The more spectacular one is for toner and littler one for developer. You will need medium sized flat and cross headed screwdrivers.

1. Find the waste box at the end of the cartridge and remove the screws. There is a sliding door for the waste box.

2. Behind the waste box is a plastic plate held by a single screw. You are to arrange it in such a way that the green colored portion is towards the upper right and screw towards lower left. Screw it open.

3. There is a clip above the green side. Push it with a flat screw driver to release the plate.

4. You will now see a huge cap for the toner. Get off the cap or make a hole in it.

5. Fill the cartridge with toner and seal it.

6. Towards the left centre is a little plug for the developer. Make a hole or unplug it.

7. Fill the hole with developer and seal.

8. Place the plastic plate and the waste box.

9. Shake the cartridge softly.

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Most helpful client reviews

26 of 29 people found the following review helpful.
These Color Cartridges do not last long
By Jeffrey S. Alek
Love the print quality, but these do not last long. They go out without warning, nor comprehensible statement of problem. I tried to refill them with injected ink kits, no luck. Seems to me that HP puts a code on the catridge so when it is deemed done it is done, disregarding if there is sufficient ink in cartridge.
I am trouble w/ HP over this issue. They block after market competition, supply an overpriced, poor product, and do not offer bulk buy of substitute cartridges.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful.
Way overpriced
By Kenneth M. Scheinblum
The cartridge (with Vivera Inks – whatsoever that means) develops reasonably high quality color output. I actually think the product is good. There are, however, a number of other components to consider, preferably before you buy a printer:

1) The cartridges are exceedingly expensive
2) They run out of ink more quickly than one would expect
3) Unlike other makers, there is one cartridge for all colors, rather of multiple cartridges with single colors
4) Depending on your color preferences, you may need to replace the cartridge before it is empty. This is because if one uses a few color combinings a lot (think in regards to putting your logo on everything you print, for example) you get started to run low on a color factor and not getting the color you want.
5) HP over-packaged the cartridges. If you are eco sensitive, you might have an issue. But you may send the cartridges back to HP for recycling at no charge.
6) If HP recycles their own cartridges, why do they undertake and scare buyers with regards to purchasing recycled cartridges from another source?
7) If you do a lot of printing at one time, smears or drops may be expected.
7a) Remove and gently wipe any excess ink off of the jets with link free material.

Bottom line: very good quality but is it cost justified?

9 of 10 persons found the following review helpful.
Bad ink
By C Flyer
I purchased two cartridges of the HP 97 and neither one worked correctly. It either had dried ink or not filled correctly or numerous other problem. I took them to a store for a recycle credit and purchased their ink. Theirs worked.

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