[ale] OT: laser printer cartridges

[John Mills]

ALErs -

I plan to refill my Samsung 2010 cartridge - toner is cheap and the drum 
is still fine. My one reservation is unknown toxicity of the toner powder 
- I'll wear a dust-filter mask (along with my customary tinfoil hat). I'll 
probably work outside on a calm day, too, attenuating the wrath of H*ll 
from my SO in case of spills.

I've bought refilled cartridges from Total Laser Care in Doraville for 
several years. They have generally been fine and the savings are 
significant. One is for our Canon copier (PC6re?) which is not a very 
common type: those are handled on an "exchange only" basis. I have had one 
or two somewhat dim units, but cranking the print density up always got me 
good results and acceptable service life. TLC claims they fill to the max. 
manufacturer's level for the physical carrier, whether or not it was 
originally sold as a "starter" or lower-level model. This has been true 
for those I purchased.

  - Mills

On Mon, 12 Jan 2009, Jim Lynch wrote:

> Christopher Fowler wrote:
>> I've got a Samsung ML-2010.  It is cheaper for me to buy a new
>> laster printer then to buy the toner and drum kit.

> My only comment on that is the cart that came with the ML-2010 when I
> bought mine was a "starter" cart and had a far shorter life than the
> standard cart.  If you factor in the longer life, it may be cheaper to
> buy the new cart.  YMMV.