In
this Article we will learn step by step procedure to Refill a empty
Toner Catridge. Now you can refill toner while staying at home. This
article is beneficial to both professionals
and amateurs.We will refill most common of all HP 12A toner. Once you
learn refilling this, you can refill any of the toner.
- Buy a good qualiy toner Ink bottle. First step is to open the screw of side cover as shown below:
- Now take the sidecover off:
- After you have taken out side cover , next step is to take out Drum unit. Hold it from white portion(gear) and pull it in the direction told.
- This is how catridge will look after plugging out drum unit:
- Now we will have to plug-out PCR roller as shown below:
Slightly push PCR rod to right-side with some sharp-edge tool Move PCR slightly upward and take it out leftwards
- Next step is to seperate waste-unit and ink-unit, which are joined together with the help of pins. So we have to take out the pins which are on both sides of cartridge.
- After pushing pin from inside , its time to get it out from outer side since it has plunged out after being pushed from inside as you can see in the picture below.
- After you remove pins from both sides of cartridge,you have to remove a spring as shown:
- Next step is to set-apart two main units of cartridge . One unit is waste-unit and the other is called ink-unit.Hold the toner as shown in picture and pull both units apart.
- View of Waste Ink Unit and closer view of Spring which is to be removed to open waste ink unit.
- Remove Spring and then remove plastic cover as shown:
- Now Remove screws of waste-unit to get apart wiper-blade. And then remove the waste-Ink which was collected in this unit.
- Now we have opened up Wiper-Blade , we should clean waste-collector unit and Blade part. Wiper-Blade should be cleaned with soft cloth and not with brush as brush can put scratches on blade.
- Next, we have to re-assemble waste-unit part. First fit the wiper-blade then plastic cover as shown:
- Re-fit plastic cover so that it fixes into the cut/groove as shown:
- Now Fit the spring back to its postion. It will be clear from pictures below how to fix it.
- Now what we have done so far is that we have opened the waste ink-unit , cleaned it and then closed that unit. Now starts the main part that is to Re-Fill cartridge. So now take the other unit where the ink resides. We will open it , Fill the Ink (dry) in it then close it and finally Re-assemble the two units which we had earlier seperated.
- After removing side-cover, you can see a white plastic cover , we have to remove this and fill here our ink:
- Remove white plastic cover , now you are ready to refill but before that Let's take a INK bottle Before using it Kindly SHAKE WELL BEFORE USE. After removing the cap of bottle you can apply plastic Nozzle-cap which you normally get alongwith bottle or you can ask for one from vendor.
- Now its time to refill and the close the cap as shown below:
- Now we will Join together two units i.e Waste-Unit and Ink-Unit as shown below: Make sure to align them as shown in the directions mentioned below:
- Next step will be to RE-Insert PINS (remember..!!!!) you plugged out from both sides.
- Now after you have inserted pins (with hands ,no tool required) , its time to insert PCR roller as shown below:
- Time to install Drum-Unit back to its position i.e onto drum holding pin :
- After Re-installing drum, Fit the side-cover.
- And Finally Re-insert Spring .
I hope you found these tips useful.
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