How to refill the cartridge

This article is designed for you to get acquainted with the cartridge filling process. Look at how it’s done and highlight certain things. Do not think of it as a complete instruction or a call for action. Qualitative refilling requires experience!

So, let’s begin with the theory. What is cartridge, what is it for and what the cartridge basic components are.

q2612a-1Cartridge is the main block of laser printer or a multifunction device; it is the “heart’ of the device in some way. It contains the printing powder – the toner, and auxiliary mechanisms, which are taking a part in transferring cartridge toner to the paper. Continue reading How to refill the cartridge

On refill and toner of OKI C610

In this article we’ve decided to discuss a number of issues related to refill and maintenance of color laser printer OKI C610.

oki-c610
LED printer OKI C610
oki-c610-01
Cartridges for OKI C610, starter and purchased ones

Popular printer was impossible to refill for a long time due to the lack of working chips. And only recently appropriate chips appeared in the market, moreover from two manufacturers at the same time. Despite the fact that OKIC610 is designed on the basis of OKI C5600, if fact it’s a completely different printer. First of all, the design is new. Until now printers had the same design and looked like standard office machines of the 90s. The second innovation is the improved paper feed mechanism, positive effect of which can be felt when printing labels, leaflets and banners. The quality of printing became significantly better and this despite the fact the formula of OKI toners has not been changed over a long period of time. Continue reading On refill and toner of OKI C610

Error Code List from Canon MP280 / MP287 / MP288 / MP495 / MP497 / MP498 Printer

canon-pixma-mp280Errors and warnings are displayed by the following ways:

– Operator call errors are indicated by the Alarm LED lit in orange, and the error and its solution are displayed on the LCD.
– Messages during printing from a computer are displayed on the MP driver Status Monitor.
– Error codes are printed in the “operator call/service call error record” area in EEPROM information print. Continue reading Error Code List from Canon MP280 / MP287 / MP288 / MP495 / MP497 / MP498 Printer

Novice refiller reminder

3d-inkThis article is about basic laser cartridge printing defects, which you might confront while filling the cartridge yourself.

At first you need to take a close look on the cartridge refilling issue. Find a necessary instruction and inspect it. Buy the proper toner. Since you don’t have enough experience, you should better ask an advice from the shop assistant. Specify which one is the most popular, which models the one suits best. Continue reading Novice refiller reminder