Reset of the “no toner” message in the devices Samsung SCX-4016, SCX-4116, SCX-4216, SCX-4321, SCX-4521

The cartridge is full, but on the indicator there’s the message “no toner”? What to do? How to be? In this small article we will tell you how to solve this problem.

pred_150In devices of these series reset of the message “no toner” is performed by installation of a new fuse in a special groove on a cartridge. The rating of a fuse has to be about 63 мА. At the time of installation of a cartridge with a new fuse, the device finds it, “burns through” and makes reset of the internal counter of pages. Everything is simple and banal. More complicated things begin further. To find a fuse of such rating in sale is quite difficult, and those that you can find not always correspond to rating. And it is the biggest problem. At installation of a fuse of bigger rating, the device can’t “burn through” a fuse and starts swearing on faulty “CRUM”.

Other situation. You have no fuse of such rating, but it’s necessary to print urgently. What you got to do? Continue reading Reset of the “no toner” message in the devices Samsung SCX-4016, SCX-4116, SCX-4216, SCX-4321, SCX-4521

Samsung SCX-4200 – light print problems

The article is about the causes and possible fixes of quite common failure, light print, of the devices of this series.

It’s difficult to give a definite answer, as the problem may be in the print cartridge or device itself.

Samsung SCX-4200

Let’s start with the cartridge. We will need one more cartridge to check it. If you get an image with good filling then the faulty cartridge must be replaced or fixed. The most probable causes of light print are the growths of toner on the edge of doctor blade. To clean the blade from excess toner you need something thin and dense, for instance, a business card. Push it into the slot of the cartridge, through which one can see an OPC drum and developing roller. Insert it between the developing roller, metal plate and doctor blade, then moving it along the roller clean the edge of the doctor blade. If carrying out this actions you didn’t fix the problem of light print, then it is necessary to disassemble the cartridge and clean everything thoroughly. Continue reading Samsung SCX-4200 – light print problems