What is the waster hopper on a laser printer and why do I care if it overflows?

[kehi]

Hi, guys I am interested in refilling my Samsung toner more than once but I was told the waste hopper could overflow. Please lmk what this means. Thanks

 

[OdiN]

The waste hopper could overflow.

Basically it collects waste product from the toner, etc...bits of paper can get in there and things. You'll end up with spillage which you don't want.

 

[corkyg]

Sort of sounds like a snipe hunt. 🙂

Seriously, I have had my toner carts refilled many times - they are as good as factory originals - better in some cases. If you have it professionally done, it should not be a problem.

 

[FlyingPenguin]

I would never use a refilled toner, and I don't recommend them to my clients. You have to find a GOOD supplier that has GOOD quality control.

Yeah you might get lucky and buy 20 of them from somebody and they all work like a champ. Sooner or later though, you usually get a bad one and it leaks toner all over the inside of your printer and makes a mess of things. If you're really unlucky you don't notice it right away and all that loose toner bakes onto the drum and gums up the gears, then you wind up spending all the money you saved on toner either fixing the printer or replacing it.

I can't tell you how many times that's happend to a client.

You get what you pay for.

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: corkyg
Sort of sounds like a snipe hunt. 🙂

Seriously, I have had my toner carts refilled many times - they are as good as factory originals - better in some cases. If you have it professionally done, it should not be a problem.

Well if the waste cartridge fills up you will have toner spill out into the inside of your printer or get bad streaking on printed pages.

I also say never use refilled toner cartridges. Part of the problem is also that you can get little bits of paper in the toner itself and if you just refill it the paper bits will be there still. They make small black dots all over the printed paper randomly - doesn't look good.

I service laser printers myself so it's not like I'm just saying this...I've seen what toner refills can do and don't recommend them.

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: OdiN

Well if the waste cartridge fills up you will have toner spill out into the inside of your printer or get bad streaking on printed pages.

I guess I don't use laser printers that have such gizmos. I use H-P laserjets - mostly 4000's. The cartridge goes in and out - and is all self contained. Never heard of a waste cartridge, and can't find it in the users manual.

And, Office Depot sells excellent remanufactured carts for this model. Never had a problem with them.

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: corkyg

Originally posted by: OdiN

Well if the waste cartridge fills up you will have toner spill out into the inside of your printer or get bad streaking on printed pages.

I guess I don't use laser printers that have such gizmos. I use H-P laserjets - mostly 4000's. The cartridge goes in and out - and is all self contained. Never heard of a waste cartridge, and can't find it in the users manual.

And, Office Depot sells excellent remanufactured carts for this model. Never had a problem with them.

That's because the waste cartridge is integrated with the toner cartridge. When OD remanufactures them they likely remove all of the built-up waste toner.

 

[corkyg]

OK -then from that I gather that the Samsung laser carts are not integrated?

 

[boomerang]

Nothing to help the OP with his question, but the wife's office has a Lexmark C510 with a waste toner container.

There is no documentation I can find regarding this, but there appears to be a light that shines through the translucent container. I assume there is a sensor that lets the user know when the bottle is full. Probably won't let the printer run would be my guess.

They're letting it fill up to test the theory. Could get messy if I'm wrong.