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- From: gsmlrn@gsm001.mendelson.com (Geoffrey S. Mendelson)
- Subject: Re: Refurbishing Toner Cart's
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.121209.24710@gsm001.mendelson.com>
- Keywords: refurbish EP-S toner cartriges
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- References: <1993Jan26.140132.28906@oclc.org>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 12:12:09 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.140132.28906@oclc.org> glf@oclc.org (Greg Feldman-Hill) writes:
- >I am thinking about getting my EP-S toner cartridge refurbished rather
- >than buying a brand new one.
- >
- >I looked in about 3 years of MacUser back issues, and Willow is a
- >company that seems to be pretty constant. I called and they were very
- >nice and I got the impression that they would be thorough. Also,
- >there prices haven't changed in years. They want $50 to refurbish (vs
- >about $100 for a new one).
-
- If you shop around, new carts are more like $75-$85. A while ago Computer
- Shopper did an article on refilling your cartridges. It seems that the toner
- tank will hold enough toner for about 3500 pages, while the rest of the
- guts are good for about 12000 pages.
-
- If you refill your own and keep track of the refills, you can do it for about
- $12.00 a refill for the toner. If you have a Cannon CX or SX engine, you need
- to replace a felt pad (it usually comes as a kit in the box) and that is a
- little more.
-
- If you are truely adventurous, you can replace the drum with one that lasts
- about 20 refills. That's the part the wears the most.
-
- >Does anyone have any experience in the risk/rewards of refurbishing?
-
- So far no problems, and my per copy cost is less than a penny.
-
- ($65 for the cart (I have a IIP) + 3 * $12.) / 14000 )
-
- >Does anyone have any experience with Willow?
-
- No, as I do my own.
-
-
-
- Geoff.
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