Problem with Okidata 600e Laser Printer

[Dan Ritter]

I hope this is the right newsgroup for this question. My brother gave
me a bottle of toner to refill the cartridge for this printer. It
printed fine until I did the refill and now everything comes out very
light. I've tried running a cleaning sheet through the paper path a
half dozen times with no improvement. Anyone have any ideas? I'm quite
sure it was the correct toner.

 

[k_teppo]

I hope this is the right newsgroup for this question. My brother gave
me a bottle of toner to refill the cartridge for this printer. It
printed fine until I did the refill and now everything comes out very
light. I've tried running a cleaning sheet through the paper path a
half dozen times with no improvement. Anyone have any ideas? I'm quite
sure it was the correct toner.

It sounds as though your brother may have given you a bottle of waste toner!

-k

 

[Dan Ritter]

It sounds as though your brother may have given you a bottle of waste toner!

-k

What is waste toner?

Also. The way this laser printer works. When you put the toner
cartridge in. You turn a lever and the toner dumps into a cavity
underneath the toner cartridge. Do you think I could possibly vacuum
that out and then put in a new toner cartridge?

Thanks again

 

[jakdedert]

What is waste toner?

Also. The way this laser printer works. When you put the toner
cartridge in. You turn a lever and the toner dumps into a cavity
underneath the toner cartridge. Do you think I could possibly vacuum
that out and then put in a new toner cartridge?

You need to supply a little more info. I'm a little fuzzy on the details.
Did you really mean a 'bottle,' and if so, did you use it to refill the
*cartridge* that you describe above?

If that is the case, you must indeed vacuum it out and use the correct
toner. Expect many light pages until the recently added toner works through
the system. Hopefully, it won't trash your drum, as they are much more
expensive. Toners vary, and one may or may not work in a printer for which
it was not designed.

If you merely replaced the cartridge with another one, was it genuine
Brother-branded toner? I've used aftermarket cart's with good success, but
perhaps your brother got a bad one.

FWIW, waste toner is what gets swept off the paper after the image gets
fused to it. It's not really much good for anything. Most drum units store
it for disposal--along with the drum--once that wears out.

jak