With most popular laser printers, when the cartridge becomes empty you can buy a bottle of toner to refill it with. There are kits available for both Mono and Colour Laser printers. These kits include a matched toner and instructions for refilling. Some Cartridges need to have a hole made in order to pour the toner into the empty cartridge. It is recommended NOT to drill the hole as the small bits of plastic may fall into the toner reservoir. A special soldering iron may be purchased. The hot ring at the end of this tool is around the size of a 5c piece. Large enough to pour toner using a nozzle.
Inkjet Cartridges can be refilled by injecting ink into the empty cartridge. It is advisable to not wait till the cartridge is completely empty but to refill the cartridge while there is still some ink in the cartridge. Some Cartridges have chips which tell the amount of ink remaining in the cartridge.
When refilling these Cartridges the instructions which should come with the refill kit will detail how to bypass the chip or you may find a resetter on the Internet which will reset the chip back to full again. This is the cheapest method of running your printer and when done properly it works very well. Universal ink refill kits are available but please be careful when refilling later Canon models which need a much thinner ink so the 2 picolitre ink delivery system does not get blocked.
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