CompactManiac
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Hi - I've an old Apple Laserwriter Select 310 from 1993 but new toner cartridges have not been manufactured for a long time. The printer was only ever used by me so has had very light usage over the years. I've confirmed it still works in terms of going through the motions of guiding the paper through the machine and trying to print when sent a printout from one of my Macintosh computers. A faint printout is still legible but there are also lots of black streaks on both the front and back of the paper which is consistent with the toner needing replaced.
My cartridge is the original one shipped with the printer as it has the date on it and it has never been refilled or replaced.
I am aware cartridges can only be refilled several times so perhaps my original cartridge is a good candidate.
I can see a few firms offer toner refill kits and was wondering has anyone any experience of using these and if so was it worthwhile.
For example what sort of print quality could I expect from refilling an original cartridge that is now 30 years old or is that a simply a futile exercise?
Would it be better to buy a newer recycled cartridge than attempt to use my own if it is so old?
I'm not expecting the quality of printouts to return to the level when the machine was new but it would be great if I still put it to use for printing basic invoices and labels where quality is not paramount.
My cartridge is the original one shipped with the printer as it has the date on it and it has never been refilled or replaced.
I am aware cartridges can only be refilled several times so perhaps my original cartridge is a good candidate.
I can see a few firms offer toner refill kits and was wondering has anyone any experience of using these and if so was it worthwhile.
For example what sort of print quality could I expect from refilling an original cartridge that is now 30 years old or is that a simply a futile exercise?
Would it be better to buy a newer recycled cartridge than attempt to use my own if it is so old?
I'm not expecting the quality of printouts to return to the level when the machine was new but it would be great if I still put it to use for printing basic invoices and labels where quality is not paramount.
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