Yes of course. You can buy an Epson refill toner cartridge for the Aculaser M2010 here. http://inkjetinkcartridge.net/index.php?…

The replacement cartridges cost as much as the printer. Seeking most economical route possible.
Would prefer to refill with toner.

I’m glad, it’s about time that the simple fact that it’s very simple (despite the printer companies best efforts) to refill most toner cartridges. The perception has that it needs some special skills, is very difficult and carries huge risks is of course nonsense and just perpetuated with those who would rather you waste your money.

At least now they’re appearing on big Review focussed sites like Amazon will mean we can all share experiences in different toner cartridges. Of course as I always say the best kits will be ones that use the best ink, compatible toner for that particular printer. I’d be very wary of the very generic toner kits but at least with Amazon you can see what people think about them.

I’ve just been looking and there isn’t the range as from the specialist toner companies so far but I’m sure they’ll all end up joining Amazon eventually. Good thing is we’ll find which are hopeless and which work well. Don’t listen to all the rubbish about destroying your printer it’s not true, and even if it was the money you save would easily buy you a new printer anyway for the cost of new cartridges.

It’s worth checking out, not that many reviews for some of the companies but hopefully we’ll find a few more decent companies to help cut our printer costs down.

I wonder how much toner is being wasted in cartridges due to printer manufacturers – special toner sensors. These have all sorts of names usually pretending to be protecting your print quality or even the printer itself. In reality it’s the usual rip off, manufacturers eager to improve their bottom line by getting you to buy more cartridges for your printer. I saw an awful example in the HP CM1015 Toner cartridge refill. The printer was complaining about that the toner cartridge was empty and refusing to print. This was the usual little sensor playing up and telling me something that was empty when it clearly wasn’t.

I mean most of us are lucky to be blessed with the gift of sight, we can see when the quality is getting worse, and if we carry on printing we are happy to accept a slightly lighter shade of black. Half the stuff I print – the only required quality is being legible.

But no we have these stupid sensors, like in the CM1015 and when the sensor has decided that you’ve printed enough then it makes the cartridge unusable. It’s literally like driving your car and when the petrol warning light comes on your car stops working, in doesn’t matter there’s still more petrol in it, the sensor stops your car working.

Now I know many people who routinely get 30-40% more printouts from these cartridges by reseting the chips.

Yes that’s right – you have to reset the manufacturers chip to carry on using the toner in the CM1015 toner cartridge that you have paid for !!!

Because HP sensor technology has decided that there is no toner in your cartridge and you have to buy a new one. It really makes me mad and there is only one reason they do this to make more money out of us poor saps who have to buy replacement toner cartridges. I can’t quite express how mad this makes me !

We are supposed to be reducing our consumption and waste, yet practically every printer company going is locked into this exploitative model of conning their customers in to buying more and more consumables to boost their profits. 30-40% left in the ink you have paid for but are denied, sounds pretty terrible way to treat a customer to me.

By the way for some of the HP printers like the CM1015, make sure you disable the stupid quality check which can disable your cartridges. You’ll find them in various places hidden on the menus but often somewhere like this

System Setup>Print Quality>Replace Supplies>Override out

You set this from the control panel. What you are actually doing is telling the stupid printer that you will decide when the quality requires a new cartridge. Unfortunately all sorts of printers need different techniques, from resetting chips, covering sensors with scotch tape, even opening and leaving cover door works on some models (presumably fooling the printer into thinking you’ve given it a new cartridge.)

As an industry, the printer companies have one of the most shameful, wasteful and deceitful business models. How many printers are designed to purposely mislead the owners about when their cartridges are empty. I say take all the restrictions off and let people decide.

Make sure you get the most out of the toner you have paid for, and when it’s empty find one of the many companies who can sell you all you need to refill the cartridge, typically it will be a small kit to make hole, a bottle of replacement compatible toner and either a chip resetter or a replacement chip. You’ll save up to 80% on a new cartridge and better still save valuable environmental resources by reusing something which would work perfectly fine if it hadn’t been disabled like the HP CM1015 toner cartridge is.

Now some of  you may have heard of this group, it has actually been around for many years but really growing in popularity.   How many times have you found yourself about to throw something away which is still perfectly usable – maybe you’ve upgraded your printer, computer, washing machine etc and you are faced with the depressing prospect of having to throw the old one away.

Of course you could give it away but the problem is usually transportation, large bulky items cost a lot to post so you ideally need someone nearby.  Well I urge you to browse the Freecycle Communities  they are a wonderful resource.

It’s a very simple concept, you join a local group for just your area, and if you want to get rid of something you simply make a post.   There are a few restrictions, it’s all supposed to be non-profit so you can’t ask for any sort of fee.    I’ve used it to get rid of loads of things – toys my kids have grown out of, old TVs, printers, computers and much, much more.

It’s wonderful to see your items going to someone who will really use them, if you’ve got stuff lying around the house which you don’t use but is ‘too good to throw away’ – then go and declutter your life and help someone else out.

It really is a great idea,    here’s the link Freecyle – just register with groups near you and start browsing.  You may find items you need being offered as well to save yourself some cash.

You also get too meet some lovely people,  with very similar views on recycling – a proper little community!  Give it a try , I’d love to hear some comments on your local group as well.