Putting ink into your Laser Printer Toners?

Hi





I have a Brother HL-2030 printer working fine and everything however there's a yellow light on Toner which i'm guessing is out of ink.





When i purchased it the seller told me that there's a little hole on the side of the Toner that I can put ink into or watever so it works.





Is this correct and where can i purchase these ink packs? Whenever i search online they sell the whole toners that cost alot of money.





thxPutting ink into your Laser Printer Toners?
I have 2 Brother HL2040 laser printers which are probably very similar to yours. I found toner (not ink!) on ebay for $6 a bottle. You also need a part called a reset gear or the refill wont work. It's a $3-$4 item. Make sure you get it with the toner (buy from someone who knows what it is and has it). Refilling can be a little messy so wear a plastic glove and do it outdoors or over a newspaper. But it's not that terrible. We've done it a few times over the years. $6 a refill beats $30-$40 per toner.Putting ink into your Laser Printer Toners?
DON'T DO THAT!!! You'll destroy your printer!!!!





You have a laser printer. It uses toner cartridges. Toner is a powder and a laser printer uses heat to fuse the toner powder onto the paper. Ink cartridges (a liquid) are for ink jet printers.


You try putting ink into a toner cartridge and run that through your printer and you'll destroy your printer.





Wow, that seller who told you that doesn't know what he's talking about and I would not trust anything he said. You can refill ink cartridges, but I've never heard of do-it-yourself toner refills.
No worth the effort. For two reasons, you need new toner roll which you will get with re-built toner cartridge. Adding your own toner is big mess. You will cleaning up toner for couple weeks, the power is like baby power goes every where but none where you what. I have pickup new and overstock cartridges on ebay far below retail prices.





Toner is plastic coated iron filings which melt under heat and pressure.


Toner roller becames dirty and leaves lines.