DIY Refill Toner Cartridge Brother DCP-L3550CDW

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:32 - Identify the affected cartridge
1:08 - Refill the affected cartridge
5:25 - Costs
6:25 - Carbon emisson
7:05 - Outro
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You can save money and get more toner out of your cartridge using several methods. The THIRD method is shown in this video, which is to refill the affected toner cartridge.
This toner refill method works for the following Brother printer models:
HL-L3210cw / HL-L3270cdw / DCP-L3510cdw / DCP-L3550cdw / MFC-L3710cw / MFC-L3730cdn / MFC-L3750cdw / MFC-L3770cdw.
Fade out test swatch: www.milogical.com/ColourSwatches
A completely empty cartridge weighs within a couple of grams of 367g. A full cartridge weighs within a couple of grams of 407g. Conversely, if you've got a cartridge behaving strangely, but its weight is nowhere near 367g, it's not lack of toner that's causing the problem and in that case refilling it won't help.
I bought the copper melter and plugs at www.urefilltoner.co.uk/, but you can also buy these elsewhere on the internet. I bought the toner on AliExpress.
Now to the refilling part. If your cartridge is empty
• Heat the bigger end of the copper melter and use the 2 corners of the knurled-effect plastic as rough guides to melt a hole with the heated copper melter.
• Shake an unopened bottle containing 40 grams of toner vigorously for 5 seconds.
• Jam the spout into the hole and lean everything back to a lower angle.
• Wait 5 seconds for the toner to flow in.
• Bring everything back up and disengage the spout from the cartridge.
• Repeat this process until the toner bottle is empty.
• Clean up any spilled toner from around the hole with an alcohol swab.
• Put a plug in to cover the hole.
• Put the refilled cartridge back into the printer and allow it to initialise.

[@adonisstorr]

Hey! Absolutely amazing series here! Really great job. I especially can't believe how much of a scam it is when they inform you to replace a cartridge even though there is still toner in there! Anyway great job and am also kind of amazed you don't have more subs considering your views and just how helpful these videos were!

[@Rxke]

Wow, impressive. I loved the intro :-)

[@milogical9446]

Ty :)

[@hypernut8784]

Impressive

[@computerjantje]

Prachtig !!! I mean wonderful :)

[@milogical9446]

Ty :)

[@jonathanfrancoeur2036]

Are there different types of toner or can I use toner from a cannon printer to refill cartridge for a brother printer? Great video!

[@ValorHeart]

Awesome!

[@milogical9446]

Ty :)

[@bertvv]

Wow. I'm not brave enough to burn a hole in a toner cartridge, I guess I'll pay the coward tax... ;-)

[@sirprzemek]

ridiculous