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  • andy227
    Trusted Tech

    100+ Posts
    • Jan 2013
    • 219

    #1

    toner compatibilities

    Hi guys. Not a hp tech but a copier guy, so I am asking this for personal reasons. I've got a Hp 1015 printer that takes the 12A cartridge, of course. I am dumping my old laserjet series 2 with the Hp 92295A (95A) cartridge. I was wondering, can I scavange the toner out of the 95A to put into the 12A, is it the same ? Thanks.
  • fixthecopier
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    • Apr 2008
    • 4714

    #2
    Re: toner compatibilities

    Originally posted by andy227
    Hi guys. Not a hp tech but a copier guy, so I am asking this for personal reasons. I've got a Hp 1015 printer that takes the 12A cartridge, of course. I am dumping my old laserjet series 2 with the Hp 92295A (95A) cartridge. I was wondering, can I scavange the toner out of the 95A to put into the 12A, is it the same ? Thanks.


    Sir, if you were a customer, I would say no, since you are a tech, You should be ashamed for asking. I really don't know if they are the same, but I would never take a chance with color like that, bad idea.
    The greatest enemy of knowledge isn't ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen Hawking

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    • wseyller
      Service Manager

      1,000+ Posts
      • Sep 2012
      • 1129

      #3
      It might possibly work somewhat but you will have problems. Such as harm to your printer such as the fuser. And the transfer efficiency will be awful so your waste bin will likely overflow causing leakage. Also quality would suffer.

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      • andy227
        Trusted Tech

        100+ Posts
        • Jan 2013
        • 219

        #4
        Re: toner compatibilities

        thanks for your replies guys. wseyller, so are saying for sure its not the same ? I assumed that hp use the same basic toner in their laser printer cartridges.

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        • wseyller
          Service Manager

          1,000+ Posts
          • Sep 2012
          • 1129

          #5
          Originally posted by andy227
          thanks for your replies guys. wseyller, so are saying for sure its not the same ? I assumed that hp use the same basic toner in their laser printer cartridges.

          Yes for sure. I just don't know how severe the issues will be. For many years I worked with HP toners and they changed it over the years to deal with higher resolutions and they have different melting points and other things. If you were going from the SX engine to say the NX, EX, or BX for example you would be ok. But into the 1200, 4000, 2100 era it started to really change a lot. Even more so now with newer engines. Some aftermarket companies tried to make universal toners but it was junk.


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          • MR Bill
            Senior Tech

            500+ Posts
            • Jan 2010
            • 532

            #6
            Re: toner compatibilities

            I am guessing that it would work. BUT you have a waste area in those cartridges that need to be emptied otherwise it will over flow and start leaking toner. I would just not mess with it. Those carts are less than $30 anyway. Just buy a good refurb.

            fixthecopier thinks you have a color printer? I think that's why he said no.

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            • fixthecopier
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              • Apr 2008
              • 4714

              #7
              Re: toner compatibilities

              Originally posted by MR Bill
              I am guessing that it would work. BUT you have a waste area in those cartridges that need to be emptied otherwise it will over flow and start leaking toner. I would just not mess with it. Those carts are less than $30 anyway. Just buy a good refurb.

              fixthecopier thinks you have a color printer? I think that's why he said no.
              Thanks for pointing that out Mr. Bill, I get a big DUH for that one. I think the last 20 hps I have seen were color, and I got tunnel vision.
              The greatest enemy of knowledge isn't ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen Hawking

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