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Look carefully at a the toner cartridge in your laser printer and you'll see a marvel of modern engineering. One of the great things about laser printers is that replacing the toner cartridge effectively replaces most of the wearable parts in the printer. By rebuilding the cartridge, we accomplish several goals:
- We renew the printer.
- We help you maintain the printer and keep it healthy. A worn cartridge can actually damage other components in the printer.
- We save the environment by recycling many small non-biodegradable parts that would otherwise end up in the landfill.
- We give you, in some cases, superior printing performance. Our toner formulations are often better than those of the original manufacturers.
- We save you money. Remanufactured toner cartridges typically cost 30% less than new cartridges.
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Laser Toner Cartridges: Our Remanufacturing Process
Rebuilding a cartridge requires a trained assembler who cares about his work. A good technician can spot a minor defect in the light-sensitive coating of a photo conductor drum. He can tell by feel when a screw isn't tightening properly, or when the weight or balance is off. Our assemblers sign each cartridge as much to show their pride in their work as to keep track of their output.
To rebuild a laser toner cartridge, our assemblers
- Take the cartridge apart and inspect it piece by piece, rejecting components that show fatigue or damage.
- Vacuum old toner from the inside of the cartridge, and use ultrasound to clean key components.
- Replace worn gears and springs.
- Replace the photo conductor drum. This drum transfers the print image from the laser printer's page memory to paper. Drums wear out after one or two reuses. We check drums carefully for cracking and wear. We install either new drums or known good ones that we have coated with our custom light-sensitive formulation.
- Install new regulating and cleaning blades. Each cartridge has at least one metal or rubber blade inside, similar to a windshield wiper. Some have two: one for regulating the amount of toner reaching the drum, and one for scraping excess toner from the drum. Blade angles and tensions are critical for proper operation; we match the manufacturer's specification.
- Fill the cartridge with new graphic-quality toner.
- Reseal the toner reservoir with a new gasket to prevent powder from spilling into your laser printer.
- Reassemble and individually test each cartridge to insure proper functioning.
- Label and date each cartridge, and seal it in a mylar anti-static light-blocking bag.
- Pack each cartridge in a new box with protective inserts to keep it safe during shipping.
- Include installation instructions and a print test from that cartridge in the box.
The results . . . Our assemblers rebuild cartridges that we can sell with pride. Laser toner cartridges by AmeriTech Concepts produce crisp, good-looking text and graphics every time--right down to the last page.
We guarantee it.
Did You Know . . .
Forty percent of a laser printer cartridge consists of non-wearable parts: those basic components that do not wear out. Non-wearable parts include the plastic shell, plastic toner hopper, nuts, bolts and screws.
In the Hewlett-Packard cartridge manufacturing plant in China, HP reclaims the non-wearable parts (plastic outside shell, toner hopper, nuts, bolts and screws) for use in so-called "new" cartridges. Every new cartridge comes with an explanation that the cartridge is made from "new and used parts". Like Hewlett-Packard, Ameri-Tech Concepts reuses the cartridges' non-wearable parts, creating cartridges equal in quality to "new" ones.
But unlike Hewlett-Packard, we build our cartridges in America.
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