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 | Samsung CPL-500 by bks81 (5/11/05 10:22 PM) | + / - | Hello,
I am new to this forum and also new to color laser printers. I have 2 monochrome printers, and 1 is 10 or more years old and still going strong. My question is about the Samsung CPL-500. I see that the toner cartridges cost about $100 each, and there are 4 of them, so replacing them would almost cost as much as a new printer. I was thinking about buying from http://www.tonerrefillkits.com , but see where many of you dont suggest this. I am very good at maintaining my stuff, and wonder if it is worth using the refill kits in the Samsung?? Also, what else should I replace at each refill?? ie .. wiperblade, ect. I also see where the overflow needs to be emptied, is this a seperate unit or built into each toner cartridge?? Please don't scold me as I am new to this. I have only used Panasonic toner in my other printers, but only because thats all I could find. LOL I was lucky enough to find many new parts for my KX-P4410 on ebay real cheap, so it will be going for along time to come I hope..
Thanks,
bks
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 | Re: Samsung CPL-500 by moe  (5/11/05 11:17 PM) | + / - | In my opinion tonerrefillkits is a huge ripoff. I've gotten into a couple of discussions on forums with people I suspect are shills for that site. Given their totally outrageous claims, they would have to be. I've been in toner cartridge remanufacture for 15 years and know it's totally impossible to get as many cycles as they claim out of a cartridge that is properly done, much less "drilled and filled" with no parts replacement or cleanup! They are preying on the nOObs who know nothing about these matters. If you want to do it right at a much lower cost, you can research some of the online magazines of the trade. They are available free in our Reference section above.
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 | Re: Samsung CPL-500 by bks81 (5/12/05 10:30 AM) | + / - | I understand your thoughts on tonerrefillkits.com, but you did not answer many of my questions. From what I read in previous posts, some brands of cartridges will fail sooner then others. So how does the Samsung cartridges hold up?? And what else would you recommend replacing at each refill to make the cartridge last longer?? Also, the Samsung replacement cartridges are rated for 5,000/7,000 pages, but the ones that come with the printer are only rated for 1,500/2,000 pages. So I would think that I should be able to refill the cartridges atleast to get to the 5,000/7,000 pages that full cartridges will last. Do you recommend another source for buying toner from, seeing as you consider tonerrefillkits.com a "ripoff"??
Thanks, bks81
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 | Re: Samsung CPL-500 by moe (5/12/05 10:43 AM) | + / - | Samsung basically builds disposable laser printers. Absolutely no quality in them. They can sell them for $100-$150 because they give you "starter" cartridges. This is so they can quickly start making money when you have to go out and buy full ones. To properly rebuild a cartridge, you should replace the drum, wiper blade and toner. You also need to vacuum out the waste. You can not just dump in new toner like tonerrefill kits does. I can't believe some of the outrageous claims of 6 or more refills. There is no way a cartridge can absorb that much waste toner or that a drum and wiper blade can last that long. I did give you resources so you can do your own research. I guess I'll have to provide the link http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/reference/links/publications
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by Anonymous (5/12/05 10:56 AM) | + / - | I'm afraid I'm going to have to agree with moe on this one. Besides the stuff that he mentioned, toner is NOT generic, toner made for HP printers can not be used in Samsung or other brands. Each toner is specifically formulated to work in that brand/model printer specified.
paul@
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by bks81 (5/12/05 5:05 PM) | + / - | Will I be able to refill the cartridges that came with the machine to get 5000/7000 pages out of them??
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by moe (5/12/05 6:39 PM) | + / - | I haven't seen their starter cartridges. I've seen where some mfgs. just short fill their regular cartridges and others where the toner hopper is just large enough to hold the starter amount of toner.
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by bks81 (5/12/05 7:43 PM) | + / - | But the rest of the cartridge should last for 5000/7000 page count like the replacement cartridges do?? ie the wiper and drum, ect.
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by moe (5/12/05 8:49 PM) | + / - | They wouldn't make special drums and wiper blades. Did you ever do any research in those publications? They supply a wealth of resources and information.
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by bks81 (5/12/05 9:21 PM) | + / - | Yes, I searched thru all the links there looking for Samsung and didnt find anything. It seems Samsung is not a popular printer with them sites. Or maybe I'm not searching for the right thing?? What did you have in mind when you said to research?? And thank you for being patient with me. Now seeing as I will need toner to refill my partially full cartridges, where would you suggest I buy it??
PS>> I see where there is a waste toner bottle as a consumable for this printer, does that mean that the cartridge does not collect the waste toner??
thanks
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 | Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (5/13/05 5:35 AM) | + / - | I have been remanning the toners for our fleet of CLP 500/550 printers for some time. I am actually an independent dealer that sells and services Samsung, Copystar and others. As for the Samsungs having no quality to them, in my 12 years in this business of both retail and service, as well as recharging, I have to tell you that nothing could be farther from the truth. I do offer a remanned cartridge for these, each color, but there is no drum available at this time. The toner carts on this are simply a DV unit filled with toner. That's it. Yes the starters can be remanned as HY units. There is no smartchip on them, but there is on the CLP-510/560 series. I offer the remans for 59.95 with core, and a 100% guarantee that it will run properly until out of toner. These are not HP-like toners, and they do require a special cleaning. There is a sponge roller behind the plastic mag and metal doctor blade. You can mess one of these up in a hurry, so I do not recommend doing these on your own. If you like, you may contact me at pcrmike@bscn.com, or at my office at Superior Office Solutions at 501-368-8324. I will either give you instructions on how to do it if you insist, or I would be more than happy to do them for you. :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by bisawest (5/13/05 8:35 AM) | + / - | PCRMike knows what he is talking about. I would get them from him, if I were you. Have a nice day!!!
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by moe (5/13/05 8:56 AM) | + / - | Now I see why I couldn't find the model. It's really a CLP-500 (Color Laser Printer-500). The cartridges don't have drums in them like Mike says. Remanufacturing cartridges is a lot harder than people think. If you aren't set up to do quantities, it's really not worth it. These companies like printerrefillkits delude people into thinking it's easy and they're saving lots of money. In reality, you can get a properly remanufactured cartridge for not much more than they're selling a bottle of their extremely high priced toner for. Mike has some pretty good pricing on them.
Mike, I was referring to the cheap $100 Samsungs as disposable. I didn't even realize he had a color laser. Even HP makes some disposable low end printers. You get what you pay for.
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by bks81 (5/13/05 5:37 PM) | + / - | OOPS >>>>>>> Sorry about mixing the letters up. I will get with Mike for more details on remans. Thanks.
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| Re: Re: Samsung CPL-500 by stove (8/20/05 1:04 AM) | + / - | Do you still do the refurbs for the CLP-510N? Do you sell actual replacement cartridges as well?
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (8/22/05 5:50 AM) | + / - | The 510 has a chip, see the other post, but I am going to get with a programmer this week who has been working on it, and he should have something for me by Friday. I will post findings here. :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by Phil S. (8/22/05 12:32 PM) | + / - | Hey PCRMike
E-mail me your cell phone...I can't get ahold of you elswehere since the site is down.
We'll try & hook up in Vegas for a beer!
Phil S
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 | Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (8/27/05 9:22 PM) | + / - | I GOT THEM!!! :-) I got a couple of vendors who have already got them for me now. Call me with inquiries, or email. :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by coopetal (edited 9/26/05 7:18 PM) | + / - | waste toner cartridge - got error message that it was full/missing so i emptied and replaced it, but still get the message.
I learned from pcrmike there is an optical sensor that determines when the waste toner cartridge fills to the sensor level. If you look under the left-hand green plug there is a hemispherical bulb towards you that will fit into the recessed area in the printer. bend a Q-tip, reach in through the left-hand opening, and clean the sides of this bulge.
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by stove (9/13/05 4:02 PM) | + / - | Hey, can you let me know what prices are for replacement cartridges?
I'm also running into a specific prorblem with these units.
The printers appear very delicate and apparently when the morons who work here load the printer with whatever laser-printer-paper-is-on-sale-this-week they tend to have problems. They used this expensive Hammermill paper that's very glossy and approved for laser printer use, but UNLESS they pick the 'thick setting' on teh paper type, the printer will leave huge splotches of undeveloped toner and leave a huge mess on that page, and paborably the next one.
Is this bad long term for the printer?
Secondly. Two units are now apparently leaving lots of streaks on the page vertically running top to bottom. The only thing I was able to track down was that someone was running a stupid long print job printing 300 page pdf's to the printer, and they did it on one printer and when it bogged down, tehy cannled the job after an HOUR of the printiner working on it, and then tried it on a second printer. Now both printers have streaks galore and I'm getting complaints. I have both printers out of service for the immediate future but I am unsure how to fix this. I have a call in to Samsung on how to fix this. When I open the printer and remove the transfer belt (it looks okay) blueish green rollers (the toner assemblies?) Have tons of toner dust on them which I am guessing is from the actual jobs that failed. Is there anyway to clean this? I am guessing that spraying them out with a spray can isn't the wisest idea.
Also, We have 21 of these units. five of them are still on their initial 90 days and I spoke to my distributor and he will take them back. I am totally not happy with the quality of these printers and the experiences tus far have me concerned about how long they will last on 3000-10,000 page a month duty cycles.
Is there a replacement printer that is in the 400-1000$ price range that has on-board ethernet that is better built, and more reliable? Better color quality is a plus, and/or higher resolution. IS there some older HP printer that is 1 year old that I can pick up off lease that might be a better deal? With this many printers I have the bad feeling that my support costs are going to skyrocket over time. I priced out a full set of toner cartridges at over 84.00 x 4, plus belt assembly that's another $350. That's almost the price of the unit itself.
I don't want to get into a long discussion over what printer sucks or not, but I'm kind of looking for options. The HP printers I am looking at look like shit until you spend more than $1000 for them. I don't mind spending $1000 for one, if I know that I'll get something better out of them.
Someone messaged me privately and asked why there are so many units. This organization has 5 locations, with 21 printers scattered among them. So I simply couldn't replace like most of them with 2 or 3 expensive color lasers. I was hoping to be able to consolidate most sites onto 1 or 2 large units, but the only budget I was able to get for such a large purchase was in the order of 4 to 5 thousand dollars and they are unwilling to spend more to get a durable enterprise class printer capable of putting out 30k pages a month color. It's the old example of being penny wise and pound foolish. IT's cheaper to buy a cheap printer printer up front, and spend a fortune on the supplies. They learned this lesson after spending over 75k in fiscal 2003 on INK alone.
Any advice on the above is good.
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (9/14/05 5:27 AM) | + / - | Okay, here's help. The gloss paper is to be run in the bypass under the settings for thick paper. This is in the users manual. This allows more time for the toner to be fused to the paper. The gloss needs to be run thru the bypass, and the print settings under properties for the paper to the thick setting. If you have a "blue green roller" is dirty, this is the drum. The problem you are having sounds a lot like a lack of education (no offense, please, you asked for help, I am giving help)that your dealer should have gone over with you. I have sold 40-50 units in the last year, some of which are running 25-30K per month in volume. Where are you, and if you like, I will recommend a dealer friend somewhere in the states to come and do a free instructional for you. You may email me directly if you have any further concerns. As for the toners, you may purchase those from me for $79.95, IF you send me the empties as well. I will reman yours, with 100% warranty, and send you your same toners back each time. This is a really good, well-built little printer, and you just need a little help in the details. It really will cost you less in the long run. In fact, I run off 500-1000 page full color pdf's on my personal one all the time. It isn't the printer, it is likely the gloss paper. I will help you understand how laser printers work, and get you thru this. :-) PCRMike (pcrmike@bscn.com)
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| Re: Re: Samsung CPL-500 by Anonymous (9/14/05 3:05 PM) | + / - | I noticed you used the term "penny wise and pound foolish", are you in UK? If so, there are two of my friends there that can help you out as well. You may email me direct, or call me. Your choice, no strings attached, I just want to help. pcrmike@bscn.com or 501-368-8324. :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by stove (9/15/05 12:33 AM) | + / - | Hi, i'm in New York City. The printers are scattered over the five offices in a 25 mile radius.
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (9/15/05 6:45 AM) | +1 + / - | I will have a buddy of mine, who is named Bill, to see if he may be able to help you out. Are these 500's or 510's? :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by Anonymous (9/15/05 8:53 AM) | + / - | 510s.
I just got approval to return 13 of them. Im getting back almost the full price on them. I'll be left with only 7 of them finally, and I'll be replacing 4 standalones with some random color laser, but I finally got approval to get some nice high end Canon Docuprint for the 3 main offices (which replaces 9 printers total). Even if I spend more in toner, it might seem cheaper in the long run.
Yay!
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by stove (9/15/05 10:38 AM) | + / - | Hm, it didn't post as me last time.
Well. Delivery service just came in return the first batch of 510s. It feels like a huge relief on my mind to get rid of them. I tried calling Samsung and apparently there's no field technician network for this?
I'm going to be stuck with a few more 510s in the immediate future, and the two broken ones that I've already removed from active service. I already called Samsung, and there's toner dust all over the rollers, even after following their instructions there's toner dust everywhere on the rollers. As this printer is still able to be returned I'm going to go ahead and return it.
I've been making phone calls all morning attempting to figure out the circumstances that killed these printers and the only 'evidence' i can find is this. It was a junior employee who was new on the job, they had given her 4mb PDF file, that consisted of 11 pages of text and some image scans. She said that she hit print, and hit 'thick paper' as she was supposed to, and went to get lunch aroud 12:20. She came back three hours later and the printer was still flashing the green light and only the first two pages of the job had printed. This printer is on the network, and network connectivity was not down during the period in question. She went to go call her help desk number, and by the time she got back to the printer the unit had been power cycled and a bunch of other jobs were sitting in the output tray. All the jobs since then are covered in the long vertical lines of primary color toner dust. I can post a scan of it, if necessary.
THEN, around 4:30 the same day, she went ahead and printed the same job to another 510N that was next to it, and the same thing happened. The printer was apparently flashing the green light until someone from the help desk saw it flashing after what looks like almost 14 hours and power cycled the printer. This printer is also doing the long vertical lines of primary color toner dust. I was told about this a few hours later when the trouble tickets were escalted to administration.
I put a call out to hammermill who made the paper in question to see if there was some kind of gotcha as far as these papers go in these printers as apparently it's a lethal combination if the user fucks up.
I will be emailing you as I have some 510N cartridges that I need to refill.
Wish me luck, I got a call from the CEO of the company asking why 2/3 of his offices cannot print color documents. Apparently people are getting upset that printers are being removed without being told why. I really wish I could have known all this crap before I took this job, four of the previously mentioned Konicas are arriving today at four, so I will be setting those up, and hopefuly it won't be a huge deal to update the msi with the drivers for it.
God, I miss the days of simple printing. :P
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by stove (9/15/05 10:40 AM) | + / - | Oh, random question.
I asked if I could simply ban the hammermill paper entirely and use something else less problematic. It turns out purchasing got a 'good deal' on this paper and how has 11 cases of it(i think 12 packages of 500 sheets each).
It looks like I'm going to be stuck with this paper for a while.
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (9/15/05 2:43 PM) | + / - | I'm not sure that is a paper problem. Can you take some digi pix and email them to me of the lines of toner? I am very curious as to the cause. The fact of only 2 pages having printed on each after all that time tells me there was something either wrong with the document or the interface. That is really odd. I print large jobs to ours all the time, and have a number of customers who do so as well. Hmm. Feel free to send the pix. I will get Bill in touch with you. Send me your phone # etc, and I will get him on it. :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (9/21/05 8:16 AM) | + / - | Are you in Queens or Brooklyn? My bud there usually doesn't go to the other burroughs. If you don't mind, just tell me which burrough you guys are in. Thanks. :-) PCRmike
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by stove (9/21/05 8:43 AM) | + / - | Hi.
We're located in Manhattan, only one branch is in Brooklyn, and that one is going to be migrated to a Canon Imagerunner. I've capped the number of Samsungs down to 4 now. =) I've been able to replace every other unit, and while this was not something I wished to do, I was forced to because people made so much noise about how 'unresponsive' Samsung was in addressing their own problems, and they decided to spring for the Canons as Canon has an established service department and all that nonsense. They just spent 40 grand just to get started. The last four samsungs are being kept at the home office and I'm going to keep them deployed unless something else happens.
I never got a satisfactory answer from samsung about the toner dust, and the only future advice I can offer for anyone is to ensure that users do the thick paper setting, and don't use any fancy paper.
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (9/21/05 8:50 AM) | + / - | Sorry it took me so long to get back to you on that. Hopefully things will work out better for you this time around. :-) PCRMike 501-368-8324 Call me anytime if I can help.
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by stove (9/26/05 3:27 PM) | + / - | I will call you soon, as I have to arrange to get some samsung carts filled. The STUPID people here were THROWING THEM OUT.
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Doth Stupidity have no bounds?
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (9/26/05 3:42 PM) | + / - | LOL, One man's trash is another man's treasure, and vice versa! :-) PCRmike
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by lazybulldog (10/3/05 6:07 PM) | + / - | PCRmike,
Please call me at 810-220-6021 and leave a way to contact you. Your email is bouncing.
Lazybulldog/Peter Maxfield
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (10/4/05 5:59 AM) | + / - | Bouncing? What is bouncing? Is it like rejecting it as spam? :-)PCRMike
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (10/4/05 4:20 PM) | + / - | I think it is working again. I don't know what happenned. I am posting this here because it will tell me if I respond to the thread. Bear with me please. :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Re: Samsung CPL-500 by Anonymous (10/6/05 5:37 AM) | + / - | Did cleaning the sensor correct your error message? I am getting the same error and was wondering if you could provide more specifics regarding what to clean.
From your message:
If you look under the left-hand green plug there is a hemispherical bulb towards you that will fit into the recessed area in the printer. bend a Q-tip, reach in through the left-hand opening, and clean the sides of this bulge.
Is the part to clean on the cartridge itself or the printer? Do you have a picture you could send of where to clean with q-tip?
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (10/6/05 6:03 AM) | + / - | Stove, I don't think it does! I have never gone more than a week and not seen someone doing something stupid! :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Re: Re: Samsung CPL-500 by coopetal (edited 10/6/05 11:17 AM) | + / - | we're not cleaning the sensor, we're cleaning the 1"x2" trapizodal plastic window, approximately 1/2" thick, that is perpendicular to the waste tray and immediately below the left hand (of two) openings. as the waste toner fills up the tray eventually it reached this window and blocks the sensor light from passing through.
it took a couple of trys, but the error message did go away when i had sufficiently cleaned the window.
i've posted a photo at www.cgv.com/CLP-500 waste tray.jpg for a while. after that, email me at questions@cgv.com & i'll send it.
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| Re: Re: Re: Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pinggolf (edited 10/6/05 11:24 AM) | + / - | could you send the pic to email:
brentpatterson.1 (at) netzero (dot) net
I would really appreciate it! Thanks for the help!!
Got it. I really appreciate your help!!
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| Re: Re: Re: Re: Samsung CPL-500 by Anonymous (10/6/05 10:08 PM) | + / - | Thanks a billion!!! Was originally told that a replacement waste toner cartridge had to be purchased and would take two weeks to arrive! Thanks again :o)
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (10/7/05 5:10 AM) | + / - | FYI, if you empty it out really well, you can wash it in the sink with dishsoap, rinse well, and blow dry it out, and it is like new. :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pinggolf (10/7/05 9:46 AM) | + / - | Works like a charm now!! Actually cleaned waste cartridge and error was still showing, but took a q-tip and cleaned the bulbs/sensors on each side of the area that coopetal showed and it cleared the message out the first time.
Thanks!
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| Re: Samsung CPL-510 by georgerw  (10/7/05 11:38 AM) | + / - | I bought a clp-510 two weeks ago and after less than 600 pages the Toner low message appeared.
I would guess the 5% rule had been observed by me and my pages.
Question about the smartchip?
Does anyone have a schematic for it, I am buying some spares, but
they will take a week from California, I am in Maryland.
The smartchip has three connections, power,and ground and at least one signal. ( assuming no signaling over the power line ).
Has anyone thought about ways to short out the signal line,
the chip probably has a microchip that counts pulses, and returns some kind of pulse stream to indicate low and out(off).
I am only talking about the one signal line. You probably could only short out incoming pulses, return data may be manditory for the main printer processor to procede with operation
How about reprogramming the microcontroller?
Is there a service manual available for the CLP-510?
Sincerely
George
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by Anonymous (10/28/05 12:19 PM) | + / - | The smart chip in the colour packs are just a fuses, 1/8 th' of an amp connected to pins 1 and 3. It also measures approx 1 ohm although this is not unusual for this type of fusable.
It is just the type shaped like a resistor. Hope this is of interest to you all out there.
On a side note, having just refilled the carts. The printouts are now doing exactly what the above gent was saying - smearing toner down the page and then fusing it on to the page.
I had a look at the image drum and the toner is pushing it's way past the hard rubber toner collecting strip and being left on the drum. As far as I can see.
Does anybody know how to remedy this, as it sounds like you all refill your carts and presumably all dont have this problem.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Panasonic_bloke
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (10/28/05 12:45 PM) | + / - | That fuse is for the CLP-500, not the 510. The 510 usaes an actual chip that is available in England. Send me an email, and I'll hook you up. Thank you for the info on the fuse for the 500, that has been a bugger! :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by Anonymous (10/29/05 9:18 AM) | + / - | Well, with a lot of farting about i think i've cured it and found the cause too. The thin card was a very high ph and would seem to contain a small amount of oil for smoothness.
Although the lady maintained she uses it in her laserjet the oil part caused the image transfer belt to deposit some onto the drum and voilla, smeary toner all over the printed pages.
Anyhoo, using a very expensive micro fibre cloth and using some video head cleaning fluid (blended industrial alcahol) cleaned the drun, transfer belt. And now I'm pleased to say the world is lovely again and so are my prints. :)
All the best from panasonic_bloke
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by big birdie (12/8/05 11:10 AM) | + / - | HELP PLEASE!!!
My boyfriend took out the toner tank and throw it out...can you believe that shit! Anyway, I need to get a new one, Any Ideas!!
Second, the thing was leaving a half page 'smudge' of black then of all colors on my papers, is this because I am running out of toner??
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by coopetal (12/8/05 12:37 PM) | + / - | i ordered two before learning how to clean the waste tray and will be happy to sell/ship one to you: $23 plus whatever UPS is. bill@cgv.com
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (12/8/05 3:14 PM) | + / - | I am working on printing an instruction guide on cleaning these properly, give me about a week. :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by coopetal (edited 12/8/05 3:56 PM) | + / - | in addition, i've posted instructions & photo on our website, http://www.cgv.com/Samsung.htm and will update with any suggestions you have.
coopetal
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (12/8/05 4:03 PM) | + / - | That's pretty good. The only suggestion I have is to go ahead and wash in warm soapy water, particularly with the bottle half full, add a little dishsoap, shake well, and rinse out. Let dry. This will help prevent the staining effect that occurs after two or three cycles, and the continued message after reinsertion. :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by big birdie (12/9/05 1:56 AM) | + / - | Thanks for your responses, Helped alot with the toner issue....
Ok does anyone know about the 1/4 page black or color smudge on my pages!
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (12/9/05 5:34 AM) | + / - | Have you opened it up to see if it is on the drum or t-belt? :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by craigyj (12/12/05 12:55 AM) | + / - | I have as CLP-500 and haven't done much colour on it, but plenty of black. Still has initial toners, over a year old (in fact, yellow ran out a looong time ago). All the colour now seems to have run out, and I replaced the initial black. But I doubt it has really run out.
I'm wondering if there is something about it, that if I don't print colour on it frequently enough, and somehow packs up and the toner carts don't work anymore? And if so, can I easily revive them?
When the yellow first ran out, I had a service tech check it out. His conclusion was that it just ran out of toner. But I really find it hard to believe it ran out that quick.
What do others think?
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by Phil S (12/12/05 5:39 AM) | + / - | craigyi,
Even if you are only printing black, you still will be using a small percentage of all colors when you are printing, so yes , it is possible that you just ran out of toner even if you didn't do a ton of color printing.
The best way to "revive" your color is to contact PCRMIKE in the thread above...he specializes in Samsung & can quickly help you out on the toner cartridges!
Regards,
Phil S
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (12/12/05 3:14 PM) | + / - | Consider it done. We will post the results for the help of others. :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Re: Samsung CPL-500 by Anonymous (12/13/05 1:10 AM) | + / - | Yes I took a look at it and there doesn't seem to be anything there. Got any other Ideas??
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (12/13/05 5:06 AM) | -1 + / - | Well, Anonymous, I have only got a couple of options. If you like, you may email me with a scanned copy of what the print looks like, or I have to assume it to be in the rotational area somewhere, such as a backed-up cleaning unit on the t-belt or something. See if you can email a scan. :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Re: Samsung CPL-500 by Anonymous (12/17/05 7:40 PM) | + / - | Thanks so much for the "Q-tip" tip, that totally worked and saved me some bucks. I've already bought one replacement toner tank - i think i paid about $20 and not 2 months later it was "full" again. We rarely use this printer so 2 months might be 400 pages. I was ready to look for another printer if I was going to have to spend $20 every couple of months just on the toner tank.
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| Re: Samsung CLP-500 Toner? by craigyj (12/18/05 1:32 PM) | + / - | Does anyone know suppliers of CLP-500 remanufactured toners in Australia? (Otherwise new colour ones cost about AU$129.20 each)
Thanks.
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (12/19/05 5:50 AM) | + / - | I think my bud Shaggy does those over there, but I know he was having a hard time getting the toner imported. I will check with him or email you his address. :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Re: Samsung CPL-500 by Anonymous (12/28/05 2:20 AM) | + / - | TRY CARTRIDGE WORLD FOR YOUR TONERS
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (12/28/05 6:24 AM) | + / - | Cartridge World does a decent product. Not as good for graphics as mine, but if they are available there, go for it. I couldn't get ahold of Shaggy. Best of luck to ya. :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by henryL (12/31/05 8:04 PM) | + / - | I have replace all my color cartridges but the colors still look terribly faded. Do I need to replace other parts of my 2-year old printer, for example, when do I have to replace the drum? Thanks.
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (12/31/05 8:18 PM) | + / - | Did you replace the black? ;-) PCRMike
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| Re: Re: Samsung CPL-500 by henryL (12/31/05 10:53 PM) | + / - | Yes. I replaced all of the cartridges. While the black printing looks better than the color results. It, too, looks faded. Thanks.
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (1/1/06 7:37 AM) | + / - | I would suspect the t-belt, drum, or maybe even the t roller. Unless these are refills... :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by henryL (1/1/06 9:11 AM) | + / - | the cartridges are Samsung new onew. Since the papers are handled properly by the printer and the only problem is the faded color, does that suggest that the problem is a particular one of the 3 possible items that was suggested to be faulty? what does the drum, t-belt or t roller do? are they involved in applying color? Should I purchase a drum? Thanks.
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (1/1/06 2:59 PM) | + / - | I would first consider the tranfer belt, as these have been known to have issues like this. it's job is to take the image from the drum and place it on the paper. This is the likely culprit. :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Re: Samsung CPL-500 by henryL (1/1/06 3:07 PM) | + / - | thanks, pcrmike.You have been very helpful.
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| Re: Re: Re: Re: Samsung CPL-500 by Anonymous (1/2/06 1:52 AM) | + / - | Thanks for sharing this picture with us, "Coopetal". It helped me to reactivate my samsung 8000 miles away from you in Germany. I love the internet !!!!
Kind regards
Hans
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (1/2/06 4:26 PM) | + / - | Glad to help, HenryL. :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by ljones (1/10/06 10:25 AM) | + / - | We are having smudging problems with our Samsung CPL-500. It prints out fine, but smudges when the print is touched - even several hours later. If I have posted to the wrong thread, please advise. Thanks.
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (1/10/06 8:43 PM) | + / - | Likely the fuser, or a refill job with the wrong toner. Now, if the paper is thicker than 20lb. it will require running the printer in "thick paper" mode. It runs from the MP tray. Try that to see if it works. It slows the process a little, but see if it works. :-) PCRmike
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by kingmt (1/11/06 10:36 AM) | + / - | I have a CLP-550N and I am getting strangely faded prints. The first 1/4 to 1/2 is ok, the next 1 to 1 1/2 is faded and then the rest of the page is ok. Would this be transfer belt? Can I clean it or does it need to be replaced?
Second question, I bought some replacement toner from tonerrefillkits.com before I knew better. Is it worth trying to use up this toner or is the toner responsible for the above fading?
PCRMike - you listed $59.95 reman with core, I am assuming that means with the old cartridge, correct? Since I punched a hole in my cyan for the tonerrefillkits.com refill am I correct in assuming that the cart is worthless now? What would a reman cost without core, assuming you have one?
- Michael
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by kingmt (1/11/06 11:04 AM) | + / - | The fading decription should be:
The first 1/4 to 1/2 INCH is ok, the next 1 to 1 1/2 INCH is faded and then the rest of the page is ok...
- Michael
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (1/11/06 7:07 PM) | + / - | $79.95 with no core, and I have a few. The drum is likely shot, not the belt. Just fixed one for a customer like this yesterday. :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by kingmt (1/11/06 8:43 PM) | + / - | Just to make sure we are on the same page, the drum would be the big green cylinder in the heart of the printer? What does a replacement drum run?
Is the same drum used across the CLP series? (500, 510, and 550)
I am wondering if it might be cheaper to aquire a CLP off eBay for spare parts, it would give me 4 spare carts at least....
- Michael
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (1/13/06 12:47 PM) | + / - | Actually, it probably would, as the low yield starters are doable as high yield. I do them all the time. :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by SLI_Fallen (1/15/06 6:42 AM) | + / - | Wow, I am so glad I found this forum (though I just bought the 510N)
Here are my questions (so far)
I am in the service industry and have quite a bit of experience with lasers. That being said, this does have a 2-year warranty on it and I would rather have it serviced properly by an experienced tech before I go monkeying with it.
I have had this printer for all of 2 days. I bought a COMPATIBLE (supposedly 100% guaranteed compatible) 128mb SDRAM and when I try to print duplex anything I get wierd blocks (like data missing) and now I just got a "Internal Error MM 0313"
Perpaps this means Memory Module? I would like to find where I can buy/download the service manual for this printer (with my only need for the moment is looking stuff like this up until the warranty expires, then i'll (likely) work on it myself.
However, I must mention that when the printer showed up and I had taken it out of the box, I noticed toner and discoloration on the outside of the covers. Also toner on the inside cover (like the front) I figured it was from testing verification and that perhaps the box had been tipped at some point during transit. Well, upon further inspection the side of the box (same side with the discoloration on the outside had beel ALL TAPED UP and there was a huge rip in the cardboard almost from top to bottom (like it had been dropped or punctured) there is NO VISIBLE damage on the side of the printer however and the discoloration wiped off easily. Obviously the UPS guy was long gone (I did not install the printer till the next day anyways)
So I really dont know what this error message is telling me. Single sided prints seem to be doing fine. I'm going to try to remove the SDRAM and try again but I really wish I knew what this error message is telling me. (nothing in user manual) so I can take appropriate action.
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (1/15/06 4:39 PM) | + / - | Lemme guess, bought it on ebay or something, right? Yes it sounds like a memory issue, but also this is a USED printer. Run a config sheet (menu, enter, enter.) and look at how many total pages it has printed. I would bet it was already used, had a problem and resold. I hope this is not the case. Were the toners in the machine when it shipped? :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by SLI_Fallen (1/16/06 2:30 AM) | + / - | No, PCRMike, I guess I was not clear. I bought it from NewEgg. It's a brand new machine. I am only guessing there was some toner dust around the inside because since it was knocked/tipped on it's side some toner was knocked out of the developer area, or it's just from factory testing. I really dont know for sure, just reporting the symptoms I found. There were no cartridges in it. All were new in the plastic sleeves in the box.
Indeed, the memory is either bad, or incompatible because if I remove it, the printer works fine. (albeit slower) It's guaranteed 100% compatible so I will try to RMA the SDRAM first for a replacement, well see.
In the meantime I understand from your replies (and others here)the starter cartridges are the same, just not filled all the way, and can be used as a core exchange (with your company) for a properly refilled one. And that you can "reset" the page usage chips accordingly for full use of the replacement cartridge?
I'm quite pleased with the machine otherwise however (so far). Yes the supplies are quite expensive, but to a degree they all are for color lasers in particular. And there is nothing else out there in the same price range, that is color, will duplex and has network connectivity out of the box, standard. My wife is using it the most as it is for her home based buisness and she is very happy with the P.Q. for her catalogs. She's happy, i'm happy, right? ;-)
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (1/16/06 6:51 AM) | + / - | Good for you! I was afraid someone had sold you a bummer and was trying to cover it up. OK, yes, the memory is the issue, we can do the carts, and the toner is more likely from the waste bottle. Everything else sounds good. The memory is available from Samsung, and though I have not tried a different kind in one, I believe it has it's own signature or writing pattern on it. This may be where the issue lies. Good luck on it, and if you need anything, let me know. You can get real Samsung memory from 1-800-SAMSUNG, then SLOWLY dial 2-5-2. This gets you to the "geeks". I stock drums and t-belt units for these, but you don't have to buy the waste bottles. There is an awesome how-to by a gentleman here on the boards. I forgot the website, but I am sure he will jump in and bail me out of my forgetfulness! Also, my email is changed to "pcrmike@gmail.com" as I am having all kinds of problems with my old address. If anybody has tried and failed to contact me at the old address, I apologize. Use the new one and it will do fine. :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by demmittAZ (1/18/06 10:32 AM) | + / - | can I use the black cartridge for the CLP-510 in a CLP-500? It's quite a bit cheaper at Fry's -- $69 instead of $99
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by kingmt (1/18/06 10:50 AM) | + / - |
You can buy generic memory, you just have to be carefull with the timings. I bought generic memory for my printer. The specs for the memory are 100pin PC100 SDRAM SODIMM. You can do a google search for the Samsung part numbers and you will find vendors that sell compatable modules. If I remember correctly I spent $32 for a 128MB module about 14 months ago. For axample the 128MB module can be found here for $20 (which I think is the place I bought mine from originally, I'll have to check): http://www.kahlon.com
They claim it is only compatible with the Samsung ML-1650, but the CLP-500/550 Users Manual specifies the same part number.
- Michael
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (1/18/06 4:15 PM) | + / - | The 510 toner you saw is a low yield version, and will not work in the 500. Those of you with 510's, can get the low yield, and have them remanned as high yield! The 500 is it's own box. :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by jchism759 (1/31/06 5:05 AM) | + / - | Hello,
I am new to this forum and have a question about the Samsung CLP-510. I have the chance to buy a NEW CLP-510 with complete warranty for $229.00 or a USED - Factory Refurbished - 90-day warranty CLP-510N for $259.00. Is a Factory Refurbished printer something to avoid? I like the Network option but can do without it.
Thanks
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (1/31/06 6:18 AM) | + / - | What sort of place sells a NEW 510 for $229? I would be leary of this, as the old adage "If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is." If it is an Ebayer, proceed with caution. :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by jchism759 (1/31/06 6:44 AM) | + / - | Thanks for the quick reply. I have ordered the printer. Is there a print server that will work with the 510? I would like to put it on my network.
The $229.00 is at www.outpost.com, it is the online store for Fry's electronics. Sale ends today, 1/31/06.
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| Re: Re: Samsung CLP-500 Toner? by Anonymous (2/13/06 7:39 AM) | + / - |
you can get refills at cartridge world australia
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by Electech (2/16/06 6:16 PM) | + / - | I have a clp-550 with a belt transfer unit error. I put a different transfer belt in and the error follows the belt. Can it be rebuilt, exchanged or trashed?
Anyone need a clp-550 without drum, transfer belt, and toners do have the waste container, send an offer.
thanks
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| Re: Samsung CPL-510 by Robert Hood (2/19/06 1:47 PM) | + / - | I have a the above printer and it has been working fine for sometime however I am getting smears in the color, not BW. These small are repetive in pattern. I have checked the drum and there seems to be nothing untoward. I have sent samples to samsung-tech, but no response. If any one has a possible way of searching the machine for the problem I would be appreciative,
thanx
Robert
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| Re: Samsung CPL-510 by hous (2/19/06 2:40 PM) | + / - | 1- Does the black toner for CPL-510 differ from any other samsung printer toner.
2- I found out that some online sites are selling replacements for the chip on cpl-510. I was wondering if these chips are the same for all 4 toners in the printer.
thanx
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (2/19/06 5:13 PM) | + / - | Hous, no, the chip is not the same for all the colors, and yes the toner is actually quite a bit different from other Sammy toners. The refill kits do not offer a replacement mag roller, nor the seals, nor the correct way to do it. They are just a refill. You will likely have a cartridge failure (vertical void lines) before teh second cycle is out. :-( PCRMike
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by tsheffie (2/21/06 2:46 AM) | + / - | The 500 and 510 would use the same toner ???? They surely would not be different except the carts have the chip. A different chip for each color? Gotta be kidding!
Trevor
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by nigeldav (2/21/06 9:17 AM) | + / - | PCmike -I am getting void lines on some colours. Checked cartridges and toner distribution on roller is patchy. I am guessing this is cartridge. I am in UK so probably too expensive to mail it over to you for a remaned cartridge. I am pretty useful at DIY , anyway you could advise on how to recon the cartridges. thanx
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (2/21/06 11:51 AM) | + / - | If it is "patchy" I would suspect it being out of toner. If it is streaks like lines, I would say likely the mag roller. I will see what I can do. :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Re: Samsung CPL-500 by nigeldav (2/22/06 2:50 AM) | + / - | The toner rollers have a 1" wide strip in the centre without toner on on my cyan and yellow. I tried cleaning them by inserting some card between the roller and body on each side. It sorts the problem for a maybe 10 - 15 sheets then the same problem remerges. I get missing colour in these places on the print outs. These cartridges are the ones the machine came with and don't even indicate low on toner yet. Is it a case of just taking the cartridge to pieces and cleaning it or are new parts needed. thanx nigeldav
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| Re: Samsung CLP-510 by MG Design (2/24/06 5:32 PM) | + / - | I just bought the Samsung CLP-510 color laserjet yesterday. I hooked it up today and I suddenly received a "Waste Motor Error". When I called about it, I was told that this is a common problem and I would have to have a "Technician" come out to fix it.
I am kinda like - GIMME A BREAK! I just bought it yesterday!!!!!!
Has anyone heard of this 'error'? If so, is there any way around it other than contacting a technician?
Please help!
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by robdouglass (3/5/06 7:01 AM) | + / - | I'm having problems with unfused toner. It could be the fuser. Does anyone know how I replace it?
thanx
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by Charlie_Croker (3/5/06 9:04 AM) | + / - | Thanks for the info about the waste toner tank. Very useful.
I have read the above with some interest.
So am I right in surmising that refill jobs are not a good idea with the CLP500?
(just after I refilled my toner tanks 8-( )
If this is the case, can anyone recommend any one in the UK who remanufactures toner taknsk for the CLP500?
I am also concerned about the quality of the CLP 500, so is it a good printer or not?
Absolutely great forum by the way.
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| Re: Re: Samsung CPL-500 by tsheffie (3/6/06 2:12 AM) | + / - | G'Day Mate,
A very good printer in my opinion. I ran one for two years and could not fault the colour. My wife gets uptight if her graphics aren't spot on and (cept when I stuffed something) they always were. We did a lot of dual side printing - isn't that just brilliant. We tended to ignore the chage belt and change drum messages for quite a few thousand pages and never did see any problem. Freqently removed carts and gave them a little shake to get the last of the toner.
I sold it because the 510 came out and it was very cheap - cos i didn't know about the little beasty chips then in the carts and I don't think it prints as well as the 500 but it is quieter. We must have had the noisiest 500 made.
Hope you have good luck with yours.
Trevor
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 | Re: Re: Re: Samsung CPL-500 by Anonymous (3/16/06 4:22 AM) | + / - | I have the same problem here but only with the blue (or is that cyan, i don't know what colour cyan is)
All my prints now have a 4cm big "lane" from top to bottom of the page where the colour blue is gone!! As i would like to print in colour, I'm asking anyone what this problem can be and more important, how can it be solved
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| Re: Re: Re: Samsung CPL-500 by Anonymous (3/16/06 4:25 AM) | + / - | my message was a reaction on the message of nigeldav (2/22/06 2:50 AM)
Sorry for the first post I make here if it's not clear for you
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| Re: Re: Re: Samsung CPL-500 by Pduh (3/20/06 7:33 PM) | + / - | @Nigeldav
same problem here, did you try anything? It's a waste of the cartridge to replace it as it isn't ampty yet.
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 - Missing by nigeldav (3/23/06 7:15 AM) | + / - | I am pleased to hear other people are also suffering from the "missing lane of toner". I have since come across another CLP500 with the same problem but on different colours to mine (it was been chucked out). The cartridges like mine ( and yours) were not empty at all. I have used the working cartridges in the spare CLP500 to get mine working so now have some empty cartriges and intend to strip these down. I am using the instructions at http://www.futuregraphicsllc.com/articles/05/howard_clp500_0205.pdf as a guide. I have two theories either their is a blockage preventing the cartridge developer roller ( the one you can see when you take the cartridge out) been fully covered with toner. Or there is a problem with the developer roller itself. The roller has some electrical/magnetic function although have not figured that out. There is company in the states developing replacement developer rollers for CLP500/550, last time I checked it was not to market. Worst case is clean/replace roller/refill and suspect that is still a lot cheaper than a replacement cartridge. - Anybody with any other experience - Nigel
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| Re: Re: Samsung CPL-500 by Anonymous (3/24/06 12:28 AM) | + / - | Yes, i can believe this shit. But i don't know what you mean by "get a new one". A new boyfriend, printer or toner tank??? ;-)
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by Jam67uk (3/29/06 5:46 AM) | + / - | Hello, could I ask if anyone else has had problems with the duplex function on the CLP-500?
I've had my printer from new (in April 2004) & have always used either 80gsm or 90gsm laser paper, but I've always noticed a mismatch between header & footer positions on the two sides of duplex printed sheets. It never really caused a major problem, however, so I just ignored it.
Unfortunately, in March 2005, the performance dropped off suddenly in both one-sided & duplex modes, with the position of the printed area varying wildly between pages (the footer was the most obvious guide & 'moved' by up to three inches between pages, including disappearing altogether on some pages). It seemed to be a problem with the paper pick-up, so I called the Samsung service number and, after a lot of hassle, finally got an engineer to come out. He arrived with a big box, gutted the printer, fitted the new part, and was on his way after about 30 mins - he reckoned it was a faulty clutch assembly & was a known fault with this model (hence the reason he came prepared!).
Everything was fine after that, until about two months ago when the same problem re-occured, and now of course the warranty has expired!
Has anybody come across this before, or an I just unlucky!
Kevin
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pittur (4/6/06 12:30 AM) | + / - | Thanks everyone for the info stated here on how to clean the waste tank for the Samsung 500. That did the trick for me.
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| Re: Re: Samsung CPL-500 - Missing by Anonymous (4/10/06 9:38 PM) | + / - | I have had a similar problem with a CLP-510. So did a 3 colour print from MS Word Red, Blue, Yellow and pulled the cartridge associated with the faulty color. Pulled the cartridge apart as per howard_clp500 pdf found in previous message. Using contact cleaner from an electrical supply shop and kitchen paper towel material cleaned the developer roller carefully. No touching after cleaning.Put it all back together.During the process I noticed that the ink was not distributed in the cartridge so gave it some vibration treatment after putting it all back together and topped up the cartridge. Back in the machine and another test with a page of three colors and viola 3 perfect blocks of color.
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| Samsung CPL-500 waste cartridge by Anonymous (4/11/06 6:39 AM) | + / - | I have tried cleaning the plastic window with no luck. I even took one, cut off the window, duck-taped the hole and tried it. It still failed. My problem turned out to be something different.
Just above and to the right of the window (as shown in the picture) is a little tab that sticks out. This tab is meant to push a black plastic lever in the cavity in the printer where the window goes. This lever will uncover the receiver for the laser light that shoots through the window. This is to tell the printer that the cartridge is installed.
The tab on my cartridges do not push that lever. I have been able to see that the tab ends up going just above the lever. So, I need to do some surgery to make the cartridge work. I have to glue another tab to the cartridge directly below the original tab. This new tab should do the trick.
I will try to remember to post my results. If it works, I'll include a URL to a picture and instructions.
I'd love to know if anyone else has this problem.
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| Samsung CPL-500 by mar_mex (4/12/06 7:25 AM) | + / - |
hi, i just boguht the CLP 510 and i'm getting a memory overflow error with a freehand documnet of 26 kb...????? do i really need to buy extra memory for that????
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| Re: Re: Samsung CPL-500 by Anonymous (4/14/06 4:25 PM) | + / - | I have an empty yellow toner. Do you remanufacture these?
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by Charlie Croker (4/17/06 12:11 PM) | + / - | Hello everyone,
what a great forum, I have found out so much since reading this, including how to get my printer working again after the waste toner tank fills up and obscures the photo-electric cell.
Perhaps someone can answer a few questions for me:
1. Does the CLP500 have a USB 2.0 interface or is it 1.0/1.1? I only ask because I have a Mac G4 with a USB1.1 interface and I wondered if buying a CPI USB 2.0 would speed up my workflow.
2. What difference would adding extra RAM to the printer make? I want to use the CLP for printing out a 50 page full colour newsletter,
3. With a 50 page newsletter comprising a mixture of mainly text with graphics/pictures, what kind of life would I get to a set of full (not starter) cartridges?
4. I have previously used a toner refill on the CLP and I was not impressed with either quality or the mileage I got from the refill. I plan to use re-manufactured carts next, is that wise?
5. I noticed that with the toner re-fill a huge amount of waste toner was created, is that normal?
Once again thanks to you all, forums like this are an amazing way to save money and keep up to speed with the game, so a big thank you to you all from sunny England.
Regards
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| Re: Samsung CLP-510x and CLP-511 by Scott Baldwin (4/17/06 7:21 PM) | + / - | http://www.baldwinanalogcircuits.com manufactures a product to restart "reset" the Samsung CLP-510x and CLP-511 toner cartridges when the EEPROM inside them causes the printer to refuse to print even though there is plenty of toner still left in the cartridges.
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| Re: Re: Samsung CPL-500 by Anonymous (4/18/06 1:08 PM) | + / - | This method worked perfectly. Many thanks to coopetal and pcrmike for this fix. I sure appreciate it.
A consumable waste toner cartidge.??!? What a rip-off
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (4/18/06 6:24 PM) | + / - | No prob. As for the remanufactured toners in these, most companies do just refill them in a clean environment. We actually rebuild them with new DV roller, blade, etc. Our toners print brighter and more vivid too, as there are some on this thread have even told me without provocation. Actually, copier companies have been using waste bottles for years. Charlie, the toner you used was a low quality "toner pirate" toner if it made a lot of waste. Try a reman cartridge from where you can get it, if you are still not pleased, let me know and I can supply them for you, it will just take a little longer in shipping. They will outperform anybodys. :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by pcrmike (4/18/06 6:24 PM) | + / - | No prob. As for the remanufactured toners in these, most companies do just refill them in a clean environment. We actually rebuild them with new DV roller, blade, etc. Our toners print brighter and more vivid too, as there are some on this thread have even told me without provocation. Actually, copier companies have been using waste bottles for years. Charlie, the toner you used was a low quality "toner pirate" toner if it made a lot of waste. Try a reman cartridge from where you can get it, if you are still not pleased, let me know and I can supply them for you, it will just take a little longer in shipping. They will outperform anybodys. :-) PCRMike
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| Re: Re: Samsung CPL-500 by Anonymous (4/19/06 12:20 PM) | + / - | It's not actually a different chip - the chip is a 24C04
EEPROM which holds 512 bytes of writable information. The
information is different for each color. Also, the boards
that carry the chip are slightly different for each color
because the printer uses only a single two-wire serial bus
to interface with all four cartridges - each cartridge is
wired to respond to a different physical address.
Why do I know all this ... because I have just spent some
time figuring it out.
I have written a small (and free) program which will let
you save and restore the 24C04 EEPROM content from a CLP-510
toner cartridge using a simple adapter with three wires to the
LPT port of a PC. Using this program, you can save the EEPROM
content when you have a low page count, then restore it later,
effectively resetting the page count to what it was when you
saved it - and you don't even need to take the cartridge
apart.
I've posted the program and more details at:
www.dunfield.com/clp510
Regards,
Dave
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by Charlie Croker (4/20/06 2:35 PM) | +2 + / - | I bought some re-manufactured cartridges, however when I insert the yellow one something odd happens, normally the printer starts making big whirring noises, when i put the yellow one in, there is some odd clicking and after about 30 seconds the status light changes from green to Yellow and the LCD displays "INVALID NEW TONER YELLOW".
Help, is this easily fixable or do I need to send it back? Printer is a CLP500.
Also the quality of print seems poor, when I print out a page in colour there is one or two splodges of red toner, even though I have installed a new (Remanufactured) red toner cart.
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| Re: Samsung CPL-500 by Charlie Croker (4/20/06 2:37 PM) |
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