How to refill HP 85A toner cartridge?
HP has a wide collection of the printer, copier, and scanner devices. Each device has the different types of ink and toner cartridges to be used. There are two types of toners used for printing. First one is black and others are cyan, magenta, and yellow colour.
This HP toner cartridge uses the black ink to print up to 1600 pages. The print capacity of a toner cartridge depends upon the type of the content printing. The ISO standard ink ensures you will get the professional grade sharp and crisp printing.
During the printing, if you get the faded page or streaks on printed pages, it is the symptoms of replacing the toner cartridge. Now if you are ready to change or dispose of empty toners, we suggest you refill it instead of throwing it your garbage bin.
Refilling Tools
Before starting the refilling process, you should gather the required tool to refill this HP 85A toner cartridge. You can buy a kit from the online retailers or from the market as per your convenience. You can also arrange the kit.
You need to arrange:
- Toner hole making tool
- Duct tape or hole plug
- Toner bottle
- Funnel cap
- Gloves
- Dropcloth
Now prepare your workspace by covering it with the newspaper, or dropcloth, else the spilled toner power will damage the workspace.
HP CE285A laser toner refilling instructions and process
First, place the toner on its upside with the manufacturing chip upward. Plug in the toner hole making tool for 3-4 minutes. Use it to create a refilling hole on the cartridge about one inch right of the chip. Be patient while using the hole making tool, do not force it on the cartridge to make the refilling hole. The tool is designed to create use safely and securely.
Once you have created a refilling hole, empty the old cartridge remaining toner on your waste bin. Now place the funnel cap to the toner bottle and attach the toner bottle on the refilling hole.
Next, fill the black toner safely into the empty toner until you see bubbles appear or ink is stopped around the hole, the cartridge is full. After it, do not forget to cover the refilling hole with duct tape or hole plug and put the cartridge back in your HP machine.
How to resolve the 'Install Black Cartridge' error?
Usually, when such error message appears on your printer or on your PC screen, it simply means you need to replace your HP 85A toner cartridge. However, the real problem appears when you have recently replaced your toner cartridge and the error does not go.
There can be several reasons behind this. One of that is, you might have replaced your toner while the printer was turned off. In such case, the printer does not get the message of the re-installation of new toner and continues to display the error. To get rid of the message you need to turn off the printer and unplug its power cord from the wall socket. Reconnect the power cable after 15 minutes and restart the printer. This should reset the printer and start reading the new HP 85A toner.
If the error still continues to display, then it might be possible that you have not installed the HP CE285A laser toner properly.
Turn your printer off and disconnect the power cord from the wall socket and rear end of the printer as well. Open the cartridge door and take out the toner. Closely check if there is any packaging material such as cardboard, tape, or paper debris left on it. If yes then remove that and then take this HP toner cartridge out.
Check this toner closely, if any packaging material left inside the cartridge area. Also, check for and remove the orange tab on the toner cartridge. Finally, check for and remove the protective sealing tape on the toner cartridge.
Now gently rock the toner cartridge for even distribution of the ink inside. Reinstall the printer, replug the power cord with the printer and main socket, and try printing again. This would resolve the issue.