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Samsung CLP 510 Color Laser Printer

This is my trusty Samsung CLP-510 duplexing color laser printer. I love this printer. I buy a lot of e-books, but having the .pdf files on my computer doesn’t do me any good so I print them out in duplex mode (printing on both sides of the paper).

Replacement Toner Cartridges

DO NOT buy toner cartridges at an office supply store because you’ll pay twice as much.

Here’s where you can get a replacement Samsung CLP-510 toner cartridge.  I buy all of my printer cartridges from them, both inkjet and laser.  They’re really cheap there and they run a lot of specials. You can get 10% off with this coupon code FALL2009. Plus, I’ve never had any problems with any of their toner cartridges.

Samsung CLP-510 Toner Cartridge

They have a computer chip in them and each time a page is printed, the counter on the chip increments by one.  When it reaches the max count pre-determined by Samsung, the cartridge tells the printer to stop working until the toner is replaced.  It sucks because sometimes there’s still toner left, but that’s an industry thing, not just Samsung.

Anyhoo, the point being is, I’ve purchased toner cartridges from other companies and I’ve had to return them because the printer wasn’t recognizing the chip.  I never have problems with toner from the company I use (4inkjets).

Resetting An Empty Toner Cartridge

This is straight from a Samsung service tech’s mouth.  Follow these instructions when your printer says a cartridge is empty, but you know you can get a little more life out of it while the new one comes in

1. Remove the “empty” toner cartridge and put a piece of masking tape over the 3 brass-colored metal contact points on the right side of the cartridge, near the rear.
2. Put the cartridge back into the printer.
3. Turn the printer off.
4. While HOLDING DOWN THE MENU KEY, turn the printer on and keep pushing the key.
5. When the display reads “Uncheck Consumable Mode”, release your finger from the Menu key.
6. Your printer should now start up normally into Ready mode, rather than display the empty cartridge menu.

A word of caution, because the message is now turned off, keep an eye on print quality.

GBC CombBind C110

Comb Binding Machine

After I print out the ebooks I bind them with a GBC CombBind C110 comb binding machine I got at Staples.  It was really worth the investment.  I can’t begin to tell you how many times I’ve used that machine.  If you want one, don’t buy it in the store without checking the online pricing on the Staples.com site.  Print out a copy of the web page and show it to them when you pay for it.  They honor their web pricing in the store (unlike Walmart). The machine punches the holes along the edge of the paper and inserts the comb into the holes.  I like using these kinds of spines because an opened document lays flat.  I take my bound ebooks with me just like other people carry a paperback book.  You never know when you can sneak in some quality reading time while waiting for something or someone.

Comb Binding Supplies

I get all of my comb binding spines at clear covers at MyBinding.com.  The 100 pack of 5 mil Crystal Clear 8-1/2 x 11 covers is under $10.  I keep a supply of 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, 5/8, and 3/4 inch spines in stock.