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Remanufacturing The HP Laserjet1160/1320 Toner Cartridges

The fuser is of the instant-on variety and along with a new chip it prints the first page out in under 8.5 seconds (that is actually 0.5 seconds slower compared to 1300). Two unique cartridges are offered for your 1320, the Q5949A rated at 2,500 pages, as well as the Q5949X rated for 6,000 pages. For your 1160, only the Q5949A cartridge will fit. Shown below are the different physical sizes of these two cartridges.

Spec wise, the old 1300 series is quite similar to those new printers. The 1160 and 1320 actually possess a 0.5 seconds slower first page out rate! The largest difference in these machines is that these newer versions have wireless modems built in, a pleasant touch. My main criticism with the 1200/1300 series was always the flimsy papertrays. These machines have an internal, more robust paper tray that should hold up better than the old design. For that shift alone, I like these machines.

The cartridges are similar in layout to the 1200/1300 cartridges, but are not interchangeable. Shown below and in the following page are the physical cosmetic cartridge gaps:

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The chips on such cartridges follow the normal HP routine in that they disable the toner attributes on the printer when re-used. The chips must be substituted if you would like the toner low/toner out features to do the job. New replacement processors are available.

The pin system holding both halves of the cartridge together is similar to the HP 1200/1300. You'll need to cut two small holes cut in the top to get access into the pins. The hole place on these cartridges is almost indistinguishable, and the Very Same methods You use to your 1200 should work here.

HP has been quoted as stating: "We consciously make sure that our cartridges are reusable and refillable." Well, in my opinion that is currently changing. Although the chips do not shut down the cartridge, the design of these cartridges has changed to make Opening and more importantly keeping the alignment correct during assembly much more difficult. Screws have been replaced by plastic rivets and ultrasonic welds, fill plugs have been eliminated. A few of those changes can be attributed to cutting production costs. On this series of capsules however, there are also the alignment pins for the magnetic roller hubs.

These snare used to be just round plastic pins the heartbeat match over. But now they are welded, and have to be broken to fill the capsule. There appears to be a fad in the newer HP toner cartridges to make remanufacturing them more difficult.

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