{"id":31,"date":"2011-09-19T03:29:14","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T03:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skeggs.org\/wp\/?p=31"},"modified":"2011-09-19T03:35:41","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T03:35:41","slug":"samsung-clp-300-bargain-colour-laser-printer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skeggs.org\/wp\/?p=31","title":{"rendered":"Samsung CLP-300 bargain colour laser printer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colour laser printers have a lot of benefits over inkjets, but the latest models have computer chip enforced toner contracts (so you can only buy expensive “genuine” toner). I picked up a Samsung CLP-300 2nd hand for $20 that allows generic toner. Low cost non-OEM cartridges are $20 per set on ebay delivered for 3 colours + black. This particular model, and it’s network enabled sibling the CLP-300N, suffer an annoying paper feed bug that means they are readily available for sale 2nd hand. The pick-up roller gets dirty\/worn, and the paper feed fails, often sporadically. This link<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0includes some instructions for fixing this error, and I’ve reprinted the key section below:<\/p>\n

1- turn off and remove power cable;<\/em>
\n2- remove paper drawer;<\/em>
\n3- remove image unit – don not let it under sun light. cover it.<\/em>
\n4- put the printer upside down;<\/em>
\n5- look at the axle of the big central rubber roller:<\/em><\/p>\n

5.1- you will see both sides have a plastic balancer and locker.<\/em>
\n5.2- left one has a small “finger” that locks it from slide.<\/em>
\n5.3- take your cellphone and do a photo of the present position of the axle and the pieces as you will need to remember it after.<\/em><\/p>\n

6-light and carefully, lift this small finger from the axle and slide the locker half inch to the center;<\/em>
\n7- after this, you have the axlee in a so so free way. You can move (rotate) it, if you lift and free the inside gear at left end;<\/em>
\n8- at the central drum, there is two locks, one each side. If you release them, you can remove a type of a plastic shell with the rubber belt attached to.<\/em>
\n8.1- to unlock the shell you need to rotate the axle and position the locks in a convenient way. So, rotate it again, and so, remove the shell.<\/em>
\n9-I removed the rubber belt, washed it with water only.<\/em>
\nwhen repositioning the belt on the shell, observe it and put in a different position, as the slick area fits inside the shell, so a new surface is out.<\/em>
\n10- mount it a reverse order.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>The pick-up roller itself is available as a spare part on ebay from around $9. Search for clp300 roller.<\/p>\n

A 10 minute fix makes these good as new.<\/p>\n

I also came across the service manual. It can be downloaded here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Colour laser printers have a lot of benefits over inkjets, but the latest models have computer chip enforced toner contracts (so you can only buy expensive “genuine” toner). I picked up a Samsung CLP-300 2nd hand for $20 that allows generic toner. Low cost non-OEM cartridges are $20 per set on ebay delivered for 3Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skeggs.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skeggs.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skeggs.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skeggs.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skeggs.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skeggs.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skeggs.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skeggs.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skeggs.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}