Remanufacturing the Dell 1130 Toner Cartridge

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Remanufacturing the Dell 1130 Toner Cartridge

By Mike Josiah and the technical staff at Uninet Imaging A division of Summit and Uninet Products

Mike Josiah Mike Josiah is the Technical Director at Summit Technologies, a division of Uninet Imaging. A global distributor of toner, OPC drums, wiper blades and other supplies. An industry veteran since 1987, Mike is a member of ASTM committee F.05, the STMC Technician Certification Committee as well as an STMC trainer. He regularly contributes articles and teaches seminars at association meetings and trade shows.

First released in December 2009 the Dell 1130 series of printers are based on a 1922ppm engine (depending on the model) with a maximum resolution of 1200 x 1200 dpi. The processor is a 150 Mhz chip

back on. It’s not a hard process and it’s

Required Tools

covered completely in the instructions. See

1) Toner approved vacuum.

Figure 2

2) A small Common screw driver3) A Phillips head screwdriver 4) Needle nose pliers

and comes standard with 8Mb SDRAM.

5) Chisel blade Xacto style knife

Depending on the model number, other

6) Small drill bit (Make sure it matches the

options/specs are available.

The Dell 1130 cartridges do not have a drum cover, and come new with a piece of

self tapping screws!)

Required Supplies Dell 1130 Toner New Dell 1130 replacement chip

heavy paper with a thin sheet of foam on the inside taped around the cartridge. (See Figure 1) All new cartridges opened so

New OPC drum (Optional) Figure 2

far have shown some toner leakage on the drum that would have shown on any prints for at least a few pages.

The standard cartridge (Dell#330-9524) is rated for 1,500 pages. The HY cartridge (Dell# 330-9523) is rated for 2,500 pages.

As with pretty much all cartridges these days the cartridge has a chip and it has to be replaced each cycle.

The 330-9524 has a list price of $62.99 and the 330-9523 has a list price of $87.99* The machines that use these cartridges so far are the:

Figure 1 These cartridges have taken a dramatic change in that there are no screws in the outside of the cartridge at all. There are plastic rivets that need to be cut off, holes drilled and screws installed to hold them

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1130 1130n 1133 1135n

New developer roller (Optional) New PCR (Optional) New doctor Blade (Optional) Self tapping screws (7) match to drill bit you picked listed above.

Conductive Grease 99% Isopropyl alcohol Drum lubricating powder Small tube of Silicone caulk 1) Place the cartridge with the handle up, facing towards you. With the chisel blade knife, slice off the heads of the 3 plastic rivets. Leave the end cap in place for now.

See Figure 3 2) On the left side end cap take the chisel

Cartridge troubleshooting will be listed at the end of these instructions *Pricing as of May 2011

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blade knife and slice off the heads of the 4 plastic rivets. See Figure 4 3) Remove the drum axle arm from the right or large gear side of the cartridge.

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The drum Axle will most likely come with

5) Remove the gears. See Figure 9

the arm. Remove it completely. See Figures

7) Separate the two halves slightly, and lift off the middle top cover. See Figure 13

5&6

Figure 9 Figure 5

6) On the right side end cap, Remove the remaining arm and press in on the top tab and remove the end cap. See Figures 10, 11 & 12

Figure 13 8) Lift up on the drum/waste hopper and remove. Be careful to hold the drum so it does not become damaged. Remove the

Figure 6 4) While still on the left end cap, locate the top tab. Press in on the tab, and remove the end cap. See Figures 7 & 8

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drum/waste assy. See Figure’s 14 & 15

standard PCR cleaner.

Figure 21 Figure 15 9) Remove the drum. See Figure 16

Figure 18 13) Remove both the PCR holders by pressing in on the tabs at the bottom of the holder. These holders need to be removed to allow access to the wiper blade. See Figure 19

Figure 22 cartridge. See Figure 23 Figure 16 10) Remove the PCR from the assembly.

See Figure 17 Figure 19 14) Remove the two screws from the wiper blade, remove the blade. See Figure 20

Figure 23 18) Blow off or vacuum the PCR cleaning roller. Install in the waste hopper. See Figure 24

Figure 17 11) Remove the PCR cleaning roller. Se Figure 18 12) Clean the PCR with your normal PCR cleaner.

WARNING: Do not clean the OEM PCR with alcohol, as this will remove the conductive coating from the roller.

If the PCR is an aftermarket, follow the cleaning methods recommended by the manufacturer. If the PCR is an OEM, we recommend it be cleaned with your

Figure 20 15) Clean out all the waste toner from the hopper. Make sure the seals are clean. See Figure 21 16) Install the cleaned or new wiper blade and two screws. See Figure 22 17) Install the two PCR holders. There are slots in the holders that fit over tabs in the

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grease in the holders, and install the PCR. See Figure 25

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remove as it is recessed. Take a small common screwdriver and work it around the edge lifting slightly until it comes loose. See Figure 28

Figure 31 buildup exists, the cartridge will streak. No

Figure 25 20) The large gear side of the drum axle shaft has conductive grease on it.

Regardless of if you are replacing the drum or not, clean the old grease off, and replace with new. See Figure 26

chemicals should be used. We have found Figure 28 23) Remove the developer roller. See Figure 29

using a clean ice cream type wooden stick works great for scraping the blade clean without damaging it. See Figure 32

Figure 32 Figure 29 Figure 26 21) Install the drum and axle from the small gear side of the drum into the waste

24) Remove the 2 screws from the doctor

28) Install the doctor blade and two screws.

See Figure 33

blade, remove the blade. See Figure 30

hopper. Make sure the keyed end of the shaft is on the small gear side. See Figure 27

Figure 33 Figure 30 25) Clean out all the remaining toner from

29) Clean the developer roller with a dedicated DVR cleaner, and replace into

the hopper.

the hopper. Place the long shaft side to the

26) Make sure the doctor blade sealing

gear side of the cartridge. See Figure 34

22) On the supply hopper, carefully pry out

foam and the developer rollers seals are clean and intact. See Figure 31

the fill plug and dump out any remaining

27) Clean the Dr. Blade edge so there is no

30) Fill the hopper with ML-2525 toner, replace the fill plug and check for leaks.

See Figure 35

toner. The fill plug can be difficult to

evidence of build up along the edge. If any

31) Install the gears as shown. Do not

Figure 27

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41 & 42

Figure 34

Figure 38 assembly into place. Make sure all the middle tabs fit under the edge of the waste hopper. See Figures 39 & 40

Figure 42 35) Drill 4 small holes that correspond to the screw size your using. Install the four screws into the end cap. See Figure’s 43, 44 & 45

Figure 35 install the large white floating gear yet. See Figures 36 & 37 Figure 39 Figure 43

Figure 36 Figure 40 34) Clean the contacts on the left side end cap, and replace the conductive grease.

Figure 44

Snap the end cap into place. See Figures

Figure 37 32) Fit both sides of the waste hopper tabs into the toner hopper. See Figure 38 33) Slide the middle top cover/PCR

Figure 45 Figure 41

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36) Install the large white floating gear on the gear side of the cartridge. See Figure 46

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Figure 52

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Drill out the plastic rivet with a small drill,

easy when drilling the hole for this screw

39) Install the two drum axle arms as shown. See Figure’s 51 & 52

remove the cover, and chip. See Figure’s 53, 54, 55 & 56 41) Install the new chip and cover, insert

to drill through into the waste chamber.

Place a small amount of silicone caulk in the hole and screw before install the screw.

40) To replace the chip, slice the top of the

a small screw that corresponds to the hole

See Figure 57

plastic river off with the chisel blade knife.

drilled to hold everything in place. It’s very

Figure 46 37) Clean the hubs on the gear side end cap, and replace the conductive grease.

Snap the end cap into place. See Figures 47 & 48

Figure 47

Figure 48 38) Drill 3 small holes that correspond to the screw size you’re using. Install the three screws into the end cap. See Figures 49 & 50

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Common Cartridge Problems Repetitive defect chart: Upper heat roller: 77.5mm OPC drum: 75.6mm Lower pressure roller: 75.4mm Supply Roller: 49.0mm Transfer roller: 47.0mm PCR 37.5mm Developer roller: 35.0mm

Printing test pages Configuration Page: With the printer in the Ready State, Press and hold the cancel button for about 5 seconds until the status LED blinks fast. Release the button.

Cleaning Page: With the printer in the Ready State, Press and hold the cancel button for about 10 seconds until the status LED blinks fast. Release the butt.

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