New UserFriendly™ Seal and Super High Yield OpWheel™ Offered by LaserLand
Sylvan Lake, Mich. — LaserLand Inc is pleased to announce the release of its new
UserFriendly™ Seal and the OpWheel™.
The UserFriendly Seal
The UserFriendly seal assembly has distinct advantages over previous seals. First, the seal,
now available for the PX, employs a rigid plastic brace rather than cardboard as is common in other seals.
The UserFriendly Seal has a built-in handle for the end user to pull during cartridge installation. The
release liner that protects the adhesive is easily removed, which is why the product is called UserFriendly.
The PX version is available and ready to ship. Initial cost is 60 cents per seal in quantities of 25.
UserFriendly Seals for other cartridge types will be released at a later date. The UserFriendly Seal
is protected by United States patent number 5,296,902 and Re35,529. Other patents are pending.
The UserFriendly Seal
Fig 1: Optra S low yield optical wheel
Fig. 2: Optra S high yield optical wheel
The modified OEM optical wheel ready for the OpWheel application
The UserFriendly Seal
The OpWheel
A sensor in the Optra S toner cartridge is making remanufacturing difficult. There are two versions
of the Optra S cartridge: the low yield and the high yield. The low yield cartridge has a sensor that tells
the printer that a low yield cartridge has been installed. The printer will then output the page yield of the
low yield cartridge even if, through remanufacturing, much more toner remains. Figures 1 and 2 show
the optical wheels of the low yield and the high yield toner cartridges.
The design of the optical wheel is based on light. Light shines through the very slowly
turning optical wheel and the low-yield wheel will disable the printer when it reaches the missing slot that
is present in the high-yield toner cartridge. Steve Michlin of LaserLand has received numerous calls
regarding this problem. Many methods have been tried, including punching a hole in the
OEM low-yield wheels. However, the original plastic is too thick to properly effect this as a method. After
testing several techniques, Steve developed a thin piece of plastic with pressure-sensitive adhesive that
adheres to the OEM wheel. The OpWheel simulates the configuration of the OEM
wheel.
To install the OpWheel, simply cut the notch in the OEM wheel as shown in Figure 3. Remove
the release paper from the OpWheel as in Figure 4 and place it flush over the OEM wheel so that the
grooves overlap properly. The OEM component with the OpWheel installed will now allow a low yield Optra
S cartridge to be used as a high yield cartridge. The OpWheel is patent pending.
Super High Yield OpWheel: LaserLand's Super High Yield OpWheel enables the
remanufacturer to offer a greater value than the OEM high yield cartridge. A cartridge remanufactured with the
Super High Yield OpWheel will increase the capacity of the remanufactured cartridge beyond the OEM.
For more information, call (800) 608-6637, (248) 738-5800 or fax to (248) 738-5801.
This article originally appeared in the September 1998 issue of Recharger.