Waste toner tank full/not install keep displaying

The waste toner tank full/not install keeps displaying. We have emptied the toner tank and replaced it but even so it won't print. Samsung 500 the online continue light is red

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gijo Apr 02, 2008

'waste toner tank full/not install ' sign keeps on and on after the effort to clean up the waste tank all that.
Anonymous May 15, 2008

Hello i change the emitter et receptor,main board no change,i try to change the power and the card on the top
Anonymous May 19, 2008

waste toner keeps coming up full waste toner keeps coming up full
Anonymous Jul 16, 2008

waste toner tank full/not install keep displaying problem
Anonymous Sep 10, 2008

i have the same problem i have the same problem
Anonymous Mar 16, 2014

where is the waste toner tank located where is the waste toner tank located
Anonymous Mar 21, 2014

I emptied the waste bin but it says I need to install/replace it

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The sensor for the waste toner tank is dirty or defective. The toner sensor is on the right as you look at the panel just below the liquid crystal display. There is a bump in the clear plastic just below the circular right vent port, that's where the used toner pours in. When you clean out the toner cartridge there is some residue left that makes the sensor think it's still full. Take a piece of paper towel and a small screwdriver (I'm told a bent coat hanger will work, too) and clean the inside of the sensor window inside the used toner cartridge (w/ access through the toner port). It looks like a little raised groove on the right. Just wipe it until it's clear on the inside. The sensor can now see through the window and you should be okay. Otherwise, the sensor may need to be replaced by an authorized Samsung technician. Let me know how it works out!

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I was able to get my printer working again using Chris Yost's suggestions. BTW, I was re-using the existing waste toner tank. I did not replace it, I simply emptied it, then cleaned the inside of the little protrusion with a soft cloth held with needle-nose pliers.

Posted on Oct 16, 2012

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I was able to get my printer working again using Chris Yost's suggestions. BTW, I was re-using the existing waste toner tank. I did not replace it, I simply emptied it, then cleaned the inside of the little protrusion with a soft cloth held with needle-nose pliers.

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The sensor itself weren´t dirty, but plastics in waste toner tank was bit dusty and sensor couldn´t read through it. So I modded waste toner tank a bit with a knife (took the part away which the sensor uses when reading if it is full or not). And works again beautifullu.

All I have to do know is to take care of waste toner tank manually i.e. checking it every now and then and when it becomes full I throw it away.

Posted on Feb 09, 2008

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There is a plastic tab that sticks out and opens a small cover over that sensor. If that tab is missing (broken) then the cover will not open. It will stay covered and the printer control will assume that the dump tank is full.

Posted on Aug 09, 2007

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