T420/430TECH

Technical Instructions

Tools

Printers:
Lexmark T420dn
Lexmark T430/430d/430dn

CORPORATE
LOS ANGELES, USA
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Printers/Supplies

Needlenose Pliers
Phillips Screwdriver
Small Flat Blade Screwdriver
Spring Hook
X-Acto Knife

Supplies:
T420 High Yield Return Program Print Cartridge
T420 Return Program Print Cartridge
T420 High Yield Print Cartridge
T420 Print Cartridge

12A7415
12A7410
12A7315
12A7310

T430
T430
T430
T430

12A8425
12A8420
12A8325
12A8320

High Yield Return Program Print Cartridge

Return Program Print Cartridge
High Yield Print Cartridge
Print Cartridge

Photo 1

MIAMI, USA

Supplies Required:
Toner
Wiper Blade
Drum
Lint free cloth
99% isopropyl alcohol
Cotton Swabs

Step 1
Place the cartridge top down on the table with
the drum facing up and the gear end of the
toner hopper is facing towards you. Using a
small flat blade screwdriver, pry off the developer roller drive gear and set it aside.
(See Photo 1)

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NEW YORK, USA

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Photo 2

Step 2
Rotate the cartridge to the right so the toner
hopper is facing you. Using a spring hook or
needle nose pliers, gently remove the toner
hopper tension springs from the posts at each
side. (See Photo 2 and 3)

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BUENOS AIRES, ARG

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SYDNEY, AUS

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JOHANNESBURG, S.A.
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Photo 6

Step 5
While holding the drive gear of the drum, pull
the drum axle out. (See Photo 6)

Step 3
While holding onto the toner hopper
with your left hand, carefully bend
the waste hopper away from the
gear side of the toner hopper using
your right hand. Lift the right side of
the toner hopper up away from the
waste hopper. (See Photo 4)

Photo 7

Separate the toner hopper and

waste hopper. Set the toner hopper
aside.
NOTE: Do not lose toner hopper
tension springs.

Photo 4

Remove the drum and set it aside, being sure

not to lose the spring attached to the small
gear side. (See Photo 7)
If you plan on reusing the drum, place the drum
in a protected area and out of the light.

Photo 8

Step 6
Fold together two plates of PCR access shutter.
Using your right hand, bend the shutter in the
middle and, carefully bending the waste hopper
away with your left hand, remove the shutter pin
from the hopper. Remove the other pin and sliding guide of the shutter from the waste hopper.
Be careful not to damage the waste hopper
recovery blade.(See Photo 8)

Step 4

Photo 9

Step 7
Place the waste hopper flat on the work bench.
Using a Philips screwdriver remove the two
screws that hold the wiper blade to the waste
hopper.(See Photo 9)

Place the waste hopper with the

drum facing up. Using a small flat
blade screwdriver remove the C
clip from the drum axle on the drive
(large) gear end of the drum.
(See Photo 5)

Step 8
Using a small flat blade screwdriver pry the
wiper blade away from the waste hopper.
(See Photo 10)

Photo 5

Photo 10

Remove the wiper blade. (See Photo 11)

Photo 11

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Photo 12

Step 9
Dump the waste toner from the hopper. Using
dry compressed air or a vacuum, clean the
waste hopper. Visually inspect the waste hopper recovery blade. If the blade is wavy,
nicked, or torn, the blade will have to be
replaced. (See Photo 12)

Photo 13

Step 10
Apply a small amount of padding powder to the
new wiper blade. Place the new blade onto the
waste hopper and install the two screws that
hold the blade in place.
(See Photo 13)

Step 14
Place the toner hopper on the table
(label up) with the developer roller
facing you. Carefully remove the
doctor blade tension spring from the
hopper.
(See Photo 17)
NOTE: Do not let the tension spring
slip and hit the developer roller. This
will scratch the roller and could
cause print defects.

Photo 17

Photo 14

Photo 15

Step 11
Holding PCR access shutter with your left
hand, install the shutter pin and sliding guide
into the waste hopper. Fold together two plates
of PCR access shutter, bend the shutter with
your right hand and install the other pin into the
hopper. Be careful not to damage the waste
hopper recovery blade. (See Photo 14)

Step 15

Step 12

Using a small flat blade screwdriver

pry the developer roller contact off
the brass contact bearing and slide
the bearing from the end of the
hopper and off the developer roller.
(See Photo 18)

Apply a small amount of padding powder to

the drum. Install the spring on the small gear
side. This spring is to prevent the drum from
turning backwards. Place the drum into the
waste hopper. Slide the drum axle through the
drum starting from the large (contact) gear side
of the waste hopper.
(See Photo 15)
Install the Cclip onto the drum axle.

Photo 16

Step 13
Using a Philips screwdriver remove the screw
that holds a chip to the waste hopper.
(See Photo 16)
Install a new chip.
Set the waste hopper aside in a protected area
out of the light.

Photo 18

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Photo 19

Step 16
While holding the shaft of the developer roller,
lift the roller out from the hopper and slide the
developer roller axle out from the toner hopper
gear end plate. (See Photo 19)

Notes

Step 17
Remove the Teflon shims from the developer
roller and inspect them for damage and wear.
Replace the Teflon shims as a set if necessary.

Photo 20

Step 18
Turn the toner hopper to the right so the fill plug
is facing you. Using a small flat blade screwdriver, pry out the toner fill plug carefully and try
not to damage it. Clean the filter inside the fill
plug with either vacuum or compressed air.
(See Photo 20)

Photo 21

Step 19
Dump out the toner from the toner hopper.
Using dry compressed air or a vacuum clean the
toner hopper. Be very careful not to damage the
toner hopper sealing blade.
(See Photo 21)

Photo 22

Step 20
Using a cotton swab and Isopropyl alcohol,
clean the developer roller end seals.
(See Photo 22)

Photo 23

Step 21
Clean the contacts of the toner hopper using a
cotton swab and Isopropyl alcohol.
(See Photo 23)

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Photo 24

Step 22
Clean the underside of the doctor bar with a
cotton swab and isopropyl alcohol.
(See Photo 24)

Step 23
Visually inspect the inner sealing blade. If the
blade is damaged it will cause leaking and
must be replaced.
Photo 25

Step 24
Clean the developer roller with a compressed
air. Place the axle of the developer roller into a
drill. Take a lint free cloth, add a small amount
of alcohol, then soak the cloth with water.
Clean the roller using the lint free cloth while
the roller is rotating in the drill.
(See Photo 25)

Photo 26

Step 25
Clean the developer roller shaft with a cotton
swab and alcohol. (See Photo 26)

Photo 27

Step 26
Install the Teflon shims on each end of the
developer roller and slide the keyed end of the
developer roller axle into the gear assembly
end plate. Lower the other end into position
being careful not to damage the Teflon shim on
that side. (See Photo 27)

Photo 28

Step 27
Using a small flat blade screwdriver or needle
nose pliers pry the developer roller contact off
the developer roller shaft and install the brass
contact bearing onto the end of the developer
roller shaft. Slide it into place on the end of the
toner hopper.
(See Photo 28)

Notes

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Photo 31

Step 30
Place the waste hopper top down on the work
bench with the waste hopper away from you.
Turn the toner hopper upside down, install the
left side of the toner hopper first.

Step 28
Reinstall the doctor bar tension
spring so theV stamp on the
spring points away from the toner
hopper. (See Photo 29)

While holding onto the toner hopper with your

left hand, carefully bend the waste hopper
away from the gear side of the toner hopper
using your right hand. Push the right side of
the toner hopper toward the waste hopper.
(See Photo 31)

Photo 29
Photo 32

Step 31
Using a spring hook reattach the tension
springs to each end of the toner hopper.
(See Photo 32)

Photo 33

Step 32
Install the developer roller drive gear onto the
developer roller axle. (See Photo 33)
The cartridge is now ready to test.

Step 29
Fill the toner hopper with the
correct amount of toner and
reinstall the toner hopper fill plug.
(See Photo 30)

Photo 30

NOTE: The difference between T-420 and

T-430 cartridges is a notch in the center of the
front side of the T-430 cartridge waste section.
(See Photos 34 and 35)

Photo 34

T-420 CARTRIDGE

Photo 35

T-430 CARTRIDGE

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