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I think i have to put 100g toner in my cartridge. i don't have that small scale . how can i measure 100g.

Is that figure has to be exact or doesnot matter if thats 60g or 150g

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Question can't be answered correctly without more details. What type of toner cart? Why do you think you need exactly 100 grams? Are you using some kind of refill kit? – CarlF Jan 20 at 6:21
Yes I have toner refill kit and kit has 400g in it. The cartrdige is Brother TN3145 – Mirage Jan 20 at 13:19
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Just use 1/4 of the refill kit? – taspeotis Jan 24 at 4:45
Uff, this kind of puzzles always give me headaches ... first, you need two canisters: 2 liter and 5 liter ... ;-) – ldigas Jan 24 at 4:56
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excellent physics question, but it's not computer-related. answers could just as easily apply to any other powdery substance. – ~quack Jan 24 at 5:09
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If you can't afford to buy either a good kitchen scale or a postal scale, how about this: place a ruler on a pencil so that it extends equally to either side, and tack paper cups to each end to create a crude balance. 18 US quarters weigh about 100g. Put 18 quarters in one cup, and then spoon enough toner into the other cup to balance out the quarters. Done!

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What if he's not from US ? – ldigas Jan 24 at 4:58
find another ~5.6g coin that's indigenous to his area, and use 18 of those. or find a coin that's ~2.5g (eg, a penny) and use 40 of 'em. note to amurikans: nickels should be 5.000g, so you'd need exactly 20 nickels to hit 100g pretty much dead on. – ~quack Jan 24 at 5:06
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Find a tin pot ... measure its radius ... calculate the area, calculate the height that you need to fill with water to get exactly 100g.

Put in a plastic cup, those things weight 3-5g, (that is a spoon of water) and use it as a counterweight.

Or just find something that says mass=100g. There is a bunch of those things in every household today - starting from food to ...

3rd idea: use printer paper ... 500 papers weights (depending on paper) ... calculate how much of them you need for 100g.

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