The name of the toner cartridges depends on the brand of your printer, although in rare cases, generic cartridges will suffice. Do you have an inkjet printer or a laser printer? What model is it? My advice is to find your manual and read about your printer and the corresponding cartridge needed.
MICR toner cartridges can be used in Canon, Dell and Hewlett-Packard printers. Lexmark, Samsung and Xerox are also printers that can use MICR toner cartridges.
Unfortunately, all printers will need printer cartridges or toner.
There are a number of compatible toner cartridges with Epson A2 printers. These include the original C13S050229 and the regenerated RG-EPS-C13S050229.
The C9730a toner cartridges are only compatible with HP printers. However, they are not compatible with all HP printers. They are only compatible with HP Color LaserJet 5500 & 5550 series printers.
Samsung toner cartridges are designed by the same company that makes the Samsung printers. Therefore, the two are designed to work together. One could also use generic toner cartridges, but the results may not be as good.
That is the printer type. Ink jet printers take ink cartridges and laser printers take laser toner cartridges.
Laser printers use toner cartridges rather than ink.
You can donated the cartridges as charity. The are many organizations that accept these cartridges, and you can send them throught the mail.
All toner cartridges for printers are expensive. The cost of obtaining the toner ink and the process for putting the toner ink into the cartridges is very high. The only way for the companies to turn a profit from manufacturing and selling such items is to sell them above their cost.
It depends on what specific printer you get, as they all tend to have different proprietary cartridges, but toner printers are generally cheaper to buy and maintain.
Any company that sells printers will provide the opportunity to purchase toner cartridges. http://www.tonercartridgedepot.com/ is a good resource for finding the best options.
Toner refills for Lexmark printers can be purchased both in store and online. Popular stores that carry Lexmark toner cartridges are Staples, Amazon, Best Buy and Office Max.