The price of owning toners and cartridges?

Answer 1

Owning a printer or copier can be an expensive investment. Not only is paper a requirement, so are the ink and toner cartridges, which can be the largest expense of any printing appliance. Most printer and copier companies charge a significantly lower price for the printer itself, but charge a much higher price for each cartridge. There are, however, ways to own ink and toner cartridges for a lower price, thus negating the expense of owning and operating a printer or copier cartridges.

One of the easiest ways to replace the ink in your cartridges it to refill them instead of just purchasing new ink and toner cartridges. Many companies, brick and mortar or online stores both offer this service. The cost of refilling the cartridges is significantly lower than purchasing new completely new cartridges. This service can also completed at home. Some suppliers offer a complete do it yourself ink refilling package that can offset the price of cartridges. There are, however, some negatives that might occur from refilling, such as the longevity of the cartridge itself might decrease and the quality of the ink might not be as high if it would have come from the company of the cartridge itself. However one must decided if the price of the ink and toner cartridge might be more advantageous than the lack of age and quality ink.

Finally, just the act of recycled used and old toners and cartridges can help decrease the cost of purchasing new. Many large printer companies offer a recycling program that when a customer returns old and used cartridges a coupon may be awarded to take a percentage off the full price of a new toner and ink cartridges. As a word of caution, not all companies do this, so it is in the best interest of the costumer who desires this approach to seek out the full details of a respective recycling program.