If you decide to refill your laser printer toner cartridge yourself, you just need to choose the right quality toner. Otherwise, you risk not only spoiling the print quality, but also render the entire machine unusable.
Original and analog toners
Today, there is not the greatest variety in the market for consumables for printers. The main thing is to decide which toner to choose: original or analog. Genuine toner is provided by the manufacturing companies or their partners. By choosing it, you are, of course, paying extra for the brand. Analog toners are more often universal, they are suitable for many models of cartridges and printers, and besides, they please with a lower price.
The best choice for a one-time refill of a home printer is original toner, individually wrapped and labeled exactly the same as your printer model. Yes, most likely, it will cost you a little more than an analogue, but the difference will not be so great in this particular case, because each refueling involves printing from 1000 to 1500 pages of printed text. You may not have to buy toner again soon.
If you plan to provide services for refilling cartridges, then it makes sense for you to pay attention to analog toners. Today in many countries there are companies engaged in the packaging and supply of consumables for refilling toner cartridges, so you can try to stay with a manufacturer from your country: here you will clearly benefit from the price, because the delivery costs are relatively small.
However, there is a risk of getting a substandard product, since, for example, suppliers from the United States have long established themselves in the market, providing good universal toner suitable for most printers, while other brands do not yet have such confidence. Although recently representatives of Russian companies have become quite competitive.
Recommendations for beginners
At the first stage, you will have to experiment with different manufacturers, since, for example, the universal Hi-black is suitable for all HP cartridges, except for HP - 436, but for Samsung it is better to choose Profiline toners.
Therefore, the main recommendations may look like this:
- choose universal toner recommended by the manufacturer as an analogue for a certain brand of printers (this information is usually indicated on the packaging);
- at the initial stage, choose small packaging (in general, packaging varies from a one-time volume of 100-150 grams to ten-kilogram bags);
- try different brands offered by manufacturers: refillable cartridges will not deteriorate, and you will gain invaluable experience;
- if you are afraid to make a mistake, it makes sense to use the recognized leader in this niche - toner "AQC", packaging USA. Of course, its price is slightly higher than other analogs, but it raises no objections - it is really universal.
