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Understanding the basic concept to recycled Inkjet toner cartridges

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

Inkjet toner cartridges are used by every business company today for printing their data on a large scale. Many times the cartridges that go in the waste contribute to increased office expenses of buying new toners and cartridges. You can either Recycling or reuse the used cartridges like that of Cheap hp ink cartridges by following certain guidelines. These steps often help a person avoid uncertain event of disposing off the cartridges that tend to accumulate harmful chemicals on disposal.

There are many countries that impose restriction on recycling toner contents depending upon the standards and the requirement that they meet for a particular country. Usually toner cartridges are 40 percent of plastic material and thus they are normally not melted but instead recycled or refilled.

The basic concept of toners and ink cartridges started from the process of hole drilling and refilling the cartridge, irrespective of considering the good or bad condition of the toners. This often led to leakages and heavy damages to the printers, ultimately creating a bad reputation for the companies manufacturing recycled cartridges. With the gradual change in the manufacturing strategies, many business people started created high quality toners like Lexmark Ink cartridges that could be recycled with much ease and without causing any harmful or adverse effect on the printers.

However, every person who intends to buy a recycled cartridge much also maintain a careful watch on the packed and sealed products. All the cartridges recycled are disassembles and thoroughly inspected for any damaged parts that are carefully replaced. Thus, it would be necessary to consider buying recycled toners from reputed companies that ensure to meet all the specifications for reprocessed and remanufactured cartridges.

Apart from this there are also some branded and reputed manufactures that avoid recycling their cartridges like Brother Toner cartridges or Cheap Lexmark ink cartridges. Manufacturers often void their printer warranty in the event of any damage caused to the newly purchased cartridge.

Recycled cartridges such as Cheap canon ink cartridges also have an added advantage of being cost effective for the customers as they cut down the total cost to 40 % . This has benefited many companies   developing recycled cartridges on a large scale with a hope to run successfully in the competitive market of trading recycled ink cartridges.

Normally any good quality cartridges like Lexmark Ink cartridges can be reused maximum up to maximum three to four times depending upon the quality of the printer too. Many reputed companies manufacturing Cheap ink cartridges for dell printer also ensure to provide environmental protection for the entire society as recycling the cartridges is often considered harmful on the green and global environment. Thus it becomes a basic responsibility of the manufactures to ensure selling the recycled toners considering the advantages and disadvantages in the due process.

Remanufactured Toner Cartridge Myths

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Remanufactured Toner Cartridge Myths

Below we have listed the top 7 myths surrounding Remanufactured Toner Cartridges!

1. Can a defective toner cartridge damage my printer?

A toner cartridge is a mostly self contained unit which has limited contact with the rest of the printer. Worst case scenario is that some leaked toner from a faulty or damaged cartridge will need to be carefully removed from the printer. All toner cartridges will deposit a very small amount of toner inside the printer; many newer printers now come with a waste toner box to collect this safely. Toner cartridges that have been professionally remanufactured will not damage printers or create anymore wear and tear than a brand new original OEM cartridge. You should ensure you regularly remove any toner deposits from inside the printer as part of regular printer maintenance.

2. Will using a remanufactured toner cartridge void my printer warranty?

Following recent pressure from the European Union and American Fair Trade Laws, the OEM printer manufacturers are not allowed to void your printer warranty for using compatible or remanufactured toner or ink cartridges.

3. Will a remanufactured toner cartridge be of inferior quality compared to an OEM product?

Here at Cartridge Discount we always use remanufactured toner cartridges in our printers when available, and we can honestly not notice any significant difference in print quality compared to the original OEM toner cartridges. There is a massive cost saving and the knowledge that you are helping the environment at the same time!

4. Do toner cartridge remanufacturers reuse toner in their cartridges?

You cannot reuse toner, if you did then none of the cartridges would work! Toner becomes contaminated during the printing process by electrical charges and paper dust, so it is therefore completely un-reusable. Different toner cartridges can also require a different toner formulation, and by combining two different types of toner inside one cartridge you would encounter problems.

5. Do toner cartridge remanufacturers just replace the toner in recycled cartridges?

Single re-use ink cartridge ‘remanufacturers’ (also called ‘drill and fill’ sellers) are actually conning you and the environment. A professional toner cartridge will replace every worn or damaged component in the cartridge. The imaging drum in the cartridge will be cleaned, tested or even replaced. The OPC drum is the most expensive part inside many toner cartridges, but it is the most crucial component for the quality and performance of your toner cartridge. The majority of professionally remanufactured toner cartridges have brand new OPC drums, charge rollers and other mechanical parts. Microchips must also be replaced to ensure the full functionality and compatibility of the cartridge.

6. If I return my empty toner cartridge to Lexmark/Canon/HP etc … will it be re-used?

You may be surprised to find that only 20% of returned empty cartridges sent to OEM manufacturers are actually re-used. Independent cartridge remanufacturers recover and re-use more empty cartridges than all the OEM’s put together. A recent survey found that OEM manufacturer’s schemes to collect empty cartridges generally resulted in the toner cartridges being broken down into their constituent parts and then the base materials were recycled. Where as, third party toner remanufacturers will almost always re-use the cartridges that they collect following inspection and cleaning.

7. Is the toner used inside the cartridge as good as the OEM’s?

Since the invention of chemical toner nearly 10 years ago, almost all of the OEM toner cartridge manufacturers are designing their toner cartridges with this new technology. This became available to third party toner cartridge remanufacturers about 18 months ago, and now the quality achieved by remanufactured cartridges is the same as that of the OEM’s.

You can find a large selection of remanufactured toner cartridges at www.cartridgediscount.co.uk.

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