Why Choose Eco-Friendly Toner Cartridges as Alternative Printer Consumables for Your Laser Printers

Have you ever heard of eco-friendly toner cartridges before? If you own laser printers or multifunction laser printer then perhaps you've known them for their generic term called as “remanufactured toner cartridges”. These are basically cartridges that are recycled from used or empty OEM toner cartridges that are refurbished before being filled with new toner powder, repacked and sold in the market at a lower price. Sometimes, people mistake them for counterfeit cartridges because of their low price but they’re not. And this article, we’ll clear your perception regarding these eco-friendly toner cartridges and why there are some printer users who prefer them over OEM toner cartridges.

Eco-friendly toner cartridges are described as “are used OEM cartridges that are refurbished, inspected, disassembled, cleaned and replaced worn parts with new ones before being re-filled with new toners or inks.” And as it was stated, these eco-friendly toner cartridges are recycled thus help in reducing the waste ending up in our landfills. These toner cartridges are refurbished and are offered by third-party manufacturers with the intention of encouraging printer users to be responsible in picking up products that they use in their everyday life. As stated by a documented report made by Stop Waste Organization that “buying remanufactured toner cartridges and recycling empty cartridges are easy ways to reduce the environmental impact of these products while saving substantial amounts of money.”

When it comes to its environmental benefits, “a typical used toner cartridge weighs about 3 pounds and is composed of 40% plastic, 40% metal and smaller

percentages of rubber, paper, foam, and toner.” 97% of these materials are recycled and can be reused. Another thing about eco-friendly toner cartridges is that it “reduces pollution and waste by minimizing the amount of materials, such as plastic, steel, aluminum, and rubber, disposed of in landfills” which takes years to decompose. Lastly, according to studies, “for each pound of new material used in remanufacturing, 5 to 9 pounds of virgin materials are conserved” so there is indeed a great deal why there are printer users who prefer them.

Lastly, choosing eco-friendly toner cartridges will definitely save you money. It’s for the reason that they are more affordable, causing 50% lower than OEM toner cartridges. This is because they have lower manufacturing costs than OEM toner cartridges. Aside from this, there are online printer supplies that would offer online coupons and coupon codes for consumers to get discounts. If you’re looking for one, there is a known online seller of eco-friendly toner cartridges, TonerGreen, which also offers TonerGreen coupons for their shoppers to save more.

[ Read More ]

Can Somebody Please Tell Me What a Printer Duty Cycle is?

Not all people know about printer duty cycle. Just mention the word and most of them are likely to raise an eyebrow. A printer duty cycle is actually a specification that identifies the printing workload that the printer can handle. This is usually measured in months and is an extremely high number.

A printer's duty cycle is expressed through the duty cycle rating. The duty cycle rating is determined based on the stress test conducted by the printer manufacturer. Each printer manufacturer has its own definition of duty cycle rating so it varies based on the manufacturer. This is why consumers see different duty cycle ratings among the various brands of printers in the market.

As the leader in the printer industry, Hewlett Packard (HP) gives its products the highest duty cycle ratings. Most of the other printer manufacturers follow HP's footsteps so they either copy or mirror the duty cycle ratings of HP. Technically, most of the offices can use only 5% to 8% of a printer's stated duty cycle.

Even if it is a good habit to check on the duty cycle rating when shopping for a printer, you can overlook this specification since it is not an accurate number and since you will not be able to maximize this rating at all.

Instead, when you are shopping for a printer, it is more advisable to focus on other specifications or features like the paper tray capacity and printing volume. In this way, you can match the printer more accurately to your needs.

[ Read More ]

What's the Right Choice for Printer Cartridges?

Technological innovations have brought us numerous printing solutions that allow you to produce files and documents from your computer. The printer has come a long way. In fact, it is now a “basic commodity”. Look around you and you would probably see that almost all computers, whether desktop or laptop, printers attached to them. Indeed, printers have evolved from monochromes and dot-matrix types to color and laser jets that allow people to print pictures and graphics and invoices and receipts. But as the printer increases its number of functions, so do the rate of consumption for their inks and toners. This means that more and more people now need to replace their printer cartridges.

Popular brands like HP, Canon, Epson, Brother and Xerox have also noticed this evolution. In fact, they have expanded their business acumen from manufacturing printers to manufacturing and selling of ink and toner cartridges and even specialty paper capitalize on the growing roles of printers. Though people used to patronize OEM printer cartridges because these are supposed to give “excellent print quality and will not cause any damage to the printer”, compatible and remanufactured ink and toner cartridges are now fast gaining name and fame. This is because they are more economical, easy to use and hardly have any difference with OEM ink and toner cartridges. Some people prefer using remanufactured ink and toner cartridges because aside from lower costs, it is also more environment-friendly.

To date, the use of printers in homes, offices, schools, malls and other places you can think of has earned compatible or remanufactured printer cartridges the title as the “right printing solution”. Of course, they reduce costs and expenses. They also contribute to the green campaign. As mentioned, there is hardly any difference in the usability and quality of printouts when you are using compatible or remanufactured inks and toners. A compatible or remanufactured printer cartridge can function just as well as an OEM printer cartridge. This is specifically-designed and manufactured to match the standards and performance of their OEM counterparts. Perhaps the main consideration when buying compatible printer is the quality of the ink or toner. If it’s your first time to buy a compatible or remanufactured printer cartridge, we recommend that you list down your printer model and part number (or serial) of the cartridge to make sure that you are buying the correct compatible or remanufactured cartridge. Browse through online stores and catalogs to compare the prices and services for each brand or store.

Tonerboss offers you cheaper but premium quality ink and toner cartridge products. All of our products are formulated and tested by expert technicians, guaranteed compatible and with excellent print quality. Tonerboss offers online shopping so you can buy your printer supplies anytime and anywhere. Our services and transactions are also guaranteed safe and hassle-free.

[ Read More ]

Show Me the Money: Your Savings from Using Reman Toners

The end of one year signals the start of another. Businesses are now preparing not only for the tax season but also for their business plans for next year. Management teams also have their hands full at this time of the year because they have to come up with their budget budget plans for next year. Part of this budget plan will be the printer supplies. Yes, more and more companies are now making the effort to go green but paperwork remains inevitable in the office.

TonerBoss knows your business needs. We are giving you an option to maximize your profits by cutting down your expenses even more. At the same time, we will help you promote your “go green” campaign. So what's this option? Use compatible or remanufactured toners and cartridges on your printers. This is not just about getting your money's worth, it's also about great savings and valuable contribution to your corporate social responsibility of saving the environment.

You might be spending too much on printer supplies. Printer manufacturers makes use of the “user-based model” which means that they are selling their printers at lower prices since they can make more money from selling OEM toners and inks.

Here is a rundown of savings and costs when using compatible or remanufactured toners and inks:

Table 1: Sample Cost Analysis

Printer Model: HP Color LaserJet CP4005n (CB503A)			Unit Price: $ 1,099.00
	Cost/Cartridge ($)	Pages	Cost per Page ($)	Cost/Year ($) *	Savings (vs. OEM)
OEM	179.99	7,500	0.024	1,079.94
Premium Compatible Toner	79.99	7,500	0.011	479.94	55%
Remanufactured Toner	28.99	9,000**	0.0032	144.95	87%

*Cost per Year is calculated assuming that your office replaces black toner cartridges every two months.

**Since the remanufactured toner has more standard page yield, it is assumed that it can last more than 2 months.

From here, you can see that your business can gain more profits by getting more savings from using compatible or remanufactured toners and inks. If you choose OEM toners, a whole year’s supply or consumption is already almost equivalent to the price of a new printer unit.

Premium toner allows you to cut your expenses by more than half with hardly any difference on the print quality and page yield. Users who have tried premium compatible or remanufactured toners and inks say that they did not encounter any issues in installing and in the using premium toners and inks.

The use of remanufactured toners and inks can give you the highest savings. There are no issues or problems with remanufactured toners and inks especially if they are manufactured by reliable third-party manufacturers. There may be some differences in print quality but this is not noticeable.

Apart from the savings, using compatible or remanufactured toners and inks can help you save empty or used cartridges from being thrown into landfills.

[ Read More ]

Some Toner Cartridge Hearsay

Here are some hearsay that we commonly hear about remanufactured toner cartridges:

1. Remanufactured toner cartridges are of low quality compared to original equipment manufactured (OEM)toner cartridge. - Contrary to popular notions, remanufactured toner cartridges are also of high quality especially if they are made by reputable companies like TonerBoss. Reputable third party manufacturers exercise excellent quality control measures to ensure that their remanufactured toner cartridges are at par with new or branded cartridges.

2. Using remanufactured toner cartridges can damage your printer or copier. - Only defective toner cartridges, whether remanufactured or OEM, can damage printers and copiers. A well-remanufactured cartridge is no more likely to cause damage to a printer or copier than a new cartridge.

3. Printer and copier manufacturers can declare their warranties void if they know that you had used remanufactured toner cartridges on their products. - This is not true. There is an existing antitrust legislation that doesn’t allow printer and copier manufacturers to void their warranties due to the use of remanufactured toner cartridges.

So now you know that remanufactured toner cartridges are just as safe to use on your printer or copier as new cartridges.

[ Read More ]

Beware of Overpriced Inks and Toners!

I know there have been several warnings and testimonial blogs posted online on printer ink scams but it seems that there are some people who do not quit on the bad habits and there are also some who don’t seem to learn their lesson.

These printer ink scam offer people and small businesses overpriced toners and inks. All transactions are done through telemarketers. For example, a telemarketer will contact you to promote their ink and toner products. They tend to prey on small businesses and individuals. The telemarketer will tell you that their products are guaranteed to have more ink or toner, can print more and carry a popular brand name. In most cases, the telemarketer will not stop or drop the call unless he gets a verbal approval from you or from the employee of the small business. Sometimes, the telemarketer would even resolve to outright lies just to get some “forced sale”.

Soon enough, you or the company will realize that you have paid much more than what you normally spend on inks and toners. In fact, you may have paid for as much as four times more than the average prices of inks and toners. All you will get is a bill that does not have a valid phone number or address except for a P.O. Box address where you can send the payment.

If you don’t want to fall prey into this scam, do not entertain calls from alleged telemarketers. The best way to handle these calls is to ask the telemarketer for the legitimate company name and URL so you can check on the validity of their business as well as compare their prices to those of other brands or printer supplies companies. This also allows you the opportunity to get their phone number by telling them that you will just return their call if you are interested to purchase some stuffs from them.

As for small businesses, it is more advisable for them to adopt a standard procedure in which all purchases will be directed to a single-point person.

There is nothing wrong with purchasing compatible toners, just make sure that the store from which you are buying from is reliable like TonerBoss.

[ Read More ]