Save on Toner and Toner Cartridges

In our modern environment, printer is an essential need. The cost of print supply is expensive if we use the OEM supplies.

To reduced this cost, the compatible replacement and re-manufactured ink cartridges are great choices.

Let's talk about this in a specific case for HP 60XL ink cartridges. It is the applied ink cartridge model for HP Deskjet F4230, Photosmart C4650 inkjet printers. An online seller with good track records priced $ 24 dollars for the re-manufactured cartridge. The original equipment manufacturer ink cartridge in the Staples is $ 46. If you prefer to refill this HP60XL ink cartridge by ink refill service, the service charge should around $ 15 dollars. As you could see the differences in price among these different types of ink cartridges, let's step further more for the refill cartridge, re-manufactured cartridge or compatible cartridge and the OEM cartridges.

Compatible ink cartridges are cartridges that are manufactured by a third party manufacturer other than the original manufacturer (see toner cartridge ). For instance, the HP 60XL cartridge's OEM manufacturer is HP; the 60xl ink cartridge from manufacturer Amida is a third party manufacturer's product.

The compatible cartridge is different to re-manufactured cartridge. Compatible cartridges are made from all new materials and parts including the plastic cartridge container by the cartridge factory. A re-manufactured cartridge is made by original or third party manufacturer that with a professionally cleaned cartridge container. In the process of making remanufactured cartridge by a quality verified cartridge factory, not only the good quality ink formulations are filled, but also the new nozzles and electronic circuit are installed and replaced. More importantly, the cartridge factory will test the remanufactured cartridge prior it is available for sale. Re-manufactured ink cartridges have the same functions and work in the same way as OEM ink cartridges.

Because the large demands of the ink cartridges, it is not surprised that tons of manufactures have started to supply refill kits for inkjet printer. Inkjet refill becomes a service business for some people who do a refilling service for customers. However, if users refill the cartridges themselves, most of them will discover too many obstacles while refilling the cartridge. The fingers have been blackened; the clean carpet has been dyed with colors; the green desk top has been spilled with cyan ink drops permanently and so on.

In addition, not all of the ink cartridge could be reused or refilled because of the unique design of the chips. This makes the refill cartridges yield only fraction of the page yields as the OEM cartridges'. Also, in comparing to the printing quality, the refill ink cartridges are commonly worse than the OEM cartridge. The ink color is bad and it might be dried up faster than the ink in OEM cartridge. As a result, it is convinced that refill cartridges are not good in value.

In general, printer owners should be aware what type of cartridge they are using. Re-manufactured and compatible cartridge yields a lower cost and they provide good quality. However, some replacement ink cartridges are in a very economical price. Please be aware of that they are not the re-manufactured cartridge or compatible cartridge but the refill cartridges. From experience, most of these are of doubtful value. These cartridges work very well at the start up time, but their page yield seems to be lower than other types of cartridges. No questions that when you are choosing replacement laser cartridges, make sure you purchase the cartridge from the ISO 9001 quality verified factory.