How do I choose toner cartridges?
This is a good question, and for every printer user, it is also a question they have to think about. Because the choice of toner cartridges determines their expenditure and the quality of printing.
How should we choose the toner cartridge? There are three main considerations:
Types of Toner Cartridge
Do you know what types of toner cartridges are available at present? Original OEM toner cartridges, compatible toner cartridges and remanufactured toner cartridges are the three most common types.
OEM toner cartridge is your best choice if you have good economic conditions and pursue high quality printing results.
If you have certain requirements for price and want good quality while pursuing affordable price, then high quality compatible toner cartridge is a good choice.
If you just want to be cheaper, then you can choose the remanufactured toner cartridge or buy powder and refilled by yourself. You will find that it can saves one-half of the money compared with buying the original toner cartridge.
Brand of Toner Cartridge
At present, in addition to the original brand Brothers, HP, Canon and so on, there are also many high-quality compatible brands, such as V4ink, LD Products, Linkyo and so on. The differences between different brands are mainly in two aspects:
The price and the quality.
You will find that the price of compatible toner cartridges is usually only 1/3 of the original OEM toner cartridges. So will their quality differ a lot? Not necessarily, at present, the effect of many compatible toner cartridge brands is almost comparable to that of the original products, which requires you to constantly dig out the best price-effective toner cartridge for your printer.
Price of Toner Cartridge
It's not only your printer that affects your printing cost, but also your toner cartridge. You will find that in the long run, you spend more on toner cartridges than on printers. That's why we need to consider the price of toner cartridges. In addition to teh brand and type, you can start with the page yield when choosing toner cartridges. Some toner cartridges have different page yield, such as HP CF410A and CF410X. Low yield HPCF410A can print 2,300 per toner cartridge, while high yield CF410X can print 6,500 per toner cartridge, but the price is only less than half higher than low yield. In other words, if you print a lot, it's definitely more cost-effective to buy a high yield CF410X.
