Laser Toner Refills

Lets get one thing straight those expensive cartridges sitting in your shiny laser printer are not disposable - they also are not built so badly that they must be replaced, upgraded, refurbished or anything else after printing a few hundred copies - so let me introduce you to the concept of laser toner refills.

So why do we have to buy new toner cartridges when they run out ?

There is a single simple reason why we replace laser toner cartridges instead of refilling them - it's the profit levels of the printer manufacturers. If we pay £70+ for a new toner cartridge every time they run out of ink - they make huge profits - which is in fact what most of us do. If we actually got used to the concept of laser toner refills as part of our normal routine we would save a fortune.

But the printer manufacturers operate recycling schemes ?

Don't be fooled by eco-friendly return schemes - if the manufacturers were in the slightest bit interested in environmentally friendly solutions - they would put back the little stoppers on each cartridge that allowed you to refill your toner cartridge from a big bottle of toner. They could easily do this yet there are two certain results

A new laser toner cartridge in environmental costs takes about 1-2 litres of oil to produce. Yet there is only one component that is missing from the empty cartridge sitting in your printer - ink. Yep that's right put some more ink in it and it would be fine and carry on working. The benefits are two fold - you are reducing landfill and also saving money as the only cost is a little of your time and some replacement ink.

I just want to save money - is is hard to use laser toner refills?

Don't we all - replacement toner cartridges are very expensive - replacement ink is not - you can up to 87% of the cost by refilling the cartridges yourself. It's simple and straight forward if you follow the instructions - Toner Top up will supply you with specific instructions for your printer. I've performed many many laser toner refills on my own cartridges and I'm fairly clumsy - takes me about 10 minutes refilling very carefully !

There are a few companies who supply toner ink to refill laser toner cartridges however the best place I've found to check is at Toner Topup - they are very knowledgeable and honest (a few printers are not really great for refilling - these guys will tell it to you straight)

You can use their checker to see if your laser toner can be refilled. Most lasers toners can be refilled with little effort but drop them email if you have any queries.

Click on the TonerTop up links to check if your printer toner can be refilled and start helping the environment and your pocket !! It's really easy and can save you a lot in printing costs and help the environment - start using TonerTopup for your laser toner refills !