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October 16, 2009

Recycle + Reuse - It's What Every Laser Printer User Should Practice!

October 16, 2009
The rapid accumulation of garbage over landfills and excessive production of harmful gasses into the Earth’s atmosphere has led millions of Americans to support recycling programs from reprocessing paper, reusing empty plastic containers down to salvaging home products that are still useful. This positive reaction towards recycling has encouraged people to come up with methods that will further reduce the aggravation of the Earth's natural resources. One of which is recycling empty toner cartridges by reloading its toner supply.
Why recycle a toner cartridge? The manufacturing and distribution of toner cartridges exhaust a significant amount of finite resources and likewise carries with it a negative impact to the environment as the burn of fossil fuels releases tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Hence when users return empty toner cartridges to OEMs or dispose them through third parties for remanufacturing; its ill effects to the environment are considerably minimized since its non-biodegradable components end up being recycled - instead of getting dumped in landfills; while energy spent in the production of new cartridge units are moderated.

Why reuse a toner cartridge?
It is common knowledge that the lifespan of a cartridge is dependent on the volume of toner supplied. Thus when the cartridge is out of toner, it is considered unserviceable to immediately find its way into the nearest trash bin. But what most of us do not know is that the cartridge is still functional; provided that a fresh supply of compatible toner is loaded since all of its parts have been manufactured to surpass a single life cycle. As recommended, toner cartridges can be reused and refilled for 2 to 3 times before print defects will begin to materialize.

When the cartridge is regarded empty or when the monitor prompts that the cartridge is out of toner, a compatible toner refill kit is used to recharge the cartridge's toner supply. Retailed online by third party manufacturers and their resellers, toner refill kits are cheaper by more or less 50% than the price of OEM cartridges. To illustrate, the OEM Q6000A cartridge which loads the HP 2600 laser printer is retailed at $75 while the HP 2600 toner refill kit sells for only $30.

Once the refill kit is on hand, users must perform the procedures outlined on the instructional manual. In concept, users will be asked to open or create a fill hole, transfer toner to the toner chamber, and seal the fill hole. This will take approximately 5 to 10 minutes to accomplish.

User Benefits of reusing a toner cartridge.
It is very practical to reuse cartridges with toner refill kits because other than providing cost-benefits; printer performance is sustained to therefore generate OEM standard printouts and yield. With the abovementioned printer and cartridge unit; high quality output and yield of around 2,500 pages at 5% coverage can still be achieved.

Recycling cartridges with toner refill kits is indeed one form of stewardship to the the environment. In return, it provides great user benefits including laser printing savings as well as OEM quality prints and yield.

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