Important Factors to Consider when Buying HP Toner
If you are in possession a HP laser printer either in the office or at home itâs likely that the most worrying part of owning one is the running costs. This is ultimately the price you pay for your HP toner and the price per page it costs to print. This is a factor many people may not take into consideration when purchasing the printer, especially if the initial purchase price is a considered to be a good deal!
Buying a HP Laser Printer
When you decide to buy a laser printer either to upgrade from your existing HP inkjet printer that is no longer able to cope with the output of print or to simply replace a printer that has reached end of life, there are some important factors to consider. Apart from the initial purchase price that will determine what your initial outlay is, how much will it actually cost to run the printer with HP toner. An approximate price per page may be given in the sales description but of course this will be based on 5% coverage of text only printed double-lined spaced! As we all know itâs unlikely that you will be printing text only all the time so this figure will be unrealistic to say the least. This will be more prevalent if you are buying a colour HP laser printer where the emphasis will definitely be on printing colour images and not just black text. Once you have found a model that will suit your needs and the purchase price is within your budget, turn you attention to the HP toner it use as a daily running cost and divide the estimated printed page by half to give a more realistic 10% coverage. As part of your homework in researching the capabilities and performance of the printer, it is now time to check if there are compatible or re-manufactured HP toners available for this model. Most of the well established and long running series of HP printers have the non-genuine alternative HP toners available, but check to see in case the model you have bought is part of a new series that may not have the compatible or re-manufactured HP laser toner available at this time.
Buying Non-genuine HP Toner
Using Compatible or re-manufactured HP toner can reduce your printing costs by up to 100%. Thatâs a lot of savings across a year for a business, school or college and will put a significant dent in any budget deficit. Basically there are two alternatives to buying original brand HP toner. Firstly, we have compatible laser toner that has been manufactured by a third-party other than HP and is a copy toner cartridge whilst not infringing on the HP copyright of the toner cartridge, it will work in the HP printer as a replacement toner. This toner will be available online with the biggest saving compared to your original brand HP toner. The second type of replacement toner available is the re-manufactured toner cartridge and is again produced by a third-party manufacturer and not by HP themselves. This toner is an original HP toner cartridge that has been returned to a factory, inspected, repaired if necessary, re-chipped, refilled and tested. Because this toner was once an original brand HP cartridge it is identical to an original toner in everything except the packaging. This will cost slightly more than the compatible toner but will work just a swell offering savings in the region of 40% – 50%. The fact of the matter is that most high quality compatible HP toner is manufactured to the same ISO standards as the original brand and if it comes with a money-back guarantee by the supplier then there is absolutely no risk to the buyer. Why not make a purchase of compatible HP toner for your printer today and give it a try, you wonât be disappointed.
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HP 85A compatible Toner price reduced and now printing more pages!
The HP 85A laser toner (CE285A) cartridge price is now reduced to âŹ44.28 for a two pack that produces up to 3800 pages of print @ 5% coverage. This is an increase of 600 pages over the original brand HP 85A toner and for a fraction of the cost. The compatible HPCE285A toner cartridge is manufactured by a third-party manufacturer with no connection HP and is there able to produce the toner for a lower cost than HP.
This mono compatible laser toner is perfect for office printing of documents in black and white and allows you to print reams and reams of paper with very little regard for the cost of the toner. A typical 2 pack of the HP85A will print for around one cent per page at 5% page coverage, this is generally accepted as a page of text only, obviously images or graphics will decrease the number of pages printed. This massively popular laser toner works in over 50 different HP laser printers and is one of HP’s earlier laser toner but still remains one of the most popular.
These printers were especially designed to be ‘work-horses’ in the office churning out the black and white prints fast and at a reasonable cost but now with the availability of the compatible version of the toner the cost is half of what is was originally.
Next day delivery for âŹ1.22 anywhere in Ireland is also the best value delivery of its kind online and all toners come with a money-back guarantee so there is really no risk to the consumer at all. High quality HP laser toner has been available online for a couple of years now but not all toners live up to the consumers expectation and that’s why it’s crucial that the consumer has some come back to the seller if for some reason there is an issue with the toner.
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Lowest cost Compatible HP CF280A (80A) available online in Ireland
Low cost compatible HP CF280A (80A) toner is now available at the knock down price of âŹ38.81 which is a great saving when compared to the original HP price of âŹ107! This high quality compatible HP laser toner offers 2700 A4 pages at 5% coverage and is the ideal replacement black toner cartridge for your HP printer. This laser toner cartridge is available alongside it’s sister toner the HP280X (80X). The high capacity version of the toner is even better value and will set you back just âŹ42.25 with an output of 6900 pages. Even better is the 2 pack HP80X priced at just âŹ81.17, offering even more savings. Putting the savings into real terms that puts the cost of an A4 at less than 1 cent a copy.
Savings on the compatible HP CF280A (80A) printer toner in a busy black and white printer are too big to ignore and more and more businesses and home users are making the switch. These premium laser toners are manufactured by a third party and tested to the same ISO standards as the original brand toner in an effort to maintain quality and reliability for your printing. All products are covered by a money-back guarantee with a full telephone technical back-up if required.
Delivery is next day if the printer toner is in stock and the order is placed before noon. If you require your laser toner in a hurry please contact us on 048 30833221 to check availability.
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Where to Find Low Cost High Quality Laser Toner Cartridges in Ireland
Laser toner printers are not just used in the office but in many homes too, across Ireland. There are basically 2 types of laser printer, colour and mono (black and white). The mono printers use a black printer toner and are mostly used for document printing in the office where colour is not required and is a fast and cost effective way to produce black and white printing.
The speed of the printer by far out performs any inkjet printer and the paper tray will also allow the printer to hold much more paper than an inkjet printer. The initial outlay for a mono printer will be considerably more than that of an inkjet printer and the toner will be more expensive than the inkjet cartridges but the advantages of speed outweigh is negatives. The most cost effective way of running a laser toner printer is to use compatible laser toner.
Most of the leading brands are available such as HP, Brother, Canon, Samsung, OKI and Epson. The savings on average with using a compatible black printer toner is typically around 40% and this can make a huge difference to an office budget for toner across a year.
The colour laser printers will use four colours of laser toner consisting of black, cyan, magenta and yellow. The advantage of the using the four colours is that you are able to replace single colours as they run out. Again, the initial purchase price of the printer will be high and there are different grades of printers from standard stand-alone basic colour printers to full blown networked photocopiers. The running costs of a colour copier will be high so special attention needs to be paid to cost of the laser toner. The compatible laser toner cartridges for the four colours should again produce savings of around 40% on average and this will produce savings that will help the printer pay for it in the coming years. Buying the lasers online is always going to get you the best deals with some online suppliers offering low cost next day delivery or even in some cases free laser toner cartridges.
Generally speaking there are no down sides to using compatible laser toner. There may be sometimes issues with the quality of the colours, for example you are trying to reproduce exact corporate colours on your logo for headed paper but for general-purpose every day printing they are fine. The compatible printer toner is widely used on a daily basis in offices, schools and just about everywhere that has a laser toner printer. Contact your online supplier to see what deals they have for you and start saving your business money.
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Sell of HP Laser Toners is Rising for Home and Office Uses
The busier the home user or small office gets the more unaffordable the inkjet cartridge may seem to become. Although, with the trend changing towards using the compatible non-genuine version of the inkjet cartridge where the prices are a lot less than the original brand, for the busy office, the inkjet printers are simply not quick enough.
However, a good quality toner cartridge such as the HP CF280A will print up to 2700 pages @ 5% coverage (this means 5% coverage of the page and that normally means just text and not images). This black and white toner cartridge works with approximately nine HP Laserjet printers and will print 2700 pages at a rough cost of 3 cents per page when using an original brand HP toner. If you switch to a compatible version of the CF280A toner the cost will drop to around 1 cent a page!
This high-performance laser toner is also available as a high capacity cartridge CF280X. It has a page print volume of 6900 pages. The cost per page can vary but with the original brand it will cost around 1.8 cents. If you choose to buy the compatible version of the toner cartridge it should average out at around 0.5 cents per page! The saving on cost to be made using the compatible toner is too great to ignore and with virtually no problems with cartridge recognition, there is really no reason NOT to make the switch to non-original toner. The quality of the print using compatible CF280A or CF280X laser toner is excellent as the toner is manufactured to the same ISO standards as the original brand laser toner.
With more and more businesses making the switch to non-genuine laser toners, the savings to be made on an ink and toner budget for a year is certainly significant. If a busy office in a solicitorsâ office, school or college decides to switch to using compatible ones they will certainly see the difference at year-end with regard to how much they would have spent in previous years to what they are spending now. Laser toner printing is not just for the office, a small business operating from home or a house with several children attending school may find it useful to have a laser printer as the speed by far passes that of an inkjet one.
The added advantage of the laser toner is that it will not clog the print heads of the printer that can sometimes happen with an inkjet. The whole process of laser toner printing is completely different and seen as some as quicker and more convenient way of producing your prints.
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Can I Have My Empty Ink Cartridges Recycled?
Inkjet cartridges are manufactured using plastic components and with plastic being a petroleum based compound it can take up to 1000 years for this product to decompose in a landfill site. Unfortunately every years tens of thousands of these ink cartridges are throw in the bin with little thought given to how the impact the will have on the planet. These ink cartridges will almost certainly end up in landfill or go for incineration. Of course the amount of money spent each year for landfill management is growing because landfills are filling up faster than ever.
Recycling an empty ink cartridge is also financially profitable. It helps reduce the amount of waste that is generated and helps conserve our raw materials. Below are some little known facts about recycling inkjet cartridges or laser toner cartridges.
- Every year over 300 million of these cartridges worldwide are dumped. This adds up to 75,000 tons of rubbish.
- A remanufactured or recycled ink cartridge is every bit as good as a new one. When you purchase recycled ink cartridges at a lower cheaper price than the original brand, you are not compromising on quality, you are saving yourself money because cartridge was produced for less by the company that remanufactured the ink cartridge.
- All large town and cities and Ireland have an ink and toner cartridge-recycling zone in their refuse site. It may not be obvious to everyone but they do exist and should become part of your monthly routine to visit and dispose of the cartridges sensibly and do you bit for the environment. Many council facilities will pass the cartridges to an organization that will then help charities with a contribution from the profits made on an eventual sale of a remanufactured ink cartridge.
With sales of compatible ink and toner cartridges on the increase it is important, now more than ever, that we address the problem of disposing of our cartridges in an environmentally friendly manner.
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How to Dispose of Our Empty Ink and Toner Cartridges
While we all use smart phones, tablets, PC’s and laptops there is no getting away from the fact that we need to print our documents. But before we start to print it is always a good idea to see how we can save costs and be kind to the environment at the same time. This will involve a combination of the paper, ink and toner we use. A simple way to reduce our carbon footprint while printing and our selves save some money on our ink cartridges is to print by duplex. This feature is available on some printers allowing us to print both sides of the paper at the same time. Also, if your printer has a feature that automatically removes blank pages then this will save you more as well. In the past I have given tips on saving money on your ink and toner but closer inspection of the features of your printer before you buy it will give you a better chance of saving money and doing your bit for the environment.
Another thing to consider is the ink and toner that you actually put on the paper. Toner ink is a powder that is used to create the text and pictures on your document. In the early days of course it was a simple carbon powder substance very messy to handle. In later years the carbon was mixed with a polymer to improve the print quality. In laser printers the toner ink is actually melted with heat in the printer and fused to the paper, opposed to the liquid printer ink contained in an inkjet cartridge. The toner ink cartridges of today are housed in sealed units and you are not encouraged to fill them yourself but rather to take them to a recycling centre.
What should we do when we run out of printer ink? Well, if we are intending to buy replacement ink cartridges we should also think about what we are going to do with the empty cartridges. There are millions of ink and toner cartridges used each year and statistics suggest that 95% of them go to landfill. Here are some more statistics taken from the United States where surveys into the impact on the environment have been taking place.
- It can take about 5 litres of oil to produce a new laser toner cartridge.
- In the USA, it is estimated that 8 ink cartridges are thrown away every second.
- In North America, estimates put the number of ink and toner cartridges discarded in Landfill each year at around 350 million.
- A typical laser toner cartridge will take up to 400 years to decompose in the earth.
Shocking statistics I know, but what can we do about it in Ireland? Firstly, we can think about how we are able to dispose of our ink cartridges when they are empty. Secondly, instead of throwing into the bin for landfill we can collect them and when we have enough gathered we can make the trip to our local Council amenity/recycling centre. There are containers in all refuse sites that will accept used ink and toner cartridges. If we all start this practice today, we can surely make a difference to our own carbon footprint.
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20 Reasons to Shop Online for Low Cost Toner Ink
- The price of original brand laser toner ink has reached an all time high and more and more home and business users are turning to online shopping to source the best price.
- Printer ink is now more expensive than champagne or a major brand perfume when the volume of the ink cartridge and perfume bottle is compared like for like!
- The choice of suppliers that are now available online selling ink and toner mean you are sure to get a better deal than if you shop locally. Toner ink is now such a big part of the expense of running any busy office that price comparisons should be checked out on a regular basis.
- The choice of using compatible toner ink is more readily available online and often coming with a money-back guarantee giving the user added protection especially if you have any concerns about using replacement ink toner.
- Online shopping for ink and toner is generally very secure and you can generally check out the security of the site by the professional appearance and security logos that are displayed.
- On-line toner ink will usually be available for next day delivery with most online stores carrying all the top brands including, Samsung, HP, Brother, Xerox and Canon to name but a few.
- The compatible ink will usually carry more toner ink than the original cartridges, this is because the third party manufactures are able to fill the cartridges to the top and not half or two thirds fill them like the original brand manufacturers often do.
- Multipack offers are usually of great interest to consumers buying online and this is where the online buying comes into itâs own. There are many online suppliers offering free toner as part of their multipack deals and this in turn helps lower the cost of buying a full set of ink toner cartridges.
- The answers to any issues you might have with toner ink can be resolved by finding the answers online. Some suppliers will have a question and answer section on their website that may help you resolve any compatibility issues you may be having with your cartridges.
- Rewards are common with online suppliers there are usually good incentives from them to buy your toner cartridge from them on a regular basis.
- When you are registered with the supplier you may opt to receive emails informing you of special offers and other deals that my help you make further savings on your ink and toner.
- Seasonal offers such as Halloween or Easter may bring free gifts for those of us who buy online and as we all know, anything we get for free can only be a good thing. This is essential a marketing strategy showing their appreciation for you business.
- The savings to be made buying toner ink online can be up to 70% compared to original brand. Savings on this scale are not available on the high street in your local town.
- High quality compatible toner ink from online suppliers that is regularly tested and manufactured to the same ISO standards as the original brands.
- Printers and other print related products are very often sold at competitive online prices by the same suppliers who supplier the toner and ink.
- Compatible ink and toner cartridges sold with the printers are more likely to be recognised by that printer than those that are not.
- 24 hour shopping, it may seem like an obvious advantage but itâs easy to order from your own home at 10 oâclock at night â one less job to do the following day.
- Order and let the online supplier do the rest, the ink will turn up at your door, and all you have to do is sign for it.
- Online suppliers like to send you reminders every few months; this is handy and might just remind you to order your ink before your run out.
- You can recommend to a friend or colleague the big savings that you made shopping online for your ink and toner and pass the information on so others will get the same benefits.
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Save Earth and Save Money Using Remanufactured Ink and Toner
As we all become more and more aware of our eco responsibilities should we be turning our attention to how we can make a difference to our planet with the ink cartridges we use? Certainly every home and office can use large quantities of ink and toner every day and not give much thought to the carbon footprint we leave behind. An average office can use up to a full ink cartridge every 2 -3 weeks and while they may try their best to ensure the empty cartridges are recycled, there very isnât the facility to do this and therefore they end up in the bin with all the other general rubbish.
Using remanufactured ink and toner can help us reduce the amount of ink cartridges manufactured as the process involves re-using the original cartridges. The way it works is simple in that there are collection centres across Ireland that will take back your empty toner cartridges. These cartridges are then taken back to the factory and checked for their suitability to be reused. If they are selected for refilling, each ink cartridge goes through a rigorous cleaning process and is then refilled, interestingly with more printer ink than the cartridge originally held. The âchipâ is reset and the cartridge is packaged as new and sold as remanufactured ink at a discounted price. The remanufactured cartridge looks as though it has never been used before and appears to be ânewâ and in the majority of cases will perform to the same standard as the original cartridge.
The instant saving on money is the first noticeable advantage of buying remanufactured ink and toner but the impact on the earth is probably more important. If the ink has been used for a second time then it is cutting down the manufacture of an ink cartridge by 50%. Rolled out across the planet this will make a tremendous difference to our carbon footprint. Those are sent for recycling as remanufactured cartridges but donât make the grade, usually because of cartridge damage, will be dismantled and recycled for their materials. These materials can be used in the manufacturing of compatible ink cartridges. These are ink and toner cartridges that are in effect âclonesâ of the original cartridges but will work just as well and again are cheaper than the original brand cartridges.
The benefits of using remanufactured or compatible ink toner are certainly first noticeable with the savings on cost but there are more far reaching benefits for our planet by choosing to use these cartridges. The reliability of these eco friendly ink cartridges may be a concern to some users but a good supplier will stand over the cartridges they supply and make the risk for the customer minimal.
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Ink or Toner, which is more suited to you?
When it comes to choosing a new printer, many people are unsure whether to purchase an inkjet or laser toner printer. The main difference between ink and toner printers is the volume and type of printing that is to be produced by either printer. For example if you are producing reports in an office have very little use for colour in your printing then it is likely that a mono or black ink toner printer will suit your needs better than a printer that uses colour cartridges. Laser printers are available that will print only in black and the toner ink for them can be bought at a reasonable price if you consider using compatible toner ink.
Toner cartridges in Ireland are widely available on-line at greatly reduced prices and can result in businesses saving themselves quite a lot of money on an annual basis. Of course there are colour laser printers too that will print full colour and the toner ink for these will come in four cartridges black, cyan, magenta and yellow. The colour laser printer is for the heavy user who needs to print out colour documents and again these printers will produce high volume output at speeds much faster than inkjet printers. The cost of these laser printers and the toner ink they use will far outweigh the cost of a simple inkjet printer but will be more economical in the long run.
The inkjet printer is more suited to the home user who produces lower volumes of printing. This may be for a family with children attending school who need to print out documents on an ad-hoc basis. These printers are low cost initially to buy and again can be cheap enough to run if you concentrate on using good quality compatible ink cartridges. Likewise for the toner ink, using good quality compatible laser toner cartridges will save up to 40% off the cost of an original brand cartridge. An inkjet printer will typically produce 250 -300 pages at approximately 5% coverage per set of ink cartridges.
A laser printer will print thousands of pages depending on the model and of course this will be reflected in the cost. There seems to be a throwaway society now for most consumable items and unfortunately the inkjet printer seems to be falling into that category. Itâs no longer viable to have an inkjet printer repaired, as the cost of replacing it will certainly be less than buying a replacement printer. In the case of a laser printer, the cost of the repair is likely to be less than the cost of replacing the printer.
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