Ink and toner cartridges can get expensive very quickly, and it’s easy to accidentally overspend on them if you don’t have a plan in place. Fortunately, there are several ways to save on toner cartridges without sacrificing quality or efficiency.
Below are three of the best ways to keep your print cartridge costs down without skimping on performance or losing time trying to find the best deals.
1. Refill your printer cartridges
Brother toner cartridges contain expensive components and toner, which is the ink that makes the image of what you are printing. Over time, your cartridge will run out of toner and be unusable, which can be prevented by purchasing a new one or refilling it. Both ways will last at least as long as buying a new cartridge, but refilling can be up to 50% cheaper than buying an entirely new cartridge.
How do you refill your printer cartridges? This is a question that many people ask; however, it can be very simple. You will need a syringe and some replacement toner, which usually comes in bottles or bags. These are easy to find online, but if you don’t want to buy your own, contact your local computer shop, and they should sell them or have a recommended website where you can purchase them.
You can either use an original printer cartridge or an old one as a container when refilling so there are no extra costs involved with buying new containers. Once you have purchased your toner, you will need some time and patience while it is being filled up into your original cartridge using a syringe.
2. Use a laser printer
Printers have become so affordable these days that it’s almost a no-brainer for someone looking to start a home office. These printers are super convenient when you’re printing out work from home, or if you just want to share your Instagram photos with a professional look and feel. But, one of the major costs in owning a printer is the cost of toner cartridges. So, here are three ways to cut down on your toner cartridge expenditures:
Buy name brand products – Of course we’re all familiar with the pricey Staples brand of ink cartridges. And we don’t necessarily have time for knock offs at our nearest shady convenience store either. That’s why buying name brands is often more economical than its counterparts when it comes to toner and ink cartridge replacement.
3. Don’t buy expensive printers
This one is a little counterintuitive, but it’s important that you don’t skimp on the cost of your printer. That sounds like buying a more expensive printer will cost more in the long run, and it does. But that doesn’t make sense because if you go for a lower quality printer, then you’ll be buying new toner cartridges much sooner than a higher quality printer would need replacement.
And not only are toner cartridges more expensive for poorer printers, they also have fewer pages per cartridge meaning that you have to replace them more often.
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