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Refill Toner Cartridges
The cost of the toner cartridge turns out to be way more than buying a new printer - welcome to the world of "Razor Blade" economics. "Razor blade" economics is given to the economic model where a company will operate at a small or negligible profit margin on a specific product - i.e razor only to make the majority of it's profits in the supplies markets -that is the razor blade.
Most printer manufacturers operate in precisely the same manner making very small profits on their printers but making large profits on the ink or toner cartridges that keep their machines working.
The toner cartridge in your average printer would quite happily work many times overthe toner cartridge were simply refilled with ink. If the manunfacturers designed them so they could be refilled easily the environmental benefits could be huge. The production of a new laser toner cartridge uses up approximately 1-2 litres of oil - millions of less cartridges could be produced every year if we simply refilled the ink.
Of course the printer companies know if they made their toner cartridges refillable (which they used to be) we would all start buying bottles of ink and toner and doing it ourself. Each toner cartridge would have a much longer life and they of course would make much less money!
In fact it is relatively easy (despite the manufacturers best efforts) to refill most ink and laser toner cartridges. It is usually only a five minute job but check out with the experts below to see if your laser toner cartridge is suitable for refilling.
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They can supply kits to refill most Laser Toner Cartridges with supplied ink - the cost savings vary depending on the printer but are often around 87%.
What's more it is much more environmentally friendly by simply filling up the manufactured toner cartridge with fresh ink. You'll find all the information you need at the Toner Top up site.