A Review of HP Laser Toners
by Max Bellamy
Hewlett-Packard is, along with Brother and Samsung,
one of the most readily available brands of laser
toner. This is due, in part, to the fact that HP was
first to release a laser toner inexpensive enough to
catch the attention of the average consumer, in
1984.
Prices on laser printers were much higher back then,
sometimes costing $500. But the price on laser toner
refill was a lot lower - about $30 a cartridge.
Today, you can buy an HP laser printer for less than
$200, but the toner replacements can cost as much as
$80 if bought new from the manufacturer.
You can also buy remanufactured laser toner
cartridges from HP. These are cartridges that were
used up by the previous user and sent back to HP to
be remade and refilled. These remanufactured
cartridges cost about half as much as the new ones.
These are almost exactly the same quality of new,
and most people can't even tell. You only really
need to buy new cartridges if you are a professional
businessperson who needs to create documents of
completely reliable quality.
HP laser toner can range from 50 cents for an
unrated third-party remanufactured cartridge, to
several hundred thousand dollars for a bulk shipment
of a few thousand new cartridges direct from the
manufacturer. Your needs probably fall somewhere
between these two extremes. One popular HP cartridge
is the HP No. 56 Black Inkjet print cartridge. This
well received toner refill starts at about $14 and
can climb as high as $30 via PC World-approved third
parties.
A popular color laser toner refill from HP is the HP
97 Tri-Color Inkjet Print cartridge, starting at
$23.
You can also buy new from HP at their website.
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