If you have a printer that necessitates toner cartridges, you’re probably aware of the huge price tag of OEM replacement cartridges. OEM means “original equipment manufacturer.” This means that if you operate an HP or Epson printer, for instance, you’re using HP or Epson ink toner cartridges. To help solve drawbacks with expensive OEM toner ink cartridges, many after market compatible toner cartridges are available in the UK. These carry brands that aren’t the OEM.
Not all laser printers are created equal. The same applies to toner cartridges. In order to require customers to buy their cartridges, each manufacturer uses a different design so that only their replacement cartridge will fit inside their printer. While this is good news for them in terms of profits, it can potentially create a complex problem for customers to solve. Because there are so many companies who make them, finding compatible toner cartridges means knowing exactly who made it. What’s more, most companies have several models, so you must also know the exact make and model of the printer. The good news is that there are three reliable methods for determining the right cartridge.
OEM Versus Compatible
There’s been a great deal of controversy about using compatible ink cartridges. When these products were first created, OEMs tried to deter their use by charging that if used, compatible ink toner cartridges would negate the printer’s warranty. But, legislation has since been created in the UK that preclude printer OEMs from implementing this restrictive policy. Printer owners are free to purchase any type of printer toner cartridges, no matter if they’re OEM or compatible. However, you need to know that the quality of compatible cartridges can be highly inconsistent. In 2008, a quality assurance company named QualityLogic commissioned a study that compared HP branded LaserJet toner cartridges to five brands of compatibles. The results said that “the quality and usability of pages printed with Original HP LaserJet colour toner cartridges was consistently more reliable than output from the re-manufactured colour toner cartridges.”
The Concept of Toner Cartridge Fuses and Chips as a Deterrence
Another plan used by OEMs to thwart the use of third-party laser toner cartridges in their products is the implementation of chips and fuses. The chip links to the printer to verify that the cartridge is an OEM. It’s thought that the chip supervises toner usage and classifies the cartridge as empty. So even should the cartridge is refilled, the printer will decide it’s empty. Also, a built-in fuse “blows” (disrupts the electrical circuit) when the toner cartridge is empty. Blown fuses in cartridges can’t be simply replaced. Both the chip and the fuse should be replaced for a compatible toner cartridge to work appropriately. Does this seem like it’s getting a bit intricate? Well, that’s what the OEMs want you to believe. In reality both chips and fuses are obtainable and replaceable, so many compatible cartridges are as capable of interconnecting with the printer as OEM cartridges.
The option between OEM and compatible toner cartridges is fully up to the printer’s owner. In the UK, compatibles allow for considerable cost savings.
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