Two things: The industry and the standards have changed in a big way. Let me explain.
At only nine years old, the toner cartridge recycling industry is now the fastest growing industry in the world. Hewlett Packard recently estimated that 40-45 percent of all toner cartridgeson the market today are being recycled, and that by the year 1997 two-thirds of all new toner cartridges used will be recycled! The quality of recycled toner cartridges and the substantial cost savings was acknowledged by our former Administration. President Bush, just before leaving office, signed into law a bill mandating governmentagencies to purchase only recycled toner cartridges. Not many other used products are mandated by politicians!
If recycled toner cartridges didn't work, why would so many people be using them? Especially those that like to spend money!
This industry is growing for some very good reasons. Here's why.
Back when recycling toner cartridges started, a lot of folks were eager to make a fast buck. Theysaw an opportunity and used it. Unfortunately, with little or no technical ability or training,they make a poor quality product that caused a lot of problems. For you and for me.
Add to that the fact that Canon owned the patent on the technology and the cartridge components aswell. This meant if recyclers needed to replace parts, the only ones available were inferior, or the cartridges had to be jury-rigged.
But in the past nine years, patents and contracts have expired, and some of the companies that were previously restricted from selling recyclers important after market parts now can, and do. In fact, someof those companies have made even better after market parts than the OEM.
In addition to that, recyclers have had to do a lot of experimenting and have developed new techniques for making these cartridgesbetter. So much so, that some 9 of them have figured out solutions to problems (and patented them)that even IBM and some of the other big guys couldn't figure out, or didn't need to , because they knew the marketplace could and would.
What does this mean for you? Simple, We as recyclers now have more ways to bring you a better quality toner cartridge than in thepast years. If you haven't tried recycled cartridges lately, or if you have tried poor quality recycled cartridges, you shouldtry mine.
Good for you! You've taken the first step toward helping our local economy and protecting ourenvironment. But paying $5.00 less isn't necessarily a $5.00 savings. Let me explain.
In a toner cartridge, there are two primary items that get used up: the OPC (drum) and the toner.Both get used up, no matter what.
The OPC(or drum) collects the toner on its surface in only the places the laser beam hits it, and in turnplaces that toner on the paper to create the image you want. As the drum deteriorates to the pointof failure, it loses its ability to only collect toner in those places, and you start getting a blank line downyour page.
The OPC that comes with a new cartridge is only designed to last as long as there is toner (and sometimes not even that long). Some recyclers use this same worn out OPC. Many other recyclers us what we refer to as a long-life drum.But there are many kinds of long-life drums, with many different price tags, all having differing life spans, image quality,and purposes.
That $5.00 savings you think you are getting with another recycler may actually be costing you money, because you will have to buy drums sooner, or suffer image quality sooner than you should have to.Our OPC drum is the most expensive around because that's what it takes to get the job done. And in thelong run, you actually save more money. We don't cut our expense by finding the cheapest long-life drum. Youcan't afford that.
Toner is the other major area of money loss. We place 275 grams of toner in an EPS cartridge. That's probably 25 grams morethan most other recyclers, and 50 grams more than Canon, Hewlett Packard, or Apple. But in addition to that, here's how you lose:
A toner cartridge has two chambers. One holds the toner until the drum wants its. Guess what the other chamber holds? After the drum deposits the toner on the paper, there is a residue left. The other chamber collects that toner, never to be used again(unless you are in the business of building roads). Different toners have different transfer qualities. A high quality toner has ahigher transfer rate and finds its way to your paper, and not to the waste dump and on Route 78 as blacktop!
With our toner cartridge, you will get more of what you are paying for--toner!
Our toner is the blackest stuff on the market today and not only makes your blacks print blacker, but your whites print whiter. Thismeans no gray shading in the background, no blurry or fuzzy print, no streaking and no big ugly black line down the side of the page.Just good, solid, dark, black print.
I guarantee that if a recycled toner cartridge costs $5.00 less, there are $5.00 less of very importantparts inside of it, and that will make a difference.
It cost money to product a great recycled toner cartridge. But it's worth every penny.
We have a company policy to explain our price one time, rather than apologize for the quality overand over.
In 1989, 40,000 tons on non-biodegradable plastics were thrown into our landfills. Every yearsince, that amount has grown even larger. Each cartridge equals .5 quarts of oil and is made up offour pounds of non-biodegradable parts that will pollute the environment forever.
Every time you use a recycled laser toner cartridge, you help reduce the amount of plastic trashthrown into our landfills.
Have you ever read the labels on your new toner cartridge? You know the part about, "Madein Japan from foreign and domestic components?" This is not good, because they take your emptycartridge, pay to ship it to Japan, pay the Japanese workers to recycle it, pay for shipping back to the United States, then sell it back to you as a new cartridge! (You know what though? The dirtysecret is most of this work actually gets done in China for slave wages. It's sad our governmenteven lets these American corporations do this!) This costs a lot of money! And you pay for this!
We earn my money here and spend it here. When you do this, you support our local economy.
Each toner cartridge equals about 1/2 quart of oil. Do you know where that oil comes from? Not here!By recycling your toner cartridge, you are helping reduce our country's dependency on foreign oil.
Printer salesmen are just that. Printer salesmen. That's what they specialize in. Sometimes they have a sideline--selling new toner cartridges. It's long-term, reliable business that he doesn't have to do anythingto get. Of course, he's going to tell you to buy them new! Somebody should tell him what he's doing to our overflowinglandfills and your pocketbook, not to mention adding to our unbalanced foreign trade deficit!
Absolutely not! Federal law prohibits any company or person from requiring you to purchaseonly their product. The Federal Trade Commission protects your right as a consumer to purchase the product or serviceof your choice. If you bought a new car, would you let them tell you to buy only a particular brand of gasoline? Ofcourse not!
If anybody tells you that they will void your warranty if you use a recycled toner cartridge, tell them your rightsas a consumer are protected under the Magnusson-Moss Warranty Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act, SubparagraphC, Section 101. Or, have them call our company and we will discuss with them to clear up their question.
A toner cartridge that has been properly recycled cannot cause damage of any kind to your laser printer. It is importantto find a cartridge remanufacturer that is experienced in the proper methods of recycling.
Toner cartridges are high-tech equipment and your remanufacturer must know what he is doing. Be an informed customer.Ask specific questions about the products your remanufacturer uses, replaces and his methods.
We guarantee you will get at least the same number of printed pages from our remanufactured toner cartridges as youwill get from a new toner cartridge.
My customers are reporting many, many more pages of print per cartridge over their new tonercartridges. In fact,some of my customers have used other remanufacturers and they are reporting theyreceive more pages per cartridge, and blacker prints, than the remanufacturer they used to use.
Eighty percent of the laser printers on the market today use a Canon-based engine. That meansthat Canon holds the patent on the engine and print technology. They manufacture the engine and cartridge,and sell them to another company (such as Hewlett Packard or Apple). These companies in turn put their nameand label on it and jack up the price. They are all the same engines and all the same cartridges.
If you are like most people you want to save money. So you use an office discount store or perhapsa mail order catalog to get your cartridge for the best price. About $85.00 on average for a HewlettPackard Series II printer cartridge.
Our recycled toner cartridge is $42.95 all the time. That's a savings of $42.05 for every toner cartridge. If you use 10 cartridges in a year, that's a savings of $390.00 every single year!
No, they don't recommend it. But you know what the funny thing is? They do it themselves. Apple recently signed a contract with a recycler in Texas. They want you to think they aredoing it themselves, but they're not. Hewlett Packard is looking for a sit in Europe to build a recycling plant.
The fact is, everybody recycles. Hewlett Packard, Apple, everybody. There is more profit for these companies in a new cartridge, so they push them.
Let me tell you what happened recently. I purchased 5 empty cartridges from a company that choosesto only buy new. Three of the toner cartridges I opened up and cleaned out had almost 1/2 of the new toner still in them. The fifth cartridge was almost completely full. Something happened with these cartridges to make the customer think they were empty. This is a wast of money and toner.
In general refilled cartridges are about half the cost of a new cartridge. For example, our HP 51626A black cartridge will cost you $11.50per refill. A new cartridge will cost $28. You will save $16.50 eachtime you refill your cartridge. Refill 10 times & save $65.00!!!
Don't let your ink-jet cartridge dry out completely. One way to avoid your cartridge from drying out is wrap the empty cartridge in a damp cloth &seal it in a Ziploc plastic bag & call at (888) 866-3787. Empty cartridges that sit around and dry out cannot be refilled.
