Understanding Toner Cartridges; Are your Toner Cartridges Compatible with your New Printer?

Printers are a common item found in a number of settings, including offices, homes, schools and hospitals. Although there are hundreds of components combined together to create a printer, toner cartridges are one of the most important features. Toner cartridges are responsible for holding and dispensing the toner your printer uses to create the documents and images on paper.

Relying on your printer is all well and good until something doesn’t quite go to plan. When your printer decides it’s done enough work for its lifetime, it can be an essential task to replace it in order to continue your daily tasks that require a printing device. Fast forward to searching the market for your new printer, you may discover that the identical replacement for your existing printer is no longer available, this can then open a whole can of worms when it comes to your stock of toner cartridge’s compatibility with your new printer. 

That being said, the team at Trade Your Toner highly recommend understanding the type of toner cartridges you have stocked up which will then help you to determine whether or not they are compatible with the new printer you have had your eye on or if you need to search further for a printer that is compatible with your existing toner cartridges.

Understanding the Types of Toner Cartridges on the Market

There are two main types of toner cartridges on the market, one being Original Equipment Manufacturer and the other being compatible. OEM cartridges are made by the printer manufacturer; such as Hewlett-Packard, Epson and Canon, while compatible cartridges are made by third-party manufacturers, some examples being Printing Pleasure, King of Flash and More Inks. 

Although OEM cartridges are generally more expensive, you can be sure you are getting the higher quality, more reliable results that you are paying for in comparison to compatible toner cartridges. Compatible cartridges are more affordable, but may not be compatible with all printers and may not always produce the same level of quality as OEM cartridges.

How to Know if your Toner Cartridges are the Right Ones for your New Printer?

When choosing your new printer it is important to consider the type of toner cartridges you have already stocked up on, thus to ensure you aren’t wasting your unused toner cartridges and the money you spent on them in the first place. If you have OEM cartridges due to their reliability and ability to benefit those printing in high volumes, then be aware that you need to find a suitable printer that can withstand your demand for continuous printing throughout each day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

On the other hand, if you have stocked up on compatible cartridges that were a much more cost effective solution for you due to the occasional printing you do, then the likelihood that you will need a top of the range, expensive printer is much lower and you could actually be saving yourself some extra pennies when purchasing your replacement printer.

Already Purchased a New Printer?

Now, if you have already bitten the bullet and purchased your replacement printer and have discovered that your stockpile of toner cartridges simply aren’t compatible, then you may think you have lost a chunk of money and cartridges that are useless to you now.

Well, there is no need to worry because Trade Your Toner was established entirely for these particular circumstances. At Trade Your Toner we offer a service that allows you to sell your unused, surplus toner cartridges in exchange for their existing, competitive market value or even to trade them for toner cartridges that are compatible with your new printer.

Simply visit our website or get in contact with us today to find out more about how simple it is to trade in your unwanted toner cartridges with Trade Your Toner, or even get a quote today. 

Give us a call on 01223 756 442, send us an email to contact@tradeyourtoner.co.uk or enter your enquiry into our online contact from and one of our experts will get back to you shortly with the further information you require regarding what to do with your surplus toner cartridges.