<p>anyone try replacing their own ink for their laser printer? </p>
<p>I’ve done it with inkjet and it was a piece of cake, how is it for laser printers with the huge toner?</p>
<p>Laser printers don’t have ink. They have toner. You can’t “replace the ink in your toner.” Toner is a powder that laser jets printers will burn/melt onto a piece of paper. With that in mind, replacing the toner – a powder – into the cartridge would be very messy.</p>
<p>Just replace the whole plastic toner piece. That should slide right in and out.</p>
<p>It is possible to refill toner cartridges, however laser printer manufacturers are catching up now and many toner cartridges have chips designed to prevent that from happening.</p>
<p>darn that sucks, especially since toner would cost more than the printer itself in my case.</p>
<p>You have to remember a lot of laser printers come with starter cartridges. When you replace the toner, you’ll get a cartridge that will have considerably more toner in it, allowing you to print far more many pages than the original starter cartridge.</p>
<p>Your toner cartridge might be refillable, but you usually can’t refill the starter cartridge since it is normally smaller than the others. Check online for the exact details.</p>
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<p>but buying laser printer cartridges allows you to print more for cheaper. inkjet’s cost is not as high, but the cartidges often go dry quickly when you print a lot, therefore causing you to buy more cartridges.</p>
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<p>“but buying laser printer cartridges allows you to print more for cheaper. inkjet’s cost is not as high, but the cartidges often go dry quickly when you print a lot, therefore causing you to buy more cartridges.”</p>
<p>Yeah I realized laser printing is definitely the way to go with black and white printing. But I just find it ■■■■■■■■ how companies charge more for their toner than for a brand new laser printer. What will I do with the old laser printers if I keep opting to buy new laser printers instead of toner.</p>