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When buying a color laser printer, do I need to buy a set of cartridge toner too ?
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Question by duy770: When buying a color laser printer, do I need to buy a set of cartridge toner too ?
I was told by a salesman that the cartridges that come with it are the starter set, which do not last long.
A couple years ago, I bought a refurbished color laser printer from HP, and the toner cartridges came with it lasted for 4,5 years at home use. This printer stopped working right, so I need a new one.
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you better get some now and have them
when you need them
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3 Comments
July 18th, 2010 at 2:25 am
The initial starter cartridges have less capacity than the store bought (“full”) cartridges.
You won’t necessarily have to buy a new cartridge right away because you will already have a working cartridge that comes with your printer (unless specified)
July 18th, 2010 at 2:45 am
don’t listen to the salesman, because depending on how much you use your printer, it may not be another year or so before you’d need to replace cartridges (if you hardly ever print anything), so you’d be wasting money. if you’re getting a printer, then it will come with small capacity cartridges. use those to print stuff, and to decide if you’ll like the printer. when those run out, then you can go ahead and buy the replacements.
July 18th, 2010 at 2:54 am
many lasers come with half-full starter cartridges but for some people that can still be plenty. our samsung clp-300 and Ricoh CL-1000N lasted over a year with constant use before we had to replace the black. In any case, you have time to check the net for cheaper compatible cartridges. The savings are incredible and I have found no difference in print quality.