Toner Cartridge FAQ

Q: What is an OEM Toner Cartridge?
A: OEM stands for "Original Equipment Manufacturer." All toner cartridge products sold at LaptopTraveller.com that have a name starting with "Genuine OEM" or OEM", it refers to cartridges bearing the same brand names of the printers. This means, these product are made by the same manufacturer of your printer brands such as Epson, Canon, HP, Lexmark, Brother and others.

Q: What is a remanufactured Toner Cartridge?
A: Remanufactured cartridges are made from recycled empty OEM toner cartridges and use mostly OEM parts. The remanufactured toner LaptopTraveller.com offers go through rigorous quality control process including disassembling, inspecting, cleaning, reassembling, refilling, and testing. They are made to perform at the OEM level for print quality and page yield. It is a much more affordable than OEM cartridges and is a very environmental friendly product as it recycles and reuses the OEM cartridges.

Q: What is a compatible Toner Cartridge?
A: Compatible toner cartridges are made mostly from brand new after market toner cartridge parts base on same specifications as the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) cartridges. The compatible toner LaptopTraveller.com offers are 100% made by respected manufacturers with high quality standards (ISO 9001 certified). They are designed to perform or exceed OEM toner cartridges, offering same or higher page yield yet at average of 40% to 80% saving from OEM cartridges.

Q: Will using remanufactured or compatible toner cartridge void my printer manufacturer's warranty?
A: No. Your printer manufacturer cannot void the warranty on your printer because you use a cartridge by someone other than the printer manufacturer. If any printer manufacturer tells you their warranty is voided by the use of compatible toner cartridges, please feel free to recite or fax the following:

" Magnuson-Moss Warranty Improvement Act United States
Code Annotated Title 15 Commerce and Trade Chapter 50 Consumer Product Warranties 15 Sections 2302. No warrantor of a consumer product may condition his written or implied warranty of such product on the consumer's using, in connection with such product, any article or service (other than article or service provided without charge under the terms of the warranty) which is identified by brand, trade or corporate name; except that the prohibition of this subsection may be waived by the commission if: The warrantor satisfies the Commission that the warranted product will function properly only if the article or service so identified is used in connection with the warranted product, and the Commission finds that such a waiver is in the public interest"

You may see Magnuson-Moss Warranty Improvement Act

Q: What is a page yield of a toner cartridge?
A Page yield of a toner cartridge is the number of pages that this toner cartridge can print. You can find page yield information for every toner cartridges that LaptopTraveller.com offers. The standard page yield is measured at 5% coverage, meaning, 5% of the page is covered with ink/toner. A normal text document generally is about 3% to 5% coverage; therefore, the page yield information should give you a pretty good idea of how long the toner cartridge you purchase will last. However, if you are printing a lot of graphic rich document, where ink/toner covers all or almost all of the paper, your cartridge will run out much faster.

You may also reference HP's official website.
Measuring Yield: The ISO Standard for Toner Cartridge Yield for Monochrome LaserJet Printers

Q: You have several toner cartridges listed for my printer, which one should I choose?
A: When LaptopTraveller.com list several toner cartridges that work with your printer, they either varies in their make (OEM, remanufactured, or compatible), or in the page yield. You may choose the toner cartridges based on your budget or your needs for page yields.

Q. I want to buy toner cartridge in bulk to save on shipping. Do Toner cartridges have a shelf life?
A. The shelf life for toner cartridges are usually 2 years from manufacturing date. Actually, they usually last longer than that. If you see a good promotion LaptopTraveller.com runs, take advantage of the quantity discount or order in bulk to save on shipping! All products LaptopTraveller.com offers are covered by one year manufacturer warranty.