Conducting a Do-it-Yourself refill on an empty toner cartridge would sound like a highly intricate matter to most laser printer users - particularly those who have never thought it possible to replenish a used cartridge's depleted toner supply; considering the vague world of color reproduction.
On closer assessment though, the process of refilling an empty OEM color toner cartridge is indeed very simple and involves only a few basic, step by step procedures that are not at all difficult to follow through. The user will only have to faithfully comply with the instructions set forth in the manual and he can never go wrong. For color laser printers nonetheless, users should note that the refill process would take a longer turn because a user will have to deal with 4 different toner cartridges - especially if 2 or more of the these cartridges have just run out of toner supply.
Color Laser printers utilize the primary-colored cartridges of cyan, yellow and magenta - along with the black cartridge to produce different color combination and hues. Thus, unlike the monochrome laser printer that utilizes only a single cartridge, 4 cartridges work in tandem with the color laser printer. Now this type of printer requires a meatier budget to operate as consumable cost can get real hefty and since printing cost per page will surely step up as well.
The HP CP3525N laser printer for instance loads with the CE250X (black) cartridge which comes rated at 10,500 pages for a page coverage of 5% and retailed at $190 per unit. The other 3 cartridges include the CE251A (cyan), CE253A (magenta) and CE252A (yellow) - each rated at 7000 pages for a 5% page coverage and sold at $260 per piece.
These cartridges are installed over a carrier inside the laser printer, where each cartridge delivers a tantamount of toner powder on the rotating photoreceptor drum, depending on the color requirements of a document. In effect not all 4 cartridges will run dry at the same time but as cautiously observed, the black toner cartridge is first to stop literally. Hence, when this happens, it is time to purchase a compatible toner refill kit to continue with the printing job.
Toner refill kit used for color laser printer application is retailed online in a four-bottle pack, consisting of cyan, magenta, yellow and black toner powder. The HP CP3525 toner refill kit 4 Pack is sold for only $152, compared to a complete set of four OEM color toner cartridges that is retailed to consumers at $970. So every time a color cartridge runs dry, the user will only have to spend around $38 on a bottle of color replacement toner powder.
The supply of color toner refill kits in the market is like a monkey off the backs of laser printer users as it comes handy and affordable.
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