subject: Toner And What It Means For Your Printer [print this page] It is a reasonable goal when printing a document to make sure the document printed closely resembles the original. This may be a large order or a small one, but quality matters. The quality of materials is even more important for a business because you need everything that represents it to look very professional. For best quality, how about getting a printer that uses toner?
This is a special substance, that, quite basically, makes your printouts look better by adding to the ink's consistency. Your copies won't show any signs of smudges or smears that can make them look unprofessional. The toner that enhances the ink heats up while the pages print out. Most of today's printers rely on cartridges for this. They simply snap in and out so you can easily replace them when necessary.
Older models of printers require you to pour in toner from a bottle. This is not the neatest way to do things, but it's necessary. You will need extraordinary control and be used to older printers to successfully pull this off. Spilling the liquid substance outside of where it should be placed may damage your printer or your clothing. This is one of the leading ways to ruin a printer so be very careful with this type of toner.
It is not recommended to buy printer toner refills. Using these refill kits is often messy, and just like above, could end up damaging your printer. You will also find the toner isn't the same high quality and that is going to show with the overall look of your copies. Your best bet would be to choose among the best printer toner cartridges so you don't have to replace them so often.
Most printer toner cartridges are very affordable so this won't be an outrageous business expense for you. They also don't need to be replaced all that often. Of course the more copies you make the sooner you will have to replace it.
Most printers have an indicator on them that will tell you when the toner is getting low. Have an extra on hand at that point but continue to leave it in there as long as the quality of your prints isn't being reduced.
