What are the cartridge differences between items labeled Recycled, Remanufactured, or Compatible?
As the toner cartridge industry continues to mature, it increases its capability to deliver higher and higher quality to the public. This is especially true for manufacturers of recycled cartridges.
Recycled products are commonly thought of as items that are new from a factory, depleted of their original value, and instead of being disposed of in landfills, they are reclaimed and reworked.
Some 15 years ago the manufacturers of the reworked cartridges often drilled a hole and filled the empty core with more toner. These are known as the drill and fill factories and they gave the recycled industry of toner cartridges a bad reputation because there were so many problems to the end users. There are very few of these vendors left.
The more resourceful manufacturers took an engineering approach to their product’s quality. By taking the cartridge completely apart, replacing and cleaning all the components, they raised the bar for the manufacturers of recycled printing cartridges. These factories label their cartridges Remanufactured and immediately creating a market for higher-quality and innovative new replacement parts. The public was pleased with the toner products, and the industry’s reputation has flourished, as seen by the numerous testimonials about quality and savings.
Premium Compatible Toner Cartridges is a fairly new identifier that alerts the public to yet another raising of the bar for quality. The suppliers of the replacement components have made increasing advancements in quality. Much training and attention to standards by the manufacturers as a whole of aftermarket cartridges industry again gains significant strides in excellence, where the recycled cartridges now on the market are of equal or higher quality as the original factory-produced cartridges. In fact, the OEM factories such as Hewlett Packard, Lexmark, and Canon recently took a hint from the recyclers and also found value in using reclaimed components. Read their boxes and you’ll see for yourself. You’ll wonder why you should pay more. To find out how we can help you, call 972-881-9538 or fill out our contact us form.
