Now that we’ve already taken a look at how laser printers work (part 1) and examined the difference between OEM, compatible and remanufactured toner cartridges, let’s take a look at some other questions and issues that pop up about laser printers.

Read on to find out about suitable paper for a laser printer, how to remove toner from clothes and… how your printer may be letting others track you without your knowledge.

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As mentioned in part 1 of our series on laser and LED printers and toner cartridges, toner is the powdery substance that is used to build up the image on laser printers. It comes in large cartridges, which either contain the toner on its own, or combine the toner reservoir with a disposable print drum. (Having the drum and cartridge together does mean that you get a new, high-quality drum each time, but it also increases the price.)

Toner cartridges (including laser toner, LED toner, photocopier toner and laser fax toner cartridges) do cost significantly more than most inkjet cartridges, but they also last much longer, generally in the thousands or even tens of thousands of pages, rather than the low hundreds.

When it comes to replacing your toner cartridge, you have four options as follows.

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We sell a lot of laser printer toner cartridges, and we get a fair number of questions on the subject. To understand them better, it helps to understand how laser printers (and their close relative, LED printers) work.

While toner serves a similar purpose to the ink in cartridges for inkjet printers (AKA “bubblejet”)- making marks on the paper- the way it does this is quite different. Read on to find out more- don’t worry, we’ll keep it short!

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If you have a colour inkjet printer, you might have wondered how it can generate all those colours from just four ink cartridges- black, cyan, magenta and yellow. Actually, it’s pretty interesting- read on to find out more!

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