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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