Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, Think Ink’s remanufactured cartridges have the same toner gram load as the OEM cartridges. The page yield is dependent on what you print out. You will get more pages with simple text but fewer if you print pictures and graphics. The answer to the question is that the same amount of high quality ink and toner is used in Think Ink’s toner and ink cartridges as in the OEMs.
Ask yourself which makes more sense: to spend an unnecessary amount of money on the original brand cartridge and not print any more pages than a remanufactured cartridge, or to buy an Think Ink remanufactured cartridge for much less and print the equivalent amount of pages as the OEM cartridge.
Many times, a printer manufacture produces several sizes of cartridges. A consumer will see this in the cartridge part number. For example, Hewlett Packard will put an “A” or an “X” behind the cartridge part number (CE280A, CE280X). The “A” behind the cartridge number will represent a lower page yielding cartridge, and an “X” behind the cartridge part number represents a higher page yielding cartridge.
Although the “X” version will cost a consumer more money up front, it almost always will save you money in the long run by giving you a lower cost per page. Not to mention, you will save time by having to replace the cartridge less often.
In a nutshell, it is primarily marketing that is drastically different. Entry level printers are built very flimsy and sold as loss leaders for expensive ink. Although business class printers cost more upfront, the supplies cost less and the printer is built more durable.
An example is a bargain printer from a popular brand currently goes for 99.00, 1 set of ink costs 107.00.The black ink has a yield of 600 pages and the colors, 415 pages.
A business printer that goes for 699.00 has an ink cost of 374.00 per set has a black ink yield of 10,000 pages and color, 5,000 pages.
On the bargain printer this would take 16 black and 12 color cartridges to have an equivalent amount of ink. If we calculate low and buy 12 sets of ink @ 107.00 x 12 = 1,284.00 This is the same amount of ink that costs 374.00 on the business grade printer.
Is it really a bargain?
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