If you’ve found yourself in the market for new toner cartridges for your printer, you might be feeling overwhelmed with all of the options available to you. Navigating the world of toner cartridges can indeed be a complex task, especially if you’re new to your printer or have upgraded to a newer model that you’re not familiar with. The choices can seem endless; from having to consider genuine or compatible cartridges, different types and colours, to varying yield options, making it challenging to pinpoint the perfect match for your printing needs.

You need to make sure that you choose the correct toner cartridges for your printer to ensure that it functions correctly and doesn’t damage your printer, as well as to produce the highest quality printing results possible. Here at Toner One, we have put together this post, to share with you how to choose the right cartridges to suit your printer and printing needs.

Genuine or Compatible Cartridges

One of the most important decisions to make when choosing your toner cartridges is if you want to opt for genuine, or compatible cartridges. Genuine cartridges are made by the original manufacturer, for example Dell or HP, whereas compatible cartridges are made by a third-party company. Genuine cartridges are known for their high-quality printing results, optimal compatibility, longevity, and durability due to being made by the manufacturer of your printer. Compatible cartridges are made by a third-party, meaning that their quality, printing results, and compatibility can be affected due to this. Ultimately its your decision, but we always recommend buying genuine for you and your printer's sake.

Printer Model and Type

Verifying your printer model and type is crucial when choosing your toner cartridges, because it ensures a perfect match between the cartridge and your printer. Every printer is designed differently, and using the wrong cartridges can lead to issues like poor print quality, or even damage to your printer costing you money. By double-checking your printer's brand, model number, and type, you can make sure that the toner cartridge you pick is the right fit, ensuring smooth printing without any problems. You should be able to find this easily by looking at your printer's logo, sticker or handbook.

Choosing Between Black or Colour

There are both black or colour toner cartridges, so you have the option to choose between the two depending on your printing needs. If you intend to print in just black and white, for example for printing text and documents, you can opt for black cartridges. If you want to print graphics, images and documents that require colour, then you can purchase colour cartridges containing multiple colours to bring your vivid prints to life. Picking the correct one ensures that your prints come out just the way you want them to, whether it's sharp black text or colourful images.

Check Page Yield

Page yield is also an important factor to consider when choosing your laser printers toner cartridges. The page yield indicates the number of pages the cartridge can print before needing to be replaced. If you are expecting to have a high volume of printing, for example in a business, then you need to choose a higher-yield toner cartridge to meet your needs. However if you are printing more casually at home, then you can choose a lower-yield toner cartridge as you won’t be printing in such high volumes as in a business.

Find the Right Toner Cartridges for your Printer with Toner One

If you’re currently shopping for new toner cartridges for your printer, Toner One is the ideal choice. We provide high-quality toner cartridges and other printer consumables, quick delivery, and cheaper than retail prices so you can save money. It’s quick and easy to place your order with us, and we ship all orders within 1 working day with free tracked shipping. All of our toner cartridges are 100% genuine also, to provide you with high-quality printing results, high performance, and longevity for your home or businesses printing needs.

You can find a wide range of the biggest brands on our website to suit your printer, such as Brother, Samsung, HP, Xerox, and Kyocera as well as many others. We stock cartridges with both low and high yield options, in both black and colour options to suit a wide range of printer types. As well as toner cartridges, we also stock toner ink, drums, developers, units and more, so you can find everything you need for your printer in one place.

If you’re still not 100% sure which toner cartridges are right for your printer, we can help. We are always here to provide support and answer any questions or queries you may have. You can get in touch with us by filling out our online contact form, and a member of our team will get back to you shortly.

Factors to consider when choosing toner cartridges