Laser printer toner as expensive as new printer?

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I have a Samsung ML-1640, which has been great thus far. The toner has lasted a whole year of fairly solid use but now needs to be replaced.

I see IC have the printer itself for R799 and Game for R749. I cannot find the toner only anywhere on the net for less than this...Can it really be the case that it is cheaper to buy a whole new printer than simply replace the toner? :(
 
It's a correct assumption. Printers are often loss leaders or maybe not generating losses but the margins are very tiny on commodity printers - the real gravy is in the toner printer manufacturers sell. HP, Lexmark, Epson, Canon, Samsung etc....
 
Rough times.

I remember the same problem with my previous Brother laser printer. The toner was more than the printer so I ended up just getting another one - I thought it was just an anomaly with that particular one...
 
very possible

Costs us 2.5g to replace our cartidges of a HP...

"apparently" the cartridges are only half full when you buy the printer... Although i found the extra cartridges we bought went faster than the originals...
 
Peder said:
very possible

Costs us 2.5g to replace our cartidges of a HP...

"apparently" the cartridges are only half full when you buy the printer... Although i found the extra cartridges we bought went faster than the originals...
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Oddly, I found that the cartridges of the various inkjet printers I had prior to switching to laser, were always half-full when buying the printer...
 
I noticed the same thing with my HP 1018. The toner was around R799 and now it goes for R1099. Guess there must be some reason for a huge jump in toner prices.
 
hj2k_x said:
Oddly, I found that the cartridges of the various inkjet printers I had prior to switching to laser, were always half-full when buying the printer...
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i am actually dissapointed in HP...

This specific printer has a problem... somehow the toner gets into the imaging head and then it doesn't print red properly its quite frustrating to say the least... considering buying a new printer... just wonder how i'm gonna get rid of the current one...
 
Crusader said:
I noticed the same thing with my HP 1018. The toner was around R799 and now it goes for R1099. Guess there must be some reason for a huge jump in toner prices.
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Yes there is. The suppliers are being greedy. In the rest of the world prices are actually dropping, in SA they're going up.

Yes, I know the Rand is volatile but in November it was 12.50 to a Dollar, now it's 10.18.
 
Peder said:
i am actually dissapointed in HP...

This specific printer has a problem... somehow the toner gets into the imaging head and then it doesn't print red properly its quite frustrating to say the least... considering buying a new printer... just wonder how i'm gonna get rid of the current one...
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You could take it into Incredible Corruption and trade it in...
 
hj2k_x, R620 for a new toner? PM me.

The toner that comes with the printer does 750 or so pages. A new "full" toner (as above) does 1500.
 
PostmanPot said:
hj2k_x, R620 for a new toner? PM me.

The toner that comes with the printer does 750 or so pages. A new "full" toner (as above) does 1500.
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Well if that is the case, then it certainly does make sense to buy new toner instead of a whole new , half full, printer.

I shall keep that in mind. Need to look at the finances...February is proving to be as long a month as January :o
 
PeterCH said:
Yes there is. The suppliers are being greedy. In the rest of the world prices are actually dropping, in SA they're going up.

Yes, I know the Rand is volatile but in November it was 12.50 to a Dollar, now it's 10.18.
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Too true. I need to replace my toner soon, so hopefully by then the prices will have dropped or I will be able to find a cheaper supplier.
 
hj2k_x said:
Well if that is the case, then it certainly does make sense to buy new toner instead of a whole new , half full, printer.

I shall keep that in mind. Need to look at the finances...February is proving to be as long a month as January :o
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Let me know any time.

If you hold down the red triangle/only button, it will print out a detailed report (provided you have some toner :D). You'll see that the bundled toner only does 750 pages or so.
 
PostmanPot said:
Let me know any time.

If you hold down the red triangle/only button, it will print out a detailed report (provided you have some toner :D). You'll see that the bundled toner only does 750 pages or so.
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It reckons 717 pages printed with 10% toner remaining and cartridge capacity 0.7k which backs up what you are saying :)
 
Yea people think that toner's cost the same as printers but the printer companies are just trying to sell the printer, i don't think hp and all the other printer companies actually make a great of profit on printer sales, they may even make a loss on printer sales.
 
Drill hole in toner cartridge. Refill with toner. Plug hole with silicone. My HP 1010's original cartridge is now 4 years old and on it's third refill. 500ml bottle of toner - R100.
 
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