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If you have one of these HP printers: Colour LaserJet Enterprise M455dn, Colour LaserJet Enterprise MFP M480f, Colour LaserJet Pro M454dn, M454dw, Colour LaserJet Pro MFP M479fdw, M479fdn, M479fdw, we recommend the W2020X (or 414X) series of cartridges because they are high yield cartridges. The black (W2020X) cartridge has a page yield of 7,500 pages, …

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If your toner cartridge is leaking or leaving toner splotches on the page when you first put it into the printer, most of the time this was caused by the cartridge being dropped during the shipping process. If this has happened when you first put the cartridge into the printer, get in touch with us! …

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If you have one of these Brother printers: DCP-L5500DN, DCP-L5600DN, DCP-L5650DN, HL-L5000D, HL-L5100DN, HL-L5200DW, HL-L5200DWT, HL-L6200DW, HL-L6200DWT, HL-L6250DW, HL-L6300DW, HL-L6400DW, HL-L6400DWT, MFC-L5700DW, MFC-L5800DW, MFC-L5850DW, MFC-L5900DW, MFC-L6700DW, MFC-L6750DW, MFC-L6800DW, MFC-L6900DW then you need to use the TN850 toner in your printer. We recommend the TN850 because it is a high yield cartridge and has a page …

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If you have one of these printers: LaserJet Enterprise 500 MFP M525dn, LaserJet Enterprise MFP M525f, LaserJet Enterprise Flow MFP M525c, LaserJet Enterprise P3010, LaserJet Enterprise P3015, LaserJet Enterprise P3015d, LaserJet Enterprise P3015dn, LaserJet Enterprise P3015n, LaserJet Enterprise P3015x, LaserJet Pro MFP M521dn then you need to use the CE255X toner cartridge in your printer. …

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If you have one of these HP printers: LaserJet Pro 400 M401dn, LaserJet Pro 400 M401dne, LaserJet Pro 400 M401dw, LaserJet Pro 400 M401n, LaserJet Pro 400 MFP M425dn, LaserJet Pro 400 MFP M425dw then you need to use the CF280X toner cartridge in your printer. We recommend the CF280X because it is a high …

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If you have one of these HP printers: Laserjet Pro M402d, Laserjet Pro M402dn, Laserjet Pro M402n, Laserjet Pro MFP M426dw, Laserjet Pro MFP M426fdn, Laserjet Pro MFP M426Fdw, imageCLASS LBP214dw, imageCLASS LBP215dw, imageCLASS MF424dw, imageCLASS MF426dw, imageCLASS MF429dw then you need to use the CF226X toner cartridge in your printer. We recommend the CF226X …

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If you have one of these Brother printers: HL-L2300D, HL-L2320D, HL-L2340DW, HL-L2360DN, HL-L2360DW, HL-L2365DW, HL-L2380DW, DCP-L2500D, DCP-L2520DW, DCP-L2540DN, DCP-L2540DW, MFC-L2700DW, MFC-L2720DW, MFC-L2740DW then you need to use the TN660 toner in your printer. We recommend the TN660 because it is a high yield cartridge and has a page yield 2,600 pages. The TN630 also fits …

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If you have one of these Brother printers: DCP-L2550DW, HL-L2350DW, HL-L2370DW, HL-L2370DWXL, HL-L2390DW, HL-L2395DW, MFC-L2710DW, MFC-L2730DW, MFC-L2750DW, MFC-L2750DWXL then you need to use the TN760 toner in your printer. We recommend the TN760 because it is a high yield cartridge and has a page yield of 3,000 pages. The TN730 also fits in these Brother …

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Let’s say you have an HP Laserjet Pro M402 printer. You need to buy a new cartridge. You can choose either the CF226A or the CF226X. What’s the difference? It’s page yield. This means the number of pages the cartridge will print, if all pages are only covered with 5% toner (see this blog post …

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Cartridges have an advertised page yield. The cartridge manufacturer calculates it as the number of pages a cartridge can print, if the pages have 5% coverage. If your cartridge says the page yield is 2,000 pages, it may print that many, or it may print more, depending on how much toner your printer has to …

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The fuser in your laser printer heats and bonds the toner to the paper. It ages over time and can be the cause of print issues (weird streaking on the page, faint print). You can purchase a fuser separately for some printers, for other it comes in a maintenance kit. It can be installed by …

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Yes! Some fonts are larger and use more toner, like Impact, compared to Century Gothic. Even a standard font like Arial has darker lines than Century Gothic, but Century Gothic is still very easy to read. Switch to a font like Century Gothic and you will use less toner. Need supplies? We’re here to help …

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Towards the end of a cartridge’s life cycle, you can get weird blotches on the paper. It may look like your cartridge is leaking. Your printer probably says the cartridge still has toner available. This is often overflow from the waste toner chamber. Every time you print, some toner is swept off the page and …

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It’s probably not your cartridge. There are rubber rollers in your printer that guide the paper. They get worn and need to be replaced. You can purchase the paper feed rollers individually or in a maintenance kit, depending on your printer model. You can get a printer technician to install them or you can do …

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Some printers have a drum or imaging unit separate from the toner cartridge (Brother and Lexmark). When you change the toner cartridge you often have to take the cartridge out of the drum. You should change the drum approximately every 4 times you change the toner cartridge. Need supplies? We’re here to help 🙂

Ink can sometimes dry up and cause small blockages within the print-head nozzles. This can lead to your prints being streaky and faded. You can run the print-head cleaning cycle on your printer. If this doesn’t work, you can buy cleaning cartridges that will break up any ink that has dried inside the print-head nozzles. …

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If you have a colour printer and you are printing a black and white document remember to change your printer properties to the black-only mode. This will help save your colour cartridges. It doesn’t look like it, but when you print black on a colour printer, your printer will use coloured ink. Need supplies? We’re …

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If you are still getting good quality prints with no streaks or fading then carry on printing. You will probably still get a few more pages from it. The estimation of how many pages your cartridge will print is just that, an estimation. Often you will get more prints than it says. Need supplies? We’re …

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If your prints seem to be darker since changing your cartridge then try adjusting the toner density setting in your printer’s menu. Need supplies? We’re here to help 🙂

Most printers allow you to select the “Economy” or “draft” mode in the properties section of your printer. This means you will have a slightly lighter, less precise copy, but it will save ink. Use the economy mode any time you are printing a draft or a document, such as an informal letter, that does …

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