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If you or your company has ever contacted the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) for your printer or photocopier about toner cartridges refill on your own you have probably gotten an earful about all the dangers this process has for your printer from their customer service representative. It is likely that they mentioned how you can damage the internal workings of your printer by buying third party refurbished toner cartridges. Refill kits can lead to poor quality print jobs, or waste toner and create an unholy mess of spilled ink in the gears of the printer.

The reason why that customer service representative gave you such dire warnings is fairly simple: their company wants to be the sole provider of your replacement toner cartridges. Refill kits are a challenge to their dominance over the market and directly cut into their profits. They also represent a serious threat by cutting out the need for customers to pay high prices for goods that must be purchased on a regular basis.

Make no mistake, there is some basis for the high cost of a new replacement cartridge. Each three pound cartridge has only a few ounces of toner inside, the rest of the weight comes from the plastic reservoir and metal parts that connect the cartridge to the printing drum, thus increasing the manufacturing cost of toner cartridges. Refill kits, on the other hand, cut out those manufacturing expenses by reusing the original reservoir and drum a number of additional times. Despite the OEM warnings, each toner cartridge is capable of handling multiple refills before the wear and tear gets to the point of reduced print quality bad enough to require a new cartridge, saving you a great deal of money by significantly reducing the number of brand new cartridges you need to purchase.