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Green Ways to Save Money on Printing
Buying ink cartridges and toner refills can be a major expense for many businesses. Finding a way to reduce costs can be difficult as is seen by the number of people who search online each day using phrases such as Cheap Ink Cartridges, Good Printer Cartridges Low Price, Cheap Used Laser Ink Toners etc.
One option for saving money is to look at the benefits of recycling or refilling ink and toner cartridges.
Did you know?
One company which is dedicated to reducing the environmental impact of ink and toner cartridges is Smart Cartridge. Ally Bryant from their Basingstoke store said:
“Smart Cartridge is fully aware of the impact that throwing away empty cartridges has on the environment. This is why we not only like to emphasise the money saving benefits of recycling your cartridges with Smart Cartridge but also aim to highlight the positive impact cartridge recycling has on the environment.
My role is to make it as easy as possible for businesses to recycle and refill ink and toner cartridges. We offer collections and deliveries as well as advice on products.”
Click to contact Ally
As with all products, if you are going to use recycled ink cartridges, you need to ensure that the quality is high. Not every vendor of Cheap Used Laser Ink Toner is selling cartridges which are good enough to use in a business setting. Indeed there are many stories of poor quality refills causing damage to printers.
When choosing a supplier of recycled or refilled cartridges, check whether a guarantee against damage to your printer is offered. Smart Cartridge, for example, guarantee that their cartridges will not cause damage.
Even if you decide to buy new rather than used cartridges, there are still some ways in which you can save money on ink. Our top tips include:
One option for saving money is to look at the benefits of recycling or refilling ink and toner cartridges.
Did you know?
- Worldwide every year more than one billion ink cartridges are used and most are thrown away (www.recycling.com 2004)
- Stacked end to end, cartridges thrown away in one year would cover a distance of over 24,0000 miles (enough to circle the earth) (Recharger Magazine 08/02)
- Roughly 3.5 litres of oil are needed to make one new laser cartridge (Recycler Magazine 05/03)
One company which is dedicated to reducing the environmental impact of ink and toner cartridges is Smart Cartridge. Ally Bryant from their Basingstoke store said:
“Smart Cartridge is fully aware of the impact that throwing away empty cartridges has on the environment. This is why we not only like to emphasise the money saving benefits of recycling your cartridges with Smart Cartridge but also aim to highlight the positive impact cartridge recycling has on the environment.
My role is to make it as easy as possible for businesses to recycle and refill ink and toner cartridges. We offer collections and deliveries as well as advice on products.”
Click to contact Ally
As with all products, if you are going to use recycled ink cartridges, you need to ensure that the quality is high. Not every vendor of Cheap Used Laser Ink Toner is selling cartridges which are good enough to use in a business setting. Indeed there are many stories of poor quality refills causing damage to printers.
When choosing a supplier of recycled or refilled cartridges, check whether a guarantee against damage to your printer is offered. Smart Cartridge, for example, guarantee that their cartridges will not cause damage.
Even if you decide to buy new rather than used cartridges, there are still some ways in which you can save money on ink. Our top tips include:
- Avoid printing at all if you can read the item easily on the screen.
- Print in “fast draft” (or whatever terminology your printer uses) if the copy is just for internal use because it can save a huge amount of ink.
- Some printers use a single cartridge for the coloured inks. This can be wasteful if you are often printing documents with a large amount of one colour on it because the cartridge will need to be replaced even though only one of the three colours is empty. Get round this problem either by choosing a printer which has three separate colour cartridges or print in greyscale (no colour) when possible.