Know what to look for when replacing your Brother toner cartridge

Whether replacing your Brother toner cartridge for your fax or printer there are a few things you need to be aware of in order to purchase as intelligently as possible. Here's a list of things to always check for:

If you plan on buying a compatible Brother cartridge make sure the cartridge is built with new compatible parts. That includes the drum and other components.

Make sure that compatible toner cartridge components are guaranteed to meet or exceed the OEM (original equipment manufacturer) standards.

The supplier should always give you a warranty (one year is best)  for a compatible or OEM toner cartridge.

And finally, the most important of all...

The toner cartridge with the lowest calculated cost per page gives you the greatest savings!

That's right, the calculated cost per page is the single most important factor to consider when replacing your Brother toner cartridge. Here's why: by calculating the cost per page you will always be comparing apples to apples when deciding which compatible or OEM toner cartridge to purchase.  And the cost per page holds constant regardless of how many or how few pages you actually print.

To calculate the cost per page of your Brother laser printer toner cartridge simply divide the expected page yield of the cartridge into the cost of the toner cartridge. Page yield is the total number of pages that the toner cartridge is expected to yield before the cartridge runs dry. You can get the page yield by asking the merchant for it. If they don't have it they can get it for you. The actual cost of the laser printer toner cartridge is irrelevant since that's already accounted for in the cost per page calculation. Remember, the lower the cost per page the lower your total printing cost will be!

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