HP 12A - toner cartridge

Advantages: Ease of use, reliability, print quality
Disadvantages: Quite expensive

.... There is a plastic strip that needs to be removed from the new toner cartridge before it can be used or no ink will come out! The HP 1100 has a clear and sharp quality to its printed images and each of these toners seems to give a consistent printing performance. On the packing HP warn us that the toner cartridge is responsible for 70% of the printer’s imaging system and so if you are not using an HP toner you are not getting HP printing. I can’t really make any argument against this point as my company has a policy of avoiding the use of non-HP replacement toners; therefore I cannot say whether a different toner type would have a dramatic effect on the printing quality or not! Interestingly the toner cartridge packaging does not say whether there are any recycled parts used in the manufacture of this cartridge. If you’ve read my HP 03A toner... Read review

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Advantages: Ease of use, print quality, reliability
Disadvantages: Rather expensive

...This toner cartridge is designed for use with the HP Laserjet 5P and 6P laser printers. These toners are used extensively at the company I work for as we have a number of 6P printers. The 03A is a black ink cartridge with an estimated life of 8,000 pages. (This will vary according to whether standard or presentation modes are used on the printer). This toner will retail at around the £70 mark depending on which supplier you use. The cartridge comes in a large-ish cardboard box and it securely packaged with cardboard holders to keep the toner from being shaken around too much. The cartridge is sealed in a black plastic bag, which seems to me to closely resemble bin bag material! In Use These toners are quite easy to use, once it is removed from its bin bag(!) it is simply a case of removing a plastic strip from... Read review

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Advantages: Print quality, reliable, easy to use.
Disadvantages: Expensive!

...Are you the sort of person who is interested in adventure, romance and death-defying escapes? If so, then I’m sorry to disappoint you! None of these exciting topics will be featured in the following review… On the other hand, if you’re the sort of person interested in the thrills of purchasing and fitting an HP4096A toner cartridge into a Hewlett Packard printer, then this is probably the review you’ve been waiting for!! The HP4096A toner This toner cartridge is designed for use with the Hewlett Packard Laserjet 2100 and 2200 laser printers. We have a number of these printers at the company I work for. The 96A is a black ink cartridge with an estimated life of 8,000 pages. (Of course this will vary slightly according to whether standard or presentation modes are used on the printer). We purchase these toners from... Read review

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