Ausmumof3 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Quick Q as I'm doing a lot of printing these days... Is it safe and worthwhile to buy generic toner or do you stick with the genuine stuff? My last toner cartridge lasted a lot less time than I expected though I guess I've done a fair bit of printing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scbusf Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 I buy generic toner from Amazon. I've been happy with it, but I've never used the real stuff, so I don't have much to compare it to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solascriptura Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 I always buy generic from eBay. Sooo much cheaper and haven't ever regretted it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 Thanks guys! Appreciate getting the green light from some hive friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbgrace Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 I don't think all printers will let you use generics. But mine does, and I've had a mixed bag with generic toners. Sometimes i get batches where every new cartridge has to be "cleaned" tons of times after initial installation to print properly. I've had batches where they worked just as well as the manufacturers. This last round of generics was so frustrating I started to dread changing the cartridges. I purchased the printer's manufacturer. cartridges out of frustration. But it saves a lot of money, so I am sure I'll go back to generics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 In general, generics are great, but I have had a bad batch once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skywards Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 I got some cheapy stuff for my printer and its horrible. Like, use twice and the cartridge is empty horrible. BUT that's just my experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth S Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 We also buy from reputable Ebay sellers. Usually there's a short refund period, so if you get a bad cartridge & it's within a month or so of purchase, they'll usually just send you another one. It's so much cheaper than the brand name ones, that you can probably have a 50% success rate & still be saving money! The seller I use mails them "fast & free", so we get them in just a few days. There are ways to refill them yourself, but I'm not that adventurous. There are youtube how-tos that demonstrate for your specific cartridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 I get mine refilled at Costco for $10. With how much I print, it more than pays for the membership. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Toner? For a laser printer? We use generic in all our Brother laser printers. I order from E-Z Ink on Amazon and I've never had a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 I got some cheapy stuff for my printer and its horrible. Like, use twice and the cartridge is empty horrible. BUT that's just my experience. This just happened with out last cartridge. Very frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meganrussell Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 I ordered the generic, and it didn't print very well. It was a blue color instead of black. It also didn't last long. I ordered from eBay, and it has me nervous to order generic again, even though it's much cheaper and I print a ton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 I'm very leery about generics. I haven't bought any for our LCD printer (which uses toner), but I did for an ink jet. It flat out didn't work for the ink jet so I never tried again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted May 24, 2017 Author Share Posted May 24, 2017 Yeah we had trouble with the old inkjet that's why I wondered. but we had the genuine which is supposedly good for 1200 pages and it would be lucky to have made 600 pages. I know it's probably 1200 draft pages but still want to be able to print cheaper. The difference between genuine and generic is $80 to $35 from the same supplier! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 I would love to find a generic that worked. So if you try it let me know how that goes. Just ordered more recently...ugh so expensive!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 I bought a box of replacement (non OEM cartridges) from a reputable Amazon Seller for our Epson C82 Ink Jet printer, when I could not find the OEM cartridges here. As I recall, there was a box of about 12 cartridges, in the 4 colors and the majority of them worked properly when installed. Now, we have another Epson Ink Jet, this one is a very low cost printer. My wife bought another one, to give as a gift, when she bought this one. The person who received the other printer does a lot more printing than we do. She has one of those tanks (I forget what those are called) with the 4 ink colors attached to the side of her printer. As far as I know there are no problems with that. My fear with these Epson printers is that Epson stops making cartridges for them to get everyone to buy a new printer. That's what they did with the C82 cartridges some years ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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