Low-Cost Printers, High-Price Cartridges You think you’re getting a great deal on a printer, and then you go to replace a cartridge and find the replacement cartridge costs more than $100. Although manufacturers sell laser printers and inkjet printers cheaply, they keep the replacement toners and inks relatively expensive. This business model is how printer manufacturers make their money. You do have more cost-effective options, though, than buying the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) cartridges.

Here at CompandSave, we’re all about preserving the environment. That’s why we promote the use of remanufactured printer cartridges — they’re much better for the environment because they’re made from previously used cartridges. That’s recycling! There’s no need to create a brand new cartridge if a remanufactured/recycled printer ink cartridge works just as well! A lot of people have worries about using remanufactured ink cartridges. Original equipment manufacturer (OEM) cartridge manufacturers (in other words, companies that make cartridges and the printers they’re used with) try to persuade customers not to use remanufactured ink cartridges by saying to customers that using non-brand cartridges will violate their printer’s warranty.