The general practice which people advocate when their print toner cartridges finish is to throw them away. As a result, they incur a huge sum for their printing purposes. This can be done away with to an extent if one studies the various options that are available. For instance, one can get the cartridge refilled instead of throwing it away. Or maybe recycle it and use it again. There are a whole lot of options which can keep the costs from burning a hole in the wallet.

Refilling a print toner cartridge is a simple and easy process which can be accomplished without being messy. Most of the companies manufacture cartridges which are of a very high standard and can be used over and over again. Thus refilling the cartridges and employing them in the printer seems to be the best idea which is cheap as well. The old cartridges used to have a refill cap on the top which could be removed and the toner poured into it. But most of the companies have done away with this to discourage refilling. This helps their sales to a great extent. To counter this, there are many cheap and simple refill kits available in the markets which are used to drill holes in the cartridge.

Most of the refill kits supply a soldering iron which is used to drill the hole through which the toner can be poured. The hole which is created on the cartridge can be sealed with the help of a plastic cap so that the toner doesn’t dry off. This cap can be removes any number of times to refill the cartridge. This is a very safe and ingenious method as there is no chance of damaging anything. No sensitive working parts of the cartridge is touched and so no damage is chanced upon.