Buying a toner can be a troublesome event.  Although most toners will last for a thousand pages or more; it can be expensive to buy an original replacement for your toner.  Hence, you will need to make sure that you get the most viable options for your toner cartridge.  In most cases, buying a new toner cartridge can run up to one hundred dollars or even more. 

However, if you don’t want to pay so much more for your new toner, then you can buy remanufactured toner cartridges for your printer.  In essence, a remanufactured toner cartridge is a special type of toner cartridge that is prepared from recycled and refurbished toners.  In order to create remanufactured toner cartridges, the following steps are taken:

- Old and used toners are collected by various companies.
- These used toner cartridges are cleaned thoroughly to remove any old traces of powdered ink that may remain inside.  In most cases, these used toner cartridges are flushed and cleaned with chemicals.
- All parts of these used toner cartridges are inspected for any defects or for any broken components.
- If any part needs to be changed, then that part is changed immediately and then the broken part is sent away to be recycled for future use.
- The toner cartridge is filled with new powdered ink.
- These remanufactured toner cartridges are then checked and tested to make sure that they are functioning within normal parameters.
- These remanufactured toner cartridges are packed and shipped to their final destinations.

In most cases, buying a remanufactured toner cartridge means that you will pay at least %70 less compared to the price of an original toner cartridge. This can be a huge advantage for those users who have more than one laser printer at their home or at their workplace.