A business journal has written an article answering some “basic inquiries” about what reused toner cartridge chips are and why they can be beneficial.
The piece, by the Solar Home and Business Journal, defines a chip as a device that “peruses the measure of toner staying for a printer to utilise” by checking the cartridge’s droplet check, which often has the effect of telling the user the cartridge needs to be refilled “before they are really out of toner”.
Recycled chips are needed because many printer models rely on chips that are “unable to be reset” and also, the chip may need to be reassembled to ensure that it registers that the toner has been refilled. There are two main benefits of recycled toner chips that are “broadly referred to”; the saving that they accrue and the ecological benefits. The journal alleges that most people who are buying toner are looking to save money when doing so.
Their main option is to buy “individual reused” chips, and refill the toner themselves, or they can purchase cartridges refilled by someone else. Either way they make a saving, “particularly over the lifetime of a printer”.
Turning to the environmental motives, the publication says that the polymers that make up a cartridge’s plastics have a decay rate of between 450 and 1000 years, while a reused toner chip “can be reused over and over” and so reduce landfill. Reused chips also reduce oil use and conserve other raw materials such as timber and water.