How to pick the best company for toner and ink supplies

Basically, a toner is actually a powder which is used in laser printers and photocopiers so as to help form the printed text and/or images on paper. In its most basic and earliest form, a toner was a mixture of iron oxide, carbon powder and sugar. In present times, the carbon is melt-mixed with a polymer so as to improve quality of the print-out. The heat of the fuser melts the toner particles and bounds it with the paper on which the printing operation is taking place.

The polymers which are used in toners vary from manufacturer to manufacturer but the basic ones used are polyester resin, styrene acrylate copolymer, styrene butadiene copolymer and/or a few other special polymers. The formulations of toners also vary from manufacturer to manufacturers and even form printers to printers. The most basic things that vary are melting point, formulation and granule sizes. Toner manufacturers maintain a quality control standard required for particle size distribution in order to produce a powder which are suitable for that manufacturers’’ printing equipment.

Literally, there are thousands of companies and places out there who will provide ink and toner supplies. But the problem is that very few of them provide genuine and best ones. If you are in the market to buy supplies of ink and tones, a few tips which you can follow are –

•    Check out the supplier’s feedback percentage and the prices they offer
•    Check out whether the company/supplier provides a warranty or not
•    Before placing the order, check out the shipping and handling costs
•    Check out the feedback on the aftersales service they have
•    Check whether they offer fast shipping or not
•    Check how much experience they have selling ink and toner supplies.