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Ten Major Myths And

I-ITC Misrepresentations Laser
Printers And Toner Cartridges
A Presentation of the International
Imaging Technology Council
Myth #1 – Use of A Remanufactured
Cartridges Will Void Your Printer Warranty.
Fair Trade Laws Absolutely Forbid
Making Use of A Specific Product A
Condition Of A Warranty Unless The
Product Is Provided At No Cost to the
User!
In That HP, Canon, Lexmark and Others
Derive Their Profits From Cartridge,
Not Printer Sales, They Will Never
Provide Free Cartridges!
United States: Sherman Anti-Trust Act
and Magnusson-Moss Warranty
Improvement Act
United Kingdom: WEEE and RoHS
Directives
Australia: Federal Practices Act 1974
 Myth #2: Remanufactured Cartridges
Are Inferior To New Ones.
Government, major corporations and independent testing laboratories certify that
properly remanufactured toner cartridges perform as well or better than
cartridges made and sold as new by major printer and cartridge makers.
“TRY USING remanufactured toner
cartridges which now have the same
quality of new ones at much lower cost”.
- M.I.T. News
“Remanufactured toner and ink cartridges
will perform as well as or better than new
ones.”
Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board - MN

“Remanufactured toner cartridges compare

favorably to new ones in terms of print quality
and product life – but cost less money.”
NYC Wastele$$
 Myth #3: Hewlett-Packard Is the World’s
Largest Printer and Cartridge Maker.
All of Hewlett-Packard’s
Printers and Cartridges are
Made By Either Canon or
Konica.
Canon Makes HP products in
Has Never Makes 60% Of Communist China and
Made A Laser Laser Printers Japan.
Printer Or And Konica Makes HP and Dell
Toner Cartridges Products in Japan.
Cartridge!
Worldwide In
Japan And
Communist PS: Dell Does Not Make Any
Printers or Cartridges Either.
China!
 Myth#4: Lexmark Makes Its Products
In the US.
More and more Lexmark,
Dell and IBM brand
printers and supplies
are made in China..
New Dell color laser
October 2004: printers will be made by
US Consumer Products
Safety Council Requires
Konica.
Recall of Nearly 40,000
Printers Because of Shock
Hazard. They Were Made
PS: Konica makes HP’s
In Communist China for high speed laser
Lexmark and Sold As printers too!
Lexmark, Dell and IBM
Laser Printers.
Myth #5: Lexmark Cartridges For Use
In HP Printers Are Bargains.
Lexmark Linea
cartridges for use in
HP printers May
contain as many as
70% reused parts
and cost more than
any other cartridges
made for use in HP
printers.
Myth #6: Dell and Lexmark Printers Are So
Inexpensive That They Cost Less to Use Than
Other Brands.
Consumer Reports
Magazine warned
readers that D e l l
products “cost more to
u s e p e r p a g e than all
others and that
Le xmar k p rod uc ts are
close behind them”.
Myth #7: Empty Cartridges You Return to
HP, Lexmark and Others Are Reused.
Only 20% of empty cartridges
are recovered by anyone.
Independent cartridge
remanufacturers recover more
empty cartridges than all of
their original makers combined.
Millions of empty cartridges fill
landfills here and litter rural
third world villages.
HP/Canon grinds them into
powders that are then made it
to pellets for use in making low
grade plastic products such as
CD cases and cup.
 Myth #8: Defective Toner Cartridges Damage
Printers Causing Expensive Repairs.
Toner Cartridges are largely
self-contained and make
limited contact with the parts
of printers.
The worst that happens is that
toner from a failed cartridges
must be removed from the
printer. All cartridges deposit
some toner inside of their
printers.
Properly remanufactured
Removing Toner cartridges do not damage
Deposits Is Part of printers or create more wear
Routine Maintenance than cartridges that are
Required To Maintain properly assembled by or for
Printer Warranties. printer makers.
Myth #9: Remanufacturers Reuse
Toner In Their Cartridges.
Only In Rural China Will You Find
Anyone Recovering Toner From
Empty Cartridges As This Boy Is
Doing With A Stick And A Bucket!
If they did, none of the
cartridges would work!
Toner becomes contaminated
during the printing process by
paper dust and electrical
charges rendering it unusable.
Every cartridge model requires
a different toner formulation.
Combining contaminated
toners would compound
problems.
 Myth #10: Remanufacturers Just Replace
the Toner In Cartridges.
Expensive Imaging
Drums Must Be
Cleaned, Tested and
Usually Replaced
Charge Rollers And
Other Major Parts Are
Similarly Treated.
Microchips Must Be
Replaced To Restore
Full Functioning
Every Part Must Be
Cleaned, Examined
and Eventually
Replaced.
Professional remanufacturers
replace every worn or damaged
component in their cartridges.
Many parts are failing at the
end of their initial use as a
result of engineering decisions
made in Japan and China.
As a general rule, the lower the
price, the fewer parts have
been replaced.
If the seller does not want you
to return your remanufactured
empty, most of the parts are
beyond reuse because they
didn’t replace any before they
sold it to you.
Single reuse remanufacturers
are cheating you and the
environment.
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Of Remanufactured Office Products
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