Toners & Ink Cartridges

We offer a massive range of toner cartridges, laser toners, inkjet and printer cartridges. Simply select the make and model of your machine to display your required toner cartridge, inkjet cartridge, ribbon or fax cartridge. If you need any help please do not hesitate to contact us.

We stock all your popular brands including HP, Epson, Canon, Brother, Philips, Oki and Samsung.

Laser Toner Cartridges

A laser printer is a common type of computer printer that rapidly produces high quality text and graphics on plain paper. As with digital photocopiers and multifunction printers (MFPs), laser printers employ a xerographic printing process but differ from analog photocopiers in that the image is produced by the direct scanning of a laser beam across the printer's photoreceptor.

A laser beam projects an image of the page to be printed onto an electrically charged rotating drum coated with selenium. Photoconductivity removes charge from the areas exposed to light. Dry ink (toner) particles are then electrostatically picked up by the drum's charged areas. The drum then prints the image onto paper by direct contact and heat, which fuses the ink to the paper.

Inkjet Cartridges

An ink cartridge or inkjet cartridge is a replaceable component of an inkjet printer that contains the ink (and sometimes the print-head itself) that is spread on paper during printing. Each ink cartridge contains one or more partitioned ink reservoirs; certain manufacturers also add electronic contacts and a chip that communicates with the printer.

Most consumer inkjet printers, such as those made by Canon, HP, Epson and Lexmark use a thermal inkjet; inside each partition of the ink reservoir is a heating element with a tiny metal plate or resistor. In response to a signal given by the printer, a tiny current flows through the metal or resistor making it warm up, and the ink immediately surrounding the heated plate is vapourised into a tiny air bubble inside the nozzle. As a consequence, the total volume of the ink exceeds that of the nozzle. An ink droplet is forced out of the cartridge nozzle onto the paper. This process takes a matter of milliseconds.

The printing depends on the smooth flow of ink, which can be hindered if the ink begins to dry at the print head, as can happen when an ink level becomes low; dried ink can be cleaned from a cartridge print head, by gentle rubbing with isopropyl alcohol on a swab or folded paper towel. The ink also acts as a coolant to protect the metal-plate heating elements: when the ink supply is depleted, and printing is attempted, the heating elements in thermal cartridges often burn out, permanently damaging the print head. When the ink first begins to run thin, the cartridge should be refilled or replaced, to avoid over-heating damage to the print-head.

Compatible Toner Cartridges

A compatible cartridge is an alternative product, which although not the same brand as the printer, is designed to be compatible with the stated printer. There are two type of compatible cartridge: remanufactured and new build.

Remanufactured cartridges are recycled original equipment manufacturer (OEM) cartridges. Cartridges are dismantled, cleaned and filled with ink or toner. New build cartridges are built from new components.

Compatible warranties: Armor and 5 Star offer a 2 year warranty on all cartridges. In the unlikely event that a faulty cartridge causes damage to a printer, the cost of the repair or replacement will be covered.