Toner refills will slash your print costs!

Instructions We provide specific, step by step instructions for most models. Pictures show how to access the existing filler hole or where to make a new hole in the cartridge. They include information on preparing your work-surface and handling the powder without mess.

Does it work?
Yes, of course it does! The great thing about filling up with powder is that you don’t disturb the inner workings of the cartridge. If it was working well when it ran out, then filling will revive it.
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How many times?
Typically, a new or remanufactured cartridge will last for at least another two fills before you lose quality or something goes wrong. It depends on the type. Those which do not contain an imaging drum will often last for five or more fills.
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Good quality results?
All of our powders are specifically formulated for the models for which we supply them. They have been fully tested. We guarantee that they will not damage your printer, neither will they void your warranty! The first time you fill, the quality should be the same as when it ran out.

By reusing your cartridges, you remain in control of the quality of your print. Components in the cartridge will degrade or fail in time, and you can decide yourself when the time has come to start with a new one. Any unused powder can be used in another cartridge so there is no waste.
(Colour powders can show colour and finish variations from the original.)
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Reduce, reuse and recycle is the environmental mantra!

Save significant raw material, waste and energy by reusing your laser cartridges
Approximately 44 million laser cartridges are bought each year in Europe. In the UK 95% of these are thrown out after only one use. Each cartridge contains between 1 and 2 litres of oil, as well as aluminium and steel. Each time you reuse a cartridge, you save these valuable, non-renewable resources and the energy required to manufacture the cartridge.

The majority of laser cartridges are disposed of in landfill sites without being recycled. In the UK this amounts to 10,000 tonnes of material each year. The plastic and other material in the cartridge is non-biodegradable. It does not decompose for many centuries. Each time you reuse a cartridge, you save waste landfill. If all of the cartridges thrown into landfill in the UK were refilled once we would save 15 million litres of oil within 12 months.

For a fuller discussion of recycling and the environmental issues!

Do you change your car engine when you run out of petrol?
Ever thought why you change your cartridge when it runs out of toner? It's not because you need to, it's because the manufacturers tell you to. The profit on sales of supplies over the lifetime of the printer is usually far more than the profit on the printer itself. Reusing toner cartridges is equivalent to filling your car with petrol, only you cannot do it so many times.

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We believe that we have the largest retail range in the world!
We supply over 3400 products for over 12,000 models. These range from old printers that are still in use, like the original Hewlett-Packard Laserjet, to small, modern desk lasers, like the Pantum P2000. We supply products for high volume A3 printers from the old Canon LBP-WX to the new colour Xerox Versalink C8000 and for colour multifunction printers like the Brother MFC-L9570cdw.

If we can get it and save you money, we will stock it for you!

Reset required? Many cartridges must be reset so that the printer recognises the new supplies. These have a chip or fuse that shuts down the empty cartridge. We supply replacement chips or fuses, or provide reset instructions for most of them.

A small selection of our wide range of products!

Our products are used by a wide range of customers. These include schools, university departments, estate agents, photographers, industrial users, commercial printers, direct mail houses, publishers, marketers, restaurants, and other businesses large and small. We also supply to charities, churches, social organisations and many individuals.

"Thank you for your prompt delivery of the toner, which I received today. The refilling of the cartridges worked out without any problems and the prints look perfect.
I appreciated your friendly communication and the very well structured website which makes navigation and ordering very easy. I can only recommend your products and services. "
Michel

"Thanks for the toner top up. It arrived promptly and was easy to do. The melt and pour starter kit was fantastic. It was all inclusive, I couldn't have asked for more."
Tim

"Can I take the time to thank you for your considerate service and that your product was a breeze to use and gives as good a result as the original. I will continue to use your products and will endorse them to others that I may make contact with.
Regards Joe"

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For non UK visitors
Welcome to our visitors from overseas! Many of our visitors are from North America and we routinely ship there as well as to many other countries around the world! From Australia to Iceland, from Malaysia to Iraq, and to most of Europe as well!

If you are located outside of the United Kingdom, then our Shopping Cart is configured to calculate the shipping cost appropriate to your country. Please select your country from the list in the Shopping Cart after you have selected your items and then click on the "Update Country" button. The shipping cost is calculated on the shipping weight of the items chosen.

If you are in the EEC, you will have the option to enter your local Value Added Tax* number so you do not pay the UK Tax. If you are outside the EEC, then no tax will be added.

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Challenge us to save you 50%
We suggest you challenge us to save you 50% on the cost of your printer cartridges. Go on! Send us a list of the models of printer you have and what you pay for the cartridges now! We will do the rest!

Official purchase orders
We accept official purchase orders. On the website select your items and choose the cheque payment method. Include the official order number, if you have it, in the comments section. The system will produce a pro-forma invoice for you to print out. You may send this with an official order by post if you prefer.
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Discounts on large orders.

For certain printer models the OEM formulations are very similar and a Universal toner works well across a wide range. We now supply 1 kilogram bulk bottles of Universal toner for many older monochrome printers.

Whilst providing the most economical way to refill, due to variations in original formulations the Universal Toner may not match the print quality of our specifically formulated powder in some cases. They are not available for the most recent high speed machines that require a dedicated high speed powder.

With the exception of HP and Brother nearly all printers manufacturers nowadays put killer chips on their cartridges. These are designed to stop you from refilling. They record the usage of the cartridge, detect when it is refilled then lock out and stop you printing. You must replace the chip as well as refill the toner to reset the supplies level and page counters so your refilled cartridge appears new.

We stock a wide range of replacement chips for many cartridge types. The chip technology is becoming ever more complex as OEMs battle to protect their supplies market. It can take several years for chips for the latest models to be developed due to heavy encryption and other complex digital wizardry. We aim to release the new chips quickly once they become available.

Firmware Updates
In addition to the complex technology the OEMs are releasing firmware updates for their printers. These "updates" are designed to stop aftermarket chip solutions from working by changing the encryption keys used and other factors. The printers can install firmware updates over a network internet connection without permission from the user, so you may find you have updated firmware without even knowing. This is a weapon they are using to block out the aftermarket and gain a monopoly on cartridge supply. If you are prompted to install a firmware update be sure to say no.

We aim to source new batches of chips compatible with the latest firmware as soon as they are available. We guarantee that our chips will be compatible with your current firmware version at the time of your order. If we supply a chip that is rejected by your firmware at the date you first receive it, we will replace it with a working chip. Note this does not apply to future firmware updates. If your firmware is updated after receiving the chip, it may be rejected. We do not offer a replacement chip or refund for firmware updates that occur after your purchase. Chip manufacturers cannot predict the future!. In some cases when an update is released there is a delay before we can source the updated chip.

For non-firmware related errors our chips have a six month warranty period. For sensitive models we suggest you purchase chips at the time you need to use them, and avoid storing them before use.

Drum Chips
Many printer models use separate OPC imaging drum cartridges. The drum cartridge is set to lock out when its rated page life is reached. This is controlled by a chip or fuse. By replacing the chip or fuse you can reset the page count to zero and continue to use the same drum for another cycle.

The print quality is usually still good and by reusing the drum you can decide for yourself when a new one is needed. Drum chips and fuses have reduced availability compared to the toner chips, so we have a limited range in stock. If we do not stock it for you model and you would like us to investigate further please contact us.

Soft Resets
Many printers have a hidden maintenance mode where you can reset the consumable page counts to zero without having to replace the chips. The information on accessing these hidden modes is hard to find, so we have it for a limited range of models. Where this information is available we include it in the instructions that come with the product.

We are pleased to announce the EcoStar online store.

EcoStar is a new ecommerce website dedicated to environmentally friendly printer chips. We aim to have the widest range of aftermarket smartchips available, incorporating the latest hi-tech electronics and covering the most recent printer models.

The EcoStar store carries a wide range of stock and ships anywhere in the world. The new website has a modern look and feel. You may think of it as TonerTopUp version two, with greater focus on chips. Its brand values are high technology and environmentalism. It's fully featured and includes an affiliate scheme. Why not take a browse around the new store -we hope you like it!

Back in 2006 our company founder Mr Martin Young made a short video to promote the cost savings and environmental benefits of refilling. Martin's background was in professional printing using large litho presses. He started refilling his own HP Laserjet 4000 printers that were heavily used, making large savings whilst maintaining high quality output. Whilst cartridge designs are now more hi-tech and usually require chip replacement, the fundamentals of recharging remain the same.



A key point to note is that the manufacturer has to guarantee the print quality of a cartridge up to the end of its rated page yield. As it can potentially be used to print single page print jobs at 5% toner coverage, it has to work perfectly at the end under the highest wear conditions.

Cartridge wear depends on the number of drum revolutions. If you are printing a single page the printer goes through a start-up cycle, prints the page, and then goes through the slow-down cycle. The additional time and turning incurred during the start-up and slow-down cycles increases wear of the components inside your cartridge, leading to lighter printing and increases the likelihood of developing defects. While no printing is occurring, the components in your printer and cartridge spin just as if something was being printed.

So printing longer multiple-page print jobs and using higher toner coverage per page extends cartridge life. A typical user is doing some longer print jobs, and using coverage greater than 5%. This is especially the case when printing photos and graphics where coverage can be as high as 50% (so one tenth the number of pages go through the cartridge).

Because of this phenomenon a typical empty cartridge still has plenty of life left before internal components become worn. Typically between two to four refills are possible for an all-in-one type cartridge with the imaging drum built in. When the print quality no longer meets your accepted standard it is then time to start a new cartridge.

Incredibly Easy to Refill

The CTSCs are specially designed for refilling. It is very easy and clean, just like replacing a new one. They have a filler opening so there is no need to disassemble the cartridge or melt a hole. Simply pour more powder in. No tools required and no mess.

With CTSC there is no need to empty the waste powder or replace the chip. Simply pour more toner inside. The bottles have a foam seal so there is no leakage.

Real Green Print

The CTSC give optimal environmental protection benefits. They are super durable and can be used 6-8 times. Available for a range of HP and Canon models, they are supplied with five refill bottles - equivalent to six replacement cartridges.

Supported cartridge numbers are HP: CF279A, CF283A, CF283X, CE285A, CB435A, CE278A, CC388A, CB436A, Q2612A, Q2612X.

Canon: FX9, FX10, CRG-737, CRG-725, CRG-712, CRG-726, CRG-728, CRG-713, CRG-703 Europe region and their equivalents for other regions.

20% discount on any 10 bottles or more of any one mono printer toner.

Please note that this offer does NOT apply to toner for colour printers.

10% discount on any 2 sets or more of colour toner.

Each set contains one of each of the four colours cyan, magenta, yellow and black. The cyan, magenta and yellow can be substituted for each other if you wish.

HP Color Laserjet 3500 special

Now only £9.95 plus vat each for the Colour toner refills. Sized for the high capacity 4,000 sheet Colour cartridges. The reset chips are £5.00 plus vat each.

Find out more about our range of colour toner refills.
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Rapid growth of colour
Use of colour laser printers is growing rapidly. With four colours and lots of pictures a lot of toner is used. The savings from DIY filling can be large.

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Brother HL-L2310,2350,2370, MFC--L2710,2730,2750 DCP-L2510,2530,2550
Cartridge TN-2420 3,000 pages. This small cartridge is used in Brother's most popular monochrome printers. It is easy to top up by removing the toner filler cap on the side. The specific instructions have pictures showing how to reset the Flag Gear, an alternative Soft Reset procedure, and how to convert the Starter Cartridge to high yield. They also explain how to empty out the waste and why this is necessary. As there is a separate imaging drum the same cartridge can be refilled many times with no deterioration in quality. Graphics toner is £8.70 a bottle (+VAT).

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