OEM vs. Remanufactured Toner Cartridges?
New or OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturers) cartridges are made by HP, Canon, Lexmark, Apple, or other original manufacturers. They are usually manufactured using a combination of new and recycled parts at factories throughout the world. For example, on the box of an HP C4127X you can read: “This newly manufactured product may contain parts and materials recovered from the HP Planet Partners recycling program” and on the box of a Canon FX-4: “This cartridge may contain reconditioned parts and remolded materials.” Remanufactured cartridges are those that have been remanufactured for another use. Remanufacturing process involves disassembling, cleaning, refilling toner, replacing appropriate components, print testing and repackaging. We remanufactured each cartridge to meet or exceed the quality standards of a new cartridge.
