Toner spillage: Third-party toner cartridges experienced excessive leakages inside and around the printer1, which required frequent clean-ups. Internal components affected by such toner leaks may be deep inside the printer and are not easily accessible for cleaning or repair without professional help.

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Paper feed reliability: When toner spillage occurs, printers are more likely to experience paper jams, which can result in significant downtime and lost productivity. Dell printers running third-party toners were 25 times more likely to experience paper jams.1

Dell toners give you moreNot all cartridges are created equal. Dispel the myths, and discover the truth about toners.

Selecting which toner cartridge to use is an important decision that is often overlooked by users. Even with the best printer, using an inferior toner cartridge will result in compromised business productivity.

Buying third-party toner cartridges may seem like an economical choice at first, but have you considered the hidden costs attached to them? Using data and facts, we show you the cost-benefit analysis of using original Dell toner cartridges.

1 Based on BLI’s independent comparative performance testing commissioned by Dell in December 2016. BLI is the imaging industry's leading independent authority and provider of competitive intelligence, testing and reviews on multifunction (MFP), copier, printer, scanner and imaging software solutions and products. The test was run using new Dell B3460dn printers in “Factory Default” mode, with each printer dedicated to testing a specific cartridge brand to preserve data integrity and avoid cross contamination of toner. For details see http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/Documents/Dell_OEM_toner_vs_Third_Party_CTR_FINAL.PDF2 For more information on participating models, please visit dell.com/tonermonitoring or contact your Dell representative.3 The limited hardware warranty by Dell may not cover problems that result, directly or indirectly, from using non Dell-branded products and accessories.

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Hidden costs: Third-party toner cartridges have lower acquisition costs, but may have high hidden costs, such as those from extra interventions, replacing permanently damaged printer components, or from re-prints due to compromised print quality.

Tested page yield and cost per page: Third party toner cartridges have significantly lower page yields. On average, Dell toner cartridges printed approximately 42.0% more pages than all third-party cartridges tested1.

Performance and savings: Dell constantly challenges the technology front to bring our customers the latest toner technologies, such as the low-melt formulation, in order to improve the quality of your printout, reduce printout time, and lower energy costs.

Greater ConvenienceFree up your time

Ease of purchase: Buying toner cartridges is a breeze with original Dell toners, which are available online and in all major retailers. In addition, enjoy the convenience of Dell’s Toner Monitoring Service 2, which automatically sends a new toner cartridge your way when your current one runs low.

Warranty: Avoid the hassle of fixing problems caused by third-party toner cartridges. When you use original Dell toner cartridges, you enjoy full warranty coverage3 for any printer issue that crops up.

Single point of contact: Third-party toner cartridge suppliers may not have compatible toner cartridges for all of your printer models. With Dell's all-inclusive portfolio of toner cartridges, a single point of contact is all you need to manage your entire fleet.

Toner alerts: Track toner levels easily when you use Dell toner cartridges. With third-party cartridges, toner level information is unavailable on the control panel screen.

Toner level information is unavaliable when using third-party cartridges

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The choice is clear – Choose quality, Choose Dell. For greater peace of mind.

Print quality: With paper feed reliability issues, character definition and overall print quality may be compromised. Use of original Dell toner cartridges, with its minimal risk of toner spillage, ensure superior paper feed reliability and print quality compared to third-party brands.1 Dell toner cartridges are carefully formulated to work with Dell printers to deliver unequivocally superior print quality and reliable performance, print after print.

Designed with the environment in mind. Dell also offers an easy way to recycle your toner cartridges for free. Learn more at dell.com/recycling

Test pages using third party cartridges exhibited paper wrinkling, toner streaking and spotting1