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Toner Phoners: Watch Your Wallets!

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I was talking to an IT director yesterday, and she gave me a good idea for a blog post: Toner Phoners.   The scam has been around for a while, and the severity of what it can do to your wallet depends on how horrible of people you’re dealing with.   Letting your office people (especially new hires) know about it is extremely important.   The details may vary, but the basic formula is something like this:

Toner Phoner: “Hey, this is Bob over at _______ Office products, and we’re getting ready to ship out your order, I was wondering if you could read the model number of your office printer to me again.   I just want to double check we have the right stuff in your order.”

New Office Person: “Oh, um, yep we’ve got a Xerox Phaser 8860 at our printing center.”

Toner Phoner: “OK, we’ll get that toner you ordered sent right over.”

The company will then be sent a bunch of sub-standard compatibles at exorbitant rates.   If you are the victim, DO NOT use the products!   They are normally incredibly cheap, and if one leaks in your printer, they are not under warranty, so you just got soaked for toner and a printer.   If you are familiar with toner cartridges, you can usually tell how quality a cartridge is by its weight: cheap cartridges will be much lighter due to the lack of toner in them.   If you are the victim of a toner phoner, look at the government’s site to help you know your rights: FTC.gov/boss

Like I’ve said before, if you are going to use compatibles, make sure they are under warranty, and don’t overbuy (as returning old toner can be a hassle).   Buy from local companies with people you know and trust.   Give us a call with your toner needs!



How Toner Works: A Guide for the Curious

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Lots of people use laser printers, but if you asked them how printers and toner work, they’d look at you like you asked them to explain quantum mechanics. So, here’s a brief overview of how the toner goes from those plastic cases to the full-color spreads your advertizing team loves.

With most models (Kyocera and a couple others are different) a laser beam projects an image of the page you want onto an electrically charged rotating drum coated with a chemical (usually selenium). The light causes the selenium to react, and it removes charge from the areas exposed to light. Dry ink (the toner) particles are picked up by the drum’s charged areas due to the electronegativity of the toner. The drum then prints the image onto paper by direct contact, and heat (from the fuser) adheres the ink to the paper.

This is important to understand when your prints are looking funky. If your print has lots of lines through it, the problem is probably your drum (especially if the patterns are predictable and similar). If the toner is flaking off the page, the problem is probably your fuser (not heating the toner enough to cause it to stick to the paper). People can waste money buying the wrong parts and still having the printer issue. Like the NBC ads used to say “The More You Know.” If you have questions about toner or printing needs, give us a call!



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