Whether Genuine or Compatible, It's a questions everybody asks.

How many pages will it print?

It truly is a hard question to answer because the manufactures page yields are based on you only covering 5% of the page with ink or toner.

So, if the yield is quoted at 5,000 pages, and the documents you print have bold text or an image (bumping coverage up to say 10%) then you will experience a considerable reduction to probably 3,000 pages.

Manufactures measure these numbers in laboratory conditions with strict 5% page coverage in a continuous print situation (no ink or toner wastage from daily cleaning operations encountered with extended use)

As a general rule, you should never expect to get anywhere near the actual yield quoted by the manufacturer - it is misleading.

5% Ain't 5%

The STMC (Standardized Test Methods Committee) stipulates the 5% page to be customised to specific printers because every printer prints differently. There is no universal test page that represents 5% coverage for all machines, making it difficult to demonstrate what 5% page coverage looks like.

How much Ink / Toner is in the cartridge?

It seems obvious that a more accurate to way to compare yields would be to compare the physical amount of ink or toner in a cartridge in milliliters or grams, but this is flawed too. Some printers are more efficient than others in the way ink and toner usage during warm up, purge and cleaning operations is managed.
The best way.

Everyone's printing habits are different, just aim for the highest page yield or ink content numbers you can manage - you will not get the exact numbers quoted, but it will still be higher number overall.

Price wise, high yield cartridges where available are always more economical on a cost per page basis than standard yield versions.

YES! Our compatible brands do contain the same amount of ink / toner as their genuine equivalent.
Some people question this, reasoning the only way we can maintain such low prices on compatible products is by providing an inferior, lesser filled product. We can assure you this is NOT the case.