The green energy
movement is spending large amounts of money to convince the general business
public they should buy soy printer cartridges. Although the soy print
quality is close to petroleum based print, the quality of the printing from the
soy alternative has not achieved a comparable level of quality when it is
compared to petroleum based products.
Several articles have been written extolling the benefits of soy toners. They state the quality of print fro soy based products is close to the petroleum based toner, but no one has stated the printing from soy is equal or better than the traditional toner printing solution.
Several articles have been written extolling the benefits of soy toners. They state the quality of print fro soy based products is close to the petroleum based toner, but no one has stated the printing from soy is equal or better than the traditional toner printing solution.
The soy versions will cost the
consumer about 20% less than new HP cartridges, although remanufactured printer
cartridges that have been refilled with traditional toner will cost much less
than Soy Print. The United States “consumes as much as 50,000 tons of
petroleum-based toner powder each year,” says Debi Overhaul, president of Print
Recovery Concepts. Office employees will save money by purchasing remanufactured
toner products for their firm.
Another important factor to consider
when analyzing the advantages of traditional toners is the fact that the
Central and Midwestern parts of the United States are in the middle of a severe
drought, which is driving up the price of all products manufactured from
soy. Food prices have advanced 5% in the past 30
days. Traditional printer prices are more stable than
their soy alternative. Companies need to budget for the solutions they can rely
upon so overhead costs can be controlled. As of this date traditional
toners offer the best alternative.
Think Toner, Inc. is
seriously thinking about this Soy Toner, but has yet to enter the Soy
Toner aspect for the Imaging product business. Although in the last 15 years, Think Toner,
Inc. has been responsible for finding, testing and marketing the best
quality of toners from China and the United States.