Ink or Toner—Which Saves More Money?

While digital documents are quickly gaining precedence, people are still surprisingly dependent on printers and printed documents. Just to illustrate, the world uses enough ink to fill 4.5 Olympic-sized swimming pools and enough to print 39 million A-4 sized photos. Unsurprisingly, the ink replacement industry generates a whopping $21 billion a year in revenue.

As anyone who owns a printer knows, replacing ink is a major expense. Many people, thus, look for ways to save on printer toner costs. One of the biggest determiner of cost is the type of printer you own, and by extension what ink it uses—inkjet or toner.

Inkjet Printers

Inkjets use liquid ink stored in cartridges and utilize miniscule sprays to print images onto a page. While inkjet printer cartridges are generally cheaper, their page yield isn’t that high. For people who only print a few documents or images per month, the low cost of the printer itself and the ink it uses may generate greater savings.

Laser Printers

On the other hand, laser printers use metallic powder that is melted onto a page to generate prints. Toners are more expensive than inks but yield pages by the thousands, making them ideal for individuals or businesses that print quite a lot of documents per year.

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