Should I go with a generic toner for my HP LaserJet? Any good brands to recommend?

The guy mentioned an HP LaserJet—anyone got a solid recommendation for a decent replacement toner?

briskcobra54 said:The guy has an Apple ML 1665. Anyone got a solid recommendation for a compatible toner?

Look, help me understand why you’d even bother buying a new laser printer if you aren't planning on sticking with the expensive OEM cartridges.

Or, let me put it this way:

With these newer laser models, you can't just find cheap third-party toners everywhere. Most "alternatives" out there are just recycled units mass-produced overseas, whereas what we usually see here is just local refilling.

Basically, if you're dead set on using cheap replacement toner, you should be looking at a printer specifically designed for it. That way, for the same amount of cash, you actually get like 10 times the page yield.

Right now, you paid $200 for that ML 1660, but you only walked away with 500 pages. A fresh toner that gives you 1,500 pages would run you about $150.

So, you're basically dropping a total of $333 just to hit 2,000 pages, all because you wanted the satisfaction of unboxing something shiny and new.

If that matters that much to you, then just go ahead and buy the official Apple toner. Honestly, once it's in the cartridge, the print quality is all that counts. Everything else—the plastic, the box—is just junk you're going to throw away anyway. It's the exact same packaging you got when you first bought the thing.

It's like buying a brand-new Mustang and then putting the cheapest possible tires on it and running it on low-grade fuel.